Gulf Coast Fair aims to revive Mobile with homecoming season
The Gulf Coast Fair seeks to lure Mobile residents back by showcasing a developing plan to repopulate the city and fill vacant stores. Secretary Bixler touts a winter land show, Southern railway farm display, and a racing and cattle program expected to draw buyers from the Southern States.
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Mths
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Southern Railway
South
Gays
Bixler
Fairhope
B. C. Littlefield
Baldwin County
Organic School
Pat Byrne
Speed
Talbot
Gulf City
Mobile Gulf Coast Fair to Showcase 16,000 Square Mile Riches
The Gulf Coast Fair Association plans a large fair stretching over 16,000 square miles with a $55,000 initial budget to show off Mobile coast products. It will attract premiums from twenty one counties in Alabama and Mississippi for livestock citrus fruits peaches pecans and more, with department heads and expert superintendents appointed across the region.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Butler
Choctaw
Monroe
Alabama
Jackson County
Mississippi
Baldwin
Harrison County
California
Florida
Mobile Association
Gulf Coast
Clarke County
Clarke-Wayne County
Shubuta
Miss
Conecuh
Dawes
Wilmer
Scautan Wayne
Perry
Forrest
Escambia County
Fla
Citronelle
Fairhope
Foley
Baldwin County
Ala
Pascagoula
First Annual Fair Plans for Coast Country Visibility
Growth of the fair prompts a viaduct over Washington street and bay shores. An automobile entrance from Cedar Point road and a street car entrance near the Woman's building are planned. The Woman's and Liberal Arts buildings are complete, a grand stand unit finishes in two weeks, stables and a half mile race course will be ready, and many side attractions including balloon flights and a night horse show are promised with railroad cooperation and publicity drives led by Davis and officers Mort L. Bixter and others.
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Frank Lewis
Pascagoula
James H. Glenn
Mobile
C. O. Lindquist
J. L. Cawthon
G. D. Linning
Myles
John White
Thomasville
Ala
P. B. Burton
Swine
F. C. Hall
Bay Minette
W. F. Backstrom
New Augusta
Miss
Pat Byrne
Washington Street
Cedar Point
Woman's
Lib
Eral Arts
Alabama
Davis
A, P
Mort L. Bixter
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Messrs. Cobb & Derby
Zadek
Dauphin Street
E.o.zadek Jewelry Co
Royal and
Dauphin Streets
Gulf Coast States
United States
Cobb and Derby
York
McDermott Advertising Agency
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