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I B if JCVJSlfiilG GAZETTE, BURLING*mm HimThe Coming Peace Carnival to Be Held Oct. 7th and 8th Will be the Grandest Event Ever Held in Iowa’s Pioneer Town.The Finance Committee Have Assurances of Ample Money for Securing the Best Attractions That Can Be Offered to Visitors.Burlington’s Electric Street Car Lines Proffers Its Entire Receipts for One Whole Day With Burlington Young Lady Conductors.Men With Extraordinary Attractions are Already Offering Startling Features for the Two Days’ Celebration.The finance committee ot the peace carnival met at the mayor’s officefeatures will be presented one night of the grand Mardi Gras that night willthis morning with almost a full attend- | be turned into day and the celebrationance. and the coming carnival was dis cussed in all its shapes and phases. The committee were enthusiastic and Hanguino over the outlook, and the indications are that the subscriptions will be made on a more generous and liberal scale than has ever been known upon similar events in this city; From every source comes the most encouraging reports of the willingness of Burlington business men to contribute liberally for the two days’ carnival that will mark the celebration of peace in this country. The ladies are enthusiastic in the cause and proffer their services in every direction in which they can be made useful.Mr. C. H. Walsh, the manager of the Electric street car line, today called at The Gazette office and asked permission to submit to the finance committee a proposition to donate the entire revenue or receipts of the electric street railway on all its lines and cars for one entire day to the carnival fund providing the ladies of Burlington will undertake the task of acting as conductors upon the specified day. iie permits the ladies to select the day themselves, and will furnish a man conductor on every train to facilitate the ladies in the collection of fares, but the entire receipts of that day will be given to the finance committee to aid the cause of the great peace carnival. The committee notified Miss Frances Potter of the proposition of the electric railway company, and re^ quested that she take charge of the matter and interest herself in securing the well-known young ladies of this ity to act in this capacity. She promptly accepted the mission and is already at work arranging the details of this great day.The finance committee today appointed sub-committees to canvass the different branches of business and trade of this city, and report next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in committee of the whole as to the result of the two days’ work. A careful estimate of all the necessary expenses that will be incurred has placed the amount at $4,000. This includes the river carnival, the extraordinary attractions, brass bands and public decorations. Every dollar of this will be expended in attractions that will draw people from a distance to our city and make the twro days of the carnival a gala one. Many organizations and societies of the city have proffered their services in unique attractions, add there is no doubt but what so madywill be a continuous one from early Friday morning until its close at midnight Saturday night.Letters from surrounding towns in response to inquiries as to* how the proposition seems to please the people of their locality indicate that there will be such an outpouring of people here on that occasion as has never been known. Fairfield. Mt. Pleasant Ft. Madison. Oquawka, Keithsburg. Morning Sun, Wapello. Galesburg. Monmouth. Columbus Junction. Oska-loosa and Washington promise to turn out en masse and send such huge delegations that it is becoming a query as to the possibility of Burlington even entertaining them all.Already a number of attractions have been offered to the amusement committee, and today a gentleman representing some feature of the grand river carnival has presented the com mittee with plans and details of such an event that alone will attract thousands of people to see.he following are the sub-eommit-tees appointed by the finance committee this morning.Cigar Dealers and Confectioners -Ed. Wohlwend and Louis M. Jaeger.Butchers and Bakers—Wm* Muen-zenmeyer and W. G. Hoerr.Grocers—C. Lundgren and Adolph Braunberger.Hardware, implements. Etc.—Chas. Wedertz and George Kriechbaum.Jobbers—Chas. Otto, A. L. Phillips.Banks and Professional Men—John Smither. W. G. Mercer, Chas. Frick.Railroads—Transportation committee.Hotels and Cafes—John Sterling and George Smith.Clothing and Furnishing Houses— Sam Strause, Leon Eisfeld.Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes—George Boesch, E. M. Wesner, E. A. Peterson.Jew’elers, Drug Stores, Etc.—W. W. Parsons, A. W. Carpenter.The following is the preface to the subscription lists which are being circulated: “Rejoicing in the great victories to our army and navy and the successful ending of the late war with Spain, we hereby subscribe the sum set opposite our names, payable on demand, to be used by the committee in charge in holding in Burlington, Iowa, a ‘Peace Carnival,’ in the fall of 1898.’’TEA TIME TOPICS
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Burlington Evening Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 24, 1898
Page 5
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Burlington P.
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