The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 133, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1899 Page: 7 of 8
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4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION! j
Come out and
have a grand time,
We will use every
effort to make
you comfortable.
A Cash Prize of SI5
To the Sunday School
that brings in the largest
class of Sunday School
children; $7.50 for the next
largest--the schools of the
City of Guthrie barred.
GRAND FREE
BEEF BARBACUE
- AT —
ISLAND PARK.
HON. DENNIS T. FLYNN
And other speakers will address the people.
THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD MUSIC
- BY THE -
1st Regiment Military Band of Guthrie
This celebration J
is under direction £
and control of
the business men £
of Guthrie. 3
A Cash Prize of SI5
To the Sunday School
that brings in the largest
class of Sunday School
children; $7.50 for the next
largest---the schools of the
City of Guthrie barred.
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9 $5.00 for the best Individual Comic Costume.
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FOR THE BEST AND MOST COMICAL COMPANIES OF TWELVE OR MORE MEN.
RACES.
5$5<L00 firandCalilhunnian Parade *?°°°!
$2.50 for the Most Unique Costume. f
OPEN TO ANY AND ALL SECTIONS OF THE TERRITORY © j 3|£
V Organize a Company ol 12 or more lor this Unique Parade! At Lcasl 4 Companies MUST Compete! f
9 The More the Merrier! jv
§ First Prize. $20.00, Second Prize, $12.50, Third Prize, $7.50, {
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Some of .he Fioest Exhibition c
Pieces ever displayed in the 5
West. I
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DON'T MISS IT t
| Grand
9 Balloon Ascension
9 and Parachute Jump.
We have engaged PROF. MONTZ
BOZARTH of Kansas City and
Clinton, Mo., with the greatest sensa-
tional attraction in this country. The
professor ascends to a great height in
an exploding ball, attached to a mon-
ster balloon, from which he is shot out
into space, descending safely to earth
with a p rachute. Come and witness
this great sensational act. It is abso
lutely free to everybody,
200 yards Cowboys Horserace. Open to any
part of the territory. $io ist. prize. $5
2nd prize.
200 yards Pony race. $5 ist prize. $2.50 2nd
prize.
200 yards slow mule race. $5
200 yards wheel borrow race. $2.50 ist. $1 2d.
100 yards sack race, ist prize $2, 2d $1.
100 foot race for Boys under 14 years, $2 ist prize
$1 2nd.
100 yards Fat flans race. Must weigh 250 or
over. $5.
Pie eating contest. The boy that eats a Pie first
gets $2
The man or boy that climbs the Greased Pole
will find a $5 gold piece on top of the pole-
It is his if he can reach it.
The man or boy that catches the Greased Pig,
The pig is his
Come out and enjoy yourselves. Bring the children, they will enjoy it.
Barrels of Ice Water all over town.
\ Come Earlu and Stau Until Oie Show Is Overf
$1,000.00
Fireworks Display,
consisting op...
Will be one of oor Greatest Features
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Niblack, Leslie G. The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 133, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1899, newspaper, June 22, 1899; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc121431/m1/7/: accessed April 10, 2021), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.