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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
7
At Hastings the three day Dava Ball Tournament concluded with Glenwood and Henderson clinching two wins each to share first and second prizes while Hastings and Macedonia split third and fourth. Other items note births, visits, and local church events across Hastings community.
News notes that Tuesday park concerts by the Pacific Junction and Glenwood bands attract large crowds. Ice cream sales by ladies raise funds. Also updates on the new Round House being built near the yard and various local residents visiting relatives in Woodbine Corning Cement Hamburg Green River and Omaha with little personal movement in the community.
The fair board reports growing interest in the state horseshoe pitching championship held during the Iowa state fair. Nearly every county enters a team. The event runs daily with a preliminary round where teams score points by pitching 22 shoes per end. The top eight advance to a final round of one 21 point game against each rival team.
The complete boys and girls fair will run as part of the Town State Fair attractions dubbed the Junior State Fair. Premiums total 7195 across contests from baby beef clubs to food garment and canning demonstrations. County teams will compete in judging events across cattle horse hog sheep and corn divisions.
Officials announced two days of auto racing at this year’s fair on August 27 and September 38. Some of the fastest cars in the country will compete in Iowa events with entries from eastern drivers and veteran locals. Admission will match the fair’s usual pricing.
A roundup of visits and journeys features Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Laird and kin in Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, and Des Moines, plus trips by R. M. Shipman, the McFadens, Cheney siblings, and others. A new baby girl Janice Virginia arrives for the Hayes family. The clipping also notes engagements, various Midwest movements, and a land interests trip by John W. Crawford, with a report from the Omaha Sunday Bee about Peggy Rol lins and Marion Evans Jr.'s upcoming wedding.
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