The billboard (Aug 1905)

20 xne Billboard street Fairs Pairs C Expo- sitions ' The Trotting Ostrich from tbe term at Bat HgiiBH, Azk^ bmrn been nnwi >■ u (Ktzm •ttnetlon at the Tloraota, Ou., Ur t» be held August 28 to September 9. The Great Zenoz, sensational one- •etellst and alack wlcc artist, was « "llil^'l ftae act at tlie u) lU^ feM. AaiHt 23^. vjniaier tbe nnr : nmiiBgement the iCaini* abMF war asalB »• aw aC tlw CtatM. Btar ContT «Mr, to be bald at N. September 1B43. In- The Gantlers. Bern&rd and Ada. sotig lUDStiataca^ aad Ime, in Iter electrlcaJ spec- tacnlar tT****^**™^t*""i hare teen booked wltii I jOalaC BzMUt at tbe Lewis and Mr to wSl aaw aeat 3.000 people. The fair held at Anthony, Kan., Au- cnst S-II. turned ovt to be a bic saeceas, botli OzanetallT u>d tn polat ot attends nee. There waa a blB line of attiactloas. a doable banoon aacanrin daiJy ad a nnmber of free attxmctioos. .jB^taAc tbe Trotting Oatrlcb. ?«aniS Forty-ninth annual fair of WIl- ^n^.—^ eeimtr. HL, will be lield at Marloa. ' September 12-U> Tbe baU-mUe track baa been lasptawed. and tbe'aeatias capadtr in tbe grand atand baa been doobled. Otlier ptepaiatioas haTc baea nade to piwlde far large crowds. A large SBBibcr .ot attiaetioeB are sow being engaged. )acM> Coodall Is president, Geo. C. Campbell, ■ cm tary and G. H- Goodall. treasnrer of tbe fair aasoeiation. Ibtj are looking toward to tte bigseat event ia the blatncT vt tbe ceontr. The bte lH-Slatft mr at DoiNiqMb pr o du eta of wea- l,toba«.HBeBa> Is Utt, better than ' ~ I fte Ike Dabogqe fair. lOaa . la tbe Mc drawtas card. Par- sttsftiea to ber engagement be- eliC-tke Iket tbat ahe B a Dnlmqae wooian. ! wife of Uanager Jake Bosentbal of i^fba^Siloa Tbeatre. -'-Wte wish to correct an error made In ithe adrertlscment of tbe Eagles' JnbUee and 4b^aBtoaaolii]e Tournament, JackaonTllle. Bl.. from ^■Angnat 28 to September 2, which appeared in -tbe iasae of Angnst IBth. It read "ElkB' JutA- lee." iKtead of "Easlea' 7iit>ttee." Tbe at- . tcaetloaB wlU be fnmislied br tbe GMat Fatker 'siilai^Tkt eveat laeiiilati to CbatUjr Oar. The big fair to be held at Fort Wayae, lad.. September 19-33 wHI embrace an tbe features of a fair, street fair, drcns, fefltlTSl and race meeting. The Pike Is to be fcataiad upon an elaborate ccale and free at- traKfooa wlil be nameroas. Tbe management wish to make this the greatest fair erer beld In that cit7. and they hare left nottUng- ondone tliat wooM bring ahoot tlila result. It is being aai uU a td cstcaatTdr- Tbe date «I Oie CTent la Jaat IMIowtac tke ladlaBa State and « VNk vccecdiDg tbe mtDota State Fair, tlieretiT ■toering to tiie patnos some' of tlie Unest stock to be had. Secretary. E. W. Kandall has left notliing nndone wUch might add to the aocceaa of Ok Ulnnesota State Fair to be held September 4-9 in sc. Panl. Mr. I,. D. Baird. privilege mmsKer, Has been exceedlnglr I>DI7, as also has Mr- C. M. Gregff, who has diarge of amose- ments. Ur. Gregg lias collected what be coo- alden one of the greatest aggregatiocs eret eeca it a state fair. The OaskOl Camiral Co. wm aipplr tlw attiaetioaa fbr the pike. There ijam. b^ J aaa jj -twa a b ea r a- aad twelTe big tree r .arta -/^- Pm -Jatob. wm ■» aCBlnat the wocld'a «»to»fc _gie»■ ^Sir'of'wSaidSt ^^^fjtuA -WBfk In cieij departflMBt !■ being l>>toaaifc;.^jia cndeflTor wm lie made to aecaae ISTRBET PAIRS r. W. Aostla. picddeat. and J. W. GraTenhorat, aecretaiy aa< '' aC iHtI- leges, tiaTe t>een in atf~ was foaaded. Ttieir i colnmn of tilia It. p. Tillman, aeronant, with the Great Alamo Osnlval Co.. waa killed AngnxC 8 while pirifta al iK at Bortan, Kan. The eaose of the oandr appeaia to bare been an iil-lnflated ball OOP It did act reaefa tbe proper deration and Mr. 'wniwm ^r^i'eil to cat lUa para- cbnte looae befHe be bad deaied tbe eltr- Tbe paiaefeate mmt dowa «■ tbe high adioid bolldlag aad. tta atiiasal waa daaM^asainat the capda.'. bgr tba ttacL Hft fbsiiii soffec^ fliaaa ■'Mil tol^ he «■ .0* aenoC and ralbd to the eaaaad. Whaa pMid l» life existed, bat when tke f*j"«««—« gHlpM fea was pronoanced dead. Mr. Tnimsn waa twealj ei^bt jaaea of age. aad bad_ btcn an aeroaaot ^^V-. M jears. He exeeedlngir dercE. Ha «aB vnmarrled. Hia mother reaidea In fatrtrnk, la. He liad two brotherm and a aiater. Tbe funeral aerrlees were beld at Horton the day following bis death. The K. of P. lodge, of wlileli be waa a member, took charge. A bcetber, Oltacr " " - - — Pi UK'Will S. WcUer a tti ft a a eontnet rrith tbe A. O. V. W.. of Portamoatli. Ohio, for a free street fair week of September 2. Santelle, the American Hercules, closed with the J. Pkaafc Batch Sliawa Ansaat 7 at London. Ont-, to plaj randerllle da tea. ETytoy Iteriam -wxitaa Uiait he fa in m cat. tMA u piaybiK manay koaaea. The MOIle Christine Show opeos Its fan and winter aeason at tiie LalMr aiMMwiy Camiral to be beld in Baltimore, UA, «-g August 28. , . . Carl Robb. tor^ the pMt aMaiip In wmv lioaawBCB. Mr. C. H. Smith, formerly general contractor for the Soothem and the Monarch carnlral companies, writes tliat the camiral bastaees la rerj bad od ttie coaat. - After fottrteen weeks of snccessfol bnalneas wUh tbe Great J. Pkaak Hatch Bbei Girl show k-arter'ta'idv ike caatcn dreoit «f tabs. During a storm at Dubuque, la., the te«^«<JM»to>^amtta, with tbeBiuaei^Am^^ Creation, with the "Whitney Shows, tias been turning tbem away since the arriral of their new black top. Mrs. Harry Berry appears in the Statne Turning to Life, and Harry Wilson is bag poncher. Harry Beriy Is electrician and Ed. Keiier la handling tlie Uckets. Mr. R. L. Carroll, of the United Statea ChmiTal Co., l epi ato (oed boaineaa at Newton, la. Laat week lba= eeaipany piayed Bailem. la., on tbe atsacto te tbe biatilt of tbe fire comapny. Od IMi WMk. IkV ing at Plattamoatb. Mb,.- fkr 'fha Wwtt of tiie Woodmen. Capt. W. D. Ament writes that from hia ad. in Tbe Billboard be was able to form a Ug Old Planutloo ahow in Bekilt, Wis., and open it with aoeceas. Twenty-Sre people were engaged. The show, be saya. la a winner. Tbe captain will combine all his attractions at Chippewa Falls. Wis.. Aasrjit 28. Bob Mack is advertising the Hay- makers' Fall Festlrai to be Eeld In Muncle. Lnd.. September 18-23. at which time the UoblnBon Amassment Co. furnishes tbe attractions, in Monde alone the Haymakers nnmber 1,200, and tiiroQghoot the adjoining coastles work Is being poshed in tlie adrertlalng line. Tbe Haymakers' Babe Band and two automobiles, bearing large aigna, hare been anllated In the cause. Notes from tbe WUI B. Wdder Car- nlral Co.: We kaaa asita -SMMl atreeta of J ack lap , Ohio, wbkh wHI aiala oar aecood engagement there tnis arasna. tbia time under tlie asspices of the new focty-plece band recently organized. We play fliat dty week of September u. Week of SepCtaiber 18 we ere engaged for tlie tmstneaa mea'a camiral at Cat lettabnrg, Ky. Great pRpaiatloaa are being made far 4lii8 event and aneeeae aeema ineriuble. Notes from the Ea^e Carnival Co.: We bore been oat atnce Jone. Buataees con- All ore well and happy. The Od Plintatlwi. Old Coontry are taking good - at Spickarda. Mo.. ** did olaa Osea. tk^tmt, down, and I^gaa HUB. ^OMnlj^aHMeK. We apcnd Sooday, J. ANIHUNV OORNAN CARNIYALpS t to epcnte oader ^orpocatlia Iowa. Tbe paaa ct tbe asaodatfon la to erect bootbs ahng ttwaaaln aii ee ta of Edtngham. ne atttaetfooa are placed on tbe afreets faehtg tbe laaln ct exhibita. Tbese attractions are booked In- dependently. Gambling derleea of en kbida axe eliminated, because they take money away ftom the ebowB. Effingham la located aa tarn ran- roada. and ^lecial excocaloaa are ran Sato the dMy. " " Mme. Uljens, fire diver, writes that her newly establiahed aide ahow la meeting rrith big flnandal ~ Camiral Co. It aad doatlng. Mr. P . M o nt to a iMy trrites that the Hotopeaa JhaaaacaMat CBb canceled aome Ameri- can datea to in la two weeks at Brandon and Knamey, Man., Can. Bnatneoa at both placea was gratifying. The EUett Troupe closed with the Forepangh-Sells Siow August 7 and last week played the merchants' camiral at Fort Wayne, lnd. The troape will play a *"^*Tr of <alr and street fair datea. ■. The Two Amoldd, die. write that they aae rrith the SIddell niialbin being in their third mtk «s oC'S tiee attractlocis rrith that " ' Messrs. Nichols & Peeler, of the Chlcsgo Amusement Enterprise, write tliat bual- neaa Is good in Wisconsin. They go into BXin- nesota next week. Transportation facilities; they say. are not as good as they might be. The People's Amusement Co. opened at West Baden, lnd., August 7 to good business and played the following week at Engliab. They are at Oakland City this week. Manager Wm B. Kramer ia entertaining hopes of big success. The olH i 'l s l program and souvenir of tte atact jMr-wceatlr beld in MoutlceUo. '^i >y .tfce Ba^a MK i jlUi K i p iiall b w Shows, Is ST'the^'dS..^ * -~tl.i«C agent Notes from the Brorwii ftiiiiiai niiiiii Co.: Thla company has come to the bMt. At Sooth Fork. Pa., boaineaa waa IV toflK standard. We played under tbe anspleea of tbe Sooth Fork Concert Bsnd, and they were bigbly pleased with the reanlu. Mr. Wm. A Scott, orator for the See- man A Minican Port Arthur cooceaalon. also Interested In the Old PUnUtlon Show with the Hoosler Amuaement O.. paid Tbe BlUboard oiBce a Tialt irrilaiadaj. ML .BMi at Omr Island, f!liwt»nm _ «M- 'iffS£; - ■ yr. V- GrayWn. general repre- aenta ttre, of tbe Bsedalac Oaalral Co.. rmtea » 3P«' i g_^Jetb Monrlatown "ciiSrs k ^•"'J ^w^ u'^l!^ **** Notes from the Jones Carnival Co. We open at FalrdtUd, Wte.. Angnst 28. with oar Electric Theatre, E. WQlIams, manager; Hindoo Mystery. Prof. P. W. EUemer. manager; Plantation Show. J. s. Ijike. manager; Penny Arcade and Langhlng Gailery. Alien Hall, manager; Conderman Ferris. Wheel and 20tli Century Merry-Eo-Bonrid. Dare Jones, manager; Williams' Equine and Caise Paradox and Bur- gess-DunaUe and Bnrgesiw tbe laat two glring fee acts. Our company la beaked ahead for Mr. A. T. Hollister dropped into the BlUboard office Wednesday, 18. ■ ■■■■ ^ Jaat arrlred from The Trail at the Lewto ad'Oark Expoeitioa. He candidly confeased -ttat be did Bot think the Trail would prore a neater aae- ccaa than did the Pike at St. I«ate. Mr. HoUlater Is framing op two ahowa for tbe Heck Camiral Co. One, The OIri Ftarn'Mbn, wUI feature rauderlHe. poec - trical eftecta: wblle tbe wlB be a The follcrwlng is the rostor apedal head of the C. w. Parker JU Co., which, under the efficient Ifidiiilifii of Prof. A^n. BaL'ek, has been bnngtat up to a rery h^ ataadard of excellence: A. Herman McCain, F. P. wnUama, Chaa. Mattla. Tie. ISS?"' *«r*Ba Maacy, A. ». Bf°T^,H. 8, wi<*; H. V. Garter. B. X. Gate- geec^ X. B. ■■ a ™ wr ■— Notes from the Riddel Southern Car- nlral Co.: We made good at Paris, Ky. We opened on the streets ^t Richmond. Ky.. August 14. It was court day and we played to banner business. Btadell'a Train Robbery and Paasman * Green'a Old Plantation took top moaey. Dad My Is dtttng op a new, up-to-date penny arcade, wewof 21 we ahow upon the atreeta at Mt. a ieTlia K. « y-. oader the auspices of the business J"* * «y iaa been well adrertlaed In ™ '"^ weeks. AD the people ■a _mw' aie enjoying good health. The Terre Haute Fair, Camlval and ^^po^tiaa. August 28-September S. boaato of the Unest attraetloos and best piospe cto tot many years, it has secured from the War De- ■ *™'P °' ^- 3- Caralry to flTe daily exhibitions, Fanclnlll's Italian Band, and a rariety of ftrst-class fair attractions and spec- ialties, including dally antomobile races. Tbe innoratloa of no gambling haa won the support of ttie mrai d)!!tr!c9s. and It* old-time fair dla- playa wIU be rery large. With half-fare ratee on ten raHroads and almost recklen adrer- tlsing. an attendance of 150,000 Is claimed for th e co ming fair. . While endeavoring- to stop a fight etta, Ohio, Auguat 8, WlUIam Cunningham an etU hlo, Angnst 8, WlllUm Cnnningham, an employe of the Penny Arcade, with the Contl- nental Amnsement Co.. recelred Injuries which may resnit in Us death. One of the belliger- ents, becoming Irritated at Cunningham's Inter- ference, picked op a brick with which he strack Cunningham, rendering him onconsclons. Cun- ningham waa taken to the hospital, where it was *W^«Htle«l condition and may die . "•TJ*"*'* Cunningham waa popu- ■arly kaapaa aa ." Ta s kaj ■" He u nineteen yean **■ IWK It in Mt. Vernon, S. T. tua aMDnc aas been apprehended. NotC Bftpm the Nat Reiss Southern Caialsal Oa.t Ctot. Loais Sorcho's Deep Sea Dtre aad Oav Booae are back again with ns arter ea abaeace ot two weeks. The captain saya H rras PMtty hart to break away from nsand be-s^ tobebaek. We pUyed to big bmrinqw In Boslyn. imia a b a it aad^ith Takt- "•■w Pr^«» ■« ttod ar La Oiange, Ore., 7*fk of Aognat 14. end tor Baker City ^ rreek fonowing. We hare a dance emy night ud ereryone la in perfect health. Following la tbe G^den ijlty. Dreamland. Mme. Idljeaa'a ex- Mbltlona^ln swimming. Mirror Maxe, Peggy From Sggt. Jteeok'a WbtJ,vaad the ilg mS^ Mr. J. Anthony Gormaa, president of the Trail ^ tioo of the I.ewts and dark Ot a t aaala l tion and Oriental Fair at Portland. He' lgi< of the heat known showmen in America, but a "wee mite of a lad" Mr. Gonaaa out with a iragon abow and did staato instilled enry In tlw ~ ambltloa was to become Uag of baicback rldcta. and in doe time be was ciowu e d -with tbe rictorlons taorels. For years he was a featma attraction In the aawdost areaa. Vader the gonfaloo o( P. T. Baianm be west to BoHpa aad perforuMd hcCore d| .tta-.aaaod -kpaiK .'■> Show. , •aiftldsdto In 1876 Mr. Gorman tnrtied bis attention to camiral and exposIUon work. He boUt the mardi graa spectsdes for New Orleans for a number of years. He bag attended all tbe ex- positions in Europe and An^rica during the post thirty years, with the eicepUon of the one at Cbarlestoo. He added eeveral grand featnrea to tbe San Fraucifsco Mid winter Fair which made It a succrss. Hia genius waa also felt at NashrUle and a number of other places. A few months l>efore the opening of the Portland Fair Mr. Gorman arrlred In that dty and at once proceeded to get busy. He con- tncted for the cooa t fuc tl un of many of the important b a lM l aca aied ty tbe concessionaries, and be p a ltlit d the Banated Castle and Trip to Teato^. «MA axe palattany boosed In one anlqne stmcturee «■ tbe Tan eagan- " tU. Gat- „" eftcrward "rerigaed. monaly eboeen pr e sMt a t . talning a twenty-dva CCat-adH evening rlsltora. "—^-j opcM secured. Mr, Gorman prored fall man of the hoar. During hia oOee he ]us aeeompliabe^ — rrhlch wm ■'•*»*ifTtJ |0 " entire TaM sod'tfee'eia Gorman la eM «C flieS Fair. Oy. aad Ska AHU. : loop. Onr free acto axa Uaae, . WUI Schoree, ihB tmmmm in his sUde for r A. CISOVS FBnCEB What la the Old 3Ian doing at tbe OlreasT He Is tbete to take tbe OhUdien. 'Where are the Ca>UdnnT Be was (n socb a OoiTy that he tmtt to - - — Then be Is ' own Hook? I siurald say not. He Is faSTliv a perfectly mtserable Time. 'But be does mat leek ab tt ha was* iilin able. .,--,»■■ wm*.*" « TnjdoM he get np on the Seat and yell to toe OfawmT i,.?*?5!fUi? people to think he is bar- ing Pun-^tbe old Beprobatel if^'*?'^ *^ Set and ect natty WMn a iMOr TDndiler makes a partdcnlarly high owiag or dating JompT^ ■5? JES? J^!* BeaeoaT And then be is bo ^'^'^■.^ Children at HtHDe JJ? " to ««loy himself ^ 2 '^^JKJT* »* Ixfaiself. 00 he S '*"t » «eod Time Su^.*^- ^ »«: «~* *w f Why does he bay a ftcih Ba* c erery 'Time the Hawker eeawa^I he^f PiineJpIe. He deeia It'l bent upon bin, to boy alao caOBah ~ tor tbe whole Push that be left at Bm ^2"*, Man comes fcy be tbUdn Of > Of the Children that he bad' then he boya anotlier Bex. But "ee—he la eating Tben.. Of Course ho la. There Is bo ooa he could carry so many Peannlo Hobw. ^^But What do the ChUdren get oot at tt That 1» what the Cbndren w<U ask him- be gets Home. - " ~ Mr. Bones; dat «