Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-07-11
ALMA, MICH. FRIDAY. JULY II, 1902
| WEEK Of CARNIVAL.
Preparations Now Being Made for
the Event.
A Week of Fun.

carnival IL Is quite the thing In big
cities now days to give hole week
over 10 fun, and frolc, and King Oar.
nival, and Alma not 90 be outdone 10y
che other cities OF the country has taken
mp the matter ana decided itself IN Oh
the fun game The fair is TO be gwen
by the merchants of Alma and hey
have contracted with the Robinson & r.
niyal CO. of Cincinnati 10 furnish the
attractions for the coming event 1he
fair will be held commencing MONDAY,
July II and will be continued ev,r ~
afternoon and evening during the " ek
winding up Saturday night, June 26.
Mr. Geo. A. Cohen, a we'll known new
paper man and Snowman of Cincinnati,
who is acting as general agent Of the
! Robinson Carnival Co is now in Alma
| coaching the committee on how TO pre-.
pare for and conduct their fair
lt has already been arranged Co run
excursions on the Pere Marquette and
Ann Arbor railroad into Alma during
the week of he fair. The passenger de-
partments Of these lines have already
fiXed a rate Of one fare for the round hi
from all towns within radius Of 30 miles
of Alma. This will afford every BODY an
opportunity of visiting the fair and hnv-
probably just as good at this time 10 -
plain that the free street fair al q
carnival 10 be given at Alma is just
what its name implies II will not he
IA, id within an enclosure nor Will any
gate admission be charged The various
attractions wlll be distributed around
the streets OF the heart - the city and
one attraction alone hich Will be orth
going miles to see, " III be free 20 every
body. This l. Edward, the champion
high diver of the world Every after
noon st 80 and every evening at 1:30
this dare devil VIII take back somer.
sault from narrow pedestal mounted
ID ladder 80 feet high, into a tank Of
water less than four feet deep This
performance psles into child's play all
other desperate acts that have ever been
performed and makes looping the loop
This performance will positively take
place every afternoon and evening dur
ing the fair at Alma and will be absC.
lutely free 60 every body who cares to see
it, Other new and interesting features
which the Robinson Carnival Co. will
bring TO Alma for the free street fair
and carnival are Aimee" "Lunette"
the flying lady who sails through the air
without VISIBLE support. "The Bljou
Theatre" in which first. class vaude
vile performance is given, "A trip to
the Moon and moving picture repro.
ductions Of the Battle of San Juan Hill,
"Lotta" in poses plastique, also in the
same tent a moving picture reproduce
tion Of the assassination of President
Mckinley and the arrest and electrocu
tion Of CzolgosZ, "Ula, the leopard
child whose entire body is spotted like
that Of leopard, "Osco, who actually
bites the heads and tails from live snakes.
George" the turtle boy, whose body
from the angles of the jaws down Is
fashioned like that Of turtle, big
Joe" :" the heaviest man in the world,
"Hannah," the Australian wild girl the
English Caroussell and the Pan Ameri
can Ferris Wheel, the largest portable
wheel in the world, to say nothing OF
the glass engravers, confetti battles and
a dozen other new and interesting feat
ures that have never been exhibited In /
Alma. The merchants guarantee that
every show on the midway will be high |
class, c can and moral and free from
vulgarity and suggestiveness. No
gambling Of any description is ever tol. |
Grated by the Robinson Carnival Co
and the sale OF liquor is prohibited in all
the tents owned by this company. The
merchants have decided to set aside !
special days during the week as follows;
Monday-Opening and Alma day,
Tuesday-St Louis day,
Wednesday-Ithaca day,
hursday-Stanton day,
Friday will be Queen Carnival day |
when the most popular lady in Alma
will be crowned Queen of the Carnival.
The contest to decide who shall be queen
will be decided by ballot in the shape of
coupons cut from the Alma papers and
cast for the most popular lady in the
city,
Saturday will be everybody's day.
During the week of the fair every
business place in Alma will be decorated
and the entire week will be given over
TO fun ard frolic. 1t is expected that
many will take advantage of the oppor-
tunity 10 come TO Alma and enjoy the