Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-05
GRlNNELL CELEBRATES
First Fourth Of July Jubilee in Eleven
Year, Brings 10000 Visitors to City
elaborate Program Carried Out
Without q Htich-Parade Two Miles
In Length.

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Grinnell, July o.-Grinnell waited
eleven years between her Fourth OF
July celebrations and would be willing
to wait another eleven Years to score
as complete triumph as she attained
yesterday. The day was perfect, the
good breeze that carried the thirty six
! Feet of Old Glory cut TO its full length
tempering the heat for the endurance
Of even the aged and the babies. The
crowd began gathering early in the
morning and staid until the last of the
fireworks on Ward field bazed out
good night" after 10 O'Clock. 1t is
estimated that 10000 people were in
this city for the celebration and that
500 automobiles moved over these
streets.
There was not an itinerant peddler
or fakir to be seen upon the streets.
The exercises and games We're all IN
the park or Immediately adjoining so
that the crowd could see with the least
inconvenience and the great crowd was
good natured. The people came for
fun and they had it. The celebration
scheme for Grinnell, but accomplished
it's purpose OF giving everybody a hap
py day. The parade Of the morning
was said to be two miles long and was
the finest Grinnell ever attempted.
Great credit is due to business men 1or
the pains and expense involved IN the
preparation Of unique floats, some OF
which deserve especial mention. Inc
parade in the afternoon, OF decorated
automobiles, was worth coming miles
to see. Perry Dayton had a car trans
formed into boat. unique In design
and execution. In the morning Roy Il.
Bates had a well equipped street car
with happy children passengers and
the same came into the afternoon pa
rade. The water battle took place IN
the park and, incidentally. the crowd
got into the game pretty freely in their
eagerness to see all the fun, but no one
complained because of being sprinkled.
The creased pig, a why, vicious little
brute of the razor-back variety, sup
posed to have been bred out Of this VI
cinity long ago, was loosened at the
railroad on Broad street and started
on the flying jump up town. easily
eluding all the sure winners in the
chase, then he headed for Arbor lake
and was reported as captured there by
some one with a horse and buggy.
The fireworks on Ward field in the
late evening were brilliant and the
many balloons that rose and sailed off
to Marshalltown must have told the
people there of our celebration.
The speaking in the early afternoon
in the park was said by those who got
near enough to hear 1t to have been
in keeping with the excellence Of all the
other eventes of the day and the music
from the three bands Of Newton, Nal
com and Gr1nnell enlivened every hour.
The general celebration committee
Is to .be congratulated upon the COM
pleteness Of its plans and the fidelity
with which they were worked out in
detail. And the individual members
have much to their credit for their
perfect cooperation and the care for
the details in their divisions. T. j.
Bray was general chairman. w. j.
Nelson had charge Of the parades; H.
F. Lanphere Of the bands; Jesse L.
Fellows Of the sports and games; and
Warder Steaks Of the fireworks.