The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-22

| this profitable business
| The domestic science booth and the
fancy work department are to be
| spoken of later and we will only add
at this time that the display in both
| departments is grand this year.
Display of Flowers.
The WindmilIer florist have
a display of flowers that is in
! deed BEAUTIFUL and under
the direction of Miss Windmill
Ter has been displayed in most ar
play of flowers the Windmillers are
making fine showing of gold fish
| that is attracting unusual attention.
The glass blowers and the exhibit
ors display of flowers have their
share of admirers at all times.
A. A. Rieff, proprietor of the Hill
side Farm, has display of comb
! honey and bees that people are adj
| miring greatly. Mr.. Reiff stated that
he will take almost a ton of honey
| from his seventy-two stand of bees
this year and that the honey is of
| exceptional fine quality.
Display BY Landowners.
Landowners have one of the neat
est booths in the building and their
display of furniture is only more evil
dence that this enterprising firm is
always alert in buying the very, very
| latest things in their line on the
market.
OF course, the booth occupied by
| the George E. Brett store, is one of
| more than passing interest. Here
| is shown the seasons most elaborate
| fashion in woman's wear and the
styles and fabrics this season en-
ables the firm to arrange booth
| that is out of the ordinary for taste,
style and fashion.
D.R. Jones' booth full of pianos is
popular one indeed and Mr.. Jones
and his assistants are busy from
morning until night informing the
visitors in regard to the values and
superiority of the lines carried.
The Hubbard Mills have a booth
well displaying the famous "Ardee'
and other brands of flour and at the
present cost, this booth is not over
looked by any means as the house
wife is eager to learn where she can
get the best flour at the least money.
The L. Patterson Mercantile COM
pany has it's various popular brands
of goods on display in neatly ar
ranged booth that attracts the visit
or at a glance.
Suffrage Rest Room.
Many visitors at the fair yester-
day and today found their way to
the Suffrage association rest room
4, oh, &c oit
lance from exhibition hall. A COM
mittee of ladies of the association
served free tea, and invited the tired
ones to rest in the tent, which was
made attractive with masses of sum-
mer flowers, rocking chairs and a
isofa. Suffrage buttons with the little
yellow pennant, votes for women"
were popular novelty on the
grounds, and men, women and chill
dren were wearing them.
Judging of Stock.
The morning hours of the fair were
devoted to judging stock and ex
hibits as fast as the cold weather
would permit. 1t was so disagree
able on the grounds that visitors were
very few and there was nothing to
attract much attention until noon.
The exhibits in the Blue Earth
county building are all in shape and
being judged. The exhibit of farm
products is very good and the show
ing of corn is exceptionally fine. The
county farm has booth in this
building that all Blue Earth people
should see Every variety of prod
ucts that can be grown on any farm
in this state are on display. The
Indian Lake Farmers club has an
excellent showing of stuff and like
wise the Riverside Farmers club. The
award of premiums on these displays
will be made today. ~
Prizes have been awarded in the
swine department as follows:
Gerlich e Barker, first on aged
boar.
Lasby & Rose, second on aged
boar.
Lasby e Rose, first on boar six
months old and under one year.
Gerlich & Barker, first and second
on spring boar
Gerlich & Barker, first and second
on aged SOwS.
Gerlich & Barker, first on fall sows.
Lasby & Rose, second on fall sows.
Gerlich & Barker first on fall gifts.
Lasby e Rose, second on fall gifts.
Gerlich & Barker, first and second
on spring gifts.
Gerlich e Barker, grand champion
on SOW and boar.
The Minneopa Garage are showing
REQ chassis. Howell Auto Co., are
showing a new Ford coupelet and
touring car. The Studebaker is be-
ing shown by Dillner & Holbrook, the
Briscoe by j. H. Arend; the Chalm-
ers by Irve Hammett, the Dodge by
C. w. & w. H. Eckman and Chris
Danielson the Chandler, Maxwell and
Saxon, in the department set aside
for automobiles.
In the machinery department, Hell
man & Graft are showing their line
of International goods, J. Gacke e
Son, the Maytag washing machines
and Murphy e Busch a full line of
barn equipments. Chas. Taylor is al
so showing the Fairbanks Morris
gasoline engines.
At noon the intention was to begin
the full afternoons program.
Schedule of Races.
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