The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 134, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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THE LEADER, GUTHRIE,r OKLAHOMA.
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Come out and
have a grand time,
We will use every
effort to make
you comfortable.
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A Cash Prize o( SI5
To the Sundnv 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.
GRANDFREE
BEEF BARBACUE
AT —
ISLAND PARK.
. DENNIS T. FLYNN
And other speakers will address the people.
THERE WILL BE AN ABUNOANCE OF GOOD MUSIC
BY THE
1st Regiment Military Band of Guthrie
This celebration
is under direction
and control of
the business men
of Guthrie.
A Cash Prize of $15
To the Sunday School
that brings in the largest
class of Sunday School
children; $7.50 for the next
largest---the schools of tiie
City of Guthrie barred.
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^50.00 Grand Calithumnian Parade $5o.oo
$5.00 for the best Individual Comic Costume. $2.50 for the Most Unique Costume.
@ OPEN TO ANY AND ALL SECTIONS OF THE TERRITORY ©
Organize a Company of 12 or more for this Unique Parade! At Least 4 Companies MUST Compete!
The More the Merrier!
First Prize. $20.00, Second Prize, $12.50, Third Prize, $7.50,
FOR THE BEST AND MOST COMICAL COMPANIES OF TWELVE OR MORE MEN.
Grand
Balloon Ascension
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,
RACES.
200 yards Cowboys Horse race. Open to any
part of the territory. $io ist. prize. $5
2nd prize.
200 yards Pony race. $5 1st prize. $2.50 2nd
prize.
200 yards slow mule race. $5
200 yards wheelborrow 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 Hans race. Must weigh 250 or
over. $5.
Pie eating contest. The boy that eats a Pie first
gets $2
The manor 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 ce Water all over town.
$1,000.00
Fireworks Display,
CONSISTING OP
Some of .he Finest Exhibition
Pieces ever displayed in the
West.
DON'T MISS IT
Will lit mi ol our GrgaH Fealins
Come Earlu and Stau Until the Show is Over
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Niblack, Leslie G. The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 134, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1899, newspaper, June 29, 1899; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc121432/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.