The Topeka state journal. [volume], August 15, 1918, HOME EDITION, Image 19

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL
The Fair That Took Its Gates Right Off the Hinges
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L. 1VI. PENWELL, President
PHIL EASTMAN, Secretary
September 91011,12 13 and 14:
GREAT ;WAR TIME EXPOSITION
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THis Great Free Fair, is Pledged to the Government L.
to Do Its Best to Encourage Greater Production
Every Exhibit a VICTORY EXHIBIT -
Agricultural, Live Stock, Industrial, Educational
Exhibits Greater Than Ever , .
77 i 1 New Wa? Features With Gigantic Army1 and Navy
( Displays Sent Direct From ; Washington in r
New Building, Erected Especially for .This Purpose
U. S. GOVERNMENT WAR EXHIBIT
Direct from Washington, showing all the latest imple
ments of war on land and sea. New building especially
built vfr- this great exhibit of the War and Navy De-
partrr.'
MILLION DOLLAR LIVE STOCK SHOW
Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Poultry. Big array of prize
winners of leading Western breeders ,
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FARM POWER DEMONSTRATIONS' x
Fifteen acres of machinery, tractor's, power plants, light
ing plants, implements and labor saving short-cuts to
larger production. . N
$30,000 IN PREMIUMS" .
Will be given under the usual competitive conditions.
THE MIDWAY ;
Parker's Greatest Shows, "Chinatown," Ferris Wheel,"
The Whip, Submarine Chaser, Merry Widow Swings,
Honeymoon Trail, Over the Top, and hundred other clean ,
educating and amusing attractions. -
THE WORLD AT WAR.
A stupendous war spectacle every night. The biggest
sensation Kansas has ever seen, featuring the latest battles
on the Western front ; 300 people, al fresco stage contain-
ing 12,000 square feet. . . .
HORSE RACING AND AUTOMOBILE RACING
Four days of , harness and running racing and two days
of daredevil iriotor championships on the fastest dirt track
in the West. ,
v MUSIC . . "
Three full concert bands, afternoon and evening con
certs. The Modocs, great favorites of the concert stage.
PEOPLE'S PAVILION
, Educational and patriotic features every day. Home
- economic demonstrations, Departments of" Agriculture,
. Food Administration, Council of-Defense, Red Cross and
other patriotic organizations and activities will be repre
sented. .) , -
Q,000 SQUARE FEET OF
SPACE FOR EXHIBITS
' Agricultural hall
Kansas Free Fair Grounds Topeka. ' Capacity, 40,000
Square Feet
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FARM, GARDES" AND ORCHARD
Extraordinary prize winning' exhibits of agricultural and
horticultural production. More entries than ever for
Agricultural HalL See how Kansas feeds the armies. Best
war garden displays and fruit exhibits.
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STALLS FOR 3QO HEAP " TJ
. OF EXHIBITION HORSES ' !
DRAFT HORSE BARM '
Kansas Free Fair Grounds, Topeka. Brick and Cement.
Modern. Capacity, S0O head.
-LrVE STOCK
Prize winners of the West. Positively the greatest show
ing1 of pare bred stock in the history cf the State of
Kansas. '
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HORSES. Showing best types of "Straff, road, saddle and
general utility animals. Army requirements noted.
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. STALLS FOR 8SO HEAP
'W " M O W CATTLE "
CATTLE BARN.
Kansas Free Fair Grounds, Topeka. Brick and Cement. 1
Modern. Capacity, 550 Head. . " f
CATTLE. Finest pure bred herds of the Middle West.
Registered animals from foundation herds leaders In '
beef and dairy production. .
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HOGS. Prize winners . selected and exhibited by best
breeders. Two new swine barns have been erected to house
this enlarged showing. Kansas Duroc Jersey and Poland
China Futurities the outstanding feature for 1918.
SHEEP. Renewed interest In sheep and wool promises
best yet showing of these profit-makers. '
POULTRY. Special "building jammed full of the pick of
western flocks. The results of successful and scientific
breeding1.
Attendance in 1917 Was 248,000 Make it a Half Million in 1918
GATES STAND OPEN-FREE TO ALL
ig Days
Six Big Nights
Sept. 9 to 14
PCC FOW Q9 TCXTtLC, WT ' "
- AMD MANUFACTURERS EXHIBITS ' ''
mercantile; art and textile building
Kansas Free Fair Grounds, Topeka. Brick and Cement.
Space for .400 Exhibits. "
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