Our Bigest Fair The Eighth Annual Was a Howling Success
A local fair titled Our Biggest Fair featured the eighth annual event described as a howling success with large crowds, upbeat reviews, and community participation throughout the day.
11 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1891
Page
1
A local fair titled Our Biggest Fair featured the eighth annual event described as a howling success with large crowds, upbeat reviews, and community participation throughout the day.
Warren County farmers and fruiters won the Red Pennant as the crowd of 90 000 attended the event on a sunny Thursday with strong turnout and wide stock display.
The Warren County Fair opened with a bright start on Tuesday showcasing side-shows, animals, and heavy attendance. Majors Ryan and Faust led exotic exhibits, while livestock prizes and industrial displays drew crowds of about twenty thousand as judges awarded ribbons across sheep, cattle, and farm wares.
A chaotic episode at a vaudeville enclosure ends with the wild Zulu chief being subdues after a protest during a living curiosities show. The incident includes screaming humor from the manager and a joking lineage claim tying the Zulu chief to an Irish ancestor amid audience fainting and astonishment.
On Water street a hackman failed to notice a cyclist Mrs Ed Shirley and the bus pole struck her chest. She lay unconscious under the horses but was not stepped on. She was taken to Shear's store then home and today is reported much better with lighter injuries than feared.
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