Free Watermelons Carload For Georgia Exhibit At Ohio Valley Fair
Georgia plans to send a carload of watermelons to the Ohio Valley Exposition in Cincinnati. The heavy 80 pound melons will be displayed and sampled to showcase Georgia agriculture. Colonel S. C. Dunlap and Ed Hafer of the Georgia Bureau of Industries and Immigration organize the giveaway with the Southern Resources Department team.
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Georgia
S. C. Dunlap
Ed Hafer
Georgia Bureau of Industries and Immigration
Hafer
City
Southern Resources Department
Dixie
North Hall
Mr. Hafer
Lumbermen Erect Building at Ohio Valley Exposition
South lumbermen strive for top hardwood and lumber samples for Cincinnati exposition from Aug 29 to Sept 24. The forestry display features a Yellow Pine association cottage and a miniature sawmill, amid strong Northern and Southern participation.
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Cincinnati
South
North Hall
Yellow Pine Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Exposition Display Budget Promises Lure for Lurber Interest
The sentence notes that more money will be spent by lurber interests for display in the Southern States and Forestry exhibits than in almost any other department of the Exposition.
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Lurber
Southern States
Railroads Offer Big Reductions for Ohio Valley Exposition
Railroads across Central and Southwestern Passenger associations announce lowered fares for the Ohio Valley Exposition in Cincinnati from Aug 29 to Sept 24. Special rates include 4 cents a mile plus 25 cents round trip in the Southeast, or 3 cents per mile for many routes with various return limits and sale days.
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Cincinnati
Central and Southwestern Passenger Association
Middle West
Southeastern Passenger Association
Central Passenger Association
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Industrial pageant to open Ohio Valley Exposition in Cincinnati
Industrial advertising al fresco will headline the Ohio Valley Exposition opening on Monday August 29. A street pageant of floats will traverse Cincinnati’s main streets ending at the Exposition grounds with prizes of 250 each for top floats and 2500 for horse division features by the Ohio Humane Society. Entries from local and distant businesses are invited and will be placed by order of receipt.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
World's Great Pacers At Indiana State Fair Meet
Five of the world top pacers from M. W. Savage of Minneapolis headline the Indiana State Fair speed show led by Dan Patch. Other stars include Minor Heir Hedgewood Boy Lady Maud C. and George Gano with plans for races and a potential world record attempt by Minor Heir. Dan Patch retires from racing but remains in exhibition at the fair with a storied record.
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M. W. Savage
Minneapolis
Dan Patch
Hedgewood Boy
Lady Maud C
George Gano
Minor Heir
Keen rivalry among Southern marble and granite quarries
Cincinnati special reports a fierce contest among marble and granite quarries of the South for beautifying the Ohio Valley Exposition exhibit at Cincinnati from August 29 to September 24. Quarries offer large urns and polished stone features, with plans to be developed by the Southern Resources Committee and Wauicl cl. Designs include column and polished ball displays from North Carolina quarries. The South aims to showcase premier marbles and granites, promising a standout exhibit at the fair.
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Cincinnati
South
Committee On Southern Resources
Southern Resources Committee
Wauicl cl
North Carolin
North Carolina State Museum
Exposition Employs Only Union Labor in Cincinnati
Cincinnati special reports that for the Ohio Valley Exposition running August 29 to September 24, all construction will be done by union workers with no nonunion labor. Claude Hagen directs amusements and contracted work to ensure union oversight, claiming faster progress and higher quality. He notes benefits of direct supervision and avoiding labor disputes.
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Cincinnati
Music Hall
Claude Hagen
Amusements
Hagen
Europe
America
Night shows at Indiana State Fair to feature prize horses
Reorganized programs omit vaudeville and reserve arena for show horses each evening. Weber's Band and Blanche Mehaffey star in concerts while prize money rises to 4930 for harness horses and 2305 for saddle horses. Manuel Herzog's educated Arabians and Pain's Battle in the Clouds will headline amid vaudeville acts and fireworks on the racetrack infield.
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Coliseum
Weber
Cincinnati
Blanche Mehaffey
de. C. Knode
Indianapolis
American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association
Manuel Herzog
Pain
Brighton Beach
New York
Aged Carpenter William Austin Removed to Danville Soldiers Home
William Austin, an elderly carpenter and Civil War veteran, who fell from a scaffold and fractured his hip, has been taken to the soldiers' home at Danville, Illinois. The city is conducting a large sidewalk improvement project with over two miles of concrete pavement already laid by a substantial workforce and contractors.
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William Austin
Danville, I
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Boston
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Chicago
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Patalus
Jimmy
Scott
Meister
Brus Wash
Ginger
Jimmy Ses
Jim
Pat
Sullivan
Hymera
Scott's
Sullivan and Hymera
A. Billman
Billman & McBride
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