Kankakee Inter-State Fair Promises Record Attendance
The Kankakee Inter-State Fair management predicts 1920 will break all records and stages a five day event from August 16 to 20 featuring a top horse show outdoor circus vaudeville acts and a grand racing program. Len Small leads a fair aimed at entertaining educating and amusing the public with vast crowds and diverse exhibits.
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Kankakee
America
Kankakee Inter-State
Len Small
Mammoth Grand Stand
Kankakee Fair
Newspap ers Given Credit for Kankakee Fair Publicity
Len Small secretary of the Kankakee Inter-State Fair credits newspaper advertising as the most productive publicity method. He notes ads reach people at leisure and that the fair’s success grows with increased newspaper space and rising gate receipts.
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Kankakee Inter-State
Kankakee
Wood alcohol dangers cited in medical notice
The article warns that wood alcohol can cause blindness not only when ingested but also via skin absorption from tonics and through the lungs when inhaled from varnishes and related products.
Their Business
A witty quip contrasts a meeting of deaf painters with sign language, noting the irony of miscommunication and suggesting painters can easily get along using sign language.
Vegetable Beef-Steaks Fungus Grows on Oak Trees
A fungus described as a dark red above and flesh-colored below grows on oak trees during wet seasons. When cut through its alternating dark and light streaks resemble a joint it is named after. It can be broiled, stewed, fried, or used like beetroot in salads.
Washington Diary Notes Ice Storage During Winter
In January 1775 George Washington records filling a dry well under a summer house and another in a cellar. On June 5 he notes opening the cellar well to find no ice left and discovering a large store in the other repository.
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Polished or rusted forms of character in Polish morality
The text contrasts people who are rusty and harsh with gilded displays that lose their shine after rough contact. A third class is polished, where enduring wear reveals the true strength beneath. The polish is on the cross shaped by human life, growing brighter through wear.
Daughter's Comeback in Yale Record Dialogue
A Mother rebukes Dorothy for kissing a boy after a week in a dialogue from the Yale Record. The daughter questions timeless travel pace as a memory from her mother, highlighting generational shifts in social expectations.
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