Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-07-06
CELEBRATION IS
BIG SUCCESS
LARGE CROWDS THRONG FAIR
GROUNDS AT TWO.DAY
CELEBRATION
BALL GAMES ATTRACT CROWDS
Areoplane Stunts, Free Acts, Races
and Fireworks Please the
Large Crowds

The Fourth of July celebration held
on the Fair Grounds Monday and Tues
day were success, record crowds be-
ing present at each days program. The
double header ball game between
Greeley and Worthington and Earlville
and Dyersville were strong drawing
cards for the opening day of the eel
ebration. Greeley and Worthington
were evenly matched and put up a fast
game, Greeley winning in the wind-up
by score of to l. Dyersville
trimmed up Earlville again, this time
to the tune of 4 to 1. The teams from
Earlville and Dyersville played clean
game.
The Dyersville band furnished the
music during the two days celebra-
ton and played while the free acts
were being staged and between acts.
They are an organization OF which
Dyersville can feel proud.
Owing to an accident to the High
Line near Monticello on Monday the
celebration was somewhat interferred
with because of lack Of electric lights,
delaying the schedule of the program
somewhat. On Tuesday night when
the free acts were to commence the
lights went out again and remained
out for half hour or more.
The areoplane was on hand Tuesday
for the advertised stunts, which were
pulled off during the afternoon at the
close of the ball game between Man
chester and Ryan. The men in the
plane did stunts as announced, one
of them walking on the upper plane,
and climbing from one plane to the
other, also swinging from a rope lad
der suspended underneath the NAM
moth ship After pulling off the hair
raising stunts the big plane landed
in the field a half mile east of the fair
ground.
The fireworks on Monday and Tues
day evenings proved the usual draw
mense crowds both on the grounds and
those who thronged the streets south
of the fair grounds. The street south
of the Fair Grounds was packed solid
with cars during the evening perform
ance and when the fire alarm was
turned in firemen who were on the
grounds found it exceedingly difficult
to get through this street to answer
the fire call. 1t seems miraculous that
some cars were not completely
smashed in this rush for downtown.
1t is not definitely known at this
time just how much Of a success finan-
cially the celebration proved to be-
there were 1881 paid admissions at
the gates, and during the evening OF
the same day there were 1871 paid
admissions. On Tuesday there were
1870 paid admissions during the after
noon and lao in the evening. Cars
on the grounds during the afternoon
and evening of the Fourth totalled
1856 and on the fifth of July, 637. The
dance pavilion proved strong draw
ing card for old and young and was
crowded the greater part Of the time.
Since it is impossible to get accurate
figures on the total receipts and ex-
penditures at this writing, we will
have to give this part of the proceed
ings to our readers in future issue.
We might say, however, that every
cent over and above expenses will be
devoted to the improvement of the
grounds, and this years profits from
the celebration will likely be used to
extend water mains onto the grounds,
an improvement that should have been
| made some time ago.