Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1902 — A GREAT STREET PARADE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A GREAT STREET PARADE.

THE HANDSOMEST EVER SEEN IN , OUR CITY-

The Carnival Street Parade took place Tuesday forenoon at eleven * o’clock. It was the most tastefully and elaborately decorated affair of the kind ever seen in the city. Leading the procession, was Marshal Fred Phillips, followed by the Carnival Company’s band. Following them came, in the order named: The Queen of the Carnival, Miss Frances Eiglesbach, carrying white roses and in a white chariot, entirely covered with white chrysanthemums. The Queen’s Ladies in Waiting, namely the other candidates for the Queen, in a beautifully decorated carriage. A very fine float for M. L. Hemphill’s blacksmith and wood working shop, with horse-shoeing and wood working in operation." The Merchant’s Cigar Company’s float, also very fine, with black horses in tandem. Warner Bros’, float, representing their hardware and plumbing business, with old Mrs. Bex Warner industriously bathing two of her many obstreperous kids in a fine procelain bath tub. The Kids’ Band, in uniforms, making a racket for the Racket Store. A colt two sizes larger than a jack rabbit, representing Williams’ furniture store. Scott Bros’, harness shop, a finely decorated float, with team in tandem. C. A. Roberts witu a highly ornamented Studebaker wagon, carrying six pretty girls, singing “Wait for the Wagon, Studebaker’s Wagon.” Strickfaddu’j bisr wagon, very

finely decorated. A. F. Long’s family carriage highly decorated. The Hansen blacksmith shop float, with a complete blacksmith shop, including a horse being shod. Fendig’s City Drug Store float, very fine and drawn by two horses in tandem. The Nowels’ “Case” was represented by a grown up oaf-a, or oalfey, in a decorated Jersey cow. Jud Perkins’ float, consisting mainly of a full grown Perkins r wind-mill. White’s Singer Sewing machine wagon, well decorated. Parker’s photograph gallery, an elaborately decorated carriage,*in which were a whole flock of little tots who had seen the birdie at the gallery. - Drawn by horses in tandem. E. D. Rhoades hardware store wagon, with the proprietor dealing mighty blows with a sledge hammer on a Majestic range, to illustrate the impossibility of breaking them. The family carriages of John Carmichael, G.E. Murray, and C. G. Spitler, all finely decorated. A. J. McFarland’s grocery wagon, highly decorated. Mackey & Barous monument shop, a novel and very decorative float. Bringing up the fear was an “Auto-go-Bill” in which the cart was hitched before the horse, and in the cart a male and female hobo, and carrying a banner in which it was explained that the outfit was poor because they did not buy their goods at the Chicago Bargain store. There were still other private carriages in the parade, but their owners names escaped us.