Lean Years Fail To Halt Progress Of Big Exposition
By YORK SAMPSON director, South Dakota Public Relations Bureau, the 1941 South Dakota State Fair covers 151 acres with a zoo, grounds, track, grandstand, and playgrounds. Running Sept 1 to 6, it marks the fair’s 57th year, a long build toward a record cash prize year with more than 17,000 dollars in cash awards and optimistic crop conditions boosting attendance and profit.
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York Sampson
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Yankton
Watertown
Mitchell
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Fair Board
C. B. Hansen
Hansen
South Dakota State Fair A Growing Family Institution
The piece lauds the State Fair board and its members led by Walton W. Thorp, highlighting Governor Bushfield’s ex-officio role, and praises family involvement, entertainment variety, and events. It notes horse and auto races, Governors Day, tent politics, grandstand shows, livestock displays, 4-H activities, and special editor days, urging attendance Sept 1-6.
Sore Toe Brings Sourdough Luck From Kalgoorlie
Perth reports prospector Thomas Starr, while hobbling to camp after stubbing his toe, broke a rock free and uncovered a gold-bearing stone. An assay valued the find at $8,795, boosting his prospects and coloring the tale with hopeful frontier luck.
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Perth
Australia
Thomas Starr
Kalgnorlie
Hansen Wrestling For Space On Machinery Row At Fair
Secretary Hansen faces a tight task to allocate exposition space for a large display of modern farm machinery at the 1941 South Dakota State Fair. Five major firms have secured spots on machinery row with a dozen smaller exhibitors promising demonstrations and gadgets for visitors. Demonstrations of farming practices will run during fair week to show equipment in operation.
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C. Hansen
South Dakota
Exposition
Machinery Row at State Fair Grounds West Central Section
Under actual conditions, Machinery Row sits in the west central area of the State Fair Grounds, aligning with the fair layout and spatial organization as observed.
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Machinery Row
State Fair Grounds
Record Coldest US Reading At Yellowstone Park
A historic note records the lowest U S temperature of 66 degrees below zero at Yellowstone Park on February 9 1933. This extreme reading remains a benchmark in American meteorology.
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United States
Yellowstone Park
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