Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-15
Children Are Not the Only Ones to Meet Santa
Claus in Marshalltown's Christmas
Celebration.
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR BRIDES
AND GROOMS OF THURSDAY

and will be we'll worth any persons
time to witness.
Fifty Christmas trees have been
bought for the occasion. Two fifty
foo trees are to stand on either side
of the main entrance walk TO the court
house from Main street to the court
house steps. These trees will be lighted
brilliantly, and covered with tinsel. An
American flag. in electric lights. Will
hang between the Stone pillars at the
entrance door to the county building.
n at angles from the lower points oil
the flag, one to the northeast. and the
other to the northwest. will be erected
big frames, fifty or seventy-five feet
long. and fifteen feet in height. These
frames are similar to those from which
large fireworks pieces are set off.
The frames will be banked with ever
greens. and in one. shown by white
electric lights. will be the words, "A
Merry Christmas" The other. similar
in design, will bear "A Happy New
Year"
Trees Line Walks.
From these frames, along the walks
leading TO the Center street and First
avenue corners, will be smaller Christ
mas trees, all lighted and decorated.
The e~lectroliers in the block on Main
street. between Center and First ave-
nue., will be shaded with red. and gar
lands of green will be draped from one
post to the other. thus producing a
canopy effect in the Christmas colors,
red and green In every Main street
side window of the court house will
hang a wreath of holly, with a small
electric light in red suspended in the
center.
The list Of prizes so far hung up for
the opening day OF the festivities Is as
follows:
Free marriage ceremony to all
couples taking out licenses Thursday
forenoon-Rev. C. H.. Morris. pastor
Central Church Of Christ.
Free license to first couple applying
Thursday at clerk of courts office for
license to wed-S. H. Reilly, clerk of
courts.
Free luncheon to the first bride and
groom, and their bridesmaid and best
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Club.
Free dinner to second bride and
groom and their bridesmaid and best
man-Strub's restaurant.
Free box for evening performance
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Odeon Theater.
Six months subscription to the
Times-Republican to the couple mar
ried nearest to - o'clock Thursday
Printing Com
pany.
Bottle perfume, $3.50 to second bride
married before noon Thursday-Mc-
Bride and VIII Drug Company.
Rug, to farmers wife coming farth-
est by team-D. c. Wilbur store.
Membership Hawkeye Commercial
Mems Association to travelling man
coming to festival from farthest dis
tance-Hawkeye Commercial Mems
Association.
Bottle perfume, 50, to first woman
registering from town not less than
twelve miles distant from Marshall
town.
Fifteen dollars worth Of dental work
to the largest family in attendance
from outside the city-Hynds' Dental
Parlors.
Pair OF skates. 81, first farmers boy
to register-Abbott & Son.
Pair wooden blankets to family of
four or more coming from longest dis
tance-Benedict & Brintnall.
Pair of wooden blankets to largest
family outside OF Marstalltown-E. R.
Lay.
Rejecting lash lantern to farmer
living in Marshall county coming
farthest by team-C. F. Schmidt.
Five dollar ladies' umbrella to wife
or daughter of Marshall county farmer
first to register-Charles n. White
head.
Hand bag. SO, tic first woman to
register from any town in the county
outside Of Marshalltown-J. D. Palmer.
One dollars worth Of Leader coffee
to first man outside of Marshalltown
driving a mule ear into the city
Thursday-Sinclair Tea and Conee
Company.
Box Of socks. 81. to first working
man to register from any point outside
Of Marshalltown-W. G. Stricken.
Humidor of Twin Oaks smoking to-
bacco to oldest Indian from Tama res
ervation-Cook's cigar store.