The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1921-10-03
COUNTRY FAIR
AT CENESE0IS
A BIG SUCCESS
Large Crowds Attend Saturday Aft
ernoon and Eyening-Ai
Babies are Prize Winners.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Geneseo, Ill. Oct. 3.-"The Coun-
try Fair" which was presented un-
der the auspices of the local post
of the American Legion and the
Ladies' Auxiliary continued through
last Saturday afternoon and eve
ming with greater attendance than
the opening day.
! The baby show took place yes
terday afternoon and drew a large
| and interested audience. There
| were 10 babies entered in the con-
test. The Judges of this contest
we're Mayor Charles G. Davis and
City Attorney Joseph L. Shaw.
| These staid bachelors were bewil
dered with the extraordinarily fine
examples of babyhood which were
presented TO them. To the charms
of the babies were added the smiles
and charms of the mothers, which
only brought added bewilderment
to the judges. They. called upon
several lady friends to assist in
making the choice of winner. The
NdE1OuS DOlhIS VI lLCl IL anu oC-
merit were noted of all entrants
These were tabulated and present
ed to the judges for final consider
alton After lengthy and careful
consideration the two judges ap-
peared and Mayor Davis began his
speech during which he was to
publicly declare the winner. Every
mother with ~ of her relatives and
friends who we're present awaited
this announcement with no little
expectancy.
All Are Winners.
In the matter of selecting the
winner Mayor Davis stated that
Mi Shaw and he had met great
difficulty in selecting the prettiest
baby of the 10 entered in the con-
test. They had carefully balanced
all points of favor of each child.
Their utmost endeavor had been 20
be impartial. with favors to none.
They hoped that their decision
would offend no mother present, Il
was their opinion that the babies
here gathered were withO1s doubt
the best and finest that they had
ever seen throughout all their bach
elOr years. AS a final result they
were unable to select the very pret-
test baby and had decided to award
first prize to every baby. The
judges decision was hailed with
great delight and pleasure.
The American Legion had at the
ATmory theatre the Cleveland Six
touring car which is to be given
away in the near future. Several
lTr1ncaI
Saturday evening.
All booths and attractions were
well patronized. This holds espe-
cially true of The Dancing Girls
of 40" who danced until they were
so tired they were compelled to
close the show. The side show
with Howard Withrow as the fat
lady and Francis Luther as the
prettiest girl in Henry county. con-
tiinued 10 draw an unending line Of
visitors. Fortunately another sup
ply of novelties including kewpias,
work baskets, etc. arrived on an
early evening train from Chicago
so that all booths were well sup
piled for the evening.
GGOd Wrestling Bout.
The wrestling show put on two
exhibitions. Professor Oakley OF
Moline, and Charles Krantz of Gen
eseo. went to the mat for a limit
ed so minutes bout. These men put /
on as fine an exhibition bout as
one can expect to see anywhere. :
They put great deal of earnest .
effort into their work. not being
sparing in the application OF some .
of the more strenuous holds After .
25 minutes of wrestling kranz won
the bout with tOe-hold which Oak /.
ley was unable to break = In the ,
second bout of the evening Kranz
tired to the point of physical ex-
haustiop and lost the event after q .
minutes of effort Oakley out
weighed Kranz about 20 pounds
The Country Fair has been one
of the most successful events given
IN Geneseo in many years. 1t was
at first planned to, have it in the
open air at the city park. but 10
enclose it with tent walls was a
serious problem. 1t was finally
decided to use the Armory theatre.
but 1t curtailed some of the plans
winch were under consideration.
Ihis condition only strengthens the
absolute need of a public athletic
held and playground such as is un-
DER consideration by the citizens Jf
GeneSeo at the present time. To
Duy' enclose and equip the open
tract OF land which lies east of the
Nltnrow Seed Corn house seems
TO be the only correct solution IF
this problem