Indiana State Fair Opens With Grand Livestock Pavilion Dedication
The fifty-fourth Indiana Fair at Indianapolis opens September 9 with the $110000 livestock pavilion dedication. Races total $24600 in purse money. Daily programs feature band concerts, vaudeville, livestock judging, and special days for children and veterans as exhibitors rush to complete entries by August 28.
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The
Union
Indianapolis
Berkshire
Poland
Weber
Cincinnati
Fackuce
Horticultural Hall
Indiana
Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
The Skyscraper Engine Rides the Rails
A veteran crew recalls a monumental locomotive built in Pennsylvania and dubbed the skyscraper. Georgie McNeal, a young engineer, wins the chance to break her in under Dad Hamilton’s watchful eye. Foley nurses envy as the new monster looms over the yards and the rails toward dawn.
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Narrows
Foley
River Shops
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Neighbor
McNeal
Georgie Mickeal
Clauss
Dad Hamilton
Dad
Georgie McNeal
The
Wiamilton
Oll
Chums
Hamilton
Georgie
Efr‘trely
The Sky scraper and the Wheat Race
A Chicago wheat rush drives a railroad division to run the skyscraper as a second passenger train. Georgie McNeal, Dad Hamilton, and Neighbor push fifty heavy cars toward Chicago amid perilous signals and a high stake premium. The near disaster at Beverly Hill ends unresolved, with the outcome to be continued next week.
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Hamilton
Neighbor
Belergde
Beverly Lill
McNeal
Chicago
Board of Trade
Georgie McNeal
Lasalle Street
Dad Hamilton
Lake Michigan
Zanesville
Harvard
Sky&craper
Beverly
Norman
Beverly Hill
Redbud
Bailey
Glencoe
Jupiter
Backbones Over Wishbones Rally Against Competition
Motivational slogan emphasizes strengthening the back and facing rivals as a call to action. It contrasts backbone with wishbone and urges resilience in competition.
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Uncle Si Simlins
Uncle Si
Marshall Field
John Wanamaker
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ATE Fair
Vaude
Hs Ha
Frank
Spearman
Undertaker
D. O. Williams
All Ladies
Misses
Children’s Oxfords
Pickett & Morrison
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