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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
12
The Canon City Civic Improvement League backs a large street fair at Depot Park drawing thousands. The event spotlights the League formed in 1906 to beautify Canon City, with a plan to clean up and boost civic pride through performances and exhibits.
Jim Yeizer and his junilee singers attract big crowds with a lively minstrel show at the Parkade. The cast includes Ed Collins as barker and Andy Hemmerle as speller, with end-men and soloists delivering jokes and songs. A cotton picking scene and a gun-handling act add drama, and Miss Alice Walton shines as interlocutor. The performance proves well trained and highly entertaining, drawing cheers from the audience.
Crowds packed Canon for the street fair with acts from Primrose and West and Miss Webster. Patrons praised performances by Lois Webster and the Living Elk troupe while Jesse Waters and Mrs Dye drew large crowds at vaudeville shows.
Vaudeville No 2 under Mrs Rice Mrs F P Smith and Billy Peabody drew crowded tents and earned much money. George Crozier as barker attracted crowds and could have run the show many times over. Two Happy Hooligans and two Gloomy Gusses advertised on grounds with sandwich men. Mrs Curtis provided piano accompaniment.
Miss Vibroka Liest performs a Butterfly Dance with lighting by Prof. Thompson using the lantern from C. Cc. H. 8. Liest is described as a pretty and graceful dancer who enhances the program's attractiveness.
The Japanese Tea Garden offered a dreamlike retreat after park crowds, with Mrs. Pope gathering charming Japanese girls to serve tea. Glenna Combs, Mabel Hoover, Eula Whitmore, Ida Harrison, Ruth Lewis, Veda Ragsdale, and Charlotte Hartman are highlighted as delightful hosts.
The parasol tent hosts a famed Freak Show crowding the park. It features Captain Fremont at 9 feet 9 inches, Tom Thumb at 28 inches, a living skeleton 6 feet 6 inches and 47 pounds, and a fat lady at 4 feet something.
The Daily Record highlights Canon City community pride as the eastside street fair draws large crowds in an event described as the greatest of its kind. Readers are urged to share copies with friends back east, noting the nickel price.
Vaudeville No. 1 opens strong under Dye Bocking and McLain with Barker McClanahan. Star Tom Richards of Savage Opera sings with Rosie Girls and Moon Song with Florence Raynolds. Mrs Fritz shines as Senorita Otero while Mrs Raynolds and Thad Ragsdale lead a dancing chorus. crowd-pleasing acts boost Civic Improvement League efforts.
The all-wool minstrel show led by Jim Yeiser drew large crowds at the park. Principal barker T. M. Harding drew attendees as the troupe, including Bem Moore Scott Wheeler and Miss Cordelia Reynolds, delivered a lively program featuring songs, dances, and humor.
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