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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
9
The 1920 state fair will showcase cattle in a vast 820 by 425 foot pavilion costing 200000 dollars. The barn will hold over 1600 head under one roof with a 1000 seat sale pavilion and facilities for dining, offices, sleeping quarters, and herdman lounges. Modern conveniences such as electric lighting and running water are installed.
A complete women s fair will run August 25 September 8 as part of the Iowa State Fair. A committee of mothers housewives and club women from across Iowa developed the program for the women s department including baby health contests cooking demonstrations and other features. The exposition aims to be superior to any in the country for women s features.
The Iowa state fair will feature Ruth Law's flying circus and Al Wilson performing a mid air wing swap at 80 miles per hour. The act includes a leap between planes and mid air stunts before landing. Additional fliers will join, and rides may be booked with the aviators.
Nearly every Iowa county plans to exhibit at the State Fair from August 2 to September 8. Official figures boost premiums from 150 to 200 dollars per exhibit that scores above 500 of 1000, with funds split pro rata by excess points. Four districts will guide the county contest and the Farm Bureau adds 50 dollars to each qualifying county exhibit.
The Iowa State Fair will extend to ten days this year after past years of seven days. Officials note crowd growth and hint at a possible move to two weeks within a year or two. The fair opens Friday August 27 with Auto Race Day, with the first two days for preparations.
The state fair advertises a free circus with top acts from major circuits. Chief attractions include acrobats jugglers wrestlers and oriental troupes. The performances run daily in front of the grandstand during the exhibition.
The chief attraction on the state fair music program will be Thaviu's Band and International Ballet. The ensemble has earned a national reputation as a concert unit and is billed as a major feature of the event.
Florida researchers report a practical method to make paper pulp from saw grass. They estimate 6 million acres of saw grass in Florida, harvestable twice yearly to yield about 20 tons per acre, potentially supplying all grades of paper for the world. Previous fiber sources faced supply and compaction challenges limiting large scale production.
A new grass pulp process uses an amphibious harvester derived from a wheat cutter to skim swamp lands. The machine can operate on land and water with blades four feet below surface. A revised digester process shreds grass to a mass of 42 tons for batch processing, with successful lab and mill tests.
American military engineers reveal three motorized pieces of ordnance seen as the vanguard of horseless armies. A three ton endless-tread tractor with spring suspended idlers, an amphibious self-propelled 3 inch gun mount capable of fording streams, and a 6 inch gun motor mount weighing about 22 tons with mixed treads.
Cedar Heights a town of 400 people at Cedar Falls has inaugurated a feature of civil life. The newly elected mayor addressed a mass meeting inaugurating the program which aims to make the town notable within the state.
A town meeting selected and installed a mayor’s cabinet of twenty two women, likely the first auxiliary body of its kind in the United States. Cedar Heights thus invites women into civic deliberations ahead of formal council elections.
The Pottawattamie County Bee Keepers association organized on June 6, 1918. West Pottawattamie County is an ideal beekeeping area with Missouri river bottoms rich in sweet clover and basswood trees. Bees utilize basswood about once every three years, and there are 16 active bees.
keepers' associations scattered over Town and West Pottawattamie County were among the first to organize. The note highlights early efforts to form groups overseeing local matters and cooperative activities in the region.
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