Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
SHORT COURSE, POULTRY SHOW,
AND CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
j. ALL IN SIX DAYS.
WILL De BUSY WEEK
FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
Short Course and Annual Poultry Show
Begin Monday - Festival For Chill.
drsn Lasts Thru Thursday, Friday
and Saturday - Free Concerts and
Entertainments.

"A county Snor course, a Dig poultry
show, n a festival for the children
are the trio of attractions his city will
offer to Christmas shoppers next week
Combined, they promise a strenuous
week of activities to usher in the holt
days. Every effort is being made by
the promoters of these different under
event. The three taken together COM
pletely fill the week and overlap one
another, during the second half of the
week.
The short course opens Monday and
continues thru Saturday.
The poultry show also opens Monday
and continues thru Friday.
The Christmas festival will be Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday. All three
will be held in the very center of the
business district so that one need not
travel a block to attend all of them.
Festival Unique Locally.
The unique event of the three is the
Christmas festival. an effort to furnish
a lot of kids" of the city and sur
rounding territory with a little real
Christmas. Thursday. Friday and Sat
urGay afternoon this festival viii! be
en- at the court house square. Christ
mas trees will be set up on the lawn,
Il if the weather permits there will
be free open air concerts n enter
tainments. 4 santa Claus is scheduled
TO arrive during the festival and dis
tribute 5000 sacks of candy and
nuts. so that every boy and girl who
comss IS sure to get his share.
Poultry at Forney's Hall.
The poultry show will be on at For
ney's hall. just across the street north
of the court house. The association ex-
poets to have from 500 10 1000 birds on
exhibition. The show opens Monday
and the birds will be on display until
Friday. Five thousand tickets for the
poultry show have been sold to mer-
chants Of this city. They were expect
ed to give them to their customers,
and those merchants who have not done
so already are urged to put these tick
cts in circulation. so that nc one will
be without an opportunity to attend
the show.
Some special features for the poultry
show have been arranged. One Tues
day evening, at the show rooms. Judge
Carl Dare. of Des Moines. viii! talk or
judging birds, using specinents from
the show pens 10 illustrate his talk.
Wednesday afternoon and evening
Mrs. Anthony Stoker. of Des Moines.
representing the Women's State Poul-
try Association, will give addresses on
some phase of poultry raising from a
financial standpoint.
On Thursday and Friday Iowa State
College workers here for the short
course will interest breeders and AN
ciers with their talks on poultry.
Short Course All Week.
The short course will open early
Monday forenoon and continue thru
Saturday. the auction sale of prize
cor coming Saturday afternoon. II
will probably be held in the east court
room. Glasses will meet for the first
time Monday at the following places:
Domestic science, Central Church OF
Christ; animal huhbandry, Huber
garage, 16 North First street; corn
classes. east court room. Lectures In
cred at the Marshalltown Club. The
corn show. another branch of the shor,
course. will be in the northeast corner
of the basement of the court house
Two programs will be given at the Cen,
trail Church Of Christ Wednesday AND
Friday evenings. The first will be gi9-
en- by pupils of the high school. The
second will be the annual spelling bee
for school pupils of the county.