The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-07-28
Home Coming Event
Listed At NeU Ulr1
Big Program Prepared By Com
mittee; Dates Are August,
16 To 20; Features

New Ulm, July 27.-Among the
leading features of the big home
coming celebration and Indian mas
sacre anniversary program as given
out by the program committee is
the big historical pageant which
will include some fourteen or. more
historical floats concentrating the
trying days of 1862 when so many
of the earliest settlers of New Ulm
and vicinity were massacred by the
Indians in the great Indian outbreak
OF that year In which more than 800
whites in Minnesota lost their lives.
A committee, consisting Of VIII
lard Vogel, Alexander Schwendinger
and Otto Setter, will supervise the
construction Of these floats. This
part of the program will appeal to
more people than any other part
both OF those who live here and OF
former New Ulmites who will be
back home" for the celebration, as
well as all other visitors. and espe-
cially to people who take live in
terest in Minnesota history.
Besides the historical floats built
specially for that purpose, many OF
New Ulm's business houses will
build floats for the occasion. It is
expected that many of these will
also carry valuable historic ap
peal. 1t is estimated that In all
there will be some over fifty floats.
Being built on historical lines, this
part OF the program will furnish
instruction as well as entertain
ment for the crowds that are sure
ito be here from far and near.
NJ. ]. Bieber, chairman Of program
committee, announces tentatively
that Governor J. A. o. Preus will
be asked to speak at reception to
be held on Thursday evening, Au
gust II at Turner Hall. There will
also be a band concert on the open
ing evenings program.
Proper exercises concentrating
the event Of sixty years ago will be
held on Friday, August IS, at the
monument in Milford township
This will be followed by a picnic
which win be held on one of the
farms in the neighborhood.
In the evening Of Friday, August
Is, there will be a large auto par
ade, big cash prizes being given by
the merchants OF New Ulm for the
best decorated automobiles. This
dents OF New Ulm, but to anybody
from anywhere. This parade is to
be held in the evening to give an
opportunity for electric display. II
will be one of the start attractions
of the week. The parade will be
followed by another band concert
and the program for the day will
conclude with dances at Turner Hall
and at the Armory.
The historical pageant, in which
the historical floats will figure as
mentioned above, will be held on
Saturday, August 10. This part Of
the program will no doubt attract
more attention than anything else.
The Shriners of the Zurah Temple
Minneapolis, will be here all day on
Saturday and will add to the al
ready colorful program for that day.
A drill and exhibition will be given
by this organizations crack drill
team in the afternoon, while the
band. chanters and drum corps will
give a concert in the evening.
Dances at both Turner hall and
the Armory will again conclude the
Sunday, August 20, the last day of
the celebration, will no doubt be
the big day. from an attendance
standpoint. This days program has
been left in the hands of the New
Ulm Turnverein. Crack athletic
teams representing Minneapolis and
St. Paul Turner's will be here on
that day and with the local teams
will present a program of gymnas-
tics both afternoon and evening
which it win be worth coming long
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