The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
A Fine Celebration


for the boys and girls. In the
afternoon a parade of the Rob-
erts county soldier boys in which
about $50 participated took place
at two o'clock. This feature of
the celebration alone was worth
a trip of many miles. The parade
was led by the Sisseton boy
: couts, thin the boys of '65 and
that excellent Browns Valley
Band-then came the boys of is
-l9-Ah but wasn't there Jumps
in the throats of the spectators.
but Jumps of joy this time, to see
these fine husky fellows back
home again.
The ball game was the next
attraction to entertain the large
crowd. The game was between
Sisseton and Milbank and it was
a wonderful game. The teams
were an excellent match, and in
ming after inning was played
without a score on either side. In
the fifth Sisseton made one
score, Milbank tied them in the
seventh and in the ninth with a
few properly placed hits Sisse-
ton made the winning score 2 to
/.
Following the ball game more
races were put on on the street
and an entertainment by local
talent ?-they still live.
Nearly 5000 people attended
the free picture show at the
Unique Theatre IN the evening.
and the big bowery was packed
with dancers all evening and in
to the small hours of the morn.
ing.
July 5th was another fine day,
but folks were a little slow about
getting around early. The
Browns Valley band gave a fine
concert in the morning. Judge
Anderson of Webster was billed
for an GRAFTON at two o'clock, but
the train on which he came was
wrecked between Webster and
Milbank and he was unable to be
present. Rev. FIR. O'Hora was
pressed into service and deliver
ed an excellent address. The
male quartette also rendered
several fine selections.
Next came the ball game be.
tween Sisseton and Milbank. In
the first inning the Sisseton
pitcher, Francis Lahey, was
struck the head with a pitched
ball, while at bat, and knocked
unconscious. He was carried from
the field and placed under the
physicians care. To those present
we wish to state that he has full.
ly recovered from the effects of
the injury, but for hours his
recovery seemed doubtful and he
did not recover consciousness un-
til late that night. This accident
seemed to take tn "epp" out of
the player and interest from the
spectators. The game finally
finished with Milbank in the lead
II to 3.
The chef attraction for the
the day was the aeroplane flights
by Ed McEllinggott of Appleton.
The flyer iwtharrived with his
machine about 5 o'clock and for
an hour gave a very fine exhibit
ion. This proved to be the crown
ing event of the entire celehra-
tion as hundreds of people who
had never seen a aerp!ane had
come many miles to see this one
and all were we'll pleased with
the exhibition.
The celebration wound up with
another fine show at the Unique
and a big bowry dance. Taking
it through and through every
thing came off fine and everyone
who came here for Sisseton's big
free celebration have only words
of praise for the city's effords to
entertain them in the manner
they did. All the soldier boys
were given free board and lodr-
ing while in the city.
In closing we want to compli-
ment on that splendid band organ
ization from Browns Valley that
furnished music during the two
days. They were a fine lot of
young men personally and as a
band they can't be beat, and are
deserving of the loyal supporc Of
every citizen Of Browns VALLEY
and the community.