Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-06

with Dame Fortune smiling upon
happy contenteo people, good natured to
a marked degree, the celebration OF the
Fourth, promoted by the fraternal or
carnations of Marshalltown. proved
an unqualified success.
Nearly ten thousand people, including
visitors from more than seventy miles
distant. witnessed both afternoon and
! night programs. According to Secretary
| w. NJ. Clark, of the fair association.
| the evening crowd was the largest ever
Assem- bled upon the grounds at night
| There was not a single accident incl
! dent to the celebration proper to mar
| the pleasure of the day, despite the as
! sembly of thousands of people, the rush
/ Of traffic, and the indiscrininate use OF
| torpedoes and firecrackers.
| Best of all, the crowd was orderly
and not a single case OF intoxfcation
was in evidence. The people OF Mar
! shalltown and her country cousins were
! out in force, all bent on a good, old
| fashioned celebration, and every one
appeared to enjoy every minute OF the
! long day.
Committees Dues Praise.
| To the fraternal organizations Of the
! city. the mem bers of which have
| worked hard for many weeks with an
unselfsh purpose OF bringing &c Mar
shallown countless visitors to spend
| the day, all praise is due. The job is
always a thankless one. at best and II
| has taken a great amount of hard work
| to manage the many details and work
| them out to nicely SO that in the final
realization there would be no bitches
| in the program.
The events constituting the pro-
grams of the day were all free to the
public. and many conventences were
| offered that were really appreciated
This was especially true in the open
| ing OF the merchants pavilion as rest
rooms, and there many q tired mother
and her babe found solace after a hard
| forenoon. There were many conces-
sions on the grounds in which the peo-
pie might spend their money It they
chose, and concessions were worked
from early forenoon tn late at night
! The general committee In charge o!
| the celebration was headed by ex-May-
/ or 0. L Ingledue as chairman. T. j
| Gavagan was secretary OF this general
| committee. 81. K. Denmead, treasurer
and Mrs w. E. Leech and F. G. Pierce
/ the other two members. The chairman
/ of the different working committees
were: Finance, John Bristol; adver-
Using. E L. Billings: grounds and con-
] cessions Charles Baldwin; entertain
ment, D. s. Good; bands. W. T. Som
ers: parade and floats. w. A George;
! drill teams, Percy Gettle: fireworks
| A c. Buchanan.
Parade Pretty Spectacle.
/ The parade was most pleasing fea
/ ture of the celebration, and a credit
both 20 the celebration itself and the
/ business men. societies, and individual!
participating in 1t.
! The parade moved west in MAR
| street in two sections. one comprising
motor driven. and the other horse
drawn vehicles. Many were the prett,
displays arranged for the occasion. Th'
float Of ]. Levin, an artistic creation
in white, bearing four young women at
tired all in white was accorded tn
highest honors, and was awarded frs
money az the most beautiful float. TIL
Il Buchanan Boughton Company, show
ing an interior of a bath room. wit
a little girl being given a bath by he
AcitI lliOliici. "1S dWdi OSN stIpIHA W AZ
and the Sinclair Tea and Coffee Com
pany. displaying a large coffee pot
done in white, won third.
Among other most pretty and move
floats was an automobile done in whit
and trimmed in poinsettas. driven b
Charles Darling in the George X
Darling Company section of the motor
driven vehicles, and the float Of Abbot
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fencing. in which the truck. enclose
by the fencing. displayed two bah
calves herded by a cowboy.
The Judges for the parade were !
W. Carl and DR.. D. A. Collision.
Makeup of Parade.
The parade encircled the fai
grounds track after reaching til
grounds, in order that those who wer
already at the grounds might witnes
the pageant The first section of tn
parade moved in the following order
Police patrol. fire truck No. I, Are true
No. 2. J. NJ. Johnson & Co.'S display {
motorcycles. New England store, AL
bolt & Son. the D. C. Wilbur stor
Gates Plumbing Company. c.
Schmidt, Order Of Owls. Old Rehab
Drug Company. Henderson Shoe Con
pany. cars sold by the G. w. Darlin
Company and the decorated Darlir
car, Bondage Hardware Compan
James L. Denmead greenhouses. Levin
Boughton- Buchanan Company, Woo
men Circle, ]. E. McDermott, Gamer
Shop. Star grocery and Kissel K;
Company
Headed by DR.. J. A. Walser. chi
marshal. mounted on a dapper lit
steed, the second section of the pa
ade was made up az follows: Carria'
containing speakers. Marshalltow
band, scouting party from ChiT
pewa tribe Of Red Men. attired in VI
paint and feathers; float advertiser
occident -four. Maple Leaf cam
Woodmen Of the World; Order Of Owl
e. z. Mack Company. W. A. Geore
five floats Of the Let's Fletcher Con
pany. soldiers home drum corps, L
Andrews store, .LAPiant Company,
T. Somers Owing Storage and Tran
fer Company, Independent Fruit Cor
pany. Royal Neighbors. Woodmen
the World, Knights of Columbus I
terlocking Cement Stave Silo Compar
Sinclair Tea and Coffee CompaI
Loyal Order OF Moose, Levin's hea
prize noas ard the WAY Company