Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-09-29
THE STREET FAIR
AND CARNIVAL
Large Crowds-Ffne Displays
Splendid Attractions.

proved to De quite as SucceSSl I'll DIS iUS
promoters had hoped it would be.
The opening day, Tuesday, was damp
as was likewise the case on Wednes-
day and the crowd on these days was
not as large as on the the follow
Ing, but everything went of smoothly
and everyone seemed to enjoy the en-
tertainment the business men of the
town had provided for them.
There was good selection of free
entertainments given each day. Brief
~ stated, these consisted a high dive
from point u feet above the earth;
horizontal bar performing; clever
contortionist; good rope walker and
trapeze and ring feats, Each perform
ance drew the crowd. InterSperSed be-
tween these were the various shows,
or pay attractions, the carrousel, the
moving pictures, trained dogs, fossil
museum and vaudeville. All of these
were well patronized. The one at
traction that had been most extern
slvely advertised and was to be one of
the chief amusements of the occasion,
the balloon ascension and parachute
leap, resulted in the greatest tragedy
that ever occurred in this community,
and was the only event that marred
the enjoyment Of the entire fair.
There were several nice displays Of
fram produce in competition for the
prizes offered by our merchants,
Among them were the following who
were awarded prizes:
For the best peck Of potatoes par
Tor lamp was offered by Bridegroom &
Marsh, This prize was won by S. NJ.
West who brought in the finest peck
of the Early OHIO variety we have ey-
er seen.
For the best peck of apples, e. A.
Mitchell was awarded calico dress
pattern by G. W. Cole. Mr.. Cole also
awarded calico dress pattern to Mrs.
J.IA. Hoover, for the best peck of
onions The apples we're very fine.
The prize, a Waltham single bar
relied shot gun, offered by Theo.
Smith & Son, for. the best eight peach
es was won by Robert Douglass, of
Granite township. There were sever
al entries and all were very fine.
1T. Williams won the prize, choice
of hat offered by Gebhart & Son for
the largest watermelon.
The prizes offered by NJ. A. Spaul
ding for the best collection and larg-
est varieties OF apples were won by
Ell Mitchell and FINS Cannon.
The rocker offered by c. b. Lane for
the largest head of cabbage, was won
by Mike Miller. Mrs. J. A. Hoover
took second place and Mr.. Hoover won
for the longest stalk Of corn.
The best loaf Of bread baked from
PhillipSburg flour was made by Mrs.
Walter Weston and she received the
prize offered by the PhillipSburg Mill
and Elevator Company.
One Of the best Of all the displays
was that Of the Boston who gave the
choice of any pair Of shoes in the store
for the best six ears Of corn. There
were thirty entries, all very fine, and
the prize was awarded to w. Van
KOOten, of Dayton township.
Mr.. q. NJ. Poe, of the Shimeall
Clothing Company, had a very fine
dIplay Of pumpkins and squashes.
The prizes fur boa and muff were
awarded to Mrs Charles CaSwell.
The box Of Henry George cigars, Of
fered by Floyd Dickey, was captured
by William Churchill.
The special prizes offered by the
Smith Shoe Company were: Best
Bond colt, gold.tilled watch chain, j.
NJ. Hatfield; best BonbOn colt, one
Brazilian Pebble shirt stud, w. +.
Thomas; best peck Of tomatoes, raw
hide whip, Phil Townsley; best peck
OF peaches, lady's gOld-hlled chain,
Mrs. c. L. Ostrander.
The horse show Saturday afternoon
brought together a splendid lot Of
animals and blue ribbons were award.
ed the best In each class. So far We
have been unable to obtain complete
list Of all thUSe receiving blue ribbons,
hence cannot give the winners names.
This show was one Of the best Of the
fair.
Thursday evening G. II. Tucker en-
tertained the crowd for time with
his Stereopticsn views. Mr.. Tucker
has Dme due pictures and bis enter
iainment has been highly compli-
mented.
There were several displays Of pro-
duce not among the lists for which
prizes were offered but which were