Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-30
MONSTER FIRE:
WORKS DISPLAY
Display of Fireworks to be
Seen in Webster City
July Is Largest Ever
Shown Here.
LIST OF SHOWINGS
Will be put on by Pain Fire
works Company's own
Men.

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The fireworks display arranged for
in Webster CITY the evening Of July "a
is by far the largest and most expen.
siye ever ATTEMPTED here. II will be nut
on nv the Pain Fire Works company nv
their own men. The show to be staged
here will be the eaual of the night
shows given during the state fair in
\ Des Moines Probably not lin all cen,
trail Iowa has there been more elab.
crate display than will be seen here
that evening. as will be readily admit,
ted by anyone who will read the list Of
pieces to be shown, which follows:
sJTncle Sam and His Boys" show.
ing the figure of a. khaki clad soldier
standing at attention, and on the oppo.
site side a sailor boy in blue, and tow.
erine above them figure of Uncle Sam
his arms resting on the shoulders of the
soldier and sailor.
.vrhe American Flag" showing the
q STARS ana fStIlIN1S In fDr1lllAnC COLOIc0
fires flanked upon each side with sa-
luting batteries. paving honor 10 the
flag OF our country. The flag is SO ar.
ranged that it appears to be waving in
the breeze.
.The Statue Of Liberty" showing
that wonderful and world famous Gift
from France which reminds us of mn
obligation we owe today to that strick-
en- country-row our ally.
Shirt Of 1916.
.'The Spirit of 1778," which measures
fifteen by twenty feet. It is a ya,y
large set niece in beautiful colors. show
ing that grand. inspiring group. grand.
Z father. father and SON. with fife AMI
drums marching off to the front.
..Gold Star Wreath which measures
twenty feet SQUARE,
..Grand Signal Sa,ute Of Aerial
Guns, which viii explode at great
height with tremendous reports. These
4 salrtes will be fred at intervals OF A
few minutes before the display takes
nlace as m inti,nation to the pubii,.
that the fireworks display will com
!. mence shortly.
Magnificent fairyland glimpse of
grounds and surroundings by the sud
den firing of colored fires.
Trench Illuminators.
Fifteen inch European war trench il
luminators and three bottled daylight
]. bombshells, which suddenly burst in the
heavens with series of Illumination
that produced the effect Of daylight on
the surrounding scene. They are a
duplicate OF the searchlight shells that
we're used in the European war.
Wonderful repeating bombshell dis
play Of Ave eighteen.inch triplet bombs,
showing each bomb upon reaching it's
altitude break three times with differ
ent effects each break.
ascent of Ten Aerial Hanging
Chains" showing immense floating
lights Of magnesium effects. lighting up
the entire heavens.
Gronnd and aerial contortionists. ere
ated nv twelve mammoth tonrbillioas
which ascend and revo,ve in the air
with eccentric motion. leaving a trail
Of fiery globules behind them.
"The Roar Of the Milky Way" show
ing six fifteen-inch shells tproduced
from a description by Kipling) by the
simultaneous discharge Of three can.
nonades and three twinkling star
bombs. Pickering through the clouds.
Display of Fiery Geysers, a French
novelty-ten great umbrellas of fire
ascending and Notwithstanding a
height of forty to fifty feet.
Garden Of the Gods.
Garden of the Gods" shells. four
breaks; with the breaking of this shell
are seen columns of golden fire arrans-
ed in half moon. The second break
depicts lightning and thunder; the
third shows searchlight lighting up
the sky like day, and with the fourth