Twenty Seventh State Fair Opens at Des Moines with Wide Exhibits
The Twenty seventh Iowa State Agricultural Society Fair opened in Des Moines on Monday September 6. Wagons and rail freight from Des Moines carried vast exhibits to the grounds while the Rock Island tracks roared with freight. The grounds feature grand halls and ample stock pens for horses cattle hogs and sheep with extensive machinery and fruit displays. Attendance and exhibits surpass prior years with judges and officials preparing for a large crowd and prize events including trotting racing chariot and running races. The event closes with prize allocations and official remarks amid celebratory crowds.
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Iowa State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
Rock Island Company
Brown
Ames Agricultural College
Des Hoines
Chester Center
Durant
Marshalltown
Chariton
Iowa
Fai
D. M. Moninger
Marshall County
Mr. Moninger
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Seymour
J. C. Robeson
Frederic
Monroe County
A. J. Blakely
Waynesville
Ill
A. Thompson
Iowa City
Leicester
South Downs
C. H. As
Dexter
J. H. Windsor
E. 8. Warren
Norwalk
Chas. Gibson
Lind
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A. M. Bergton
Jessu
Wm. Beard
Linn County
Washington County
Linn
Washington Counties
John A. Kasson
Austria
Kasson
President Downing
Mr. Porter
Racing Department
J. I. Case
Philadelphia
Paris
Iona
Mollie Lynch
Adelle
Victor D
America
Riette
Manitoba
Modoc
Iowa and Nearby News Briefs From O'Brien to Anamosa
A wide summary of Iowa items: 2000 acre broom corn field in O'Brien county. Arkansas like volume gains in Iowa businesses from 15 to 50 percent over last year. Sabula Gazelle reports steel bridge rails arriving with iron work to start around October. Centerville coalmen note strong demand west of Corydon and anticipate large fall trade. A toddler in Centerville died after scalding boiler accident. Herman S. Henry, son of S. S. Henry of Vernon, killed at Fair Play Colorado when a wagon of logs weighing 4000 pounds crushed him. Louis W. Ross of Council Bluffs becomes Resident Professor in the State University Law Dept after Judge Howe’s resignation. A storm harms Lynnville area with damage. Geo Gardner loses a horse to lightning and another disabled. Alex Smith loses five steers. Dubuque county grain stacks show damp weather with green sprouts three inches long on improperly stored wheat and oats. Burly Smith, long in Sioux Falls and dying from consumption, shot himself Aug 30 at his sister’s home. Mrs. Alice Thornsby killed by a fall at Anamosa near the fair grounds aged nearly 77 staying with son-in-law William Bromley.
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Manchester
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J. C. Smith
Des Moines
E. H. Smith
Dubuque
Thomas Graham
Slangville
M. G. Laverty
East Des Moines
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D. Rider
Fairfield
J. L. Calkins
Burlington
Geo. D. Temple
Oscar Swayne
Norwalk
I. A. Helt
Afton
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A. E. Garrison
E. Howell
E. M. Griffen
Iowa City
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Wm. N. Greer
G. G. Wright
Fine Art Hall
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Boone
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M. W. Bell
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Stuart
Manitoba
John Brandt
Bellevue
Riette
Ed Daggett
Ottumwa
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A. W. Ressler
Grundy Center
C. Skiff
Chester Center
H. Mallory
Cheriton
W. Norton
Durant
W. M. Hastie
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A. Hinkle
Hickory
J. G. Myers & Sons
Caloma
Skiff
Norton, Hinkle and Myers
Carey R. Smith
Stockwell & Leighton
A. A. Cram & Son
Osco
Burleigh and
Gleason & Crosby
Mechanicsville
N. B. Choate
Waterloo
Z. C. Luse
C. Nourse
Polk County
C. W. Norton
Z. C. Luse & Son
J. L. Fowler & Co
Osceola
Stewart
Blackberry
Ayrshire
E. W. Norton
Muscatine
Col. Olmstead
van Buren Ot
R. N. Dahlerg
Keosauqua
Harvey
Dahlberg
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Canada
M. L. Devin
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J. J. Barker
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Nevada
J. D. Fisher
Brooklyn
R. W. Thomas
Charles City
Africa
Henry Owen
Spirit Lake
Tom Mead
C. H. Colby
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Mt. Pleasant
J. R. Reddert
D. Hunt
Swan
J. Martin
Monroe
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Indianola
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D. Gray
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D. F. White
Chaviton
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Oskaloosa
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Webster City
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M. L Devin
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Montrose
J. H Windsor
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J. Haiser
Anita
J. B. Brown
Waukee
J. M. Bunz
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State Center
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Rose Hill
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Newton
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Pella
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Wm. Martin
Summerset
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Towner’s Lake
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J. V. Vannaman
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Washington
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Wm. Loders
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Swede Point
Geo. Miller
J.J. Betts
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G. Poor
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J. Latty
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J. J. Baker
J. J. Betts
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David Pilmer
E. Berry
J R. Reddick
Patience Breckbill
P. Palmer
A. Garrow
D. Munter
C. D. Knote
G. H. Wright
Colfax
Samuel Cole
Pleasantville
Marion County
G. W. Speed
G. H. Mallory
Wheeler & Co
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Ashewa
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Thomas Wadeworth
W. N. Loders
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H. Matters
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Onsee i . Ams
Nnington
J. W. Barnett
G. W. Pierson
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Certificates Reward Offer
A notice states every certificate of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is genuine and a $1000 reward is offered for any certificate proven to be counterfeit or fraudulent.
Progress on B C R N Extension at Holland
The B C R N extension from Holland advances despite wet weather. About ten miles of track are laid and grading proceeds. Mr Dows plans to deploy a force to lay one and a half miles of track daily when conditions improve.
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Dows
Wonder Cure Hops Bitters Prompts Wide Testimony
The piece questions whether common plants like hops buchu mandrake and dandelion can produce numerous stunning cures as Hop Bitters is claimed to. It notes universal testimony from old and young rich and poor and various professions and urges readers to see another column for details.
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