Willmar tribune., 1904-09-14
FAIR OPENS TODAY
wiIImar Now Ready to Entertain
Visitors to the Four Days
Carnival Of Fun.

Today Willmar opens her gates bid
ding each and all hearty welcome
to her Fourth Annual Street Fair. AS
upon previous similar occasions she
has put on festive appearance aud
if the weather man will only be lib
eral with fine weather everything and
everybody will soon be in q ioyful
mood.
Come to the street fair one and all
Come with the set purpose of having
good, honest fun and YOU will have il
Farmers and citizens, YOU all need
time for recreation and endowment and
now the opportunity is offered to you
Embrace it and be thankful for it,
Come together and get acquainted and
when it is all over you will 90 back
to your daily task encouraged and
filled with new vigor and energy, so
essential if your work is to be a sue
cess.
Every day of the fair there will be
free street pc, formances furnished by
the Cash Carnival Co. of St Paul
There Will be balloon ascensions and
high dives, loop-to-loop, revolving
ladder, trick cottage, acrobatic and
Spanish perch and trapeze acts, be-
sides many other amusing features
that will entertain the thousands who
will be gathered here The Olivia
band will give concerts from the stand
which has been erected on the 'Pike. "
The Ferris wheel, electric theatre and
several tent shows will furnish plenty
of amusement. The old and young
will find delight in the merry-go-
round, under the management of Chas
Lux, and also in the "Ocean Wave''
conducted by F. Her & Sons.
Yesterday and this morning have
been occupied with the arranging OF
the different booths on the "Pike, -
and all the exhibits will be in place
before this evening There are over
80 booths for tire business houses OF
the city, and in addition to this there
are the departments for the agricult-
ura1 and poultry and petted stock ex-
hibits The prospects are that there
will be q most splendid and very large
exhibit in all lines by Kandiyohi
county residents, many entries al.
ready having been made.
Tomorrow an opportunity will be
given to see some of the finest cattle,
sheep and swine raised in the county,
as that is the day set apart for this
exhibit. Entries can be made up to
noon on that day.
Grain and seeds, vegetables, fruits,
etc., will be on display in abundance
and promises to excel last years ex-
hibit. The ladies will find much to
interest them in the line of fancy work,
which will be on display in the A. N
Lewis building on Fifth street, op-
posite the Kandiyohi County Bank.
Here will also be found the products
of the home bakers in competition for
the premiums offered, as we'll as pre-
served fruit, jellies and all those eat
ables which the good housewife puts
up.
The program of free street attrac-
tions opens this afternoon. The pro.
gram for the four days will be about
as follows:
WEDNESDAY.
200 p. m. Fourth Street et-Perch Act,
Revolving Ladder and High Dive.
500 p. m. Balloon Ascension.
TOO p. N. Fifth Street-Acrobatic
Trapeze and Trick Cottage Acts.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
1920 g.. m Band Concert.
Fourth Street-Revolving Ladder
and Perch Act.
200 D. m. Fifth Street-Trick Cot.
tage, Trapeze and Acrobatic Acts.
Band Concert.
400 m. Fourth Street-High Dive
500 D. M. Balloon Ascension
700 p. m. Fourth Street-Perch Act,
Revolving Ladder and High Dive.
Rand COncart
Fifth Street-Trick Cottage and Ira.
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