Auto Races Highlight Michigan State Fair Dates
Detroit hosts dirt track speed contests September 3 to 12 with top stars like Sig Haugdahl Fred Horey Jeon Duray Bob Cline Louis Disbrow and more. Prizes exceed $10 000 plus time trials trophies and bonuses attract noted pilots from the International Motor Contest Association.
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Detroit
G. W. Dickinson
International Mator Contest Association
Dickinson
Sig. Haugdahl
Fred Horey
Jeon Duray
Bob Cline
Louis Disbrow
Exworld
R. Burr Lampkin
Michigan State Fair touts farmer role on highway board
The Michigan State Fair displays the slogan I feed ’em all on a large board along the Detroit Pontiac highway. Secretary-Manager George W. Dickinson promotes recognizing the farmer’s part in food production.
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Detroit-Pontiac
Michigan State Fair to spotlight food production this fall
The Michigan State Fair at Detroit September 3 12 will shift to a serious tone focusing on increasing food production to avert a food shortage. Secretary Manager George W Dickinson notes depopulation threatens 19 000 farms, with New England deserted farms moving into Michigan. A cooperative farm show with Michigan Agricultural College and the U S Department of Agriculture will showcase labor saving machinery to maximize output with minimal manpower.
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Detroit
George W. Dickinson
Michigan Agricultural College
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Good Roads at Michigan State Fair Highlight Home Comfort
The Michigan State Fair in Detroit September 3 to 12 will emphasize roads improving homes. A simulated hilly landscape shows two routes, an old wagon road and a wider, straighter new road doubling traffic capacity. A railway embankment feature and grade-crossing avoidance illustrate benefits. George W. Dickinson announces dates. manager Dickinson and president John S. Haggerty lead the fair as prominent good-roads figures.
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Detroit
Michigan
George W. Dickinson
Dickinson
John.s. Haggerty
Preparing Show Chickens For Michigan State Pair Contest
Poultry expert C H Burgess outlines how to ready birds for the Michigan State Pair show in Detroit. Advice covers housing near contest conditions, handling crowds, washing wattles and toes, oiling shanks, and three bathing steps with temperatures from 110 to 50 Fahrenheit, plus a sugar boost for parti-colored birds.
State Fair Costs Rising In Minnesota Admission Increase
Hamline Minn The Minnesota State Fair announces a new admission schedule as operating costs jump 50 percent General grounds admission rises from 50 to 75 cents while management seeks to limit in gate price increases for attractions Detroit Mich Michigan State Fair Secretary Manager George W Dickinson comments none yet noting fair should pay its way and he plans to raise but not reduce features
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Minnesota
Detroit
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George W. Dickinson
Michigan State Fair expands storage deal for profit
The Michigan State Fair secures a storage contract with an auto maker to store goods during idle months. Secretary-Manager G. W. Dickinson says the arrangement yields a generous profit to be reinvested in the fair. The year’s event runs September 3 to 12 with an attendance forecast near 1,000,000 people.
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Michigan
Michigan Agricultural College Exhibit at State Fair Detroit
Michigan Agricultural College gears up for a statewide exhibit at Detroit to emphasize economy of labor and production. Departments showcase fertilizers lime and machinery for higher profits with less work, plus crops, animal husbandry, poultry, dairy, and botany displays. Winners in boys and girls club work will compete for state titles and may advance to national competition.
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Michigan Agricultural College
Detroit
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ile
Farm Mechanics
Marriage Licenses List From Ypsilanti Area
A record of marriage licenses includes Oscar Bersuder 25 Bridgewater with Amands Rheinfrank 31, Frank Yeager 30 Ypsilanti with Har riett Hamilton 25, Arthur Briggs 22 Ypsilanti with Julia Hargourt 21, August Wirmser 25 Ann Arbor with Jeanne Gadon 26, Carroll Lingley 36 Ypsilanti with Lemimal Houck, Guy Spitler 21 Saline with Dona Wolfe 17 Ohio, Jacob Finkbeiner 24 Saline with Bertha Dieterle 19, Gtte Luckhardt 28 Saline with Ida Ann Arbor 21, A A Paline 29 Chelsea with Winifred Bacon 29, Daniel Cole 50 Wichita Kan. with Mrs da Johnson 46 Ypsilanti.
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Oscar J. Bersuder
Bridgewater
Amands
Rheinfrank
Same
Frank Yeager
Ypsilanti
Harriett Hamilton
Arthur F. Ralph Briggs
Julia Hargourt
August Wirmser
Ann Arbor
Jeanne Gadon
Carroll P. Lingley
Lemimal A. Houck
Guy Spitler
Saline
Dona Wolfe
Ohio
Jacob A. Finkbeiner
Bertha
Dieterle
Gtte C. Luckhardt
Idaet
A. A. Paline
Chelsea
Winited Bacon
Daniel I. Cole
Wichita
Kan
Mrs
da Johnson
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