The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS
DISPLAY AT MANKATO FAIR
Thirty Pieces VIII Be Shown On Evenings of
September 13, IA and Is; Extraordinary
Event In This City

/, ton, leaving a trail of fiery jglobules
| behind them.
No. Is. A summer thunder storm. A
| most wonderful and awe-inspiring eff
feet produced by thousand electrical
flashes and laundering detonations.
No. 16. Exhibition of four six pound
asteroid rockets, showing several
floating lights, changing color con-
| tinually, while sailing through the air.
+ No. II. Double eccentric device,
| Screaming, Flying, Fighting Eagles
A very novel number, exciting and
! amusing.
| No. 1S. yellowstone Wonders. .
Flight Of four extra large geysers, of
four pounds each, that perform num-
| Der of evolutions on a fat surface.
No. 10. Display of six hanging
chain rockets. Each rocket releasing
long chains of colored lights, which
! float in mid air, changing to various
colors until out of sight.
No. 20. 'The Aerial Garden of Var
liegated Gems produced by the stimuli
taneous discharge of three nineteen
inch and three ffteen-inch bomb
shells.
No. 81. Magic splendor device. "a
| Great Golden Wheel of Fortune" An
eight-wheel cataract of brilliant gold
| en- showers.
No. o. Aerial wiggIers. Fire wig
gler rockets, ascending with dragon
like effect, twisting, tWirling and wig
Cling in mid-air.
No. %. ''The Night Shows Silver
Radiance" An aerial illumination with
a new aluminium light.
| No. "a. Flight Of thousand
monster glow worms. A beautiful new
conceit, displayed by the discharge of
four glow-worm bomb shells, showing
thousands of worms darting to and
! fro.
Grand display, Carnival of Imps."
Produced by four special Imp
battery Saucission shells, covering an
immense area with flying. fiery drag
.. ons, terminating in a loud fusilade.
No. 25. Grand extra special num-
Der. "The Bombardment of the Darde-
nelles and Constantinople by British
Dreadnauehts" The fort is outlined In
lines Of fire, while in the distance is
seen the towers and minarets of the
Turkish capital, and to the right in the
foreground, correctly outlined. is seen
mammoth battleship, with guns
mounted on decks and gun turrets. The
engagement opens with a shot from
the fort, which is promptly answered
by the man of-war The bombardment
is now furious, and the spectators be-
hold the entire scene in mass of
gorgeous, fiery splendor. Parts of the
fort are seen. to crumble and fall; sud-
denly, well directed shot from the
fort apparently strikes the ships mag
azine and it Immediately blows up
with terrific detonations.
No 26. Another aerial novelty.
Three Inauguration bombs, as given for
the first time at the Inauguration of
President Wilson.
No. 27. Satan's frolic in a foun-
tain. Produced by six batteries of aeri-
al Saucissions. -
No. g. A dazzling aurora borealis,
or "The Land of the Midnight SUM-"
Especially designed for this fair. For
$50 feet facing the spectators, at a
given signal, hundreds of crimson
beacon lights blaze forth and shooting
upwards toward the zenith, illumin-
ate the entire scene with their rllddy
glow. A signal is fired and crimson
flames change to soft golden lights.
while from other points spring SHIN
mering shafts of flames.
No. 20. Extra grand final device,
Daylight Replaces Darkness" The
wierd white falls. Being a reproduce
ton of that majestic cataract, Niagara
Falls. in lines of fire forty feet long
and falling from height of twenty
feet or more.
No. 80. Finale "The Dairy Maids
Bouquet" Produced by a simultane-
GUS discharge of twentyfi colored
rockets, forming a magnificent bou-
quet with flowers of every color.
Concluding set pieces, "Good Night
and "Come Tomorrow in beautiful
colored lines of fire.