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IN CELEBRATIONam, day demonstrationKEPT BUSINESS DISTRICTS IN UPROARHAD A GIGANTIC PARADERoar Of Victory Celebration Monday Continued Until Late At Niglit—A Great Day For AllStirred by the nows of peace, for ! which it had boon waiting in hopeful anticipation for several days, and especially .sinet1 the premature announcement on Thursday, Spencer shut up shop Monday, forgot business and profession and celebrated as long as it was physically able to do so.Starting shortly after .1:00 o'clock Monday morning, the celebration continued unabated until a late hour Monday night. In fact, as the day wore on, louder and more tumultous grew the celebration, And in the business district the celebrants were given right of way, free reign and traffic rules and ordinances were forgotten.Every known noise-making device that coukl be pressed into service, from fire arms to church hells and the lire whistle, were used to contribute to the din. The noise that was at first spasmodic grew in volume and continuity as daylight broke and the day advanced. By early forenoon it had attained a steady roar of mingled crashing sounds that maintained its volume practically throughout the day.Others Who CelebratedMost joyous of all were the unseen celcbrants—the mothers, the wives and other loved ones of the boys over there—many of whom expressed the joy of their hearts in the quietness of their homes. From out their hearts poured prayers with the coming of the news of the cessation of fighting, for then* the loved ones over there would most probably all return, Then were the. others for whom a little wooden cross on fought-over French soil marks the place where lay their precious sacrifice. They were sustained by the thought that the sacrifice was made in as ennobling a cause as human lives were ever given.Thoroughfare of JoyThe Spcncer Commercial Club j met in Special session at 9:00 j o’clock Monday morning to arrange i for the day’s celebration and parade. Arrangements were made to close the business houses at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon for the balance of the day. A collection was taken up to defray expenses which collection amounted to around S180.The schools, for the most part, were dismissed during the morning for the balance of the day.Automobiles, trucks and persons on foot kept up a clangorous racket as they went up and down the street. At an early hour, long before daylight, a dummy of the kaiser was hung across Main street near Fourth street. The kaiser was bung by a three-quarter inch rope. He dangled there until late into the afternoon. Groups of men and boys paused underneath to take a shot, or several shots, at the kaiser. Only blank cartridges were permitted to he used, but these made plenty of noise. The city ban on fire arms was disregarded and armed parties in automobiles road hack and forth firing volleys.Flags more numerous than the city had ever seen before were flung from buildings and flew from motor vehicles or were carried by marchers. Wherever a flag of the allies could be mustered it was given a place with the stars and stripes.
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Spencer Reporter
Spencer, Iowa, US
Wed, Nov 13, 1918
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