Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-08
ANNUAL OUTING OF LOCAL GRO.
GERS, BUTCHERS AND FEED
MEN GREAT SUCCESS
PUBLIC WEDDING BIG
FEATURE OF PROGRAM
Henry w. Jasau and Miss EsteIIa e.
johnson Married in Front Of Crowd.
ed Amphitheater While Thousands
Look on-8is Program Of Field and
Track Events.

! One of the largest crowds that has
! ever assembled in Marshalltown in re-
cent years enjoyed the annual picnic
of the Marshalltown grocers and butch
e1S at the fair grounds Thursday. Prac-
tlcaIly all business was suspended in
the city in the afternoon and almost
/ everybody went to the fair grounds as
the guest of the retailers Hundreds
! We're present from the neighboring
. towns and surrounding country. the
crowd was variouSly estimated at from
3 900 to 5000.
Inc afternoon crowd filled the grand
stand, the quarter stretches, the PARK
ing and even overfiowed into the track
{ The evening crowd, attracted prin-
cipally by the public wedding, was even
larger. and while the vast throns
oVerburdened the capacity of thu am
phitheater and overran the inner park
, ing and the track. hundreds of Others
remained in the outer park and enjoyed
the dancing in the agricultural building.
the merroy-go- round and other amuse-
ments offered by the concession people.
Wedding tho Big Feature.
The big feature of the day. so far as
general interest was concerned. was
the public wedding in the judges stand,
In front of the amphitheater at 5 o'clock
in the evening. The principals to the
wedding We're Henry w. Jagau son of
Mr.. and Mrs A. f. Jagau, of this city,
and Miss Estella e Johnson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Johnson, of 9O5
East Arson street
Promptly at o'clock the automo-
bile conveying the wedding party, COM
posed of Mr.. Jagau. Miss Johnson Miss
Amanda Hewitt, who was bridesmaid.
Mr.. Russell Hewitt, best man, and Pew.
r. J. Thomas, who performed the cere-
mony. entered the track gateway. where
it was met by the band. To the strains
of Mendelssohn's wedding march, by
the band, the wedding parsv moved
down the track to the grand stand.
Wed While Thousands Cheer.
| The young couple receive. a. hearty
welcome from the crowd and the words
of the minister could not be heard a
! continuation of the cheering and hard
clapping.
The bride, .retty girl of II wears of
age was gowned in pale blue silk and
wore a bridal veil. She carried a large
bouquet Of roses. the gift of the gro
GERS association. The judges sfane
had been prettily decorated for the
occasion. At the last moment II was
discovered that -four cover,cg had M
been secured and hurried trip was
made up town and large rug secured
from the S:oddart Hotel to supply this
want
| Following the ceremony Rev. Mr.
Thomas introduced the bride and
groom to the audience and the cheer
Ing and hand -clapping was resumed to
continue for several minutes. The
band Joined in the demonstration and
| the neWlyweds were hurried out of the
stand and were forced to hold an in
formal reception at the doorway Of the
amphitheater.
Receive $50 Worth Groceries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jagau received a we'd
ding present of $50 worth of grocerie:
from the Grocers' association. They
will make their home at 500 Ansor
street with the brides parents, for q
time at least Mr.. Jagau is in the EN-
| ploy Of the Marshall Oil company. H.
has resided in the city several years
Mrs. Jagau is a daughter Of James
johnson, an employe Of the Lenno,
Furnace company.
"Movies" Furnish Entertainment.
The evenings entertainment, asid'
from the wedding, consisted Of a NOV.
ing picture show in front of the amphi
theatre in charge of F. w. Meeker.
number of dramatic and comic film
made up the program.
The program for the afternoon wa!
especially interesting and the commit
tee in charge is to be congratulated fo
the manner in which the events wer'
run out. There was no delay in carry
ing out the program and the event
were all we'll filled and proved excit
ing.
Baseball Game Is Exciting.
The baseball game between LeEran.
and Green Mountain, at o'clock il
the afternoon, was close and exciting
LeGrand won the contest by the clos
score of to 2. Cook and Hawbecke
was the battery for the winning team
and Lynch and Lynch for the Greel
Mountain team. The game was for
purse Of $40.
The morning game, between tw
! teams composed of clerks, was a run
away contest for the team compose
largely Of west enders. The team
were designated as Dan O'Brien's min
and Will Wilkes team. O'Brien's team
won by score of % to 5. John Bas
umpired the game.
A basket dinner at noon follows
the morning ball game and immediate
ly after dinner the second game wa
called, followed by the list of athleti
events, for men, women and children
Band Gives Concerts.