Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-15
l0NlA FREE FAIR WILL
ECLIPSE FORMER SHOWS

Five full floors-each 170x110 feet
in size-and every floor filled to the
very walls with the greatest collec-
tion of entertainment providing at
fractions ever gotten together under
one roof-that's the kind of a cele-
bration that is to be pulled off down
in Ionia Thursday evening, December
16, and Friday evening, December
II, when they hold their great Mid
winter Fair to celebrate the compile
tion of the new building of the Ypsi
lanti Reed Furniture Co.
All five floors of the building will
be given over to the fair committee,
and for two evenings nothing but
good clean red-hot entertainment will
be allowed in the building.
On one floor of the building the
Ypsilanti Reed Furniture company
have consented to place on display a
complete line of their products so that
the people of Ionia county can see
what an immense line of furniture is
manufactured there in the Ionia fac
tory, and how diversified the line of
products is. To anyone who has new
er seen a complete line of the Ypsi-
lanti furniture this display will be an
eye-opener, for the Ionia company is
conceded to be the largest manufac-
turer of reed furniture in all the
world, and their products go to every
quarter of the globe. This one display
will take up one entire floor of the
new building, which means some
chairs, etc, when one stops to remem-
ber that no chair or other piece of
furniture on the entire floor will be
duplicated in making this marvellous
display.
The entire ground floor of the build
ing will be given over to the check
rooms and an automobile show. AL
ready a full line of new 1916 models
has been promised for this show, by
the Buick, REQ, Oldsmobile, Overland,
Ford, Oakland, Studebaker, and Chew
rolet dealers, and more will be add
cd to the list before the opening night.
The second and third floors will be
given over to the indoor circus, the
candy booths, country store, lunch
counter, doll racks, blanket booths,
fish ponds, side shows jingle boards,
paddle wheels, flower booths, etc, ETC.,
all the hundred and one attractions
that are found at a regular old-fas-
hioned county fair, and the top floor
will be used exclusively for the big all
night dance the Committee has ar
ranged for
Fred A. Chapman, general mana
ger of the fair, was in Grand Rapids
last week in conference with rep
resentative Of one of the big circuses,
and as a result of that conference he
closed arrangements for the appear
ance at the fair of Madame Mercedes
Zuloma, whose speciality is tight rope
walking and aerial acts of other
kinds,-also, for the appearance of
Mile. Anita Costello and her cage of
trained lions, also Connie O'Leary and
his famous Irish village, also Capt.
Olaf Rasmussen and his world famous
trained seals, and for 5000 feet of
new motion picture that has just
been released by one of the most cele-
brated of the photo play producers.
Mr.. Chapman is determined that the
indoor circus shall be one of the big
hits of the fair, and is bending every
effort to make it the most entertain
ing part of the great celebration.
Admission to the fair will be
through the Main street entrance, just
east Of the residence Of II. c. Miller
on West Main street. The entrance
way will be specially lighted so that
none can miss their way, and the
doors will open at Z o'clock p. M,
each evening. The admission charge
will be 10 cents to everybody-old,
young, middle aged and children-and
at the close of each evenings enter
tainment $4,000 in gold is to be pre-
sented to some man, woman or child
in the building.
At the Armory, right on your way
to the Ypsilanti building, you'll find
the poultry show which is creating so
much attention all over this part of
the state. It's big show and every
lover of good poultry should be sure
and visit it before leaving the city.
The poultry show is open mornings,
afternoons, and evenings.-adv.