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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1915
Page
9
A city man resents being sidelined as Gulf Coast Fair previews open next Tuesday. He laments neglect while farmers and settlers market their gains. J L Cawthon aims to feature city exhibitors alongside farmers, inviting merchants to display goods from automobiles to corn meal. Diplomas reward attractive displays, with grain products highlighted in the division.
In 1893 I suffered muscular and inflammatory rheumatism for over three years and found a cure that never returned. I have helped others who were bedridden and offer to mail the remedy free in exchange for only when you are satisfied you may send one dollar. Address Mark H. Jackson Syracuse New York No. 261 B Gurney Building.
The Mobile fair will feature cottonseed products and varied displays from farmers and merchants. It promotes autos, roads, and farming goods to attract city dwellers, with departments for crafts, jewelry, furniture, poultry supplies, and mas retail wares, illustrating a self sufficient Mobile country.
Katherine Stinson the premier American aviator will perform looping the loop and flying upside down at the Gulf Coast Fair in Mobile on Monday November 1. She has earned an international license and has logged about 1400 public flights in the United States Canada and Mexico. Her Chicago loop in a 40 mile gale drew wide acclaim from the Aero Club of Illinois and Chicago officials.
Ocean Springs mounts a large exhibit for the Gulf Coast Fair featuring over forty acres of pecans and a citrus section with Satsumas grapefruit kumquat and Japanese persimmons. The exhibit, assembled under chairman B Powell with RB Bechtel and J, aims to rank with top displays from other communities as Mobile prepares to receive the shipment Saturday.
Scattered ornamental trees and shrubs have been planted at the fair grounds to showcase Mobile's horticultural variety to Northern visitors. Under architect George B. Rogers supervision, the installations aim for permanent decoration and scenic harmony with new buildings. Fruiting satsumas and kumquats, date palms, and oleanders are included to intrigue guests.
The description notes orientallis and citrus trees of several varieties with shrubs, dry walks around buildings, finished and painted structures, and electric wiring installed, implying safe, dry footing in all weather. The closing line asserts a fundamental truth about fishing bite frequency.
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