The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-02


wagons moved through the streets of
the city this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock,
Richmond's big Fall Festival reached
its climax. Fifty-five thousands of
visitors and citizens lined Main street
and adjoining streets for blocks
crowding and jostling to get glimpse
of the variety of exhibits.
Beauty and originality were the
things sought and obtained by the mer-
chants who entered the gigantic pa
rade. There were funny characters, a
Mutt and Jeff, and other displays in
which colors were blended in beauti-
full combinations.
Home-comers Here.
Chairman Fred White, of the home
coming committee. stated today that
he believed at least a thousand for
mer residents of this city had come to
Richmond to attend the festival. In
vitations were sent to more than 1900
sons and daughters of Richmond, and
Chairman White has been flooded with
letters of acceptance and regrets.
General plans for entertaining the
home-comers have been abandoned,
because most of them preferred to
visit friends and relatives instead of
taking an active part in the festival
ceremonies.
Richmond is the center of attraction
for delegations from many surrounding
towns, and early this morning scores
OF visitors arrived in the city as the
guests of the Commercial club.
Muncie Crowd Here.
Shortly after o'clock the Muncie
delegation arrived via the T. II. |. & E.
traction line, headed by the Muncie
Conservatory Boys band of thirty
pieces. President Frank Haimbaugh,
of the Muncie club, leading two hum
dred men in line, marched to the Com
mercial club rooms, where they were
met by the committee of the local
club.
The days program consists of Wis
it to the industrial exhibits and tour
of the city's industries. The Muncie
delegation will occupy division the
afternoons parade.
Many Delegations.
From early morning until noon the
various visiting delegations of busi-
ness men arrived in the city and each
was taken to the Commercial Club
rooms where they were given instruc-
tions regarding the afternoons parade
and a guide to show them about the
city.
Hagerstown business men with the
city band and about hundred in line
were among the early arrivals. Dele
cations from Fountain City Eaton. o,
Winchester, Cambridge City, Econ
Cmy, Boston, Whitewater, Centerville,
Dublin, Milton, Arlington, Williams
burg. Chester. Webster, New Paris,
Lewisburg and West Manchester, also
will be guests of the Richmond busi-
ness men.
Division One.
The eight lodges which Were enter
ed in the first division formed an i'm
posing spectacle with their drills and
elaborate floats. The Moose lodge was
led by a float and followed by about
500 members. On the float was the rit-
ualistic team with the paraphernalia.
The team executed drills. 1t was one
of the largest single displays in the
Fparade.
A large float bearing a union label
worked out in floral designs, was that
of the typographical union.
The Red Men, Eagles, ST. Joseph s
society, Ben Hur and ST. Johns Soci-
ETY. had large drill teams with special
drills for the occasion. The Modern
Woodmen were represented by large
float bearing insignia of the lodge.
Division Two.
The grocery of Harry Haseltine, of
Richmond avenue, was represented by
float on which the National Biscuit
company the Kellogg Corn Flakes COM
pany made displays. The biscuit COM
pany's colors, red and purple. and the
colors of red and green for the corn
flakes company, were used to carry
out the decorative effects. Two little
children sat on the float, eating corn
flakes
The groceries of Allen Coggeshall.
Enterprise grocery, Henry Rothert,
Edgar Norris. J. W Towle & Son were
represented by decorated floats.
The meat display consisted of floats
R H. Landwehr, carried out the idea
OF the interior of meat markets. An
ton Stole, wholesale meat dealer,
displayed a large hog cut into its
parts as after slaughtering.
The big wagon of W. B. Garver's
feed store was decorated in yellow
and white above, and red and blue
below. Seeds, feed, fruit and flowers
were shown on the shelves The feed
store of John Runge, displayed the
brands of flour handled by the COM
pany. along with corn meal, whcle-
wheat, bUckwheat and other products
cleverly arranged
Omer Whelan showed the interior of
mis- feed store on large ficat.
One of the unique floats was that
OF John Bayer. The background con-
sisted of an old Dutch mill. secured
for the parade, and in the foreground