Twin Falls County Fair Opens Tuesday September 30
Fair officials announce Twin Falls County Fair, a public institution, will open Tuesday September 30 and run through October 3. Work on exhibits has progressed for weeks with Charles H. Bohrer and T H Irwin Jr leading exhibit gathering. Exhibits from Boise won second prize in the collective class and will be returned to Filer for display. The livestock show will be larger than ever as new county commissioners buildings provide expanded space. Service men will be admitted daily at no cost, and airplane flights plus arrival of fast horses add to the attractions.
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Twin Falls County
Charles H. Bohrer
Farm Bureau
T.H. Irwin Jr
Boise
Filer
Boise program participants to attend Filer event
Boise participants in the program are expected to travel to Filer for a single program, with numbers indicating a notable turnout. The event aims to showcase progress and community involvement, inviting attendees from the Boise area to engage with the local program.
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Boise
Amateur burglars strike in Twin Falls bottling works
Twin Falls sheriffs office reported entry to a local bottling works Friday night with $5 in silver and pennies stolen. A separate break in occurred at a new building on Second Avenue West. No suspects or clues have been found.
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Twin Falls
Sheriff's Office
Second Avenue West
Tallest Flag Pole in London Park Sets World Record
London September 27 The tallest flag pole in the world standing 215 feet now graces Kew Gardens as a gift from British Columbia A large staging was built to raise it Twelve giant firs felled in a Canadian forest supplied the spar towed through silt water to Vancouver and then across to Britain Its journey included crossing a dozen London bridges to reach Kew Gardens.
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London
Kew Gardens
British Columbia
Vancouver
More Triplets After War in Sicily and Sardinia
Rome reports a marked rise in the number of twins and triplets born in Sicily and Sardinia since the war, reflecting demographic shifts and postwar conditions affecting family outcomes.
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Rome
Sicily
Sardinia
State fair at Boise showcases county teams and swine winner
County teams place in top six at the state fair in Boise with Payette Bear Lake Gooding and Jefferson counties finishing behind. L S Otto of Filer earns multiple Duroc Jersey prizes including junior champion boar Ace of Kings.
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Effie, Noh
Bertha McCaw
Bertha McCleary
Payette
Bear Lake
Gooding
Jefferson County
L. S. Otto
Filer
IL. S. Otto
J. S. Otto
Filer Girls Canning team earns second at county fair
Over two days of the county fair the Filer Girls Canning club won second place among six girls teams from across the state. Canyon county team took first. Reports praise the Filer team as extraordinary despite members being newer to the work.
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Filer Girls Canning Club
Canyon County
Filer Girls
YF Filer
Poindexter Attacks Wilson as World’s Greatest Menace
In Queens County mass meeting in Long Island City, United States Senator Miles Poindexter labels President Wilson “the world’s greatest menace.” He denounces Wilson’s democracy theories as aiding radical labor leaders toward a dictatorship of the proletariat and rejects the president’s pro-German/Bolshevik insinuations as unjustified. The speech marks the GOP gathering’s sixty-fifth anniversary celebration.
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New York
Wilson
United States
Miles Poindexter
Queens County
Long Island City
Banff Turns Away 15,000 Tourists This Year
Banff in the Canadian Rockies hosted a large number of visitors as a major hotel reports turning away 15,000 tourists this year. Town authorities expect growth with new resort plans and infrastructure in the year ahead.
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Calgary
Banff
Canadian Rockies
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