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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
2
The article notes a nationwide push as communities and organizations urge increased effort during a peak period. Leaders from local groups and businesses call for renewed participation and actions to drive progress.
A listing of Iowa farming events and groups including Best Live Stock, Local Pairs, Short Courses, Farmer’s Institutes, Agricultural College, Chautauqua, Experimental Farms, Farm and Family Journals, Horticultural Societies, Dairy and Breeder’s Associations, and the Iowa State Fair and Exposition.
The State Fair features an educational exhibit of farm crops in the agricultural hall. Crops from nearly every Iowa county will be displayed under favorable conditions with grasses grains soil samples and analyses showing product value.
The Iowa Brigade band of Oskaloosa and the Fifty sixteenth Regiment band of Fort Dodge have been secured to perform at the State fair alongside the Liberati musical organization. Both bands are noted as among the best in the state and will present an excellent program with extensive concert work behind them.
The first application of ManZan the great Pile remedy will almost instantly give relief. Continued use for a few days will effect a cure. The tube has a small nozzle for easy use. ManZan is for the cure of any kind of Piles. Sold here by C. A. Gamble.
The Sioux Indians from the Dakotas will join the Iowa State Fair for an educational exhibit alongside nightly amphitheater shows and vaudeville acts. New barns and a large amphitheater are under construction with state funds of 100000 dollars, aiming to house prized horses and seat over 17000 spectators for six days of races and concerts.
Local Ames merchants promote a prize drawing offering a piano and other big prizes. The Intelli gencer office will handle printing display and entry details for participants eager to win.
The Intelligencer announces a voting contest offering a Chopin cabinet piano valued at $400 plus other prizes. Voters receive ballots via paper coupons with subscription receipts and cash purchases, each coupon counting five votes. Rules require bundles of coupons, issued certificates, and strict tallying with numbered certificates and sealed ballot boxes.
Special low reduced rates via The Chicago and Northwestern Ry to the Exposition at Seattle Yellowstone Park Yosemite Colorado and the Pacific Coast. Iowa Day August 12 at Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition with a grand Iowans reunion. Routes illustrated brochures maps itineraries for personally conducted tours available free from ticket agents.
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