Hemingray Glass Company - Muncie, Indiana

INDUSTRIAL DISPLAY

What May be Seen in the Various

Booths on Charles Street.

SOME NOVEL ATTRACTIONS

A Detailed List of a large Number of the

Exhibits Marketing, Mercantile, and

Manufactured Products.

The booths of the carnival are of a great variety. Expense in decorating has not been spared and the success of the show was only made possible by the assistance of the merchants and manufacturers. Only slight mention of each booth can be made with a short account of the largest exhibitors. The official booths are those of the executive committee where information on the fair is to be had and where the general business of the carnival is transacted; a stall for the reporters of the local papers, the police booth which is headquarters for the detective service, the Ladies Reception committee, where visiting lady Elks are entertained, and the Elks' hospital with a corps of trained nurses and doctors to care for the visitors in case of injury. The insurance companies are represented by J. E. Johnson & Co. with a well decorated booth advertising their different companies; Tobin and Benbow with chairs for the visitors, and G. M. Cobb, The Prudential, Triffler and Brown. Little and Oakley and W. H. Ballard represent the hardware firms and have a good display of tools, paints, and stoves. Wachtall & Son probably have the largest space of any exhibitor. Carriages, bicycles, and sporting goods are in abundance. The unique features of this exhibits are horseless carriage and electrical delivery wagon.   The Muncie Carriage company, Stration & Wood Carriage company, Merrall & Pack and Charles Gass have good displays of vehicles, carriages, and harness.

The Muncie Wheel works has a large space showing their ball bearing wheel and carriages. The Columbus buggy company and C. Heckenhauer & Co., also have a good display of their respective products. Potter & Moffitt have a booth filled with furniture and fine household goods and R. Meeks & Sons a display of beautiful chairs and bedsteads in connection with their other furniture. D. F. Lane and Hickson also have booths showing their goods. The grocers in the carnival are the Sterling, Shideler's, Hickman Bros., H. N. Jones, The Butterfly, Tacey's, A. B. Philips, and C. A. Cropper, with a display of fine groceries and canned goods which make some of the best arranged booths on the street. Thomas Best & company and J. A. Goddard & Co., are the wholesalers, with a more elaborate show of goods. The Sterling Cash grocery has a well apportioned booth of goods and Truliender and Williams advertise "Paul Revere Coffee" in a booth decorated with Paul Revere panels and a display of the coffee. Robert Campbell has a booth filled with book binding and books.

The fair has a large booth displaying carpets and dry goods. It is very pretty, decorated with Elks' and national colors. McNaughton's has an equal amount of space displaying dress goods and furnishings. It is well decorated and tastefully arranged. The Spot Cash and M. Hene are well furnished with the goods of their firms and are decorated in good style. Rohrs Bros. & Bath also have an exhibit of dry goods. Jacob Vogt, Harage & Hottinger, Carlson, Homes and Maggs are the Muncie tailors in the street fair. Their booths are filled with samples of goods and pictures of the latest styles. The Guarantee, Muncie Shoe store, the Arch and the Eagle shoe stores have displays of fine shoes and well decorated booths to show off their goods.

Carnes and Miller are the florists with booths which are decorated with potted plants and draped with flowers and vines.

The Globe's booth is filled with gentlemen's furnishings, clothing, etc. It is beautifully decorated in Elks colors and has a number of seats for visitors. Keller, Fudge & Co. show a pretty booth with seats for friends and visitors. A sign with the firm name on it, is lighted at night and is one of the features of the street. A. I. Friend's space is filled with ties, hats, and clothes. The lighting of this booth at night makes a good display. The City Hat store has a booth decorated in Elks colors. The Muncie Music Go., Oersonetts Piano Co., and Kimball Co., have booths filled with pianos and other musical instruments. Music is dispensed at all times by several young ladies employed for that purpose. The Physicians Drug Co. has a booth arranged for serving soda water, and is the only place where it can be found on the grounds. Nickey's, Campbell, Whitney, and Stevens & Durham have good displays and give samples of different remedies and perfumes, Shinkel's Drug store is well decorated. Booths containing Headache powders and headache cures make a good appearance. The Art Emporium is well represented. Powers & Foorman have a large space devoted to tools and mill supplies. Geo. Kiser & Co. have a well-appearing booth of plumbers' supplies. Glasscock Bros. have a display of their folding boats. Rutherford Bros. and Kiser Bros. are stationed in a well decorated booth. Of the manufacturers represented, the following are well represented and show good displays of their respective wares: Ontario Silver Co., Muncie Underwear Co., J. A. Meeks, J. H. Smith & Co., Wysor & Hibbits, Consumers' Paper Co., B. M. Ball, W. H. Feff, Crozier Mfg. Co., W. F. Werner & Co., Muncie Boiler Sheet Iron works, Muncie Foundry and Machine Co., C. Hanika & Sons, Republic Iron and Steel Co., Midland Steel Co., Port Glass Works, Hemingray Co., Gill Bros., Muncie Glass Co., C. H. Over, Ball Bros., Cary Reid, Self Sealing Butter Jars, Indiana Bridge Works, S. M. & E. Co., T. L. Westlake, and O. T. Bartlett. The printing offices are represented by the Central Printing Co. and The Neely Printing Co. The New, Star, and Times are in booths which are arrayed for reportorial service.

L. Herrman and Mrs. Beemer represent the millinery firms in well decorated booths.

The bicycle dealers have large displays of wheels and bicycle sundries. The following firms are represented: Hohn G. Otstot, C. A. Rowe, Ariel Cycle Mfg. Co., Kirk Bros., and J. M. Long.

The American District Telegraph Co. has a branch office on the street and the Central Union Telephone Co. has a booth fitted with local and long distance telephones. Local union No. 61 has a booth fitted with chairs. Bush and Russell have a booth fitted with monuments and cut stone. Orange cider, peanuts, and pop-corn stands; jewelry and hokey-pokey booths draw a large trade from the crowds.