The Billboard 1924-06-14: Vol 36 Iss 24 (1924-06-14)

ed yal el. KG JUNE 14, 1924 Fhe Billboard 181 = = on the lots. FREE! Write for Our Big Special Offer. \sk vour friends about BARNEY'S — Ask about the QUALITY CANDY. Remember it’s the Big Four Color Package that’ ‘ It’s getting the Sales, because it looks and is MONEY’S WORTH. It’s a Winner four ways—Big Package, FREE! Quality Candy, Helpful Advertising, and besides, ask about THE BIG SPECIAL OFFER. 250 500 $11.25 1000 $22.50 | $45.00 | Peposit $10.00 per 1000 WE ARE CANDY MANUFACTURERS AND OPERATE NO CONCESSIONS. F. O. B. CHICAGO FREE)! Write Today! BARNEY’S PRIZE PACKAGE FACTORY 728-30 West Randolph Street CHICAGO, ILL. $ winning Prize Ballys, "GREAT AMERICAN EXPO. for GARRATS: adits wate eae ee Under Guidance of J. George Loos Proving a Popular Amusement Creation « O J » 5 This week finds the Great an o in Altus, situated just two wart of the city, where hers of nterested spec: ous greunds which very i afford the pleasures of, y tar grounds as ohe enters ‘ ure found ¢ neat, { display< of leeal merpride ix taken in the prepar“ i display thei respec: s are oused in two spewifoot boeeth lines, In which range and rpl s earried f is 1 background and Ml ered lights, to w=, add greatly to Demonstrators or ‘ t times in attendance at i a seven-ple orchestra help» en t sascon,. ex tent to tak ‘pr ed the mi iy miftates «0 strongly as to tot most fastidious. Just sa earried, no wheels ‘ “ » 4 fact at bo mer ' ant s with what local " suse the expos tion o 1 hearty co-operation @\ ‘ nt results obtained ar hat mnievery case Pr de to Mr. Lees, its founder, ak eugazements and In every city r its’ asseciations have ‘ ft “greatest tradeators extant’ eet f att tions has been done <o 2 et ressing heed { gowd attracand u mest skepiical bave aced 4 r or ed success ] « dne this show's originator, J. e ss he has actually ullt and proi the frst expesitiog of this particular kind. E } we ‘uneWn showman, is n re f , ts and wit his crew of ws so far had an overtiow of Us x we i every fown e La eneessionaire with the shows, m a business tr to Dallas, ! plans for a number of new added in the fall ree Dorman, manager of the show and t things the move, and, while “as ’ s WorTaK ww” meets and u's it over with a bang. BM Thee this week is the Elks. J. C ‘ eating emporium’ al! decorated e B. P.O. I and the local week taking “coffee an’"’ at MYMOND D. MISAMORE (Director Publicity). GREAT MIDDLE WEST SHOWS Wis., June 3.—The Great Middle SHO Ws playing here th <= week and it ae it WwW be the Orst real spot of the ' I Iw has been packed with peo awh nicht and ey have patronized the , r ind 1CPSe ODS W 8, oWner of the Ferris wheel, purted 4 r here, which will be used on t | wagon off the lots« Joe ! gent of the Greater Sheesley * pa e show and his old friend. Eddie “en, a ' Tuesday DD Cramer has w With three concess'ons, alse riuerly of the Dyckman-Jorce . \ x of them ate the Great Middle West Shows are nh fio piay Mah Jongg, and they seem to “ g hicely. Last week the baseball how played the Marshfield High score Was three to six, favor the Kia the new general agent and ix al zg in some good contracts. Mrs erates the cook house, is giving , > 4 y and het biscuits for supper and ¥Y they “sure feel at home" eating M r liunter The show goes from to emer, Mich, EDDIE LIPPMAN (for the Show). BREMSON AN EASTERN naa a June 5.—Mre. R. 8 (Mary) , 1 recently titlated inte the Order ™ ir, Lotus Chapter No. 477, Teledo my took place annual in1 here She d accompanying ber : d guests Mos hk “ Barkoot, Ww ot Shows. Mrs. Lew Mareuse, of Phe “\ May Shows: Mrs George Sehlisser ‘ lo Butehers’ Supply, and Mra. E au Neuhwuse & Deruard Extract Fac . bts ty, all ‘Stars’ of different chaptht _and Mrs. Bremson were connected ky At koot Shows for a number of years, vapaeity of secretary-treasurer, SNAKE SHOW WANTED « IG CITY SHOW Have platform outfit and you must work straight and have plenty of Snakes. Doc Best and Cliff Kerr, answer. Merchandise Wheels and Grind Concessions wanted, No exclusive. Showmen Legislative Committee. Address East Moline, Iilinois, this week. SOUTH COMMON MIDWAY JULY FOURTH, 1924 LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS Lots will be sold at auction, City Hall, June 25, 1924, at 10 a.m., and private sale thereafter. JOHN W. KERNAN, Supt. MURPHY SHOW EMPLOYEES BILLBOARD CALLERS AID IN FIGHTING FIRE NEW YORK OFFICE F. C. Barron, of Ocean Bay and Realty CorSt. Louis, June 9.—Saturday midnight a fire poration, New York Leo Gordon, concessiondestroyed the A. L. Ite & Sons" engine works aire. New Yor at Springfield. 11)., and for a time threatened Doc Gilbe er ontdoor showthe entire neigh!worlwod The cars of the D. man. Now bus s. **Rack DD. Murphy Shews were sidetracked within a t ntinental tour. hundred feet of the fire and it seemed the enr 1 re show would be swallowed up by the Mew flames, The McCoy Laundry Co., situated next dowr to the Ide ant. was in the path of the < flan and the elt firemen would not risk the ack from & d a. 7 bce danger of the approac < flames, whereupon an : a aoe He Rex Adams, ‘'} t’ Stokes, Tommy Adkins *i025. Was a ms and Kus Ma . gt ¢ Murphy Shows, plans to join a v4 a L € State : 7 Eddie E. Mack cohn Kells, William grasped the hose and played the water upon the , heirs J. E. Pool. William McCoy Laundry Co. bonilding. les Hebron. Peter Brody. Ike The officials of t laundry company showed Barnett. Jack Edwards. Hubtheir appreciation by denating a suit of clothes aul Sascha Saurue y li. Demarest. aud sending money te each of these boys. general er L. Main An interesting incident ef the fire was when J r sent ng the the fire eaptain told ft bers to play the hose t York. . ipen the already destrored engine works. Rex st 3 mental act Adams’ reply was: “Get the hell out of here! we Show, Coney Who do you think {s bandling this hose?’ ork E _ = The incident made a very favorable impresyear nt ee, % SS eee sion on the natives and as a result the D. D. ets toy : . isl Murphy Sbows now stand ace high in their representing Thomas Brady, eyes. RICE REACHES NEW YORK here. HAAG SHOWS NEAR CINCINNATI New York, June &—W. H. (Bill) Rice is The Mighty H ig Shows bave been in the His show, “Pleasure Island’, will play vicinity of Cincinnati for the past few days, McKeesport, Da., and thereafter it may lay playing Harrison, O., June 7, and Reading, O.. two weeks and then reopen. June 9. Several members of The Billboard om for DESIRE FE HBT HIRT Be BE HEIDE BTR PE BEI HE FE BE IO LT OE ~~ L< WN NIN DH RNS KW RN MAYOR STINER A COMMUNITY SERVER Notice to. the Public HOM KIN HM MOM NS KR RR ER “June 1, 1924. nk that any one class of people in her classes, or to select for them their they can and what they can HE Mayor, Abraham Stiner, does not t! Cherokee should attempt to govern the of I form of amusement, and tel] them what not have “T am sure the nave working classes of Cherokee, in fact the mujerity of the people, favor carnivals as a form of amusement. They have a right to this is my conViection. “It is very evident that Cherokee, or at least the majority, wants earnivals as a form of amusement, as conld be seen each night of the past week by the large crowd which was in attendance, and this fact demonstrates beyond a deubt what the people want. : F a “I find, upen asking a great many of the best people in Cherokee this question, if carnivals were taken away from or kept out all tegether, what form o would you suggest as a substitute? Not any one made or suggest a substitute : “When the question of raffles are considered as an indic(ment against cart ivals, we can refer to the past when a great number of the chareles, Ked Cross fairs, and other organizations have conducted rattles and other games for their own benefit in Cherokee and were never stopped or interfered with. “Carnivals will be allowed fo come to Cherokee as long as they conform to the laws of decency and morality, and a limitation on Ta les “ET don’t want any committer oft th Chamber of Commerce any other or ganization te come to me and tell me hew te run the city, ¢ lam going te conduet the affairs of Cherokee to the ba of my ability, giving all a fair and just consideration while T am Mayor of the city eee “Very Mepectfully, ABE STINER, "( Adv.) Mayor, Cherokee, Ia.’’ ‘The above clipping is from The Cherokee Chief newspaper of Cherokee, Ta and it tells just bow the Mayor feels teward the people oi this ty who hive bn : knocking carnivals and trying to keep them out of town Our pop lation is 6.000: people; besides, just outeid the city we bave the State Iusane Asylum, Where there are close to 1,500 attendants, many of whom are guests sll carmivals, shows, cireuses, etc., that come ‘to Cherokee “Just last week we had Lackman’s Exposition Shows, and they had as clean attractions and as orderly a company of people as ever came to Cheroker and the Mayor of this city doesn't like toghave one or more persons try to te il him just what show or shows he is to give privilege to show here, as you wil) see by tl clipping. There are plenty of chances for A-1 carnival companies and good canvas shows to make Cherokee this season,’’ writes Fred GG, Goff, the well-known bess canvasman of that cit¥? SE) III B94 34034) 24 20 BBE bs (BEDE BEB BEDE De 2 2 Be BED ORDER HID BE HE HE DE EB 3 HRS in the last forms of this edition, a ful! account of show will have to be carried over for the next issue. A SNAP FOR PITCHMEN AND CANVASSERS IMPORTED KNIFE SHARPENERS, wooden hanlies Tevzth, 4 inches. Per Gross, $3.00. Lets of 5 Gress, $2.50 per Gross, F. O. LB. New York. Samme, 10 Send f t ther d for vt household goods. CHARLES UFERT 133 West (5th Street, NEW YORK. JOHN ROBINSON CIRCUS WANT Circus Cook an! Mau to handle gasoline ranges. Napoleon Reid, wire or come on, as per route John RobInson’s Cireus. Address STEWARD TIM CARBY. 4th JULY CELEBRATION AND HOME COMING GRAND RAPIDS. OHIO. Held on the Streets July 3, 4 and 5. WANTED—Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel, Shows, Concessions, Wheels, etc. No X spot. Reasonable rates. Write ROY CRANDELL, 216 Produce Exehange Bidg., Rides, A real Toledo, Ohis, Wanted, Ferris Wheel Foreman AT ONCE MATHEW J. RILEY SHOWS Girardville, Penn. DEVIL'S PROMENADE FARM AND PICNIC GROUNDS BAXTER SPRINGS, KANSAS. for biz Picnic, June 30 to July 5, Minstrel Show that has tent and Seats, wid West, Vaudeville, Picture or any other clean Shows of merit. Plenty of gol water and electricity ou grounds. Will be attended by at least 20,000 people. All communications te O. S. HAMPTON, Prop., RB. F. D. No 2 Baxter Springs, Kansas. Wanted, Free Acts and Shows COUNTY FAIR Browns Valley, Minn., August 26, 27, 28, 29. GEO. H. BAILEY, Sec’y. Coburn Bros.’ Shows Want ODUM BFOS. Hustiirg Agent that knows the country. CAN USB Cw aed Tuba to strengthen Band. HAVE FOR SALE one 80 Khaki Tent, dramatic end, trimmed in red aud blue berder, laced in center, few patches. Will ‘a seasons. No wall. First one hundred take OBURN BROS.’ SHOWS, Bryson City, North r slina. MANAGER WANTED On Caterpillar. Must be sober. J. F. BURNS, Frank West Shows, Baltimore, Md. WANTED For weeks June 23 and Obio and _ Indiana, B Industrial Fairs and } f July Celebratioa. Merty-GoRou Ferris Mix-Up, Whip_ or Cater ar, eature Sl 3, Concessions and Free \ Write for particulars, U. S. PRODUCING ASSOCIATION. 25 Opera Place, Cincinnati, Ohio. WANTED, CARNIVAL CO. ‘ Free Fair, Butler, Oklahoma. J. C. Manager of Concessions. HOWARD. M SHEET WRITERS WANTED For Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas Good contract. BIOB PUBLISHING CO., 2115 Ringo, Little Rock, Ag&