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CARNIVAL OPENS WITH THE BLARE OF TRUMPETS AND SHOWERS OF CONFETTI__*____*’ %x___\ , j^t irFIRST BALLOON ASCENSION WILL TAKE PLACE THIS AF-TERNOON ON THE CARNIVAL GROUNDS./NAT REISS OF THE CARNIVAL COMPANY.—With-H—hlare-of—iruiTipetF—and—a-lusty chorus from the “barkers' the J^di^--carjiivaJ-opcucd..-tol.-cr.cnIng^oit-thc tntc:.,-t).n^.Tuiurc—a\—At-i^o-oIock-lhiy-afternoon-^.he-mHn— ogeracnt announces a balloon ascension and parachute drop, giving Day thereOn Thanks-irTTuTnJlF'ffS^'w .. wilTTo\ , n h I lonni sts~h*ing~a-Cummcrckil Park, confetti added itnimatio nto the scene with their funny antics, and the military band played martial must/;.Clowns throwing | dog, and . will make the drop In hisown parachute.The circus in the main lent was well attended last eveliing and suited theJn a. .few .minutes the. carnival, crowd. . The aets.cunsiyt uC variuiULac-• grou nds were thronged and the people ' robat Ic “turns” and specialties, and watched “Maximo,’' the high-diving: none of them arc loo long, while adog. leap from an Illuminated ladder sixty feel high. Into a net. stretchedbc*lW.In addition 1.o ihc old-fashioned one-ring circus in the main tent, there arenumber of clowns supply the fun.A troupe of Japanese acrobats will join the show this afternoon, coming direct from Japan. They were up by the customs authorities in Sani eight other attractions, including \ Francisco through their not having the ! “Dixieland,” “Escaped from Sing ' Singr-- Ihe- “Cnixy ■irou«5— and other-shows.proper 'credentials. t• The carnival will-bn in progress all week, open afternoons and evenings.
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Fresno Morning Republican
Fresno, California, US
Tue, Nov 26, 1907
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