The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-18
Monster Parade on Monday
Evening Will Be One of the
Greatest Spectacles
Ever Here.
MANY MEN AND FLOATS
Line of March Long Enough to
Enable ALI Keokuk to See
It, and It Will End in
a Mass Meeting.

It is believed that the Red Cross
parade of next Monday evening will
be the largest and most important
parade seen in Keokuk since the
: flower parades of the street fairs OF
! twenty years ago.
] Over thirty organizations have
] been assigned places in the parade,
/ and some of the floats and other
demonstrations will be very striking.
/ The whole thing is in charge OF
Joseph l.. Brady, director of adver-
Using of the second annual Red Cross
campaign which is on nationwide
next week.
The people of Hamilton, Warsaw,
Carthage, Alexandria, Wayland. Ka-
hoka, Nauvoo, Bowen, Fort Madison.
and the whole surrounding country
will find it worth while to come to
Keokuk TO see this parade, and many
are coming, they say.
All merchants in Main street are
requested to display flags and other
appropriate decorations that evening.
The March md Meeting.
The parade win form a-uund SIKH
and B1mdeau streets and WIN start
at exactly 1880 O'Clock Monday
evening.
The line sf march win be from Eks
club down Blondeau to Third, to
Main, to Tenth, TO johnson, to
Twelfth, to Main, to Seventh, to
Blondeau, where the parade VII dis
band at the government building
grounds Tor concert and address.
The Keotuk Concert band will play
short program there, after which
an address will be made by William
Hartzeil. of Carthage.
It is expected that the parade will
consume about an hour. and that it
bands at the government building.
How Divisions viii Form
All organizations participating IN
the parade will assemble at O'Clock
sharp at their designated stations.
The first division will form on
Blondeau facing east down B1ondeau
in order OF designated numbers, and
its rear will extend west ON Blon-
deau to the postnffie and thence
south on Seventh street toward or
past Main street The second divis-
ion VIII form in sequence OF numbers
on Sixth above Biondeau, facing
Main street, and with its rear extend
ing as far up North Sixth street as
is necessary. When the march be-
gins, the second division viii fan in
hmm ediateiy behind the rear Of the
first division as soon as the latter
passes the intersection Of Sixth and
Blondean
The place Of each organization In
the parade was decided by lot to
preclude any favor1tim or respons-
Utility for that.
Who VIII Mach Monday Evening
The order Of the organizations par
tfcipating Is az follows:
/. Mayor Ed S. Lotion
q City Commissioners Hickey and
Hemmy
3. Mail carriers.
T. Community band.
s. Red Cross chapter with float
and junior a1Hiliaries.
6. knights of Pyttias and auxiE
iaries.
7. The Ladies OF Charity.
s. The Modern Woodmen OF Am
erica
9. Daughters Of the American Rev
oiution.
10. Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton.
II. Grand Army OF the Republic
Il. Monday Music club.
10. knights OF Columbus
IA. The P. E o.
Is. Keokuk Concert band.
Is. The Benevolent and Patriotic
Order Of EIks.
II. Spanish war veterans
IS. Business girls league
10. Boy scouts.
20. Girl scouts.
81 Uncle Sans drum corps
22- High Tension club
%. Odd Fellows and arxiliaies.
| "a. St Peters high school.
| %. Free Masons and auxi1far1es-
26. Colored Red Cross auxiliary.
q. Colored band.
| 70. FraternaI Order OF Eagles and
auxiliaries.
~. Order of Moose and au1flfaries. |
80. Ancient Order OF Hibernians
and auxiharies.
81. Knights and Ladies OF Security.
} 81. Lady Maccabees.
49, KeokIrk Commercial club
some Special Features
Inc Monday Music club will sing
, war songs while marching and otbar
organizations have ARRANGED sneciaI
features Of various kinds II will
. be a big spectacle, as We'll az 10
rade, and fine beginning for The