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itlt,Ity.c ifice.an*ghttal,theinduch,r®'mirlin,badoodyi be hen lital are ntly 3ersLfcterous;3 the ible. talkIf• as-t be 1 la-ings best i or iiz'a-nted t ex-wis-:ners an lt;3 right cap-sd to rhat-nfess lg in onalfor lack of time to see everything, we can not verify the report.Pocahontas won first prize for rooting at jthe base ball game. Newell rooters were distanced on the first lap. • ' . ?These Fonda fairs are good for the town of Fonda, its people and the people who attend. Everybody is given the glad hand and guaranteed a good time. There is plenty of amusement $,nd the-well trained police service Tfeeps everybody out of the lock-up to enjoy what is going on. Fonda is a temperarice town, no bootleggers, no saloons, only soda water and lemonade,-at least we did not see anythingelse, not even an empty beer keg, and those fellows present from Manson drank hydrant water from a tin cup just like they were used to it.-Friday, Norris Rowe’s big railroad show set up their canvass on the fair : grounds and gave ’two perfor-manceSf which merited the-good patronage they received.The special attractions given by the fair . association between races ‘each afternoon, was perhaps shapely, but not worthy of being produced the second time, but this was not the fault of the fair officials, as the attraction had been recommended as be: ing first-class.The town of Fonda continues to need an opera house, a new depot on the Central and a search warrant to find thestreet lights.Souvenir, the trotting stallion owned by H. S. Folk, was'awarded first premium in his class. Iftr. Folk has exhibited this horse at several fairs and has always been successful iri landing some good premiums.AnRuIGiLi;Io’:dri . initquse-LiDlt;FILiO’A'Q.FiThe Iowa State Fair.• , ‘ . . f. •! •' .. ’.*The date of the state fair is Augustwif.h' npw ‘hyiilfHno’a t,n n.o.-aliM0 s01 bi L CFtltl1\
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Pocahontas Democrat
Pocahontas, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 11, 1904
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