Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-08-27
County Fair
the Big Event
Will Be a Record Breaker in
Every Respect.

The big event of Charlevoix County
and this Northern District, the Charlie
voix County Fair, will be held at East
Jordan, September 1917 This will be
,sihe thirty-sixth consecutive year that
this fair has been held. And each year
it has grown larger and better The
1919 fair was a record breaker in at
tendance and quality and number of
amusements and exhibits. But the
1920 fair will far surpass any previous
fair held. Entry day is Monday, Sep.
tember 18th, and everything will be in
place by Tuesday morning, September
l4th. Judging of stock and exhibits to
commence Tuesday at LOO O. clock D. m.
There will be night fair Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday nights. The fair
closes Friday afternoon with the last
heat of the big free for all.
The midway will be by far the larg-
CT and most complete of any fair north
of Grand Rapids. The Northwestern
shows of Detroit will bring one of the
largest merry-go-rounds on the road,
the largest size Eli-Ferris wheel, a
whip which will occupy space of 4 by
80 feet, at least ten good side shows
which will occupy 800 feet of from
tage, and twenty of the better of
class OF concessions. In addition to
this there will be, at least, thirty other
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real carnival outfit This will run
night and day and will furnish plenty
OF amusement to all.
Commencing Tuesday afternoon,
there will be full program of horse
racing each day of the fair This will
make four days of horse racing instead
OF three, and the added day is helping
TO bring more horses for these races.
AT this time the Association is in a
position to announce that race horses
from West Branch, Traverse City,
Petoskey, Marquette and Gaylord will
be in attendance. Inquiries received
%5m other places indicate that there
will be more race horses this year than
there has ever been before. This
should insure four days of real horse
races.
The six Morales will put on six diff.
ferent acts each day and evening, pre-
senting some features which have
never been shown in this section of the
country, including a teeth slide, hair
slide, toe slide, head slide, Spanish
wire dancing and stunts on the casting
bar. This troop comes highly recon-
mended and will undoubtedly be a
sonrce of great entertainment to the
patrons OF the fair.
Aviator Bishop will carry passengers
in his aeroplane throughout each day of
the. fair and will give one exhibition
flight daily. He has had many years
experience as an aviator and during
the war was instructor on several Of
Uncle Sans aviation flights. During
the exhibition flights he will perform
all of the hair racing stunts which are
known to aviators, including looping
the loop and the tail spin. He will not
perform any stunts while carrying pas.
sengers.
The Association is making a special
effort to make the night fair promi-
nent success. 1t will open at seven
o'clock p. m. with the midway in full
operation; good band music and a full
program of free attractions. The ex-
hibition Buildings will be open through
out each evening. There will be dane
ing in the Educational Building to music
furnished by the Metropole Orchestra
of East Jordan. 1t will be closed every
evening with a gorgeous fire works
display which includes many wonder
full set pieces; and aerial fire works in
cluding the newest inventions. The
fire works program will be fired by an
expert sent by the company and is
surely one OF the best which has ever
been displayed outside of the largest
cities.
These are but a few of the many
amusements of the 1920 fair, other
features will be announced later.
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