Iowa State Fair Exhibits Promote Heavy Machinery and Horticulture
The article highlights the Iowa state fair with focus on machinery displays, tools, wagons, wind mills, and farm implements. It notes improvements like weighing features for exhibitors, the value to manufacturers, and extensive space allocated for horticulture with fruit, apples, grapes, and seedlings. It urges exhibitors to apply for space, promises fine arts and concessions, and promises a comprehensive, education driven exhibit.
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M. J. Wragg
P. O
Waukee
Iowa
A. F. Coleman
Corning
Practical field tests at Iowa State Fair showcase farming implements
The Iowa State Fair presents practical field tests where corn planters potato harvesters seeders and cultivators operate in real workflows. Farmers compare performance inspect quality work and weigh options from leading manufacturers to buy with confidence during the fall 1897 fair.
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Iowa
Gasoline Engines Highlight Iowa State Fair Exhibit
The Iowa state fair will showcase gasoline, steam, hot air, and kerosene engines for farm and urban use. Small engines promise low cost and simple handling for pumping water grinding fodder and more, with a noted emphasis on reliable power for printers and rural tasks. The machinery department offers extensive displays for progressive farmers, editors, and publishers seeking cheap, dependable power.
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Iowa
Fences Exhibit At Iowa State Fair Farms Exhibit
The fence department at the Iowa state fair showcases woven wire fences and automatic gates, plus devices for unrolling, tightening, and respooling barb wire. Acres of ground are devoted to the exhibit, inviting farmers to observe leading designs and tools that aid fencing construction and maintenance.
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Iowa
SENIOM'S PAGEANT PLANS FOR STATE FAIR PAGEANT AND ROAD MAKING
Des Moines readers are invited to a grand state fair with illuminated streets and arches across main avenues. A vivid Siegf of Vicksburg reenactment, military tableaux, and a burlesque parade are planned along with a information bureau and lodging guidance for visitors. A separate feature covers road building instruction at the Iowa State Fair highlighting grading machines, expert-led practice, and a school for road supervision. Dr. Carver’s frontier exploits are recounted, detailing his buffalo hunts, blizzard ordeal, and rise as a renowned rifle shot and scout.
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Des Moines
Fourth
Walnut
Vicksburg
Ames Cadets
James Rusk Lincoln
Lincoln
Everrything
St Louis
Bureau of Information
Seneom Sec
Carver
Lee. Fowler
Winrer
Wapper
Plains
Prentifu
Governor Carver
New England
Plymouth Rock
John Carver
Minnesota
Pred Carver
Spirit Lake
Towa
Republican
Blackwood
Soom
Lomm
Bis
Sinil
Black Wood Canyon
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Oakland
Washington
Birtha
The Diving Horses Will Feature Daily Rides at Local Park
The diving horses Powder Face and Cupid are set to perform each afternoon from a 46 foot platform into a 16 foot pond of water, drawing crowds eager for the spectacle.
The Horseless Carriage Exhibition By Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward and Co built a horse less carriage for their use at a cost of 3000 dollars. It weighs about 2900 pounds with twenty eight storage batteries powering two motors. The machine reaches eight miles per hour on average and up to fourteen on good roads. It will be shown daily at the state fair in front of the amphitheater with live race results announced from the carriage.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
United States
Montgomery Ward ,& Co
Chicago
State fair show to bring biggest exhibit in years
Applications for stalls for stock are coming in rapidly indicating the exhibit in this class will be the biggest in years. Farmers will gain knowledge for their business next year. Camping on the grounds grows in fashion with many social parties. Saddle horses appear in the premium list and heats at the track will test a new system. Sent-Qm-Sed implies no backward step.
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Milker
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John Downie
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Manndaceo
Frm
J. H. Pickard
P. D
Harlam
Lowa
Blaine
Texas
Frasier
Bloomfield
Yowa
Tam
Tsay
Dou
A. L. Plummer
Ivy
Seniom
Ademis
Pewa State Fair
Ievai
Fleming Manufacturing Company
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Western Wheeled- Scraper Company
Aurora
Illinois
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Lowa State Fair
May
Odd Fellows
M. Newman
Bey
Farmers
DR. Carver
Campion Ass
Foot Pond
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