Taylor County Fair 1916 First Grand Prize Awards List
The premium list announces prizes in the Agricultural Department for top farm exhibits. Awards include a $15 grain drill for best exhibit of twelve or more varieties, $10 corn dropper for second, $5 cotton planter for third, plus multiple $1-$2 prizes for crops such as oats wheat rye velvet beans soy beans corn measures cotton stalks canes millet hay sweet potatoes syrup field peas ground peas flour and meal prepared from Taylor county grown products.
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Taylor County
Livestock Prize Offers Taylor County Fair Awards
The Livestock Department announces prizes for Taylor county raised livestock: best raised colt under 2 years two dollars, best male colt under 2 years two dollars, best bull under 2 years two dollars, best heifer under 2 years two dollars, best milch cow any age one dollar fifty, best male hog any age two dollars, best brood sow any age two dollars, best pair pigs under six months one dollar fifty, and best sow and suckling pigs one dollar fifty.
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Taylor County
Poultry Department Adds Taylor County Prize Pens
Prize offerings for Taylor county raised poultry include rewards for the prettiest pen in one variety one dollar, the prettiest pen of any variety one dollar, and the heaviest pen composed of one cock and five hens with a one dollar reward.
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Taylor County
Prize List for Ladies' Department Displays
A prize program offers rewards across categories in the Ladies' Department. Awards include a $6 rocking chair for largest exhibit and greatest variety of canned goods, $2 rug for best pickle display, a center table for best preserves, another $2 rocking chair for peaches, a linen table cloth for jellies, a silver knives and forks set for needlework variety, and a water set for best piece of needlework.
Boy's Corn Club Awards Announced
Department announces prizes for corn yield with Berkshire and Duroc Jer ey pigs as top awards. First prize includes a Berkshire pig, second prize a spring-tooth cultivator, third prize cash, and a prize for best ten ears corn from Corn Club Boys with a Duroc Jer ey pig.
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Boy’s Corn Club Department
Berkshire
Corn Club
Duroc Jerey
Boy's Pig Club Department Prize Awards
Prize offers for best pig with age considered. First prize three dollars, second two dollars, third one dollar. Committee members J. H. Adams and J. R. A. Hinton oversee the event.
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J. H. Adams
J . R. A. Hinton
Georgia Will Sell Machinery in July for Taylor County
Legal notice states the sale of 36 inch B Separator No 56406 and hand feed attachment to satisfy an execution from Marion county court against E L Corley. Property viewable at Seaborn Montgomery’s place. Sale set for the first Tuesday in July 1916 at the courthouse in Taylor County. J R Beeland Sheriff.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
B. St
E. L. Corley
Superior Court
Marion County
J. J. Case Threshing Machine Company
Nore
Mrs B H Newsom seeks permanent administrator post
Georgia Taylor County notice states Mrs B H Newsom applied to be appointed administrator of B H Newsom's estate. The Court of Ordinary will hear the petition at the July 1916 term on the first Monday. Ordinary A H Riley notes the date as June 6 1916.
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Georgia
Taylor County
B. H. Newsom
Court of Ordinary
A. H. Riley
Retired Public Figures Lured Back Toward Service
A Duluth News Tribune note hints that even those who have held public office remain susceptible to impulses to return to civic life rather than retire quietly. The remark underscores ongoing public interest in leaders’ engagement beyond formal tenure.
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Duluth News-Tribune
Dinner for Connie Sparks a Cozy Fire Drill Night
In a Woman's Relief Corps note Belle invites Connie to Friday dinner asking him to fill in again. He joins Miss Maywell for a smoke scented evening as fire drills reveal no blaze just a furnace problem. Connie discovers his photo hidden by Dorothy and ponders his role as a reluctant, ever-present escort.
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Connie
Belle
P. S
Connie Collins
Miss Maywell
Joelle
Max Wells
Dorothy Maywell
Dorothy
Garretward
the McClure
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad from F J Cheney Co Toledo
Frank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure The notice claims the remedy is taken internally and acts upon the blood and mucous surfaces It also advertises testimonials and urges readers to send for them Toledo Ohio December 6 by notary public A W Gleason and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Courage of Despair and Effects of Opposition
A schoolboy essay notes Turkish courage linked to many wives and facing death. Emerson cites that opposition produces remarkable effects with men rising to a crisis that unsettles others, seen as peaceful and beloved like a bride.
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Emerson
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M. R. Cameron
Butler, Georgia
Agricultural Department
Livestock Department
Poultry Department
Boy’s Pig Club Department
Sheriff’s Sale
Atlanta
Isior
John L. Edmondson
COOD
NEW Home Sewing Machine CO
Orange, Mass
Sun
CaCola
Cocaa-Colta Co
Atlanta, GA
Igi
New York
Cincinnati
Washington
Southern Railway
J. S. Bloodworth
Macon
TYREE
Central Or
J.C. Haileneral
Savannah
F. J. Robinson
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