Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-23
LOOKER-ON IN IOWA
For the Times Republican

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For the Times Republican.
Morrison. Sept. 22.-The writer be-
lieves in recognizing genius every time. |
4 There is one In Mason City who is |
wasting his sweetness on the desert
air." and unless rescued is liable to |
continue a violet. Barnum, if alive,
would have had him before this. Ring
ling may have his attention called to
this, and If so he can find said genius
all ready to stink ink. for him. TheI
| Looker-On has thought over all of the
local talent in Mason City, and yet canI
not place him. And Mason City de-
serves much credit for being able toll
4 furnish SO many attractions for its \
street fair, thus enabling his descrip-
! tive powers to have full sway. Other
towns far enough away can copy this
\ attractive program for street fair
A hence much space is given the follows
ing modest announcement
i Everything gay and galore, intro
j ducing more than paper and ink can
II express, such as snake charmers, aero
bats, tight rope walkers. fat girls, Jug
/ slers, band concerts, floral parades,
masked carnivals, dazzling Midways,
i electrical displays, congress of Wood
men--Iowa day, Cerro Gordo day, Ma
son City day, and last but not least,
Saturday (traveling mems day. This
will be the blow that almost killed
father. Were we to go out on the roof.
sit down and talk to YOU for hours, like
a brother, with tears in our eyes we
would be unable to express our graft
tnde for your having accepted our in
J, vitation to be present with us on this
!, memorable event. You won't know the
old town, she will be so gorgeously ar
rayed Together we will wander
through the mystic Midways, fairly
: drinking music from the wild, weird
notes of the tom-tom to the enhancing
I melody of the best bands in Iowa
t There Will be a great band carnival,
/ and bands galore-shirt bands, rubber
, bands, waist bands. bands of hope,
bandages. ccntrabands, bandanas, and
100000 hat bands, and the old town will
not be abandoned until the committee
is bankrupt Our hotel and restaurant
accommodations are unsurpassed in the
United States. Once more we implore
You to come We want to show you
O. our new street car system. than which
: there is none better in the world, con-
g Meeting our Queen of the Midlands'
with the most beautiful lake gem on
the DDsoiIl sol .loWd, Only Ten ITiltS us
. tant. which affords fine fishing, sailing
Il and bathing-cheap excursions daily,
also our new heating system for the en-
Y tire city. new gas plant, best electric
: lighted city in Iowa. We want to show,
e you our tact, push and principle of our
= business men; the metropolitan air of
:, our business houses; our beautiful res
= licences and drives. and the universal
:, spirit of enterprise which seems to per-
meate. Come, bring your sister, per-
haps we can infuse some of this into
you. In fact it Will be the best thing
y that ever happened 1t will be ama2-
e ing. startling, spectacular = in fact
when you talk about better street fairs
than ours every potato slyly winks its
i EYE, every cabbage shakes its head
y every beet gets red in the face, every
e onion smells stronger, every oat field
h is shocked, barley strokes its beard
= corn sticks up it's ears. every foot OF
ground kicks. Particular attention is
called to the comfort commitee-the
> first TO be introduced on this mundane
$ sphere-under bonds in the sum OF
, 100000 TO keep the peace and your val.
II uables-anything from a button hook Il
IS your overcoat-free-and you are sure
!. no one else will be wearing them wher
q you call for them"
But few realize the enormous bust
ie ness our railroads are doing these days
i this referring to the freight business
1T although the passenger traffic is alst
j. remarkably good. AT one junction
Is point the writer was shown 100 ca,
g. loads of coal, grain and merchandise
~ ready to go. and only waiting for en-
! gines. crews and trains. 1t is als'
= stated that on one road whose freigh
runs are considerably over 100 mile
:, that the fires are not allowed to go ou
NJ on the engines and the train men stan,
Fit as long as they can, when they asl
ys for orders land get them) to go on
is side track and all get a few hours
DO sleep They can get something to ca
Il. almost anywhere, and eat 1t as they e
IA along but when it comes to sleeping
,s everything has TO stop.
ga There is a general sentiment not onl
:. in Iowa but elsewhere. that to have
- county fair. or a street fair pay" ey
erything must be run wide open.
Last week occurred the opening {
1g Vermont's state fair at White Rive
IS. Junction. The managers of the IA
he issued this very explicit announce
IL ment:
va Now then, three card monte an
&c shell game men, snides, gambler
fakes and buns of every sort, kind an
description, take notice! That gamblir
). Of every sort and form, and the sale
~ beer. ale, wine or other intoxicatir
ed liquors will be excluded from and abol
at the grounds. II. as you say, we can NJ
of run without you and your goods, v
on will close our gates We neither wal
inf nor will we tolerate you. and by tn
20. we serve notice upon you that, II W
come. prison doors yawn for YOU"
go The writer is unable to state wheth
'o- this fair paid out or not. Referring
ice this feature Of fairs the manager
ell privileges Of one Of our county TAI