The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-09-25
SOLID WEEK OF FUN.
kenosha Fall Carnival to be Opened
Next Monday Afternoon in a
Blaze OF Glory.
SUCCESS OF PAGEANT ASSURED.
Great Array of Clean Attractions VIII be
offered Without the Usual Immoral
Features of Street Shows.

King Carnival will rule Kenosha
next week and the merchants of the
city in charge Of the coming Kenosha
fall festival have planned to make
this display one of the greatest cele-
brations of the kind ever held in Wis
sonsin. There is no longer any doubt
of the success of the carnival as at a
meeting of the merchants this morn
ing the last finishing touches were put
on the contracts and the show is now
ready to take possession of the streets.
It will be carnival of pure, whole
some fun devoid of the many fakes
and immoral shows that usually at
tend the production of such carnivals.
The elimination of these immoral and
illegal features will in no way inter
fere with the success of the carnival as
the association has planned to bring to
Kenosha the greatest array of talent
ever seen in any street fair in the
West. While the street shows will be
under the direction of the Norris &
Berger company, of Chicago, which
has had charge of the successful shows
at GAINESVILLE, Merrill, Manitowoc and
other Wisconsin cities, the association
of the merchants will arrange for
many features which will be added to
the attractions in other towns.
Kenosha will be one of the main ex-
hibitions of the carnival and the mer-
chants have entered heartily into the
spirit of the affair and the town will
be decorated from one end to the other
with wealth of flags and bunting.
Not single Main street merchant has
declined to assist in this work of dec
Grating the city and some of the mel :
chants have arranged for a gorgeous
display. At night the city will be IL
lumin ated with myriad of electric
lights. The Main streets will be hung
with arches and festoons and the daz-
cling spectacle will eclipse any cleo
trio display ever seen in Kenosha.
Every act and department of the
carnival will be strictly under the
eagle eye of the law and there is no
tendency among the promoters to in
troduce anything that will make Ke-
nosha blush with shame. The saloon
men of the city who have been taking
an active part in the arrangements of
the carnival insisted with the mana
gers of the carnival that an iron clad
contract be drawn up to make it i'm
possible for gambling in any form to
be introduced during the stay of the
carnival shows in Kenosha. Besides
this there was a general desire among
the saloon keepers to carry out the in
structions of the Mayor and Chief of
Police III regard to gambling games
and make this, the first carnival of
lXenosha. a model one in every respect.
There will be six great days of fun
and frivolity and from the opening
day until the curtain falls on the con-
fetti covered streets on Saturday
night there will be all sorts of amuse-
ments for the people.
Everything will be done to advance
the interests of Kenosha merchants,
and many of the merchants have been
asked to have special displays of their
goods during the week.
The concessions for the use of the
streets for the different attractions
are all in the hands Of the merchants,
and all the money made in the carnival
will be paid back to the men who have
assisted so Loyalty in carrying out the
plans. Railways from all sections of
the county and State have consented
to grant reduced rates for the carnival
and the merchants are counting on en-
tertaining more than fifty thousand
people during the week. The special
days arranged for in the program will
be made memorable ones and special
attractions will be provided that will
be of special interest to the people ex-
pected at the carnival on these DAYS.
The program has not as yet been sent
to the publishers and the wealth of at
fractions cannot all be given ont at
this time, but it is sufficient to state
that if all the plans of the merchants
are completed the fair will be one of
the greatest pageants in the history of
this part of the State.
Glance at the Program.
Among the many features to be pre-
scented will be the Statue turning TO
life, the Flying Lady, Moorish Palace,
JapaneseVillage and Theater, German
Village snake show in which Mime
Gonzales will show how to control and
handle the most dangerous of reptiles,
old plantation show, wherein you may
hear the sweet melodies of years ago
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