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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1924
Page
6
A county fair features many crops and this year a full ripe peach stands out. Several peaches were picked yesterday from a Wilson county orchard grown from seed. Visitors are invited to Floral Hall to see the October peach and enjoy the county fair’s best amusements.
The Wilson fair opens with Black Ice Cream from Chapin-Sacks and a tobacco display from Toisnot township. New Hope features pumpkin displays and farm-fresh foods under leadership of Miss Iva Taylor. Various churches present home-grown product exhibits with fine woodwork and crochet items. Live stock hogs sheep and poultry attract visitors as Hackney Wagon Works and Dillon Supply Co display wagons and farm machinery. Food options abound with multiple eateries and church gatherings serving meals. Wilson County Exhibit touted as best on record by demonstrator T. B. Ferguson.
The Bearded Lady draws attention at the fair claiming a fondness for her beard while noting she shaved it off to impress her husband. Born in Ireland around age forty, she rejects bobbing hair as a man’s foolish talk and describes marriage as twice, with the event featuring many unusual attractions at the exposition.
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