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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
4
The Iowa State Fair lineup promises expansive displays of implements, vehicles, and farming gear from top manufacturers. Horticulture and fruit displays highlight apples, plums, grapes, and seedlings with space for premiums, plus practical field tests for plows to planters to prove performance.
The Iowa state fair will showcase gasoline, steam, hot air, kerosene and other engines praised for low cost and simple handling. The display targets farm use and urban power needs, noting printers can gain reliable power from small engines. The machinery department promises a premier exhibit attracting progressive farmers and publishers seeking cheap, dependable power.
The fence department of the state fair offers woven wire fencing exhibits and devices for installing unrolling tightening and recocking barb wire. Acres of ground display leading designs and tools, inviting farmers to observe inventive gains and profit from the exhibit.
Des Moines citizens raise 10000 to 15000 dollars for an entertainment fund for a state fair carnival. Plans include illuminated streets with arches, a grand war scene based on the Siege of Vicksburg, and a royal procession. Ames cadets will take part under General James Rush Lincoln. A large information bureau will guide visitors with rooms, boards, and train times. Local and state fair attractions aim to thrill thousands and evoke patriotic pride.
Article outlines two practical methods for durable roads on heavy prairie soil: tile drainage to remove excess water and elevated crowned road beds. It praises road grading machines, recounts a state fair instructional program, mentions demonstrations by Fleming Manufacturing and Western Wheeled Scraper, and notes a forthcoming road making school and contest.
The Diving Horses Powder Face and Cupid will appear each afternoon in front of the Amphitheater performing a leap from a 40 foot platform into a 10 foot pond of water as their great act.
Machinery hall showcases labor-saving devices to ease farmer burdens. Local inquiry on Odd Fellows' demonstration can be directed to M. Newman, chairman, Des Moines Iowa. Exhibits in dairy hall emphasize mechanized milking to butter production.
The Montgomery Ward & Co electric horseless carriage, built to top standards at a cost of 3000, will be shown daily during the state fair. It weighs over 2000 pounds with 28 storage batteries powering two motors, top speed eight to fourteen mph, and can be driven in reverse and steered by a single operator. Exhibits note growing interest and stalls filling fast as camping and races are planned.
All railways in the state will grant one fare rate for round trips from Des Moines. The offer runs from the 8th to the 20th inclusive.
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