The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-09-24

The number of paid admissions ol
Wednesday, as reported at the Sec
retary's Office, was approximatel,
1900, which would amount to $650O
Nearly $500 was taken in at til,
Grand stand Wednesday afternoon.
Undoubtedly the most successful
fair in the history Of the Medina Coun
ty Agricultural association, is the sew
enty-fifth, or the one which opened o1
Tuesday afternoon Of this, week ant
closed yesterday afternoon, at leas
from the viewpoint Of attendance.
Crop conditions made it convenien,
for farmers and their families, to at
tend, the weather was ideal, and sc
there was nothing to prevent most
every one from attending, except dis.
inclination, and the being is a rare one
who is disinclined toward a county
fair. Its appeal is to old and young
and thousands Of both those seasons
of life were in evidence on Wednesday
and Thursday, early and late, and in
deed it would be difficult task to
determine of which age were deriving
the greater pleasure.
The general display Of farm pro-
ducts was fine, tho perhaps not larger
than has been seen in other years. But
it was comprehensive, and taken with
the individual farm displays of which
there were number, made an excel
lent showing. The vegetable and
fruit displays Of the Oranges Of Bruins
wick, Mallet Creek and Litchfield,
were exceptionally fine.
Art hall housed a beautiful array Of
flowers and potted plants, while the
art exhibit, both amateur and profess
Sional, was meritorious.
Manual training, domestic science,
agriculture and busy work were very
well represented in a large sdhocl ex-
hibit. The display was a show In III
self, and it was an eye-opener to the
people, many of whom it seems have
not been in touch with our country
schools, and much less interested III
what the schools are accomplishing.
The poultry display fell woefully be-
hind this year. There were only a
few exhibits although most Of them
were remarkably fine.
The cattle, hog and sheep exhibits
were.no larger nor better than last
year, which means that they were not
particularly noteworthy. Some fine
specimens, to be sure, but taken as a
whole, the exhibits have been surpass-
ed in other wears.
Local business men who had attrac-
tive booths in the hall were:
r. Hoff, pianos; Codding- Bagley-
Case Co., real estate; Hyde & Carver,
shoes; Oatman Hardware Store; C. L..
Griesinger, shoes; Sargent & Wertz,
furniture; J. w Tuttle, monographs;
M. O. Hallock, victrolas and pianos;
D. S. Longacre & Son, furniture and
monographs; Hammerschmidt g.
Clark, flowers; Carlysle Beedle, cleo
trical supplies; G. J. Kern & Co., fur
naces; Medina Service Battery Co.,
storage battery service; also booths by
the Allen -Hartzell- -Dibble Co., real es-
tate agents, Wadsworth; Cleveland
Ruber Corporation Co., tires the Gaz-
cite, and display and demonstration
Of sanitary dish dryer, in which al
number of Medina men are interest
ed.
On the midway were represented
The following:
Y. M. g. A., rest room; A. I. Root
Co., honey and combinations; Barrett
Co., agriculturists; Lodi Mill & Ele-
vator Co.; Medina Manufacturing Co.;
Grim Mfg. Co., Cleveland, sugar sup
plies; w. S. Bixler, Wadsworth, cleo
trical supplies; ". G. Osgood, Delco !
Light and Sharpes Mixer; Dodge Bros
Co., automobiles, G. G. Cheeny, agent;
Akron Universal Tire and Ribber Co.;
Ford automobile, Roy Kimmel, Me-
lima; c. M. Fetzer, Lodi, and N. B. !
Slime, Wadsworth; Oldsmobile trucks /
and motor cars, 0. r. Dague, agent;
Gibbs & Co, Chevrolet and Oakland
:ars; Chandler, H. c. Gross & Son,
Wadsworth, Huppmobile, ALI. Loehr, +
tgent; Buick and REQ, The Medina /
predmore- Henry Co.; Exide Battery
Service, Frank Sanford; Excel Rub
,er CO., Wadsworth, tires; Oatman
washing machines; Stan
lard Oil CO.; Chas. M. Yoxtheimer,
Wellington; Sealand Motor
Jo., Cleveland, tractors; Collier Truck
To-, Cleveland; j. III. Busch, Valley
Jity tractors; Eckenroth Sales CO.,
ractors; The Reynolds Motor Co.,
E. E. Wallace, Farm imp
Cleveland-Akron Bag Co.; /
ohio Farmers Clay Co., Wooster;
Vyllis Auto-Lite Corporation, Toledo;
Shaw Music Co, LodiS and the Red
ross and Health Nurse tent.
1t is probable t hat at no previous
ltion has there been a greater num-
YER Of mercantile and industrial dis
rear in the history Of the Fair associ-
,lays than recorded above.
That Medina county people, especial
y the mothers, are beginning TO rea-
ize the extent and value Of the great
Red Cross movement and its connec-
ion with life and health, was exeln-
'lified al the Red Red Cross tent at .he
air. Health Nurse Hanna, assisted \
y County Health G Commissioner Brint- !
lall, prescribed, fed, or otherwise car Z
d for more than 200 babies on We'd Ii
'esday. Besides this and the giving |,