Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-24
DISPLAYS OF
LOCAL FIRMS
SEEN AT FAIR
Grand Forks Merchants have
Exhibits Housed in Lib J
eral Arts Building.

A large number Of unusually In
~teresting exhibits Is placed in the
Liberal Arts building at the Grand
Forks Fair this year. The women's
department is installed in this builds
ing asTare also a number Of agri-
cultural and educational exhibits. and
merchapts from Grand Forks and
other cities have here arranged q
very attractive exhibition Of their
sales articles. The Grand Forks
county chapter Of the American Red
Cross also exhibits in this building.
Coming. in the main entrance Of the
building. n is greeted by the booth
Of the Church Of God. At this are
to be had religious books. which are
so arranged a to form an altogether
attractive exhibit.
The booth of the sharples Separa-
tor Co. is made up of the several ma
chimes Of that company: milking ma
chimes. gas engines and separators. 6.
Kindred, in charge of the booth, Is
doing his best to make it a winner, as
he intends to enlist as soon as the
fair closes. and wants to make his
last work his best. A. p. Jennings.
general advertising man Of the Sharp
les company, is also at the booth. The
men are boosting the sale Of the
Sharples Milking machine on the
| grounds that it releases labor on the
farms.
Music Houses Represented.
Directly in front Of the main en-
trance is the display Of the Gets Mu-
sic house. Here r shown the vari-
Gus styles of Victrolas and.Victor rec
ords, as we'll as several well known
makes Of pianos. An Auto-piano, ship
ped here from New York especially
for the fair. is one of the features Of
the booth.
Across from this is the booth Of
r%ecreations. a generous display Of
pianos and popular music form the
items Of interest here. Music all dur
ing the day by the Edison machines
and pianos has been q popular fea-
ture. IAN added attraction is a
German helmet. captured by Captain
c. F. Clayton, a brother of F. c. Clay
ton Of Frazee, Mimi, in an attack on
hill 3o4. at the battle of Verdun.
A very ~business-like display is that
Of the Kalamazoo Stove company.
Here are shown the company's brands
Of ranges, a stoves and furnaces.
Then there Is the -,bpoth Of the
Grand Forks American, the 'city's
now newspaper. Members of the
company were here introducing the
pubic to their paper.
Guessing Contest in PROCESS.
A novel display Is. that Of tho
Bridgeman-RusseI company. The
manager Of the booth has arranged a
guessing contest, whereby all who
visit the booth may guess at the num-
Der of cartons in a box; prizes are
offered for the persons guessing the
nearest correct. At the booth is also
a machine which stamps the names OF
cream shippers Of cream tags. Alto
gether this might be classed az one OF
the most novel and interesting Of the
entire series.
At the booth Of the Northwest
farmstead subscriptions r taken for
that farm newspaper.
The Northern Packing company has
arranged an elaborate display Of ad.
ton, and has prepared a rest room
for men who wish to take the trip to
the packing plant Cars T sent to
the plant at regular intervals, and
guides are stationed there to show the
visitors through the building.
Howard Monkeys Light House"
has arranged a display of washing
machines. run by electricity, which
drew much comment.
The No-Vary Products company hae
arranged a unique display Of their
PASNNSs0 " A1SA16 AS" NhOA Avn" ~
canned goods Of various kinds. A
SIMILAR display Is that Of the Exce1st
company. where many rows of the
popular beverage are displayed tt
best advantage.
The Barnes and Nnss company have
in their booth staged a display o.
Voss washing machines. which have
been in motion since the opening O.
the gates. and which. as all motion
! N4re1owo @No- ~,,oh .Aa~~Ar<, ArS
many people.
At the ontario store booth arc sev-
eral Brunswick Photographs. TIL
manager Of this booth has adopted
the policy Of keeping the machines in
motion all day, and the various num-
bers have drawn their share Of favor
able comment.
Herald Has Booth.
At the booth Of the Grand Forks
Herald n shown the many features