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T h e various floats were prepared the follow ing; F . P. Pursel, three floats; RK hard M anufacturing Com pany; G. W. K e ite r; A lex ander Brothers; Stcgmaier Brewing Com pany; 1. 5>alt2cr; M orning P re ss; M oyer Brothers; Tooley & Co., two floats; J . L . D illon; White M illing Com pany; D. Low enbcrg; L . T . Sh arplcss; Harman & H assert; Atlantic R e fining Com pany: R . E . H artm an; J . F . H id la y; Brow er & G lo v er; Bloomsburg Car Com pan y; H. G . Supplee; W. F . S la g le; Blooms burg F a ir A ssociation; Gomer Thomas. A wagon I06 years old was driven by H arvey Creveling. The parade w as reviewed by Governor Stone and M avor Townsend from a stand erected on Market Square. A fte r the parade the Governor was eiven a reception by Ent Post, G . A . R ., in their hall, and after lunch at the Normal School he returned to H arris burg. It w as estimated that at least fifteen thousand people were present on this day. In the evening at 8 :3 0 o’clock a fine pyro technic display was shown on the Neal cinder tip, and concerts were given earlier in different portions of the town by the visiting bands. Friday, Aug. 28th. w as Firem en's day, and the visiting companies arrived on early trains and were met by their liosts and escorted to the various hose houses. Visitors came from all parts o f this section of the State, until it w as estimated that there were from twenty thousand to twenty-five thousand people in the town. T he weather w as all that could be desired. T he parade started at half past one from the Tow n Hall, under the direction o f William H. Gilmore, chief marshal, and his aides, Wiitiam Webb, J . Ohl, S .!I . Harhian, John W elliver and G . W. Sterner. It was nearly a mile long. T h e vis iting companies w e re : No. 3 Hose Company, Plym outh; Hook & T.addcr Company, North umberland; Eagle. Pittston; lcw isb u rg Fire Department: Good W ill, Friendship, Conti nental, Washington Hose Companies, Dan v ille: Reliance. Rangers. B erw ick; Lapc Hose Company, Mowrey Hose Company. Nantt* coke. T he following bands were in line: Bloomsburg. Berwick, Catawissa, Buckhom, Danville. Lim e Ridge and three drum corps. The Northumberland Company had with them a hand fire engine 106 years old. T he parade was the finest of the kind ever seen in this section. It was reviewed by Mayor Townsend and members of the com mittee from the stand on M arket ^ u a r e . A fte r the parade the drill corps o f Eagle Hose Company gave an exhibition drill, and
w as awarded a prize o f $25. Then fcdlowed a hose contest by the Eagle, Reliance and M ow rey Companies, E agle winning, with R e liance second. T he baseball games both days were attended by large crowds, the first day's game being between the Cuban Giants and Berw ick, score 5-4, and the second between the Giants and Danville, score 9-4. A handsome sum w as realized fo r the Centennial fund from these games. Other attractions were the w ar balloon at Seventh and M arket streets, where passen gers were carried up one thousand feet, and an exhibition o f wireless telegraphy by the Consolidated W ireless Telegraph and T ele phone Company of Philadelphia, under the direction o f Professor Shoemaker. Stations were erected at the Courthouse and Norm al School, and the snapping of the s p ^ k s could be heard for some distance. T his was the first exhibit of the kind in the interior of the State. Rut the leading attraction, aside from the parade, w as the Historical Museum. A won derful collection o f antiques w as gathered by the Civic club in the old brick P resby terian Church that stood on the present site of the Y orks residence. T h e articles w ere attractively and systematically arranged, and thousands o f visitors were delighted by a visit there. Such a collection was never be fore. and probably never will be again, seen in Bloomsburg. It is impossible to name the thousands o f articles here. One of the very interesting features at (he Museum w as the spinning by Mrs. J . S . Woods, an aged lady, on a spinning wheel. Mrs. S . A . Petriken was also present part of the time and operated a wheel that had been in her fam ily since > 8 j o . On the opening night Mrs. Petrikcn, aged cighty-scven years, .sat at a piano which was bought fo r her by her father, Daniel Snyder, when she was a little g irl. It was the first piano ever brmigbt to Bloom s burg. In the picture gallery of the Museum w ere portraits o f many of the men who had helped to make Bloomsburg- Among them were R ev. IX J . W aller. S r.. Ju d ge William E lw ell, Senator Charles R . Buckalew, David Low cnhcrg. P rof. H enry Carver, William M cK e lv y, William Neal. Elisha Barton. L . B. R u pert. Peter Billm cvcr. Daniel Snyder. S r., W illiam Snyder. William Sloan. A . J . Sloan. G eorge Vance. Robert Cathcart. William Robison, Rev. J . P. Tustin. John R . M over. Joseph W . Hcndcrshott. Dr. J . B . M cK clvy. Gen. W . H .
