State Fair Harness Racing Purses Top 250000
Indiana State Fair harness races will dispense over 240000 in purses across 24 events during a six day meet starting Sept. 1. Hoosier horses dominate entries with Scott Frost headlining the Open to-the-World Trot. Tennessee Ernie Ford headlines Coliseum shows Aug 29 to Sept 2 with The McGuire Sisters and The Mills Brothers.
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U.S. Trotting Association
Hoosier
America
Sol Camp
Shafter
Calif
Edinburg
Roy Amos
Scott Frost
Mr. Camp
McNamara
Fox
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tennessee Ernie
McGuire Sisters
Mills Brothers
Jan Garber
Ernie
Bristol
Tennessee
WOPI
Atlanta
WATL
Knoxville
West Coast
Indiana State Fair Hosts First Goats Exhibit Since 1949
The Indiana State Fair unveils its first Billies and Nannies goat exhibit since 1949 marking a return to a long absent feature. The display promises educational insight and closer views of dairy and meat goats alongside fair activities this year.
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Indiana State Fair
Long’s quip tops season as fan incident stirs chatter
The Sporting News notes Dale Long of Pittsburgh quipping Duke Snider could not hit a lefthander fan after a Dodgers fan clash. Bob Lemon joined 1,200 strikeouts, joining Feller Spahn Trucks Wynn Roberts in the elite list. The Yankees lead in producing players’ kids, and Buhl’s two hitter earned him $250. Washington’s Dean Stone flirted with a shutout before Kennedy homered, marking 119 straight winless games for the Senators.
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Sporting News
Dale Long
Pittsburgh
Duke Snyder
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Les Biederman
Long
Snider
Bob Lemon
Bob Feller
Warren Spahn
Virgil Trucks
Early Wynn
Robin Roberts
Bob Buhl
Braves
Pirates
Milwaukee
Buhl
Washington Senators
Dean Stone
Tigers
Bob Kennedy
Washington
Ted Abernathy
Planting alfalfa seeds advice from Purdue agronomists
Purdue agronomists advise sowing alfalfa or alfalfa grass mixtures in late July to early August. Test soil acidity and available phosphate and potash, apply lime and fertilizer per recommendations, then seed by broadcasting and cultipacking or banding with a grain drill. Compact the seed bed with disking and cultipacking.
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Purdue University
Local visitors and guests reported in Indianapolis area
Mrs. Robert Martz of Indianapolis visits sister Mrs. Louis Humes and Mr Humes. Mrs. Leslie Heifner recent guest of Mr and Mrs Herbert Stephenson near Maxwell. Mrs Edna Sharer of Terre Haute two weeks with Mr and Mrs Charles D Moore. Mr and Mrs Louis Humes and Mrs Robert Martz visit Elmhurst Illinois with Fred Pfieffer. Charles Ruby of Fullerton California visits his parents Edgar and Mrs Ruby and relatives. Mrs Eileen Moore and son Jimmie shop in Indianapolis.
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Robert Martz
Indianapolis
Louis Humes
Humes
Leslie Heifner
Herbert Stephenson
Maxwell
Edna Sharer
Terre Haute
Charles. D. Moore
Fred Pfieffer
Elmhurst
Iinois
Charles Ruby
Fulerton
Calif
Edgar Ruby
Eileen Moore
Jimmie
Extra waterers urged for poultry houses during heat spells
Purdue poultry men advise placing additional waterers as chickens rely on drinking water to regulate body temperature. During hot periods birds crowd feeders making access uneven. The Indiana State Fair today offers a look at the Chicken of Tomorrow for 1956 crowds.
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Purdue University
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State Fair
U. S. Trotting Association
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KRAFT
Chase and
Sanborn
Mrs. Owens
Nabisco
Coe
Yankees
The
Seattle
Hollywood Hurlers
Birdie Tebbetts
Walter Alston
Brooklyn
Gran Hamner
O’briens
Jim Brideweser
Ewing’s
Knightstown
Pan
North Main St
Carthage
Roy Hearne
Ewing’s the Furniture Store
Admiral
Stuart Morgan
Ewing’s Used Furniture Department
Arlington
Virtuoso
Steve Allen
Ruth Lyons
Wlw-T
Robert Mitchum
Shelley Winters the
Night of the Hunter
Bill Williams
Coleen Gray
Dakotas
Sun
Victor Mature
Janet Leigh
Francis
Haunted Clears
New Castle
Kirk Douglas
FAR Horizons
Fred McMurray
Chariton Heston
Humphrey Bogart
Sun.-Mon
Rose Tattoo
Jeff Morrow
Price OF Fear
Lex Barker
Carthage Hardware
John Lynch
South Walnut
Baling
John Hunt
James Thurston
Walnut St
Wiltur Jackson
Carthage Radio & Appliance Shop
Hubert Hunt
Kingan
Hunt
Lemons
Manuel
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