Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1916 — RICH DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS [ARTICLE]

RICH DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS

State Fair Will Give Gorgeous Night Program. The most gorgeous displays of centennial fireworks to be fired in Indiana this year will be seen at the big night spectacle which will be the centenary feature of the state fair the week of Sept. 4. The spectacle Itself will be a brilliant historical review of Indiana for 100 years and the fireworks program each evening has been especially made up for the big patriotic demonstration. The fireworks will Include a long list of special set pieces, one of them showing the evolution of transportation in Indiana from the ox team down to the modern locomotive. Another feature will be a Hoosier barnyard scene, showing a barn covered with fiery flowers, where a farmer Is feeding his chickens while the oows And pig* look on. One of the richest displays will bs a Hoosier rose In evolution, showing the formation of the leaves, the opening of the bud, the full blown flower, gradually fading In Its loveliness until Its petals fall. Georgeous skyrockets, salutes to Old Glory, centennial peace boquets fired hundreds of feet In the air, and other superb features will oombine In making the prograin the greatest of the kind ever seen in Indiana