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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1910
Page
5
A Saturday Daily report praises Weld county's fair for its enduring annual status in Greeley. Secretary Dan March and assistants receive thanks for their work while storm gods Boreas and Jupiter Ple vies are thanked for favorable weather as crowds enjoyed an unusually successful event with no unpleasant incidents.
The Weld County fair textile and vegetable exhibits highlight a long list of prize winners across categories. Awards include best displays in vegetables, grains, flowers, and canned goods, with notable names such as Mrs. A. M. Chapman, Mrs. Tobias Mattox, Albert Lawrence, J. W. Dillon, and J. C. Cornelius among many others. Poultry, poultry show results, and cattle entries feature numerous winners from Greeley and surrounding towns, reflecting broad county participation.
The kitchen and pantry exhibits at the fairgrounds awarded prizes to numerous homemakers. Winners include Mrs Henry Igo as superintendent, with first and second places for best collection pantry stores, home made breads, coffee cake, light rolls, biscuits, doughnuts, sugar cookies, rock cookies, fruit cake, white loaf, and white layer cake among others.
Crowds lined fences and filled seats and cars as the county fair hosted racing events. The 2:15 pace yielded best 3 in 6 with a purse of 400 dollars in yesterday’s program.
The Monte Cristo company exhibit on rubber, led by Lincoln Fishback, draws visitors as rubber trees on display and refinement processes are explained to fairgoers by Mr. Fishback at the fairgrounds.
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