New Ulm review., 1922-08-23
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,. GREATEST G|RF'.|; A tt ST EVER R
THOUSANDS UPON SANDS
THRONGED NEW ULM AT
=. ANNIVERSARY. .t
RAIN CUT OFF SUNDAY NIGHT
PROGRAMME OTHER 3'as
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New Ulm's celebration of the 60th
anniversary of the Indian massacre
o. 1862 and the great home coming,
the greatest celebration ever held in
this city, is now a matter of history
a very pleasant memory in the hearts
and minds of visitors and home folks
alike.
Everything went off as advertised,
with the exception of last Sunday
nights program by the Turner's in
Turner park, which was necessarily
cut off on account of the heavy rain
storm.
Zuhrah Shriners Proved Popular.
The concert in Turner park Wednes-
day night and the program in German
park Thursday night as we'll as the
services in Milford township on Friday
were high spots in celebration full
of splendid things.
One of the most popular features Of
the five-day program was the. Zuhrah
Shriners of Minneapolis. Their parade
and drill on Minnesota street; on sSatur-
day afternoon and again in Turner
park, in the evening, was enjoyed by
one of the largest crowds that has ever
visited New Ulm., The chanters and
the drum corps received enthusiastic
applause and the drill team showed the
exceptional degree of perfection at
tainable after thorough training =
Turner's Gave Splendid Program.
The crowds on Sunday were the
greatest ever seen in New Ulm. Fully
twenty thousand people crowded. the
streets and places of amusement-and
that is putting the figure very con-
servatively.
The program put on by the Turner'S
in the afternoon Was we'll worth COM
ing from any distance to see and
visitors were loud in their praises of
the splendid performance.
Parades Were Beautiful.
The parades of Friday night, Satur-
day morning and Sunday afternoon
were beautiful. The business men of
New Ulm had spared no pains and ex-
pense in making the parades stand
out as prominent as they did. The
floats were artistically made up and
many of them represented great deal
of expense to those who built them.
Major Louis G. Vogel, our deservedly
popular county auditor, was the mar
shal of the day and he looked just
splendid, the way he sat in the saddle
To him belongs great deal Of the
credit for the splendid showing made
in the parades as he worked untiring.
ly for weeks beforehand to get as
many as possible of the merchants
to prepare floats and decorate auto
mobiles for this event.
Committee Floats.
The first division, of which Major
Albert Pfaender was chief and Major
Baptist Groebner and Captain A. C
Amann, aides, was headed by Hof
meister's band and the tribe of rea
Sioux Indians from the Morton agency
This division included the committe.
floats, which were very well gotten w
and truly visualized pioneer history
with especial emphasis on the trying
days of 1862. These floats pictured
the Indian medicine man, an India1
camp, Brown County commissioners il
session in 1862 (acted out by the com
missioners of 1922 and County At
torney Eckstein), pioneer schoone
with the wooden wheels cut from tn
end of round log and encircled b,
an iron hoop; Frank Steele, the frs
steamboat; a log cabin, an Indian at
tack and others. >
Mrs. Jacob Haubrich and Mr.. Ere,
Alvin rode in an automobile as the frs
white children born in Brown County
Fake Cannon Shown.
" Edward J. Berg was chief of tn
. second division and his aides wer
DR.. c.. H. Gieseke and Forrest Eng
ilish. This division was headed by tn
ISH-TAK-A-BA band, which is tn
Indian name for Sleepy Eye. The fax
cannon used in 1862 to scare the In
dams, consisting Of an ordinary stov
pipe mounted on two wheels, with tn
anvil and all, was shown. Also tn
pioneer wagon used by Luther G. I've
in the year 1862 and from which severa
persons were killed by the Indians
Then came defenders in autos, pioneer
in autos, Junior Pioneers, G. A. R
sSpanish-American veterans in auto.
Mexican Border War veterans IN auto
and World War Veterans in autos
The cannon received by the New Ulr
5Turnverein in 1862 from the Cincir
natl Turnverein was shown. Also th
historic old windmill. One beautif,
float was made to represent Minneh;