The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
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ing Houses That i; t &; = Host! Host
III Will Come. s5#3.
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"a Large Body If #. Military T. BE Re.
CHARTERED on the Fair Fl
Grounds.
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Grounds.

Notices are being sent to the hotels,
boarding houses and private families who
take boarders to prepare for about 5000
visitors for State Fair Week. From all
sources OF Information, the Entertain
ment Committee OF the State BAR 9Asso--h
citation has estimated the attendance N
Richmond all OF the ok OF OCTOBER
Sth to 18th at not less than 50. 000 and ZOE
their proper entertainment the commit
tee is making arrangements IN advance.
Assurances are already, pouring In from
every county In the State, North Caro-
lima, West Virginia, the District OF Cos
lumbia and Maryland Of people WIZ. are
coming to Richmond to the State FAR EAR,
October 9th to 18th, and every arrange
ment for their comfort is being made N
ample time, SO that no ono need go With
out comfortable quarters while attend
ing the fair. III is5s5, 81
During the Confederate reunion here
about ten years ago It Is estimated that
Richmond entertained at least 20 900 Wis
itors all that week. Since that time tho
city has grown and improved, and 70 ~
every way better situated to- look after
= crowd OF that size. Hundreds OF homes
have been built in the city and suburbs
since that time, houses have been ems
larged and the facilities for accommo-
dating large crowds nearly doubled. atB
5 All OF the hotels have started arrange
mnts for the crowd for the fair. and with
this end In View have made arrange
ments for both meals and lodging. They
will accommodate about 1900.
To Send Out Pamphlet.
The committee Is at present compiling
pamphlet for mailing to all sections
OF the country from which visitors will
come to the State Fair telling them OF
tho hotels, regular and special boarding
houses number OF persons that each
place can give quarters to. and the rates
OF each. All proprletors Of boarding.
houses In all sections Of the city and
suburbs who can take care OF some
OF the crowd during the week arc re-
quested to send their names and adj
dresses to the Advertisement Committee;
state Fair headquarters, No. 7N Hast
Main Street, tor entry in this catalogue.
Several Thousand copies OF these lists
Will be gotten ready as soon as possible.
and Win then be mailed 70 all cities and
counties throughout the territory sur
rounding the State, as well as 70 In!
diWdual inquirers everywhere. i5s
Ma1y Attractions Assured,
Since the management Of the fair has
gotten we'll under way the work OF ar
rangements for the nInusements, they
have been 80 much encouraged ~ the
aSSuEbIlCbS VI ~ @t11 BY S@$SSS4S4sesASS
they have greatly Increased the scope
OF amusement features for the falr
grounds, III VIZ
Troops from all sections Of the State
and numbers OF crack companies from
adjoining States to the mum bar OF several
hundred will be quartered IN the 1a'r
grounds during fair week. These oom-
panies Will come here to compete for
valuable prizes, and some Of the pest
competitive drilled companies are prepar-
Ing for the encanpment and contest al
ready. g .is
the fair. the athletic sports VIII be 9
strong feature. IN,
These sports will be for colleges. milf
tary organizations Of both the regular
army and navy, as well as State militia
Organizations OF all sections ot the ooun-s
try, Indians from ARIZONA and South Da-
kota, as we'll az Arabs, EGYPTIAN. Auiu,
Russian cossacks and athletes Of otheTs
nations will all compete on the athletic
field for valuable : trophies and cas aVt
There will be something doing every
day during the week, and az day long
and well into the night, G tAA. ssYsala
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