The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-26
WILL Be A STUNNER.
Wichita Pays Bills for Biggest
Street Fair in Kansas
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TWELVE BANDS COMING
To Contest for Big Prizes
offered.
TWELVE BANDS COMING

be held In this city in October, promises
to be one Of the greatest weeks of enter
tainment ever given By any city in Kan
sas and the southwest. The MANAGEMENT
has so far succeeded in closing contracts
with some Of the best aggregatlons ever
gotten together for a weeks entertain
ment. The secretary's ONCE is beyond
question the busiest place in the city. A
large mail is being sent and received each
day, and responses from almost every city
in the United States is receiYd by every
mail One Of the strongest attractions
that VIII be seen here during fair week
will be midway exhibition Of Oriental
troupes of novel features never before
seen In any city except at the Chicago
and Omaha ,expositions. TIE amusement
department that is being arranged for by
Secretary Lockwood will be the strongest
combined aggregation of talent ever seen
in this city. Besides the Midway, there
VIII be a daily balloon ascension by the
well known aeronauts, Professors Bald
win and Carrow, who will take with them
into the clouds animals Of various kinds
that will descend to the earth in separate
parachutes, besides trick bicycle riders
and high divers. They will also make two
illuminated balloon ascensions. The great
European illuminated sensational bicycle
rider, 1trebo. will give daily performances
on high wire stretched from building to
building across the main streets At night
this marvellous Itrebo will give a pyro-
technic exhibition on a cable, giving an
exhibition of the United States Steamer
Olympia in action and also another exhi-
bition OF Niagara Falls, making one of the
most tht!ing scenes ever shown in the
country, and another attraction will be
the only living human naboon in existence.
He will some direct to this city from To-
roDto, Canada. Secretary Lockwood Is
going TO give the people Of Wichita and
the suirtunoing country the greatest treat
in the line of attractions tat can be had
for money. and a great many other new
and novel sensational features are going
to be added to the long list already under
contract.
There will be over twelve bands here for
the civic and flower parade. Large prizes
will be given for a musical Jubilee. The
agricultural display promises to surpass
everything yet seen In the county or state
Premiums are offered for this exhibit.
The streets will be Illuminated with
thousands of electric colored lights. At
several Of the street corners will be built
beautiful corn arches Of elaborate designs
At the main entrance one of the designs
Of arches at the Worlds Fair will be du-
plicated in imitation stone, profusely dec
GRATED and lighted at night with 500 col
ored electric lamps. The colors of the
committee on decoration adopted for the
decoration Of buildings and other features,
will be Red, Orange and White. The car
nival colors will be Red. Yellow and
Green. The flower parade viii select off,
cial colors and announce them at an early
date. Every department of the street fair
and carnival Is progressing at a rapid
pace. 1t is now conceded that Wichita
will take the lead in all like undertakings,
and when the advertising committee starts
out to show their colors the people of
southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma will
admit that the largest circuses are away
behind the Wichita street fair in up-to-
date, new and novel ideas in advertising.
The people who visit Wichita in October
will be treated to the biggest, best and
greatest week of entertainment ever given
In any city this year.