Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-05
PARADE Of July 4
CREATED PRECEDENT
FOR YEARS TO COME
CITY OUTSKIRTS ALL PREVIOUS
ATTEMPTS. AT STREET PAC
EANTS--MORE THAN 500 SOL
DiERS IN LINE OF MARCH.

The street parade and historic pa
geant, which passed thru the Ottawa
streets yesterday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, was the most beautiful street
parade pass thru the Ottawa streets
since automobiles supplanteJ the
, beautiful horses, which made the
| floral parades of the olden days
never to be forgotten events. The pa
rade was formed and started, passing
| thru the loop district Just at O'Clock.
o'clock.
The parade was headed by Capt
Walter b. Palmer Capt c. E. Gapen,
Lieut. Glenn Mills, Lieut.. Melvin
French and Robert Carr, parade mar
shal, on horseback. Following the
marshal and his aides came the Nor
ris drum corps, after which came
William Leverich dressed as Uncle
Sam, and Miss Lucille Sanders, who
| represented the state Of Illinois.
Young ladies dressed to represent
the forty-eight states of the union
followed Illinois These young ladies
we're beautifully gowned in white
dresses. red, white and blue sashes,
red, white and blue crowns, and car
ried red white and blue cornicopias
= filed with red white and blue flow
= ers, which they scattered before the
: reviewing stand, for the military
section to pass over.
The military section followed,
which was composed of 81 soldiers,
which every man, woman and child
who watched them pass, will testify
: We're the best looking bunch Of men
ever gathered together in this section
= Of the middle west before. The mem
= bers of Company c led the line, fol,
lowed by platoon OF the 6Sth Ar.
tillery, after which came several plat.
oons Of other Ottawa units PlatOons
=, Of soldiers from Marseilles, Seneca
y Mendoza, and Serena followed, flank
. ed by 4 unit of tWent,'-nine sailors
Seventeen members of medical units
q followed after which cane a corps o
r Red Cross nurses headed by Miss
+ Jessie Horn OF Ryburn Hospital. Sew
II, cntean Spanish war veterans marched
q, The first decorated car in the hoa
o section Of the parade contained Mayo
Weeks and Commissioners Dough
erty, Sticklin, Palmer and Bradley.
8 Three cars filled with veterans o
q the G. A, II. passed next, followed b.
Y the decorated floats. These float
. by Mrs, w. W. Nash. and the hand
), some appearance of the line refecte;
a great credit on the artistic ability o
. the committee and the individuals
= from the various organizations who
d helped plan ana decorate the floats.
!, The w. r. c. had handsome bat
:, tleship float. One soldier and six sail
ors were stationed around this ship.
The next feature of the line was
Red Cross unit Twenty girls, mem
= bors of the surgical dressing classe
:. of the high school preceded this sec
q uon, forming Il living flag They wore
= their surgical dressing work apron
=. ana their Red Cross hcadSear an,
-. marched in the shape of a Red Cross
s Following this came a surgical dress
j., ing float. 1t was composed of a tabl,
:. surrounded by young women making
;, Red Cross gauZc dressings. Miss Su
- Same Swift. wearing her Red CrOs
- overseas costume, was seated Wit
the driver, while around the table
carried in their official hcadeoar an
work aprons, were Misses Heller
swift Mae Kelly. Pearl Banc. Grac
" Herring and Mesdames Hugh McCu
!, Tough, Gus May, Frank Sinnott an
=, Jennie Duncan peltier. This was 70
, Red Cross, with Mrs f.. H. Butte,
), field leaning against il, holding Axe
. iciherg, dressed as a wounded so
g., der, TO represent the Red Cros
Y statue, The Greatest Mother il III
World This was followed by seyera
autos of Red Cross workers.
The Red Cross chapters from Ser
>, eca, Serena, sheridan and Marsoille
- we're represented by decorated auto
filed with Red Cross WORKERS, am
four machines filed with gold sta
mothers were in the Red Cross SEE
tiGn.
III The Salvation Army had a hoa
n which represented the army work O
s. the organization overseas. Two won
m en- stood BY an improviscd stove, cook
2! Ing dOughnuts which We're thrown on
,e 20 the crowds The women wore TN
rcyaIja Of tn organiz't' and pre-
~. 0tcd one Of the mos o.ecijvo 0oai
NJ in the line. Mrs RoNcrt Henderson,
re and Mrs skinner represented The tw
p. army worker
rs Tie Kniphs of Columbus had a
o. army hut on a truck, it contained
,e piano and twelve returned soldier
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