Aero Races at Fair Foremost Pupil of Wrights Feats
Arch Hoxsey the Wright aviator returns to public view at the Illinois state fair during Elks week. At Detroit, Asbury Park, Indianapolis and Minnesota events he dazzled crowds with daring stunts and flawless machine handling. His ground-level landings and near misses drew wild acclaim from tens of thousands.
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Arch Hoxsey
Detroit
Asbury Park
Indianapolis
Minnesota
Hoxsey
Wright Brothers
Hoxney
Illinois Live Stock Commission at state fair exhibit
The Illinois State Live Stock commission plans an object lesson for visitors showing modern methods to prevent and cure animal diseases. The display targets breeders and meat and dairy buyers, focusing on preventing cholera and tuberculosis in livestock with a complete laboratory instruction and demonstrations.
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A. T. Peters
J. W. Wright
Ihinole Live Stock Commission
Illinois State Live Stock Commission
Wright Bros Fly High At State Fair With Oldfield Races
Wright brothers machines at the State Fair will perform daily forenoon and afternoon flights, offering real powered flight and a $1,000 daily forfeit if they fail to fly. Barney Oldfield, with a 200 horsepower Benz, will race all day Saturday October 1 with multiple cars and drivers and $3,000 in silver cups and cash. The event includes varied cash stakes from Franklin Life Insurance and a climax five mile race between Wright biplane and Oldfield autos.
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Wright Bros
Barney Oldfield
Dayton
Wrights
Power Benz
Oldfield
Sterling Ailver
St. Nicholas Hotel
Sinots Watch Company
Franklin Life Insurance Company
Wright
Monster Gobbler Taft to Head Isli Mois State Fair Poultry Show
Isli mois state fair poultry department promises record display with a 65 pound gobbler named Taft as its centerpiece. The Poultry building has 2000 new sanitary coops and a four day Institute with papers by noted fanciers. Thursday is Ladies Day featuring a roster of prominent women fanciers from multiple towns.
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Taft
Islimois
Rhurs
H. C. Wilhite
Greenfield
C. L. Gurney
Charleston
Kate Maxey
Curran
Little Jones
Danville
J. W. Clary
D. H. Helmlich
Jacksonville
Lindsey Reece
Pena
A. H. Floyd
Golconda
C. L. Busham
Indianapolis
O. J. McCord
State Fair Domestic Science opens September 23
The state fair features domestic science for ladies with entry limited to one woman per county age sixteen to forty, totaling 102 students. Entries require endorsements from district board members and association presidents, with free instruction but eight dollars for board. Weeping quarters are in the Women’s building and details are available from Misa Gertrude Doyle, secretary, Winchester, Illinois.
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Farmers’ Institute
Misa Gertrude Doyle
Winchester
Addressed Farmers Warn of Dishonest Men in Legislature
Careful selection by voters urged as Hamilton speaks at Urbana on The Farmer and the Primaries. He stresses the primary election as the critical choke point, noting corruption in the Illinois Legislature and urging turnout to prevent tainted candidates from returning. He cites low primary participation and the vast farming effort as context for civic duty.
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George H. Hamilton
Watseka
Farmer's Institute
Urbana
Hamilton
Illinois
Sieis
Hlinvis
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New Palace
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G. AH. Hamilton
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