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Owa State Fair Bigger Than Ever
Des Moines reports the Iowa state fair entering its sixty-ninth year with Aug 22 to 31 dates. Premiums rise from 75000 to 120000 as attendance surpasses 400000. New departments expand exhibits, including a women and children building and a farm women’s contest across 18 counties. The event features health, home economics, canning, cooking, dressmaking, and a boys and girls fair with over 1000 entrants.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
W. H. Snider
Davenport
Jchairman
N. 5. Kendall
Kendall
F. S
Gardner Cowles
C. F. Curtiss
Ames
O. A. Olson
Forest City
Seth Thomas
Fort Dodge
Wack Hawk County
Black Hawk
Benton
Boone
Bremer
Clinton
Franklin
Fremont
Harrison
Madison
Monrose
Montgomery
Polk
Scott
Wapello
Webster
West Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Worth