The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-06-09
(F'rom Wednesdays Daily

The city of Kenosha threw open wide
her doors today to welcome to the city
the members of the Modern Woodmen
of America of Northern Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin and the manner
in which the invitation of Kenosha was
accepted was shown by the fact that
Woodmen from many cities in Illinois
and Wisconsin thronged the streets,
took possession of the public parks and
enjoyed themselves to the full. The
visiting Woodmen came with their
bands Of music and their Forester
teams and marching men and martial
music made the day one long to be
remembered in Kenosha.
The weather man smiled his approval
on the picnic and handed out for it the
first real June day seen in Kenosha
this year and the action of the weather
man resulted in thousands of people
coming to Kenosha for the great re
union Of the men who carry the axes.
Kenosha was in gala attire to receive
| the visitors. The decorations of the
streets and the public buildings were
the most elaborate ever seen in the
city. Merchants and other business
men entered into the spirit Of the well
come extended to the guests with flags
and banners waving. Market square
offered the official welcome to the city
to the Woodmen and it was a revel
Of color The great stand at the head
of the square was completely covered
with the colors of the order while the
wire railing about the park was hung
with festoons of green and white and
red. All of the city buildings were
in festival array for the OCCASION
Even out on the residence section
the spirit Of the day was apparent and
hundreds of homes in the city were
declked with flags and bunting and
every flag waved cordial welcome to
the members of the great fraternal
order.
| By nine O. clock it was estimated that
there were fully five thousand people in
the city and. at that time the special
trains were just beginning to arrive.
Thousands thronged Main street until
the street in some places was so crowd
ed that police officers were called TO
keep the crowds moving. Neenah-
Menasha sent the first delegation. This
delegation arrived Tuesday night and
early this morning the throngs began
to arrive from the Illinois cities. All
of the regular trains on the Northwest
ern road were crowded to the doors
while the electric trains were all run
ming trailers.
Three special trains came in from
the west bringing large crowds from
the smaller cities in the jurisdiction
while special trains ran all the way
through from Rockford to bring more
than thousand WoodmenI from Rock
ford, Freeport, Elgin and other cities
in that part of the district The lit
tie village Of Wilmot sent a delegation
Of more than hundred. The Racine
Woodmen came in over the NJ R. and
K, bringing the Schultz band with
them and the Waukegan members of
the order headed by band came in
over the Chicago and Milwaukee few
minutes later.
The head officials Of the great or
ganization came in from Chicago Just
after ten o'clock In the official
party was Head Consul A. R. Talbot,
Head Clerk C. w. Halves, Head Direc-
tor Rutledge Of Illinois, Head Director
c. n. Bort of Beloit, National Lecturer
Charles Whalen of Madison, State Med
zeal Examiner c. A. Armstrong of Bos-
cobel, and many others. The disting-
uished visitors were met at the station
and taken in carriages to the Eichel-
man Hotel. AS they passed through
the streets they were greeted with
cheers by the thousands of members
of the order.
The crowd was well handled and
hundreds of visiting Woodmen went
out to look at the great industries of
the city while hundreds Of others went
out on the lake ON the steamer Flora
NJ. Hill.
The welcome extended to the visitors
by the city of Kenosha was no maudlin
one. Every factory in the city closed
its doors for the day and the hundreds
and thousands of workmen turned out
and aided the Woodmen committees
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