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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1947
Page
4
The Iowa State Fair aims to draw a record crowd and feature record prize amounts from August 22 to 2Y. Begun in 1854 to advance agricultural practice, it now blends agriculture, fame, cash rewards, and wide entertainment including Sally Rand horse races bands concerts dancing auto racing sideshows fireworks and acrobatics.
Analysis notes the Iowa State Fair’s rise from a Fairfield debut in 1854 to Des Moines scale with 1947 plans for 145000 in prizes across 3500 classes. It highlights attendance, livestock entries, machinery exhibits, and increasing business involvement including a new horse shoe pitching class for businessmen. A plan to land officials by helicopter and collect gate fees is described, with historical context of state funding and governance.
Notice in district court Washington County Iowa. To all whom it may concern you are hereby notified that a probate proceeding has been opened under case number 8410 regarding a will. Further details unavailable in readable portion.
Eight year old Ann Carter, herb blue eyes and blonde hair, named Warner Bros screen daughter for The Two Mrs Carrolls to join Humphrey Bogart Barbara Stanwyck in the State picture. She is a Carthay Center fourth grader and plays Bogart's daughter and Stanwyck's stepdaughter in key scenes.
Des Moines report notes that even the governor must purchase admission to the Iowa State Fair as crowds gather. The article focuses on fair entry practices and public access policies during the event period.
Rates show payments per quarter and year by carrier in Washington with outside state variations. The text lists 6.00 per year for some zones or periods, 3.50 per six months, and 2.00 per three months, all subscriptions payable in advance.
Henry A. Wallace reveals in the New Republic that he is quietly crossing Russian strawberries with American stock on his Farvue farm. The former vice president grows 29 varieties on his 118 acre property about 450 miles north of New York and plans further crosses including a Russian pistillate type.
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