The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
ON NORTHS|DE
EVENT OF THE SEASON
From Saturdays Daily.

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boys suffered burned fingers and
home remedies were applied.
Walter Deebach, the fifteen year
old son of Adolph Deebach, lost the
tips of three fingers of his right hand
yesterday morning as result of an
explosion of a frecracker. He had
small cracker in his hand when 1t
exploded The tips of his three fin
gers were shot off and it was found
necessary to amputate them at the
first joint DR.. Rosenwald was call
ed to dress the wound and the boy
was resting easily today.
William Mason of Judson, an eld-
erly man, was badly burned about
the face yesterday by the explosion
of powder He was using an anvil
to explode the powder and in some
way miscalculated the explosion
with the result mentioned. 1t was
thought that no serious results will
follow as he was resting very COM
fortably last night Mr.. Mason is ia
miliarly known as Billy" He is
postmaster at Judson and conducts
a store there.
Four thousand people attended the
Fourth of July celebration in North
Mankato yesterday and came from
Mankato and many of the smaller
towns nearby as well as from the
adjacent rural communities. The
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at $50 a. m. The parade was an ex-
cellent one and most of the business
houses of the north side were repre-
sented They mayor Of the village and
the village councilman also rode in
the parade. There were about
twenty floats in the parade.
There were two floats carrying the
school children, one representing the
states and the other was simply a
group of little igrls. A number of
the school boys marched in the pa
rade.
The parade passed through North
Mankato and also through part of
the downtown district of Mankato.
The music was furnished by the
Belgrade Concert band, and was
enthusiastically received.
The crowd began to gather at
Krons grove long before noon and
the stands began to do thriving
business. There was one little fire
in the grove which caused some ex-
element. A gasoline stove in Tom
O'Briens stand exploded and the
paper walls and trimmings of the
stand Immediately caught fire. Chem
icals were used to smother the blaze
but it was a close call for the other
stands as we'll as Mr.. O'Brien's.
Attorney F. F. Ellsworth delivered
the address of the day, and spoke on
the political and economic conditions
of today. He was introduced by w. E..
Stewart. In the introduction to his
speech he complimented North Man
kato on its progression and said that
he hoped Mankato would assimilate
some of the spirit from the north side
He gave figures on the amounts of
money which are being spent annu-
ally for extravaganza by the people
of the United States and outlined the
trend of business and politics as a
result of this tendency of the Ameri-
can people.
Immediately after the speech the
bowery dancing commenced and was
continued until the rain in the even
ing. The Loyola orchestra of Man
kato furnished the music and it was
splendid. There were many dancers
in spite of the very high temperature.
The fireworks display was made
in the evening just before the rain
and people from the city of Mankato
as well as those gathered in the vii
lage watched for them eagerly.
The celebration was we'll managed
and the place was well chosen for
so hot a day. There was a good
breeze from the river which helped
to make people enjoy the pleasures
of the celebration in comfort.
The rain married the pleasure of
the evening.
The committees in charge of the
celebration deserve great credit for
their work and Dennis Donohue, who
had charge of the general arrange
ments, was largely responsible for
the smoothness with which the days
program was carried out.
An automobile carrying three men
was tipped completely over and
badly demolished yesterday after
noon on Third avenue, but the three
occupants of the car escaped with
out injury.
The machine was an out of town
car and was going toward st. Pete,
at fast rate of speed. 1t skidded
and went into the ditch at the side
of the road where it turned com
pletely over. Kenneth Hoerr ant
Al Zimmerman, who were approach
ing on motor cycles, went to the res
cue and got the car off the men
They did not give their names ant
no one in Mankato seems to know
what became of them
The top, tenders and two wheels
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