The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
BIG CROWD At CENTRAL PARK
Racine and Milwaukee Retailers Send
Big Delegations to Help in Making
FIRST Reunion of Kenosha Merchants
a Big Success.

day afternoon and 1t was as
hard to buy pound of rice in the city
as it is to get drink IN Zion
City on Sunday. Central Park was tie
only place where there was anything
doing and every one who could beg,
borrow or steal car fare went out to
the park to attend the annual picnic
of the Retailers Association. It was
the biggest gathering of the kind ever
held at the park. A lot OF the mer-
chants who have not been formally
united with the association joined in
the spirit of the day and every store
on Main street with the exception of
a couple of drug stores was closed front
door and side door. Even the city
sealer gave up his work of pursuing
the false weights and measures and
was out at the park fraternizing with
the merchants and their friends. There
was big delegation of the merchants
fore the fun got started and Merchant IS
Associations in Waukegan and Mil
waukee also sent delegations. Compe-
tition was forgotten during the day and
the hundreds of men who control the
retail trade in Kenosha went out with
their wives and children, their sweet
hearts and the other fellows sweet
heart to have real afternoon of fun.
Nearly all Of the officials Of the city
went out to the park and it was a
mecca for the candidates at the pri
mary election Politics and business
were strictly barred and the men who
went out were given to understand that
the gathering was picnic and not a
political barbecue.
There is bunch of retail merchants
in Kenosha and when you add to them
the official family of the city aud a
liberal sprinkling of the manufacturers
it makes about as good looking a
crowd as could be gotten together.
The street railway company arrang
ed for special service to take care of
the merchants and the cars were kept
running every half hour during the af
ternoon. Nearly every car was packed
to the doors when it left the public
serving corporation building at Market
Square. In addition to this hundreds
Of people went out in automobiles and
carriages. The big crowd and the
extra cars caused bad tie-up in the
interurban service.
The program was started at
two o'clock and there were sports and
games enough arranged to keep the
merchants and the members of their
families busy until dark. There were
plenty of novelties on the ground and
the concessions committee had kept
busy and there were all sorts of dis
sipations of a harmless nature to take
up the time of the members of the big
party who were out classed in the reg
ular program of sports.
The pavilion was very much in use
during the afternoon and an orchestra
furnished music for the dancing.
The st. Thomas Society served the
dinner in the evening and the mer-
chants did not get back to the city
until long after shutdown.
The list of prize winners follows:
No. l. Indoor-Outdoor game-Gro-
GERS VS.. Butchers. Butchers won.
No. 2. 100 yard dash, free for all
Leo Skinner, Carl Sievers, Bert Ash.
No. 8. Boys sack racer. Win
berg, 157 West ST.; Leo Carney, 500
Bond st.
No. 4. so yard dash for girls under
16-Miss Stein, Agnes Platzbecker.
No. 5. Ladies indoor ball throw
ing contest-Mrs. James Tully, Miss
Carr, Mrs. Matt Bode.
No. 6. 100 yard dash for clerks
(1nen)-Carl Zievers, A. Alskewski.
Geo. Landane.
No. Z. Boys pie eating contest
Leon Schend, Clarence Kewenig.
No. Is. Lndbor-O Outdoor game--Ke-
noshs 6, Racine |. Nothing to it.
No. 9. Ladies' nail driving contest
Mrs. Gallager, Mrs. Math Bode. Mrs.
H. De Berge.
No. 10. 100 yard fat mans race
Cover 200 lbs.)-Math Newhouse. DR..
y. B. Spalding, Charles Turnock.
No. IL. Stout ladies race SO yards
cover 175 lbs.)-Miss B. Cumisky,
Miss Florence Peters, Miss Rose Ward
No. u. Tug of war, Merchants VS..
.Clerks-Clerks won.
No. Is. Ladies egg carrying race
Mrs. Elmer Savage, Mrs. Hopf, Miss
Joerndt
No. IA. Boys back to back race.
under is 1.-TWO boys winning )-Engle-
hardt, Leo Schend.
No. Is. Ladies potato raee--Mrs.
Elmer Savage, Miss Noyak, Mrs. An