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.
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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.
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King George
Batavia
Roosevelt Streets
New York
Hense the Bouse
Fourth Ward
George III
Thomas Farrell
West One Hundred
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Oxford Market and Grocery
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