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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1909

Page

5

Illinois State Fair Promises Largest Show in History

The Illinois State Fair runs October 1 9 with 70000 in cash premiums and record space for exhibits. Farmers prize modern implements, vehicles, and stock while horticulture fills the Dome and center hall. Night Horse Show offers 5000 prize pool three nights. daily racing thrills and improved railroad access via Springfield Chamber of Commerce.

Harth Bay of Naples Monster Machinery Hall Chicago St. Louis Missouri Lemar Peoria Board of Agriculture Illinois Gertrude Doyle Winchester Supt. Hopkins Hedgwood Boy Lady Maud C Coliseum Springfield Chamber of Commerce

Night Horse Show at The Coliseum Draws Big Crowds

The Coliseum, a 225 by 326 foot structure, built about ten years ago and extended six years ago, now seats about 6,000. A grand Night Horse Show runs Wednesday to Friday, with saddle and carriage horses and fat stock shown during the State Fair Picnic at Riverdale Park Saturday evening and Sunday.

Versatile Destiny and a New York Colonial House Sale

A fragmented column notes destinies from marriages to prison and sudden death, then describes a colonial New York house at Batavia and Roosevelt streets dating to the mid 1700s. King George III bought the property in 1771 for £75, now owned by Thomas Farrell with a $100,000 option on the sale.

Legiuca King George Batavia Roosevelt Streets New York Hense the Bouse Fourth Ward George III Thomas Farrell West One Hundred

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