The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-09
The City Takes on an Air OF
Cheerfulness and Holiday.
Carnival Attractions Arrive and Pre-
parations are Being Made
for Monday.
MANY STRANGERS NOW HERE

is here and all is hustle and hurry
There are carnival wagons at every
corner from Third and Broadway TO
Ninth and Broadway and others are
to come. The first train of show par
aphernalia arrived last night about 8
O'Clock from st. Louis via Carbondale
and was brought over on the transfer
boat, Osborne.
With the shows came about 1870 at
tendauts, stars, spoilers and other at
taches The second ard last train came
in this morning and is being unloaded
as fast as possible. Tine shows are be-
ing placed this afternoon and tomor-
row will be put up The carnival as
ISOLATION committees are doing excel
lent work and every one seems TO be
busy. Most of the concession men
came in with the Carnival company
and are clsmoring for positions today.
Mr.. Hart O. Bronaugh is working
hard locating the men and has about
all he can attend to.
Director General Lagomarsino is also
busy mar although i'll, and is every
where at once.
Mr.. Dick Davis, chairman of the
country store committee, is today COL
lecting donations and stocking the
store. He thinks he will have as COM
plete stock when he has finished as
any general store in the country. This
will be made feature of the carnival
and has been given the choice Of loca-
ton. The tickets on the automobile
are going fast and will all doubtless
b. sold before the middle Of the carni-
val week. Every purchaser of tick
ct thinks he will draw the machine
and some have already bought several
dozen. Many down town stores have
decorated and Monday Paducah will
prcsent bny npleatnhSo.
The following Is list Of the clerks
who will wait on the trade at he
country store: Pat O'Brien, Lloyd
Robertson, Roy Dawson. Fred He'll
bron, James Hughes. Will Utterback,
Henry Mum, John Blei Oh, X. A. Gil
bert, Henry Peter and Samuel
Hughes.
Van Burnett, R. O. Davis, George
Ingram, n. ID. Clements, M. Byrd,
Jr.. Nj. B. wallerstein, Harry Barry,
Hugh Thomas, O. B. Williamson. Har-
ry Hank, DR.. J. d. Robertson, e. II.
ellison, Pat Lally. Tom Hall, VIM.
Kraus. W. E. Cochran, Dow Wilcox,
John Dipple, II. H. Evans, J J.
Freunlich, r. L. Boone, Louis Rieke,
Jr., and W. E. Spsnn.
The German village will be located
near Ninth and Broadway, where
number of shows and other attractions
will be placed.
The loop the loop outfit will arrive
today from Springfield, ILL.,, as will
also the half dozen gondolas and 9th
err things.
The automobile drawing will take
place next Saturday night, and the
committee that will conduct the draw
ing is composed of Messrs. J. NJ. Lang
Abe We'll, James weille and II. b.
Phillips,
The plan of drawing for the sutomo-
bile is as follows: First all the stubs
of tickets will be placed in large bcx
and stirred up we'll small child will
then be picked out of the crowd and
taken to the box but before she is al.
lowed to draw a number the commit
tee will vote the number of tickets to
be drawn out before the fnal number
is taken. This is considered the best
and fairest way of drawing and will
no doubt meet with the approval OF all
Mr.. Oscar Gould, treasurer Of the
Ferari Brothers Carnival company. is
show man of great experience, hsv-
ing for many years been treasurer for
Harris MCKEE Plate circus. He is an
old friend of Mr.. T. Cooney. the South
Third street druggist, and the season
Just closed was manager of the e. j.
Carpenter Little Outcsst'' company,
in which Miss MAY Stockton. p NOM
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