Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
THE WESTERN CORN CARNIVAL
A Feature of the Golden Harvest Time=-=
Carnivals All Over the West With
Biggest One Held at Chicago.


reilinG force. Lives lr" made by it,
shaped by 1t. rewarded ~ II. oE the
corn harvest turn tn" hopes or MIL
lions "t people,; ana While lhefe ms
never been Il failure since limos ana
law. Mrr" settled. vet III size OF the
crop AID the price p"r huShel are the
d, t.!'nilir2 f.'ct rrS III shaping the
progress If both pubic and private
Improvement. Of college course Of
house build'n:,. of road making, OF the
hHNinS OF Injuries. "f the ueNeiopilieiit
OF trolley ana t"!Hph'ne thfou@h"ut the
region Wi0fe corn a they KNOW II
here. is grown. Corn i really lie. and
the corn harvest is the time When the
People receive the bounty of nature
Win "ppropfl;tt" Festivities
Al fhr"r2h the NFs'-;'iid IL IS put
natural that MS Should De so--these
arrest fF%t!2!S nave become estab-
fsh"d institutions. 1t is not that the
work 'f IT," year is done, FOR the win
ter Evh"at s just 2reening III the north
= US. PIalited III tne nlo1lc. ana IS
not yet N""n IN the southern part OF
me Hei'o" -.''ht country. but wheat
=" matter now bourtIfully Ii may
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take me place IN the ailertfonS OF the
people that corn has always held
There Is something about the luXuriant
growth OF 1T. the rich, golden hue OF 1t.
the abundance OF 1t. and the ease with
"hirn II comes when Appeals TO all
VINO nave 10 DO with 1t or i've III the
regions Where II is grown. SO when l
rahie [" the west couple OF weeks
ds"' hil"Wihs this I" De lhe leSt'Nai
tl'he {" tfe year. was not surprised
~ III "" "9 mere "h" there "ecora-
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49, 1y ~ .I iH y.
- nav. pei '''s'''''''
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80, P'i'' ',.''"i
q. ~ "''i ~ ~ ny 'pai s'ite'S il!'eo
~ narrow intervals nE lhcandesTent
iiStitS. ;" IN a orliliant 'illimInatlon
Is Always ready to be thrown on.
Nheh We went north from st Louis
to keokuk we found Hannibal crowd
ed with country people decorations of
corn ana OF golden ribbon on all the
oillulh@s ana over the streets. and the
s''o ia orE" Sa>ety OF harvest
I''':" Nern where apparent Al
''i",'' there were SiShS Oh Il
can "op' "dc'hhs. ana
NeoA"h i.Se'i' not content with ehulll-
''''' oi' 'i'- ARRIVAL OF me President.
''.'ut pi"n'eit" VIII" n"'ices "t
~ a. '''V "ppi"atHi'iS corn
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,,.,l; '"100 "iaii9
and may no en- NOW fo,. ou ,.,,,'
p.ori, i. t.a ,.o'.a,,, 10.
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''' ,h'e VI 'i'' III" 1ii'iloIS Neiio"
'ei' ara receives oE us railways
.'"''9' a. hl.ch corn as thica@o itself.
1''5 '',- ou'h oi tile gram wh'ch
.''e "'St'l'erS 10 baitlnofe. To
'ir r'"fi' icStlFil came all the state;
anu l't"u2h u" com" back ticklers"
an" c"fie'tl throWers We're every
"''''" numerous there was much good
ne. 49, ~: anu s',ief"' harl''heSS-
o,.,,ihi.fa', e','eS, "i an corn
If is - natio,,, So; 80
..,o ,n., 70 al, ill., ,, ,
,boro IA. hoo,, t,,.,,
,.n1,oo.i.n Ill 7''," {"
,, Hill. ~" ..''i'
.;a'., i' St'l'"' "h''t a''o caiicc'
,,.'.'',, ''i''' i'p' ~ ''as never neeii
'''' nan mere
49,. 49,, w p -ic' Vi Witch
G,,,+ - o',e' ''''''" - thft
r,'. Nii''ii "PPe"leo 'h al
n'''' i"''ii elShlS-l"o years ago. ana
"ie 'AH'pllS Nh'"Hho an the
Si"ualiohS from mat flrSt year down
~ the present time.
Germ in Illinois. and all the West.
means dent corn. The rounded. hard
Hint kernels so familiar to the New
England and the York state farmer are
mere almost unknown. / have stood
beside tables loaued with them in the
Coliseum this week ard listened to the
comments made by the Westerners,
ON" toothle>s. wiZenod old chap-all of
ei"htF years oid-WIth two young
Srands"ns, viewed them with especial
interest
mere. boys. he said. II want you
To see This Maybe you'll never see
another ear like it. This is real old
flint c"rn-the kind We used to raise
d""n in Vermont when / WIS a boy"
The interest of the youngsters was
as acute as that Of an Psychologist I'M
covering a tomb, and they examined
the long. slender. wide-yaning oars as
thouoh they wore ro1i,c ne r,,,,..,