The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-22
The Vast Crowd
Comments on
Wichita's Street Fair.


week, because the papers had been issued
before that day. They gauged their re-
marks from the crowd on Wednesday.
Some papers in Wichita's territory have
their personal columns made up wholly
of items relating to people coming to
Wichita
Here are a few of the comments picked
out of papers at random yesterday even
Ing:
Guthrie Capital: George Sandleback re-
turned from the Wichita fair yesterday.
He said: 'She IS hot number"
Medicine Lodge Cusset: Louis Bissantz
OF Sun City left here for Wichita Tues
day, and said he was going to see the
whole show.
Sedgwick Paragraph: Regardless of
the fact that the Wichita street fair has
taken many people out of town this
week, our merchants report good brisk
trade
Sedgwick Paragraph: Over 200 people
from Sedgwick and vicinity went to
Wichita on the morning train yesterday,
to take in the sights at the street fair,
which is to be bowling success.
Sedgwick Pantagrauh: Crowds Of Sedg-
wick people are attending the street fair
at Wichita this week, but the big push"
will be Friday afternoon and night, for
the over parade and carnival
Eureka Messenger: A number of Eure-
ka people are in Wichita this week at
tending the street fair. II is impossible
TO give all the names.
Ell Dorado Republican: 1t IS estimated
that 800 people from here visited the
street fair in Wichita yesterday.
Newkirk Herald: The fashion of hold
ing street fairs and carnivals has struck
Wichita. and this week that city is en-
PERTAINING large and enthusiastic crowds
of visitors.
Wellington Mail: Glenn Spruance, Ed.
Hickman. G. B. Reynolds and George T.
Pitts returned from Wichita this morning.
They say the fair is all right. Ed. Hick-
man rode a camel there yesterday and
thinks he is the only one in Wellington
that ever rode one.
Wellington Mail: The Santa Fe road
sold % or 80 tickets to Wichita this morn
ing and the Rock Island sold "A. Extra
coaches had to be provided again on both
trains.
Halstead Independent: About a carload
of old iron was hauled from here to the
Wichita foundry this week. Everybody
who had no better excuse to see Wichita
during the street fair got load of iron
TO haul down.
Halstead Independent: It would be use
less to attempt to give the names Of the
people who wentto the Wichita fair his
week.
Nardin Star: Nardin's been pretty well
represented az Wichita this week on &C
count of that city's advertising to foot
Ell the bills" at their street carnival DR..
Lemon who returned from there early in
the week, reports it as big show.
Blackwell Record: Wichita's street fair
and carnival has been I'm full blast all
week, but the especially good days were
TO be Wednesday, when they had the civ
ic parade, and tomorrow when they will
have the flower parade. Wichita is out
doing her own record in her fall celebra-
ton.
Jefferson Rustler: There was A tickets
sold at the depot up to this morning for
Wichita
Hennessey Clipper: Mr.. and Mrs. c. II.
Kemper, Mrs. J. E. Iiggett. ]. A Ratlif.
Fred Calder, /. G. Miller ct al are in
Wichita this week seeing sights.
dressed in holiday attire this week, and
thousands of people from Oklahoma at
tended the street fair and enjoyed the
hospitality of her citizens. The following
parties went from here: Clark Peacock
and wife, Mrs. Edna Brain. Helen and lit
tie Robley, John Raine and wife, Miss
Vandruff Joe Ballard. Mrs. Rowley, G.
T. Sprague, F. w. Beach, Henry Dean
and wife, Harriet and Robert. Mrs. A NJ
Kalbheisch and daughter Edna, Alfred
and Ona Butts. DR.. w. F. Hazleton. Geo.
Smith. James Roe and wife, A. ]. Switser
and wife, Mrs. S. S. Mcconnell. Mrs J.
B. Sellers. Majorie and Charlie, J. G. VIII
lis, j. S. Null and a score of others whose
names we failed to get.
Newton Republican: Dick Shields of
the back shop took in the Wichita fair
yesterday and pronounces it fine. Frank
Fessler tof the same department Is view
ing it today.
Newton Republican: Even the mayor
laid aside his Official dignity and went to
Wichita today. Tonight is carnival
night at Wichita. and Newton will be
there. of course.
Newton Republican: There were but
few places on Main street that did not
have a representative at the Wichita afr
today.
Mulvane Record: Two conductors on all
the passenger trains through MuIvane.
Too much business for one man.
Mulvane Record: One hundred and fifty
people bought tickets this morning for
Wichita from this place.
Mt Hope Mentor: At noon today CFri-
~ Ti,.fr 100 L. -
900 tickets to Wichita this week. Crowds
Ike the ones that go down from here
make Wichita's harvest big
Haven Gleanings: Some Of the Haven
ties mingling with the Wichitans We'd
nesday were William Astle. Mrs y r.
Sawyer. Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Ash. Miss
Jessie Ash. Mr.. and Mrs c. W. Astle.
Mildred and Guy and Mr. and Mrs Harry
Astle. Bessie and Fred and Mr. and Mrs.
William Miller Mr. and Mrs J. II. Mar
shall, J. A Miller Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Borchert S. q. Herlacher. Ed Hender-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Schaffer. Dave
Laughiin and daughter Ethel. Mrs. Fra
ser. Lille Marshall. and about fifty 9TH
ers. whose names 1 did not get.
Wellington Mail; The Wichita street
fair is a success. The crowds are i'm
mense. and Wichita merchants are en-
joying a good business. Wonder how a
street fair would Go in Wellington next
Year?
Wellington Mail, Today has been an
exceptionally dull day in Wellington. Ev-
pry5ody who could spare the time and fin
Rnce went TO Wichita, and today reminds
Us Of the 9th OF September. when the
great horse race occurred in Wichita and
the Woodmen had their log-roliing IN
CalEMnn