State Fair School Two From Hach County Eligible
The Boys State Fair School at the state fair grounds Sept 30 Oct 8 targets young farmers fifteen and over. Two boys per county may attend, with selection by local officials. The program includes observation, study, lectures, and reports, with housing in a tent and self-provided meals.
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Innalstate
County Farmers’ Institute
University of Illnois
State Board of Agriculture
Francis G. Blair
State Farmers’ Institute
Deneen
Blair
John M. Crebs
Auto Tours to State Fair Incentivize Visitors
The board of agriculture offers handsome prizes to automoblists entering a class to visit the State Fair this year. Full particulars on request to J. L. Pickering, press manager, Springfield. No entry fee. Saturday October 1 is Automobile and Aeroplane day with a full day of sensational sports. Drivers are invited to arrive in Springfield Friday evening via listed cities.
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Péoriad
Bloomington
Clinton
Decatur
Taylorville
Litchfield
Carlinville
Jacksonville
Beardstown
Springfield
Barney Oldfield
St. Nicholas Hotel
Illinois Watch Factory
Franklin Life Insurance Company
Wright, Bros. Aulators
Oldfield
Hoxsey
Board of Agriculture
J. L. Pickering
Press Maviager
Witl
Old settlers’ exhibit at Illinois State Fair recalls pioneer life
A Northeast Dome exhibit collected by Hon. W. O. Converse of Springfield showcases industrial methods on farms and in homes before steam threshers and sewing machines. It features relics tied to Lincoln, Andrew El Watt, Daniel Webster, and the Erie Canal, plus a prairie plow, period demonstrations, and a G A R camp fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dfinois
Ilinois
Andrew el- Watt
Lincoln Monument
Abraham Lincoln
Old Salem
Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Conversa
Henry County
George Anthony
State Board of Agriculture
Robert Elliott
James A. Connolly
Crabs on Luncheon Menu Sparked Food Safety Jokes
A southern transplant in Buffalo hosted a luncheon public tryout for a new cook raised in the family. The crabs for the fish course were alive and hearty, prompting a lecture on ptomaines and food poisoning. A note on a crab warned not to eat it, adding a comic twist to dining mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Anné Venetia
Venetia
Woman Farmer Sells State Capital Produce Boosting Business
Mrs Leona Huddleston a Springfield area farmer built a diverse dairy fruit vegetable and poultry enterprise from forty acres of rough land bought four years ago for $7000. She delivers milk butter and cream to town sells eggs and operates a wagon suited to multiple lines while expanding fruit plantings and a new barn aims to reinvest soil and labor back into the land.
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Leona Huddleston
Springfield
Ill
M Huddleston
Huddiestan
Family Hold Back at Blackpool Flying Meeting
A Yorkshire man joked aloud beside a Red Rose representative on day two of the Blackpool flying meeting about swift justice. The Lancastrian retorted with a quip about a pilot who fell from an aeroplane and was jailed for vagrancy before impact. The piece ends with a dry moral note on scolding and reason in relationships.
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Red Rose
Blackpool
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Cy FO Cramer
Avis
Elias Burk, JR
John Deere
G. A. Purviance & Son
Hack and Deray Line
Vandalia
Baggag
Deimling Bros
Props
George T. Eckert
Julius Peter
Bpecia
Calla
Main St
Troy
Theo Guennewig
Public Square
J.J. Brown
MT. Soc
B. Molden
M. D. Brown
BR. A. A. Smeigh
Braner
Andi
Perry H. Hiles
Jesse L. Simpson
Hiles & Simpson
New Palace
Edwardaville, al
Squire Eckert
Adella Braun Milliner
State Fair School
Hach County
Gebauer
Lincoln-Webster
Mes, Leona Huddleston
INE
N College Oxfords
Troy House
F. Stienhans
Martin Schroeppel
Collinsville
J. 11. Stienhans
J. W. Gornet, H. C. Kueker
K. F. Kuener
J. H. Stienhans
F. W. Braner
WM. Schultze
Troy “House Furnishing CO
Wick Bros. Jewelry Co
Jewelers
Ewe
S. Kingston
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