Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
MANUFACTURERS IN PAGEANT
Industrial Omaha is Exploited with
Thirty.Six Floats
EIGHT BANDS ALSO PARTICIPATE
A the Big Parade Moves Along the
Principal Thorough fares Prac-
teal Demonstrations Are
Made ON Flouts.

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a large picture Of Mercury, the god Of
commerce Near the front Of the float
was q huge cornucopa and in large let
-+ters was the legend use homemade
goods"
2-L @. Doup company had the second
float. where mattress upholstering ma
chinery in full operation was placed IN
the front part Of the float. While the rear
was composed of a gildeI case where
geese from which feathers for the mat
leIesses were obtained. were confined and
Uere IN charge Of a woman dressed as
Non tanner.
s-The float Of the Haarmann Vinsgag
and Pickle company was artsticRHy dec
GRATED with bottles of catsup formed in
pretty designs, thanked on all SIDES with
Jars of pretty green pickles. -No men
and three beautiful maids graCeG the float
with their presence
Am alr-driven iveting machine show
ing an exact reproduction OF how the
steel Orders on sky-scrapers are fastened
together, and a machine portraying the
manufacture Of electric light poles was
exhibited by the Paxton-Ni ring com
pany.
Sd, ]. O'Brien company disp.ayed four
immense sticks Of candy on each Of the
four corners of the float, with seven
candymakers spinning stick candr and
making choice sweets, ELECTED applause
=, from the crowds Of watchers who lined
both sides of the street. a candy fac
tory in the miniature was shown at one
end.
Doors Are Made.
"a small mill with lathes and ma
I he ',fa of
doors, window seshes. etc. gave the on
locker an insight into the manner Of
manufacture the most staple article in
the builders trade-doors was exhibited
by Adams & Kelly. Power for this float
was furnished by a gasoline engine
7-Cudahy Packing company presented
the "Old Dutch Cleanser" which is ia
miliar to everyone and which was given
/ the exclusive use of the Cudahy float,
Samples of the washing powder were
thrown freely into the crowd.
s-A full equipment of machinery ioI
the manufacture Of brick operated by
employees of the plant shown by the
Smith Brick company
"a group of pretty girls manufa ctur-
ing bags and also horse blankets occu-
pied the float of the Bemis Omaha Bag
company. They showered the crowd
with souvenir bags and blankets as they
were produced
1O-The float of the Omaha Box com
pany consisted of complete plant for
constructing boxes. and. as the float was
drawn along the street boxes we're man.
ufactured. On top of the box making
machinery was a large rooster indicat.
ing that the company had something to
crow about.
1.-THE STANDARD Stock Food company
showed a complete miniature barnyard
with all the barnyard population, geese,
ducks, chickens, horse, and the farmer
and his wife were on the float and the
stock food was being fed TO the fowls
and animals.
Girls Label Bacon.
l2-sw1ft & Co. exhibited on its
4 float a smoke house in which Swifks
Premium hams were being cured. A
corps Of pretty girls we're labelling the
hams and bacons.
1SLThe Omaha Structural steel works
had two floats in the parade the first
being occupied by q number of men
riveting steel Orders. Power for the
riveting apparatus was furnished by a
line of hose extending from float No. 10
"B," which showed the operation of a
boiler-making plant
I-Loose-Wiles Biscuit company, ex-
hibited a model sanitary biscuit plant
In full operation. The biscuits were not
. only made on the float, but were also
' boxed and made ready for marketing
15-Eggers-O' FLYING company carried
ell the necessary machinery for the
manufacturing Of paper boxes for any
use whatsoever. The machinery was be-
ing operated and the finished product
turned out.
Dolls Catching Fish.
16-Scott Tent and AWing compan, por-
trayed a camp scene with no omissions.
A large tent was erected and there was
q lake for fishing and there were dolls
with fishing hooks and lines, enjoying
an outing. The shores of the lake were
covered with small trees to complete
the picture.
l7-Bloom Co. carried a large
monument on each end of its float, and
the center was occupied by a man with
compressed air drills and polishers.
S-Western Umbrella company, had
umbrella makers turning out umbrellas
and parasols and in addition TO a gorge
ously decorated wagon, a unique adver-
tiseent was constructed on the front Of
the float. where a woman sat with a
huge umbrella, while rain from an arti-
- ficiAl source poured down from above,
ls-Western Tinware company had three
men folding and forming tin cans OF
every description and this caused nc
little wonderment, The float was deco
rated in a unique manner with cans and
tanks hung all around IT, On the rear
a large coal chute made an imposing
spectacle
2o-Iten Biscuit compan, had a biscuit
manufacturing plant float and as the
biscuits were baked they were boxed and
sealed ready for the trade
d-Goodrich Drug company float carried
six pretty girls, busily engaged in making
the famous Velvetina goods aud they
threw souvenir packages Of the goods 70
the crowds lining the streets