Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-07
TWO PROMINENT WAR SPEAKERS. MAJOR L. COR
DON SANFORD, OF THE BRITISH ARMY, AND
LYMANeP. POWELL, L. l. D., EDUCATOR, AU
THOR, LEcTURER AND PATRIOTIC SPEAKER
WILL BE WITH US TUESDAY,.
THE FAMOUS RUIN IAN, AvIATRiCE
Will ftYWfDNfSDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY
Program De Luxe Day and Night Wonderful Fireworks
Display. A Ssasou Ticket at 81 Lets You Take
in the Whole Program.

Only Ave more days intervene be-
fore the big winneshiek County Fair
"opens in Decorah on August 1s.
Secretaries e. J. Curtin and h. r.
Bucknell have been mighty busy
men for number Of weeks past
building up the big program that
they have provided for the people Of
Northeastern Iowa this year.
We believe we can say, withont
fear Of contradiction, that they have
secursd one Of the bisgest and best
fair programs obtainable. The At
fractions are the best that could be
nrocured They are all "afsts'' no
g1econds" In the list When you
lpiank down your money for ! ticket
this year you can do SO with q feel
Ing that you are not going to be
"stung. . One famous attraction,
alone, Ruth Law, the ilyer, is worth
1.-THE entire weeks admission price,
ITO say nothing Of the many other
high class free attractions. :.
On the opening day. Tuesday,
Aug. 13. two Of the most prothinent
speakers in America will be .here.
The government has made request
of the fair managements ov6E the
country to arouse the people N The
Vital necesstty of winning the swar
land as speedily 60 possible. and
consequently q number eof the lead
Ting fairs OF the country have had
some great speakers assigned :
Major l.. Gordon Sanford. COM
tmahding the 4Sth Battery. Royal
Field Artillery. Of the British Army.
and Or. Lyman p. Powell. Prssi-
dent Of Hobart college. will appear
at the fair on Tuesday afternoon.
land give addresses. They have just
come from the battle fields of France
|and will have messages FOR our peo-
lple that all should hear. Read the
history OF these men in the patriot
ic day advertisement OF the fair on
lanother page Of this papers
Besides the speakers on the open
Ting day an elaborate amusement pre-
lEram win be given. The Marco
Twins. the funniest pair you ever
saw will make you laugh until the
tears roll down your cheeks. Then
comes Collier g DeWalde. roller
skaters. and Schinodi Bros. famous
Japanese artists in acts that will
startle you. They are all high priced
entertainers. Besides these attractions
lyou will be entertained With Hankin-
|son's world famous Auto Polo and
auto racing. with some Of the fastest
driyers In the country at the wheels.
PRO. Raub and Miss Adams will
make balloon ascensions and para
[chute drops, and there are none bet
lter In the business than these folks.
The night show will be one of the
|big features and the auto polo will
.ibs put on In the evening also.
Lovers Of dancing win not be for
gotten as big bowery will run every
might. and all the Midway attrac-
tions viii be on each night. the big
Merry-go-round. Ferris wheel, and
Ihigh class shows Of all kinds.
On Wednesday the great flyer,
ruth Law. viii be with us with her
is15.000 nying machine. She hardly
needs any Advsrtisfas as she is one
lof the most widely known flyers in
1.-THE country today. She will show
1many new things this year, as she
was over In France last year, and
will show how our flyers over there
use their aaroplanes, After leaving
lDecorah Miss Law goes to fairs at
fColumbus. Ohio, Indianapolis. Ind,
[Louisvtlle, Ky, Nashville, Tenn,
'IShrevsport. La. New Orleans. and
'fcoucludes the season At the Texas
Estate fair at Dallas. In securing an
1atftaction like Miss Law the 3 fair
manassmsnt srs certainly going the
limit q give the patrons of our fsil
crnefFine worth while IS
T6b mot 81 thS matter is there
I :: l, thinS lett undone Ac