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Show MUMMERS CAPTURE PHILADELPHIA CITY rilllAliKU'lllA. Jan. I. The Mummers 1'hlladelphia'a romhlned New Year associations took possession posses-sion of the city today for their annual an-nual parade, in which IS.OuO Mummers, Mum-mers, representing twenty clubs, competed com-peted for prises of more than 112.000. Comic displays, elaborate flosta, fancy costumes and strlne bands sought In their various divisions to loutilo each other, and thotisanda of spectators, many of whom had stayed up all n!iht after the New Year's celebration In order to witness the early start of the procession, thronged the line of march. |