The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-19

Mapleton Day at the Man. y
+ kato fair is decided success. +
+ Between 5000 and 1000 peo- +
+ pie were on the grounds this +
+ afternoon at three o'clock and +
+ the end was not yet This was +
+ a record-breaker for the fair. j.
+ The weather was ideal. !
+ + E + Z. I. I. 1. + = j. + + +
Sixteen hundred people entered the
gates at the fair grounds yesterday,
and the attendance was considered
very good in view of the heavy rain
of the previous night There were
very few people from out of the
city who were there, but today the
Omaha and Milwaukee trains brought
big delegations from the nearby
towns to enjoy "Mapleton Day." The
Mapleton band was on deck early,
the Mankato band has been playing
all day and to add to the pleasure
of the people at the fair the Sterling
Fife and Drum corps is here. Two of
the Ellis brothers, the Fisk brothers
and Mr.. Conrad compose the corps
and they are on the grounds in uni
FORM --
The fair association is entertaining
the veterans and pioneers today also,
and P. Latin, s. Doty, Thomas RAN
dali, James Cruson and Benjamin
True from Mapleton are here.
JUDGES Were Busx
The judges were very busy this
morning making the awards and most
of the departments were well along
with that work at noon.
One amusing incident came up
yesterday afternoon. In the pre-
MUM list prize is offered by the
culinary department for the best
dozen rocks. A lady came in yes
| terday with dozen carefully select
ed and very pretty stones and asked
where to enter them. The lady to
whom she talked had considerable
difficulty in persuading her that the
| culinary department "rocks" were of
| a digestible variety.
| Eighteen concessions on the
| grounds besides twenty booths in
/ the exhibition hall have been sold
this year, and everyone is being man.
aged by some concern which is at
tracing everyone's attention. James
Hanson of Garden City is on the
| grounds with his cider press and is
making cider there from apples
grown on his property. He makes
cider and cider vinegar at Garden
City. %- -.-.s.. ,..... .--,.% >
| An Attractive Display. .l.
| One of the most attractive exhib-
! it's in the hall, and one which was
not spoken of in yesterdays Free
| Press is that of the Joseph Mander-
| field company. In the booth are com.
binations of wall papers, draperies,
! cretons, and some pictures and
sketches. 1t is very attractive ex-
hibit.
| Many inquiries have been made of
Judd Cornell, who has charge of the
farm produce department, for the
county farm exhibit. Robert Madi.
gam. who is now superintendent OF
the farm, has not brought an ex.
hibit to the fair, and in past years
James Mullen's exhibits became one
| of the principal features of the pro.
duce department.
r. F. Neubert has an exhibit of
incubators and brooders and little
chickens could be seen coming out
of the shell there yesterday.
There are many exhibits on the
grounds. Mayer Brothers are show
ing one of their adjustable clothes
reels. W. B. Craig is exhibiting his
step ladders. The Mankato Cycle
company is showing new model OF
Harley Davidson motor cycle. 10
seph A. Meyer is demonstrating a
4 Coulter Tool company wire stretcher
J. H. Strong is representing the
Farm, Stock and Home.
Many other Exhibits.
Schroeder & Murphy are showing
the De Laval cream separators. The
4 International people have large ex
hibit of machinery. H. D. Miller is
demonstrating the company's cream
separators, Charles Quest has the
tractor, Mark Kelly is demonstrating
4 an International threshing machine
L. w. Grant is expounding the merits
of the manure spreader. Then there
are the American washing machine
Lily and Dairy Maid cream harvest
ers, auto wagons, l. H. C. balinf
press, corn planter and pillow, ensil
age cutter, .Deering corn picker, Mo
gul 1880 and Titan IS tractors, g
Racine thresher. F. F. Mcclure il
the general superintendent and G. ]
Moulder is assistant.
John Dackins has an exhibit Of
Ingeco gas engines, Great Western
manure spreaders, Studebaker bi
cycles, GAINESVILLE corn planters. corn
sulkey and gang plows and cream
separators.
A barn cupola is shown by the
Botsferd Lumber company
Cream Separators.
: Frank Wild of North Mankato j:
agent for the Iowa Dairy cream sep
arator and w. L. Bradshaw, a travel
ing salesman, is demonstrating it
The Eagle Manufacturing company
of which Ed Banker is general agent
has a display of ensilage cutters
traction and mounted engines.
The Hart Parr gas tractors are
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