Governors' Day crowds greet chief executives
Large crowds gather to greet the governors as officials attend ceremonies. Premium awards continue to be distributed during the event, highlighting both recognition and public entertainment.
19 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1903
Page
1
Large crowds gather to greet the governors as officials attend ceremonies. Premium awards continue to be distributed during the event, highlighting both recognition and public entertainment.
Governor Dockery and Governor Bailey attend Missouri State Fair events with poultry judging drawing thousands. The Sedalia display features over four thousand birds including pheasants and many Wyandotte and Rhode Island varieties. awards cover numerous cake categories and breed trophies.
Entry lists for White Cochins with E G Roberts including first cock second pen and multiple hens pullets and cockerels. Black Langshan shows F E Buck and E A Hoyt with cocks, pullets, and pens. Sedalia entries include W H Ritchey with first cock hens pens and cockerels.
A black and white two tone coat with a long silhouette and a plaited back is paired with a seven gore plaited skirt priced at 23 dollars and 75 cents. The ensemble showcases the season’s autumn tailoring on display.
The millinery department showcases new fall hats with high crowns and long fronts. Preparations aim to match the store's high department standards, highlighting forthcoming display ideas and finer colors.
The Sedalia Piano House holds a major sale with two pianos sold on opening day. Buyers include Mr. W. S. Manly and F. H. Cox. Prices claim at least 100 dollar savings per piano and 25 per organ with easy payments. Stand ards upright pianos priced at 228 dollars with 10 dollars down and six dollars monthly.
Civil War veterans marched through San Francisco in a shortened parade amid a crowd of spectators. Father Time figures and the aging fighters drew cheers while California and nearby states provided the largest contingents. Notables on the reviewing stand included Generals Miles Shafter Buckley and Black, Governor Pardee, and Mayor Schmitz.
The Sentinel prints at noon to give all employees and young carriers a half day off to enjoy the fair.
Governor Bailey of Kansas, with the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and Kansas World’s Fair commissioners, will arrive on Missouri Pacific train No. 2 at 12 45 p m. They will visit the Fair this afternoon and depart tonight for St Louis to attend a World’s Fair Commission meeting.
Used deal from John N. Taylor Music Store 514 Ohio Street under manager Will H. Taylor. Piano valued at 300 dollars new offered for 150 dollars.
During fair week buses run to the fair grounds every 15 minutes from Main and Ohio on the even hour 15 and 45. Forest park cars travel north to Sixteenth and Ohio from 7 am to 7 pm. East Sedalia trips reach Thirteenth and Ohio every 30 minutes on the hour and half past. Transfers available at East Sedalia and Forest park lines.
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