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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1915

Page

13

Mobile Exposition Stresses Separate Identity From State Fair

Mobile emphasizes its distinct Gulf Coast Exposition identity separate from Alabama’s Birmingham state fair. Mobile’s exhibit area centers on the Gulf Coast region while Birmingham remains clearly outside Mobile’s territorial reach, with Mobile drawing from southern Alabama and three states without overlapping the northern Alabama fair.

Mobile Birmingham Gulf Coast Territory Alabama

Office Supplies Filing Cases and Blank Books Ad

Office efficiency and profits rely on quality equipment and supplies. We offer the highest class of office supplies and searched diligently for the best to serve patrons. Come here and investigate first.

What Will The Gus Coast Fair Show The Sharp Derby Man

A little brown derby asks what the fair will display while the faded straw man remains unsure. The list highlights major attractions including horse racing and shows, cattle, hog and poultry exhibits, Boys and Girls clubs, a babies show, county exhibits, grand horticultural displays, Johnny J Jones Exposition, three bands, a wild animal show, flea circus, performing baby elephant, high jumping horses, high school horses, diving dogs, Dakota Max, the broncho buster, and midway attractions.

United States Satsumas Dakota Max Big Midway

Gulf Coast Fair Showcases Settlers’ Life and Conecuh Exhibit

Community exhibits at the Gulf Coast Fair highlight pioneer life and regional development. Conecuh County's agricultural and livestock display travels to Mobile with prized farm products, antiques, and women’s work, proving Conecuh’s prospects for Alabama’s prosperity.

Conecuh Alabama Mother Earth

Special Premiums for Poultry Raisers at Gulf Coast Fair

Merchants offer premiums for Gulf Coast Fair poultry exhibits. Awards include 70 egg Syphers Standard Incubator valued at 15 dollars, silver cups for Rhode Island Red and Leghorn, a game set for Barred Plymouth Rock, and a 100 pound sack of poultry feed for White Wyandotte. Gulf Coast Poultry Association members may enter by noon Tuesday with secretary H. L. Wright in Mobile.

van Antwerps Rhode Island Parker Bros American Seed and Implement Company Plymouth Rock C. 8 Partridge Hardware Company McMillan & Harrison Gulf Coast Poultry Association H. L. Wright P. O. Box Mobile Oniec

Special prizes boost Mobile County horse show at fair

Mobile County owners gain additional cash prizes totaling 165 dollars across the fair program. The nights feature Mobile county owned five gaited saddles, light harness, and harness team events with 25 10 5 dollar first second and third prizes, plus many open classes for non Mobile county horses. The schedule spans October 27 through November 1 with twenty two classes in all and several open events for nationwide competitors.

Mobile County Mobile Horse Show Department

Best Perry County Exhibits At Mobile Fair

A solid Perry county carload of exhibits arrives in Mobile to compete for top prizes. Richton, Mississippi, via Perry county fair manager Tom Bohm, sends livestock, farm products, school displays and county goods to the Gulf Coast show. The effort aims for first and other prize wins while organizers prepare for the fair’s opening day.

Newton Fireworks Company Chicago Mobile Richton Miss Tom Bohm Perry County Fair Perry County Gulf Coast Richton Fair Bohm

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