Opportunities at the State Fair
The Tennessee State Fair aims to boost farm land and product values by linking agricultural and industrial exhibitions with farmer’s institutes. This year’s fair, starting September 20, 1926, will feature university and government experts, live demonstrations, and institute-led judging to teach practical improvements for farmers and families.
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Education and amusements at Tennessee State Fair
The fair blends education and entertainment from September 20 to 25 with livestock, agriculture, women's work, poultry, children's department, and manufacturers displays. Amusements include Weber's Band concerts, open air acts, nightly fireworks, Spellman's big shows, and other attractions for broad learning and enjoyment.
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Perpetual Motion Sells at Nashville State Fair 2025
Entertainer Rube Shields captivates fairgoers with a near continuous motion act at the Nashville State Fair in September 2025. He talks to the band, makes announcements heard far away, and rides a bicycle in a unique, laugh inducing style. Rubo’s the goods.
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Rube Shields
Nashville
Rube
Rubo
New Life Pills Promise Fast Liver Relief
Ad warns that idle living harms health and links to liver issues. It claims Dr King’s New Life Pills banish liver troubles and improve appetite, with a call to buy at H. C. Miller’s. The flashy copy ends by urging morning wakefulness in New York.
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Hidden Dangers and Kidney Pains Warn Readers
A mixed page of early 20th century health ads warns kidney trouble with Back pain and urine changes, touting Doan's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure. Also promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach and bowel relief, plus Teething Syrup and various tonics. Includes testimonials and distributor notes from Tennessee and Kansas City amidst lighter jokes and medical quackery.
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Weather and health notes from a brief New York Times fragment
A fragmentary 19th century note discusses hot weather and light clothing for a girl, easing activity indoors and out. It mentions Dr Fabrney's teeth and a syrup, with a child’s health implied as tied to a parent’s care and a father’s role in keeping babies from sickness.
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