Iowa State Fair Opens With Record Exhibit Size
The Iowa State Fair and Exposition will run Aug 23 to Sept 1 with admission at 50 cents. Officials claim over 4 million dollars in exhibits and equipment, 600 carloads of stock and machinery, 7000 head of prize stock, and 200 acres of displays. The event features racing, bands, shows, and a grand queen prize of 1000 dollars.
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Mid-West
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
A. R. Corey
America
Counties Vie at the Iowa State Fair Exhibit
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Fair runs Aug 23 to Sept 1 with county entries in corn oats hay and garden produce. Expert judges will determine the state championship, and over thirty farms from across Iowa have entered individual exhibits. Officials say the fair will offer more agricultural features than ever before in its history.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Teach Cattle Breeding at Iowa State Fair Exhibit
Iowa farmers will learn how to breed better live stock and boost profits at a Pure Bred Sire and Cow Test Association exhibit. An entire section of the new $225,000 cattle barn at the Iowa State Fair will compare pure bred sire animals with grade sires, showing differences in omitting production, market value, and costs of raising cattle under Iowa State College supervision.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College
Plan Fair for the Women at Iowa State Fair
Mrs W H Snider of Davenport heads Iowa State Fair women s department announcing a daily program from 9 to 5 featuring open discussions on feminine topics. The plan includes baby health contests style shows cooking exhibits needlework home economics pageants and health displays with 50 plus entries anticipated in the statewide baby health contest.
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Iowa
Des Moines
W. H. Snider
Davenport
State fair exhibits worth over four million dollars
Iowa officials estimate this year’s state fair will feature more than 4 million dollars in exhibits, amusements, and equipment for an eight day run starting August 23. More than 50 carloads of live stock and farm machinery will be on display, with entertainment budgets between 50 and 100 thousand dollars, promising the largest exposition in America for 1922.
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Des Moines
Low
America
Soldiers' Bonus Law Iowa 1921 bond issue for veterans
Iowa authorizes 22 million dollar indebtedness to fund a veterans bonus for those who served between April 6 1917 and November 11 1918. Bond issues bear up to 5 percent interest, payable for twenty years, with a bonus fund to distribute payments and a disability provision. A Bonus Board administers claims, with reviews by the adjutant general and Iowa Legion. Revenue from an annual tax funds principal and interest for twenty years, with remaining funds allocated to disability relief and debt repayment. The act, approved March 23 1921, requires voter ratification in 1922 and sets administrative rules, penalties, and exemptions from taxation for payments and bonds.
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United States
General Assembly
State of
Des Moines
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Students Army Training Corps
Adjutant General
District Court
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Executive Council
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T. Walter C. Ramsay
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Magnet Used to Recover Ship Nails from Sea Bottom
A ship carrying a million nails was recovered from the sea floor. Many kegs were broken, their nails scattered in the mud. recovery used a large lifting magnet, enabling an easy retrieval of the iron cargo.
Dave's new sister and blue cab prompt a boy's reply
Dave anxiously hoped for a sister and asked his mother to buy a baby girl and a blue trimmed cab. On returning home she announced a baby sister and a blue cab. He gravely declared, They fcold you, mother. Blues for boys.
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Dave
Chicago Tribune
Stars at State Fair headline dairy junior program
Those doubting Iowa boys and girls will stay on the farm will see them statewide at the State Fair from Aug. 23 to Sept. Over 1,000 entries have been made in the boys and girls farm departments, covering calf raising to grain judging. A dairy demonstration by junior farmers at last year's fair previews the expanded program for this year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
Iowa Beauty Contest At State Fair Crown Queen
Iowa's most beautiful girl will be chosen during the state fair from eleven district representatives. The winner receives a crown and 1000 in gold after ceremonies by a judges' committee. Local residents are urged to attend and back their district's candidate in this seven month joint search by the State Fair and the Des Moines Register.
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Iowa
State Fair
Des Moines Register
Mystic China firework spectacle at Iowa State Fair
A big spectacle titled Mystic China will headline the Iowa State Fair nightly fire works Aug 25 to Sept 1. It unfolds on a 500 foot open air stage with 300 costumed characters, 30000 square feet of scenery, and tons of fireworks each evening. The production centers on the old Chinese empire amid fetes, battles, and pageantry, with an estimated cost near 50000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Queer Origins of Everyday Words
A Philadelphia Ledger note traces surprising word origins, linking saunterer to La Sainte Terre as pilgrims journeyed leisurely, haberdasher to German habt thr dashier, and error from French via quien dirai for quandary, highlighting quirky linguistic twists.
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la Sainte Terre
Holy Land
Philadelphia Ledger
Fairyland Located in Love and Royalty Says Kingsley
A quoted line by Kingsley speaks of fairyland found wherever love and royalty mingle with great purposes and lofty souls, even in a humble hovel of four mines.
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Fairyland
Kingsley
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