Iowa State Fair program promises diverse eight day lineup
Exposition officials announced the complete entertainment plan for the Iowa State Fair and National Livestock Show running August 27 for eight days. Highlights include whippet racing, two auto race days, six days of hippodrome acts, eight bands, a 1776 fireworks show, and Massenet opera Herodiade with a 40 voice chorus.
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Arthur Middleton
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Gasoline Wells At Robinson North Dakota Attract Attention
A Robinson North Dakota well yielded twenty five to thirty gallons of gasoline daily, discovered when a creamery worker filled water cans. Town ownership and tax issues followed, with the gasoline layer separated by paraffin. Geologists and oilmen arrived seeking leases as drilling targets expanded around Robinson.
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Reward Offered for Thieves Stealing Livestock
Elmer Flickinger of Benton County offers 300 dollars for capture of thieves who have stolen hogs cattle and poultry from his farm over twelve years. He reports losses including more than 100 hogs a calf a young steer a lamb and many chickens. A recent theft of five 200 pound shoats from an 80 head hog herd prompted the reward.
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Benton County
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