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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
2
The street fair closed Friday night with receipts near 1600 and attendance surpassing expectations. Promoters praised excellent arrangements and first class entertainment. A phenomenal Thursday crowd topped by an even larger Friday audience impressed management.
A late street fair parade in Canon City drew large crowds as freaks and curiosities led a vivid procession from Main Street to the park. Officials hailed the event as a smart move for the fair and promised a repeat performance that evening.
The confetti booth run by Mrs Leist and assistants sold out by 9 pm as 1000 packages sold and 1500 more ordered by telegraph and special train to prevent shortages. This morning Parkade shows signs of snow. Mrs Leist will give children a ride in her automobile this afternoon.
A street fair hosts a popularity contest to crown the most popular city minister. Voters pay one cent per vote, raising over $70 by Thursday night, with Rev. Mr. Sherrod leading the tally on the chalked board as voting continues into tonight.
The Kangaroo Court held in the post office building generated revenue for the Civic Improvement League while endorsing the street fair movement. Most people paid fines without protest, though a handful claimed the court’s actions were autocratic and resisted its mandates. Only two or three cases saw notable opposition to the self-appointed bailiffs.
Rev. Mr. Hart lacked money when brought before the court and borrowed from a friend to cover the added fine for appearing on the street without funds. Rev. Mr. Chaffee remains ill at ease in western manners, unwilling to ride in the patrol due to his dignity.
The Gypsy Camp at the street fair showcased Mrs Heath as queen of the tribe with fortune tellers busy all evening. Madam Washington, palmist at the Omaha exposition, proved highly skilled while Mrs Stockton, Miss Brown, Frank, Cleghorn, Helm, Miller and others provided engaging parkade entertainment. Visitors are urged to see the oriental display tonight.
A remark about mistaking familiarity in Japanese Tea Garden costumes. The speaker suggests disorientation or humorous social discomfort when encountering friends dressed in themed attire.
Frightening reels and ghastly scenes advertise a Haunted House experience with creeping creatures and a clanking ghost. The piece urges visitors to flee from the chamber’s horrors while noting graved calling cards available from The Record office.
The Parkade stage featured the Lady Minstrels led by Mrs. W. 8. Peabody and Mrs. Johnny Reese. The end men mocked notable citizens with wit, eliciting loud applause. Pinkie Granger Lois Webster, Mrs. Will Moritz, and others starred, with Winifred Hoover as interlocutor and a capable orchestra backing.
A live goose led the parade with two smaller geese diving for a ten cent coin reward to deliver gifts to the lucky recipient at Goose Pond. The Womans Club sold ice cream and lemonade under Mesdames Talbot and Plummer and hopes to raise funds again tonight with The Daily Record street fair edition aiming for fifty dollars.
A bustling postoffice event mixed country store charm with mail delivery. Neighbors enjoyed hot dog sandwiches and coffee served by Gretchen Harding Mary Hoyt and Jean Whipple while Mrs Wallace and Mrs Bonehur ran the post office.
The speaker recounts a Missouri summer journey with Ed Stinemeyer, stopping at Albany and Bohemia for lunch. A waiter misplaces honey and a traveling man mentions a trip to Canon City as the tale unfolds during a vaudeville performance.
A narrator recalls rail travel from Denver to St Louis with encounters including D E Gibson and a drunken rider. Anecdotes cover a Kansas City obituary joke, Canon City campaign banter, Gov Peabody and Frank Heath, labor unrest in St Louis, a monetary gift from a girl, a poker taunt in Carlton, and a school geography lesson as part of a long travelogue continued on page 12.
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