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Kansas Fairs for 1918 Reported Across State
A list of 1918 Kansas fairs with dates locations and secretaries is compiled for the State Board of Agriculture. Notable items include the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson September 14 to 21 and the Kansas Free Fair Association in Topeka September 9 to 14. Also noted are multiple county and agricultural associations with fairs scheduled from August to October across many communities. Also reported are student suspensions at the University of Kansas and the death of Capt James McDermott of Cowley County, along with a financial disclosure by Prairie Oil and Gas and Prairie Pipe Line confirming resources exceeding 152 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
J. C. Mohler
N. Spensler
Hutchinson
Kansas Free Fair Association
Phil Eastman
Topeka
Allen County Agricultural Society
F. S. Beattie
Jula
Allen County
Moran Agricultural Fair Association
McCormack
Moran
Barton County Fair Association
Porter Young
Great Bend
Bourbon County Fair Association
W. A. Stroud
Uniontown
Brown County—Illawatha Pair Association
J. I. Weltmer
Illa- Watha
Clay County Fair Association
W. F.ess
Clay Center
Cloud County Fair Association
W. H. Danenbarger
Concordian
Coffey County Agricultural Association
Co. T. Sherwood
Burlington
Comanche County Agricultural Fair Association
A. L. Beeley
Coldwater
Cowley County
Cowley County Fair Association
Wy. A. Bowden
Kurden
Dickinson County Fair Association
E. *. Liwick
Abilene
Jyan Douglas County Fair & Agricultural Society
C. W. Murphy
Lawrence
Elk County Agricultural Fair Association
Fred R. Lanter
Grenola
Ellsworth
Ottawa
Franklin County
Lane Agricultural Fair Association
Floyd B. Martin
Lane
Gray County Association
C. C. Isely
Cimarron
Greenwood County Fair Association
Sue Bays
Eureka
Harper County
Anthony Fair Association
TL. G. Jennings
Anthony
Haskell County
Frank McCoy
Sublette
Jefferson County
Valley Falls
W. P. Murray
Labette County
FE. D. Bennett
Mound City
Logan County
F. W. Irwin
Oakley
Marshall County Stock Show and Fair Association
Cc. J. Brown
Blue Rapids
Meade County Fair Association
Frank Fuhr
Meade
Mitchell County Fair Association
Gabel
Beloit
Montgomery County Fair Association
Ellictt Irvin
Coffeyville
Morris County Agricultural Fair Association
WW. A. Clyborne
Council Grove
Nemaha Fair Association
J. P. Koelger
Seneca
Neosho County Agricultural Society
George K. Rideau
Chanute
Norton County Agricultural Association
Pratt
Pottawatomie County
St. Marys
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Prairie Pipe Line Company
Crawford County
Mulberry
Ardath