Iron County register., 1897-09-30
THE ST. LOUIS FAIR.
The Great Annual Even= WIN be
Of SURPRISING interest.
Il WIN Open Monday, October 1, and
Close Saturday, October 8. and win
Afford . Week Of Prof
liable Pleasure.

The great St Louis fair of 1897 will
'pen on Monday. October 4, and will
close Saturday, October 9. This is the
Thirty-seventh annual fair, and iudg-
ing solely from the preparations made,
it viii surpass all others in point of
general attractiveness- The premium
list this year is larger and more liberal
than ever before. Exhibitors are not
charged one cent for space and entries,
and this liberal policy is largely infiu-
ential in bringing before the world the
best and most elaborate line of exhibits
in all branches of industry, agriculture
and its allied interests Vice -Presi-
dent and General Manager Robert
Aun informs us that in all
his experience aud Identification
with the great ST. Louis fair he
has never seen such widespread inter
est taken in its welfare as is manifested
this year. He says there will be a
greater variety of live stock of high
class, thoroughbred, blooded type, and
that breeders are sending in their ex-
hibits in greater numbers than ever be-
fore. This department will be one of
the leading features of the great fair.
2,
the thousands OF manufacturers OF
agricultural implements, reapers,
balers, binders, road machines, ETC., to
know that the spacious infielG of the
great mile race course will be devoted
this year to the use and display of
these great engines of modern lnven-
ton and progression. They will all be
seen in this splendid space allot ted
them, and which has every advantage
in the matter of convenience and ac-
cessibility from all parts of the great
fair grounds. The poultry department.
the dairy, the fruit and vegetable and
the textile departments will be loaded
to their fullest capacity with a grand
array of commodities that come under
their respective heads.
In the fruit and vegetable depart
ment will be shown a miniature plan
tation of African cotton contributed
by Col. jackson, direct from his inn
menSe plantation amidst the red hills
Of Georgia. This will be a decided
novelty, and will no doubt attract uni
Versal attention. The carriage depart
ment will show a great array of We
hicles of all characters from the little
red wagon" to all kinds of horseless
carriages. There will be fully one
hundred vehicle manufacturers repre-
sented. While everything is being
done to make the fair a success in its
work, the thousands of
visitors who will visit the fair this
year will also find provided for their
amusement and edification a fine, clean
array of attractions. The old-time
Midway features will be eliminated en-
tirely, and there will be no side shows
with ''spielers" to them. Instead this
year the management have pro-
vided some of the strongest and most
celebrated of outdoor amusement en-
terprises. Among them will be: The
Corbett-Fitzsimmons veriscope pictures
of the great glove contest, work of
art that has been admired by the thou
sands that have witnessed it. Tustin &
Rose, the worlds famous high divers,
who do marvellous mid-air feats in the
art of high diving. The three Watson
Sisters and Zamora in their great re-
volving trapeze aerial act Col. J. MUIR
ray Hoag and his sixteen Shetland po-
MES, the most wonderful equine midgets
ever bred. A miniature railroad, whose
tracks are only one foot wide, and upon
which run a miniature locomotive and
B dozen cars, that carry from ten to
twelve passengers each, and many
others equally good. In fact, the
great st. Louis Fair of 1897 will be un-
equaled in magnitude and interest.
The railroads have made rate of one
fare for the round trip, which fact will
no doubt be taken advantage of by
thousands who have not been able for
one reason or another to attend in
years past.