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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
7
The Memphis Tri-State Fair runs September 23 to 30 with two spacious new barns for cattle and swine as part of a 500,000 building program. Each 200 by 400 feet, the structures feature modern ventilation, running water, and large rings to accommodate a larger southern livestock show. Cash premiums totaling about 20,000 attract top breeders and farmers.
The Memphis Tri-State Fair will provide hundreds of benches from Sept 23 to 30 across the exposition grounds. Officials say shaded nooks will serve as resting spots for attendees, offering relief for tired feet and enhancing the overall experience.
The textile strike that shut twenty mills and left five thousand workers idle ended today as notices allowed strikers to return to their old wages. The long dispute had stretched for eighty months.
Reports indicate uncertainty over the cause of death, not specifying whether poisoning occurred from the can or the liquor. Authorities have not released a definitive ruling.
A Mansfield report describes a small party on Home avenue where a skunk approached during a phonograph concert and, after its odor betrayed it, fled as the music ended and the machine stopped.
In Newark Ohio on September 12 Lindale Aggie Concordia a registered Holstein owned by B G Dawes of Licking County set state records by producing 831.6 pounds of milk and 29.63 pounds of butter in a week and 3506 pounds of milk and 122 pounds of butter in a month.
Elder Shain of Providence Kentucky and Elder Brush of McKenzie Tennessee will conduct services at the Primitive Baptist Church Wednesday and Thursday nights. The public is cordially invited.
A mammoth educational cotton exhibit will anchor the Tri-State Fair from September 28 to 30 in Memphis. The display in Agricultural Hall covers seed to finished goods with by products, lint passage, boll weevil control, and government samples of staple length. Organized by C. W. Watson of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce Farm Bureau with cooperation from mills, fertilizer firms, and plantations. Cotton, once an outcast at last year’s fair, now centers attention with features unknown to many industry leaders.
The U S Department of Agriculture will showcase a 4000 square foot display at the Tri State Fair from September 23 to 30. The exhibit features working models and instruments from the Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Bureau of Plant Industry, including self feeders for hogs, swine breeds, poultry housing, cow barn facilities, tick eradication methods, seed corn procurement, forages, rice, oats, tree surgery, and disease education, with other bureaus contributing to a comprehensive overview of government farming programs.
Old patrons of the Memphis Tri State Fair may imagine themselves at an entirely new exposition when they visit the Memphis Fair Sept 23 to 30. They will be unable to recognize the old familiar landmarks, the grounds that built a reputation that won national notice.
In Youngstown Ohio on September 12 the Mayor's office stops using a cash register once installed by ex mayor George L. Oles who resigned after six months. The device now records banana sales as the city declines to purchase it from Oles. Mayor William G. Reese refused to approve the sale.
Baltimore firefighters battled an umbrella factory blaze when an explosion injuried eighteen and Captain George Leathe died after a fall during the response. Fire officials report the incident occurred on September 12 in Baltimore.
Grandstand seats will be free each afternoon of the Memphis Tri-State Fair September 23 to 30 with charges limited to auto races and the Style Show. Directors previously adopted a policy allowing free access amid an extensive afternoon program including harness racing vaudeville bands dog races and other amusements. The Style Show on Wednesday and Thursday nights will carry admission, touted as the biggest feature ever staged in the South.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports the Gary Indiana Michigan Central Express wreck of August 20 was caused by malicious tampering with the tracks. Two killed in Atlanta and two injured after a train derailment as workers found tampering and alerted authorities.
Paris reports rapid reconstruction of devastated regions as land is returned to farmers for cultivation. Military checks ensure soil is safe, with the Red Zone around Arras revealing heavy shell munitions danger. About 90 000 tons of ammunition removed and 200 000 shells found. Work nears completion with reconstruction hoped to start soon.
On the Swedish American liner Stockholm arriving from Stockholm Purser K F Eklund announced Sweden's renunciation of prohibition. Of 1028 passengers over 700 were Americans. A ship poll showed wets win 733 to 296, but the wets lost when ashore.
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