Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-01

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the gates down, by the. big exhibition
building and down the Midway to
the poultry. buildings. the sheep pens
and the cattle sheds there was
something doing every minute ana
much was accomplished during the
early morning hours. Mai. Fogler
and Mrs. C. w. Goodrich were at the
exhibition building with Secretary S.
H. Bradbury to receive the exhibits.
The exhibition building was proba-
bly, never so deliberately decorated
as on this occasion for fair DAY ex-
hibits. Business houses filled the
spaces along the east and west walls.
while in the rear was a veritable au-
tomobile show conducted by Holt &
Hight. Food and dairy products
tempting to the last degree were
shown in the glass cupboards at the
extreme north and nearby the ladies
of the Methodist church dispensed
the lunches for which they nave De-
come famous in days gone by. The
Skowhegan brass foundry, one OF
Skowhegan's latest industries, show
ed up to good advantage by the
main entrance and among the busi-
ness places represented were the
Ordway and Dyer dry goods places.
These are both in yellow and white,
the Dyer booth being very charm
ingly trimmed in festoons and bou-
quets Of great yellcw flowers made
by Miss Alice z. Goodrich. The Ord
way booth is delicate in drapings OF
yellow and white showing back
grounds Of goods. The Walker Smith
Co. have booth in which browns
ard royal blue velvet predominant
showing to good advantages the
wares of the concern, while Poulln
& Laney have another elaborate
booth in white with greenish plush
ad dep green hangings. The booth of
the Central Maine Power Co. is one
of the light places Of the fair and is
decidedly attractive. Other business
firms conducting booths are the De-
Laval and Primrose separator con-
Germs; Sampson & Avore, Bucknam's.
Bowman hardware, Days luxury.
Lambert's, the Smith music store,
Welch's millinery, Park-Pollard con-
Germ, etc. The Red Cross booth is an
interesting place while the Farm Bu-
reau and Home Economics booth Is
another entertaining place. County
Agent c. A. Storer and Miss Rosa
lind Jewett, the later extension in
structor in Home Economics. both
being on hand to greet the visitors at
the fair. The Boys and Girls Agri-
cultural Clubs Of North Arson have
an exhibit of unusual merit. the ar
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rected Tuesday forenoon by Prln. u.
F. Williams Of Arson Academy, VINO
is a club leader in his town. Corn
and beans exhibits were features as
we'll as elegant models of cooked
food and fine samples of canned
goods. Among the big displays of
fruit which were being placed on the
tables Tuesday morning weIe VAIL
Gus types from the S. H. Beal orch
ards as we'll as products from the
Wentworth and Allen farms. The
vegetables were being arranged to
good advantage during the day and
The fancy work was being brought in
by the ladies in good sized lots. Mrs.
Maurice Gledhill. Mrs. G. E. Avpre
and Mrs. W. p. Ordway were direct
ing the arrangements of these ex-
hibits which are shown from the up
per floor of the exhibition building.
There are quantities Of fine work
there and one Of the most interest
ing exhibits is being made by Mrs.
Guy Debe. This is handwork includ-
ing much wonderful embroidery
made by Mrs. Debe in her school days
in Italy.
The poultry exhibit is very we'll
filled this year under the direction of
Prof. Charles Cleveland. we'll
known poultry man of this section.
Among the exhibits made in this
department are several varieties of
RABBITS, the principal exhibitors being
Russell Bosworth. Clayton Smith, NJ.
o. Turcotte and Geo. Kelley. Among
the poultry exhibitors are Adolph
Turcotte, D. E. Mason, Mitchell
Murray, W. A. Bailey. Mrs. Guy
Chase. N. f. and G. NJ. Spaulding.
Madison: G. II. Blackwell, Cornville;
Mrs. E. z. Rowell. G. E. Rowell, Leon
D. Witham, Lawrence Turcotte.
Lawrence DeDmo. Henry Demo.
Chas. A. Goodwin. Mrs. Albert Blair.
r. Weller A. ]. Tantish. Miss Ethel
M. Bailey. Clyde L. Allen. S. c.
Robinson and Prof Cleveland. Most
of these exhibits are large in num-
bers of fowl shown and to the lover
Of good poultry this department will
! indeed be place Of great interest at
| tho fair.
Stock exhibits are good and more
| II details Of Somerset county's herds
will be published later.
During the afternoon probably
1000 people We're in attendance, a
| record breaking crowd for the first
day. The regimental band furnished
excellent music and Welch's orches-
ira played at intervals a lot of
catchy music, in the grandstand,
during the progress of the races.
There was good trotting. Judge
Frank Withee of Madison was the
starter and the timers were r. L.
Withee of Pennington. II. II. and
I. d. Leavitt, +. w. Weston and A.
L. Roderick.
Gan, a chestnut gelding owned by
w. Hanscom of Stratton, won the
2.c9 class in three straight heats.
Autumn Wilkes. Corinna horse,
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