The billboard (Aug 1905)

17 UNITED STATES TENT St AWNING CO., (inoorporatod) fO-l8 N. DMplalnes S«., CHICAOO, W. Randolph St Ymt [ipMiwii BUILDING All m& and Sins 63 TENTS '8 " 1 «■». LX E IV X S CIRCUS. BLACK and RED 1 Anythingroaaeof canTM KIDD'S PATENT LIGHTS. SIDESHOW PAINTINC- BLACK TENTS: SPECIAL NOTICE! WE CAN MAKE AND SHIP ANY SIZE BLACK TOP IN THREE DAYS. We have on hand a large stock of 10 ounce Maok duck which we recommend. Don't stop to write for prices, but send us your orders; prices guaranteed satisfac- tory. Also in stock: 10 ounce double filling, red and blue, fast colors,to iMMwod in 14-inch strips, Hned wWiblack; flannel or black drill for moving picture tents, making an attractive tent. : QmOK Wdk, AOnile Chr R. 7., «C open oo SafKlar. Prof. Hank Snyder, of the Star Shows, wiltet tbat be t>as added «lgbt tiematttol white inoilh, to hla act. Tber da a moilcal turn. The Daugherty Brothers, formerly wUb the BIc Clt7 ViadrnUe Show, jolwd the ftoto Sbowt. >t Bettrln. Neb. The Aiaoid Stock Co. baa closed at Mr. J. P. Harrl*. of the J. P. StenV Wagon Sbowi, wiltM tlMt > utl D«M k l^.wllk Us ofs*nUaUoa. Tbcr now eatiy oae > mi a i «d ptmilr aad 110 bead of atock. Beautiful weather and big business ii the remct wblcb cornea from the Al. F. WkfdcT New Model Sbowa. Next tnaoa these tbova wlU plaj under a tmnd new tent now belnc made bf J. C. Gaai Co.. of Detndt, Midi. Notes from the McDonald Brothers' Sbon-: We bare had plenty ot tala. bat haaineir coatlaoM cood. An wltli the iba* ate wA happr. Onr new calliope antrcC at KBonflle, and now we can wake the natlTca np for milea afoond. The Giffords, Robert, NelUe and Ray- awad. eootoctloolsts. write tbat ther are making a Me hit with the Beno A AlTard Sbowa. Boocb B*b7 Bamond la bat three and a bait jaara oM. be doea a oontortloQ act which After sulking for several days on ac- esoBt at tbe loaa oC bla fanner keeper. Bis Dake, the menater SantUIe clepbaat with tbe adi* It Downs Clrcaa, was bamcd oft a car at 4MM. P«., and forced on cablMtlan with tbe Itt aC a sieter elepbaot and ten mm. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weaver, of the 0<4lB>ar Brotheta' Ballnad Shows, entertained Mr. and Mra. Percr Bwlns at Peterabarg, Ul., 4. After, the parttrmaaf ajpp'a Bin* Capt. Bonavlta gave a dlimer for the •Ihcr trainer* ud atttOM of tte BwtDrt at- timetSoo, DOW plarlne Oooer Talanfl, on Anfiut S. It wu In celebration ot tbe flgbt which Booariu bad with the lion Baltimore ]nst ooe year ato. In which be lost hla arm and oame near loatnc bla life. Notes from the Great Barlow Show: We are in nortbeaatetr Ohio, and are dolus good arerage boalneaa. All are well and happr and eatlne three meala a daj. Wa are baying np tt bdbg very •bow did tbe popular In Iowa. Notes from the John Robinson Shows: We are doing a pbeoomenal boilneu. At I/ock- port, N. T., one erenlng Frank Webb laid down bis wooden leg, and to bare some ton some of the boys threw U on the drcna lot. Needing a atake badly the canTasman drore tbe wooden appendage in tbe groood and roped the side wall to It. When Webb fonnd bla leg nsed for a atake he set np tbe dgara. Capt. Webb and family and Mrs. Pete Stanton were onr gneats at North Tooawanda. Walter Main was onr gneat at Aahtahnla and PalnesTllle. It rained both days. At Tlffln tbe carrier piseoo, "Doe" Waddell, died. Beport got cnrrent tbat It waa tbe preaa agent. At Marlon oor canraa with- stood a trtghfnl storm. Boss Canrasman Cnr- tis and his men did themselrea prood. Daring tbe talppodnme racea Tom Blaplng waa caosbt by a qaarter pole and knocked n n ea mel oo a Ihia hla h o c s t s. Tbrce riba wen hnkto, and (or a time It was tbooght be weold aat aatalTC. At Maryarllle. tte boose at OoL A. B. BeWnann, a reUttre at tT at therat lr.tBa .MM agnt. Aftar tba phant* aad aevcfal tbe Atbeat asylam ana for 1.200 lanatlfa At eareleaaly left banglag by at IB to SlTcn a It** wire, tbe alscet railway ... , . . nlacd at »600. and Ulled it. After an abacnea tt BftMn years. Got. Ahn F. BaWnsnn la MMltag Ik* abow. His SOB. Jobn 6., Is on a TacaUSB. S* flanraor la aa Urdy aa a cricket, aal aqB tbat Mng on tbe let aakaa bte fsal Bfea a W—mm asaa. Itr. Sam Copeland, principal clown Ut -itm Mtcbty bag Shan tbla sisssn. waa ■■stM lag Bat a at Ecm. lean., t* Hiss Nina SmIh, a ■■dMalsaal. Tat tbe balance af tbe d wm be with tte Benn ft played wttt tbe Baag Sbowa and writes ttat tte engage- laant. ragfatened by the failure of a brake to wwk, a foor-bone team drawing a cage of AMcaa Uooa ran away daring a parade glren by the Sella & Downa Clrena at Bageratown, Md. The cage was nearly orertamed and the bnire beasts added to the eidtemrat by their terrlMe roaia. Tbe front bot u s, tortoaatelr, fell and this -* — The I/ewla Dog and Pony Show goaed Its seaaoQ at WOkesban*, Pa., laat week. Twrtre bead of One edoeated ponlea were sold to rred Darllag. and a atatr-fbot ear became tte property aC the Taan Caralral^Co. Anotter «w af mSkfSil^ wm MMbiaai Ir the New T*fk lnlillSiS afll** Tatk aty. Art Adair, dM iMO-known clown witb tbe Forepangb4CIIs Shew tbla season, la latrodaclng some original comedy stonta wblcb simply take like magic. One number* to par- UcnUr is a langh provoker. It abowa tbe co- ** I in tte role of an old woman with a _ baby. Mr. Adair will play some fair this fan and bis time ia booked op Uto writM Oat ttie "aya, are ing In partic* last week la L. tandred barrtat aataa caate near Borax" stands. It than tbe abow BlU shows IT. Mfc ~ be it •■~at.~tkat oaf IB tbe DS' tor firat place the "30-Uole ridercd better Vloto and tbe OrlaneU. Ia ■• ttat bla IJnIess reports are misleading. Buffalo win nest aeaaoa bare a new aiaasenaat nsort. Frog Island, la tb* HlMHa Ilaai; aiag tte bead ot Grand UaaC aai MMII* ea Oiand laiaBd £«ty dock, wfll ba ~tt« aS* im tt e tioa «C • as uipam. t* b* kaawn as tbe Hlagara Blrer »Biaa«aii lit Buk Oa, to b* aaplttHied at 9200,000. Cbas. P. Btaaddl. «t BaSblo, Is the aetlre promoter, while tbece win bo assod- ated Witt him a namber ot basfnes nea from New Tork and BoSalo. Ftog islaad Is aboot eighteen acres In extent, bsa a Croatagc of S,200 feet, and Is anrroonded by a deptt of water aaffldeBt for tba deepeat-draft boata on the rlTer. Tbe erection of a bnndted-room hotel, tbe eatabUabment ot a bathing beach and tte In- ■taUment tt a ItiM •aatar oC aaniMBieni derlee* ale SHag a* alB* mt tt* ti ij u liiia sereral other resorts. The attncllsa I* aald to be a great money-maker. The Three Kellys made such a hit at Electric Faik, Kansas City, tbat tber- vcte held over for a second week. Tbe next Staad waa Shooting Park, Dnbagne, la., and' tbH tk* Domlnloa Theatre, Winnipeg, Can. We wish to make an apology to Bfr. Elmer Jaome Ibc having leeenlly pobUahed It •ElBcr ft Juwat," Mr...HMa la Maying Thursday, August 10. was Tribune- Gazette Day at Lake View Park,. Teire Haate, '^aordtoanr'i^Sa^cnjMl'*' iagca^^Ba ^I hat ttat'day*°'' Mr. A. B. Hatch writes: Having dis- posed of my stock In tbe Indlanola Park, Oolnm- bos, Ohio, I am no longer eomieeted aa aaar ager of coucea a looa. bat I atlll x ' ~ ~ ~ est in the manageoMt «C tkf Is not for asle. of Treas- 9Bik^' Xawarfc. N, WaMBSB^a Opaa pointed aasistant neasorer. Harry Breton, in his leap tbe gap In aa aatonobOe. met wltt Mg saeeeea In Den- rer, Poeblo and Salt Lake City. He leecntly finished a week's engagement at Broad BIppIe Park. Indianapolis. Ind.. and hla wife, Gertmde, In her hicyde leaping tte gap, filled a aeoond week at the same place. A major portion of the stock of tbe MootgomeiT Amnsement Co.. wibcb owna and operatee Electric Park at Montgomery, Ala, haji recently been purchased by Mr. Rldiajd TUlLs. president of tbe Montgomery Street Ball- road. Mr. TlLlls proposes to greatly Improve the resort and make It flrst.class In erery res- pect. Tbe officials of the Great AUentown. Pa.. Fair bare made arraagaments to exhibit at tbelr annnal erent September 1&-22 same ot tte attractions now »w,Mhiy toctt at Ooaay laland. Tbe season at Coney doses jaK a w*A bafoc* tbe Allentown erent. whl^ ai' ment poasible. Plans m last year*8 attendance. Howard A. Elliott, recently with the Old Mm at Saren Bock, White Haven, Oobb.. has anccceded Harry De Xiscn In the a— ment ot tbe Old Um at BtocUc FSxk. Ncwatk. IT. J., and ia maklag a boat of msafls Bla pccdcesassa has latum e d to Ua bi MpUB. sAm .1» wm take tbe d ager «C Ike SIndud Tbeetre. Hardy, the "American Blondin," writes tbat he created a sematloo at Canobie Lakk Park, Salem, N. H.. last week. For tbe past three months tbia derer artlat baa won golden opinions from the managers as well aa the pabllc. He la bcxAed np natU Scvtcmhcr 10^ after which date he wm play Ak*. MaasBM* in search of real good acta wfll wsH Is booking the Intrepid Hardy. The temporary receiver fbr Rosen Heights Pike, Fort Worth, Tex., aiqiolated at the Instance ot « mlnatc^ manaser, who claimed ttat bis show waa nnjoatly caneded. was dis- missed and the ease thrown ont of eoort hr the jndge wbo beard tbe CTidenee. Manager A. O. Gtasco, of tte park, prore tbat tte mlnatrel company was far hrom what it waa represented to be. and sataMlibi il Ua ilgbt to cancel tte HiTESIAL FROM THE ST. UHISIOILO'S Fill 100,000.000 feet, an kinds. LombtT BUI tor cur estimate. IHCASSESCEirT lAJfPS. 150.000 Lamps that were used at the Kxpo- altlon. Tbey bare seen service, tmt are In good cooditlon and tiare been tested. Tbey are Bdlsoa Base,' IM voltage. General Electric Make, 8 can- dle power. We are offerlag tbeni In lota of 600 or more, price each 3c. 350,000 Ne'W Incandescent I,ampa, never oae^ General Electric Make, 8 and 10 caadle power, voltage 100 to 110. Edison Base. 25.000 New Golcted laeandeseent lier. Green, Opal and Bnby; UH1I8ED TICKETS. Screral Minioo Sspoaitbio at the ~ far aay la ita, aakiac a mass lap Cbapper Basra; 100 Begisteilag Tma atUea; SSO ~ ' TZdCBS 1.000 Galranlied Iron Boxes, dao Coin B oxes, etc. CI,0THIHO, SWOBSS, ETC. aOO "KbakI" nnlfonns. consisting of coat and panta; JDO Special Overcoats, made tor tb* I*^ feoai'.aBa^B at tte World's Fair; BOt-f^riOP - Cap*; ea* aets of Swonls. Belts aad •cBbCacMu BAMBOO FOIXS. 25.000 Bamboo Poles, nsed by tbe 0. S. Gow- enuncnt In tbe Philippine BeeerratJoa. "Btej range from 3 Incbea to S Inclm in diametar at the bottom, and from 30 to SO feet long. Caetni tot many pnrposea. Thoaaands of other Items: Uotcra, Copper Wire, Doors, Sash. Tmsses, Boad BoUen, Bope, Rooflng, Siding, LJnine, Pipe. Machtnery, Hoae. Fnraltnre, Offlee Equipment. Safea. Taolt Doocn. Fencing. Wire. Flags of aH NaUona. Opera Chairs. Water Ooolen. Creenhonse Materia], ete: ASK FOR SraCIAX, WORLiD-a FAEK OATA- LOr.T'K y<l .M4 CHICAGO HOUSE WaECK- IKO CO,. 3ilh «jjd Ires Bu,, Ci^ea^o, SSCIERT AND SHOW PAIITIMSI MBX soxn. Rnmora are ntuneroua that a new park wm be boOt at Oaacy Uland. H. T.. before next aeaaoo. Juniper and Hayes have finished a ten weekaf engagement over tte PUmmer Cltcnlt of patka and (or tk* tCBalnder of tte season will plsy ar«r Ika mrsB Okcalt. ■ The directors ot the Pennsylvania state Fair. wUCk wfll k* ImM st Betblebeai. Pa., September S-S. bare decided to bar gamb- ling and all ahowa which hint at Immorality. The Broadwicks, Chas. and Maud. b aTebe M^^T^woMBftd^ttla The BriflMon Bsftdi Devtiopment Co. tk* 4lM» «C a* preseat s i a s sB. becta arm, at _ work opsa a T. It la ar the largest _ - Mr. J. H. Welsh, who has the Whirl The Whirl at Lona Park, Coney laland, N, T., baa placed coatiaclB to erect a atasllaz derlea at I iMKve prov- Tbalea ta an aad Bsae oaa Ib* noat aa lkB s liH le per aoas pndleted. Ttw seen to kaee soleed tte problem ot serelng fee cream In the open. Be- ports from concessionaires ererywhere dedare they are tte best money maker ot the acaaon. Tbe cones sre not a fad and have come to atay. The Emery A Tarbell Foundry Co., aC report a tremendooa mn on their ovens, but with day and night to meet the demand promptly. Mr. Geo. W.- Rollins writes that he ot bla Europe Trained at Bl vesvlew Parfc.Balllinoee, ■•r arm Iben play fairs. Hr. a< tbe large erenta and Mr. W. A. Brady announces that work wm begin this fall npon tte erection of a ' " ^er at BrtghtoB Beacb. n . SH CinclBBa MM AW Aihrane*. Prlvilaga Bag Merry-Go-Rouno SO ft. long. Oeslrable for Show i nl«« KeaMkilAblv termt,. Wrlt« for pavtl :arc< THE ARMS rAl.ACE HORSE Ca Ko. ISO Monadnock Building, COXPAKT. Chicago, IH Portable Grand Stands and Folding ) cua Chairs manufactured. EstinwtM' furnished and plans submitted to pros- pective purchasers. F». A. IVIcHUGH, 6B-61 Charaplain St., CLEVELAND^. Wanted, Good .\tlrBtetloos for the . iT CAPE OIR.VKDF.AC COCSTY FAIB; Ort. IMI IS-IJ-II. 1905. Quote prices to AUO. SHILBENBING. i'rlvllrcc Director, oi E. H. SB- OEUIAN, Secv.. CAPE aiR.»RDEAi;, MO. «ML J. bl ainEiir. atUawecwy.K,x^ ■ BM will b* caawleted for use thla season. The loeatlaa toe tbe pier wm be at tte foot o( coney laland arenne. Tbls is midway between tte Brighton Beach Hotel and the Boer War In- closure, and at tte westerly end of tte Brlgbtoo Beach Development Co.'a property. Tbe pier will be the aUrtlng point for tte great board walk wblcb Is to extend thnxigh Manhattan Beacb, [Misalog tbe Oriental Hotel and ecottanlag to tte new reclaimed eeetloa under tb* C " Interests at the extreme easterly eaS SC Islaad. a distance of three mUea.