Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-02
MAMMOTH PARADE
IS BEING PLANNED.
LABOR ORGANIZATION AND CIR
GUS TO MARCH THROUGH
STREETS OF CITY.
BUSINESS TO CLOSE.
Many Local Houses to Shut up-Ex.
pectine Event to Turn Out
Huge Success-Many Floats
in Parade.

With the famous First Cavalry band
leading TIE way, followed closely by the
city officials and the fire departments,
the Labor Day parade, which is expect
ed to prove one Of the biggest events Of
it's kind ever held in Ottumwa. will
march through the streets on next
Monday, September 6. There will be
various floats, both from labor organ
izations and of business houses in OF
tumwa, although all of. the arrange
ments for the floats have not been COM
pleted yet There will be twenty three
delegations of marchers from Ottum-
wa unions and also delegations from
Oskaloosa, Abba and Centerville with
their bands. With the circus bands,
there will be plenty of music.
Formation of Parade.
The parade, to start at 10: 80, will be
formed as follows Commencing at
Second on Court street south to Main
street in the center of Court street, will
be the first Cavalry band, the city Of
ficials and the fire departments: com
mencing at Second on the east side Of
Court street to Main street facing
north the delegations Of Federal Labor,
Painters, Plumbers, BARRIERS, Electrical
Workers, Carpenters, Miners 1859,
Walters, Bakers and Blacksmiths will
take their stands; commencing at Main
street north to Second street facing
south on the west side of Court "trett
will be the Street Railway employees
Machinists Stationary tiremen, ~ po-
graphical union, Moulders, Clerks,
B1cklayers, Sheet Metal Workers. Gar
ment Workers and Coopers unions;
commencing on the east side OF Court
street to Third street facing south will
be the Cigar Makers, Miners 152 and
Miners 3039: commencing on the west
side Of Court street from Second street /
to Third street facing south will come
tie Oskaloosa band and Oskaloosa (
delegates: commencing at Court street, |
wcst on Third street facing east will be
the Abba delegates and commencing at
Court street, east on Third street and
facing west will be the Centervillc band
and Centerville delegates. while the
commercial floats from the Ottumwa
business houses will follow. east and
west on Fourth street and facing the
city park.
The Line of March.
The parade will proceed west on Sec
ond street to Wapello street, south on
Wapello street to Main street. where
the circus parade will join in the rear
Of the Labor Day parade, then east on
Main to Jefferson street. north on JEFF
ferson street to Second street, Oh Sec
I'd street to Court street, where the
Labor Day parade will take the left
side of Second street extending west
far enough so that the circ;.s can con-
tinua on the right side of the street, al
lowing the Labor Day parade par
ticipants to view the circi:s parade
while it passes. In case the show
grounds in the west end are too wet
and the circus shows in tho east end,
then the parade will start east on Sec
ond and will keep tho same course on
streets mentioned above. Vehicles not
decorated will not be allowed In the
parade unlecs given special permit by
the Labor Day parade committees.
Many of the firms of Ottumwa, the
freight houses, city and county build !
ings, packing house and factories will
be closed for the day.
Trains Will Be Hold.
Several trains will be held to accom-
modate the crowds from out of town,
the K. & D. passenger No. 474 depart |
ing for Douds, Selma, Kilbourne at
1O:45 D. M, and running as far as Mt.
Zion The Fort Madison branch leav-
ing at 80 p. m. will be held until 5
o'clock and a special train on the Bur-
lington, with the equipment of No. %
will leave Abba at 6 a. M, leave Maxon
at sos, leave Avery at 6:12, leave
Frederic at $40, leave Dudley at 6:2S, !
leave Chillicothe at 6:35 and arrive in
Ottumwa at 700. For those returning !
home, special with the equipment of
No. II will leave Ottumwa at 10: 80 p.
M, arriving in Abba at 1880 p. m.