Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-05
THRONGS PACK THE LOOP
FROM EARLY TILL
LATE
EVERYBODY HAP PpY
PEOPLE WERE ASSEMBLED TO
GIVE VENT TO THEIR PENT UP
FEELINGS AND THEY CELE-
BRATED-DECLAR OTTAWA'S
MOST SUCCESSFUL ENTER
PRISE.

Ottawa's epochal July 4 homccom'
ingvictory celebration has passed into
history Today 2J,000 enthusiastic
people are heralding the city's biggest
and most successful fete us All Illus
trious example of what can be done
by the townspoOple when they make
up their minds to go into thng
wholehcartedly and determined to
ton has only one parallel-the Lin
coln-Douglas semicentennial of Au.
gust, 1908. The crowds of that me
Inorable day were no longer than
those of yesterday, it is claimed by
competent estimates of the two
events.
The day passed with success as its
motto and by.word There was only
one failure-and that due to an acct
dent when the government airplnne
bit the dusL in a garden east Of King
field thereby being made hors de com
bat for the remainder of the ceiehra
tion. But before meeting up with
Mother Earth the plane gave crowds a
galaxy OF thrills while it scared ADORE
the city hunting out its buryna
ground on the East Side,
The crowds began coming into OF.
tawa early in the morning and at
noon the loop was we'll packed BY
the time the pageant and parade wa
sent swinging over the line of march
the streets, court house square anl
Washington Park were filled to over
flowing BY night time the jam did
not shrink any, but increased instead
and at late hour the weary but we'll
repaid for their wearincsS wendell
their ways homoward The street
dance. which brought the big doingS
to close, attracted thousands OF
young and old folks, who made merry
while music of two bands kept their
feet busy stepping off the old ana
modern terpsichores on the rough and
unromantic bricks that give surface
to Lafayette sreet, between Columbus
and La Sale.
The O. ". S. Cadets, under lieut.
Harry Kelly. were designated to start
the program for the day. The boys
in full military regalia, staged an eX
ceptionally we'll executed drill on the
north side OF Washington Park, win
ming the plalldits of the large thronga
Witnessing their exhibition
This was followed at 1890 o'cloci
by band concert by Hentrich's Min
tary Band on the Washington Square
platforrn. At 1870 o'clock the Joliet
Military Band delighted large au
dience with concert at the cour
house square. From 1870 to | every
body was given a slight reprieve fo'
chuck. At stated intervals during The
afternoon the Flying Fishers, mu
steal troup, the Reckless Duo, com
cdy acrobatic trio and an int@esti0t
program of sports kept the folks wh'
didn't Fancy the quieter realms of th'
park, where the speaking program wa
taking place, enjoying themselve;
as their dictates prompted them. The
parade. of course. was the partlcula
feature of the day and will 80 rum
bling down through the ages as Tho
one hest bet among Ottawa's histori
pageants, but second in importance
and close second at that, was fh
speech by It, Col. B. NJ Chiperhcld
iudge advocate of the 33d Division
Col. Chipperfed, former represents
five in the Illinois general assombl
and an ex-congressman atlarge, wa
heard by an audience which numbere
close TO 1900. He was introduced t
thc throng by Judge n. w. Johnson
the conclusion of Virginia rec
danced by boys and girls Of the Mort
side Improvement Association. Tn
dance. cleverly staged, won from tn
audience enthusiastic attention, an