The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-05
Big Stearns
County Fair
August 1919
Large Number of Exhibits
Anticipated-Entry Day
August II
BOOKED FINE PROGRAM
Circus And Stage Perform
ance Part Of The
Entertainment

An ercellent and large display of
exhibits of farm and home is as
sured for the Stearns County Fair
to be held in Sank Centre We'd
nesday and Thursday, August 18th
and 10th. Tuesday, August 18th,
has been set aside as entry day,
when it will be possible to place on
exhibit all the various products Of
the bumper crop as an advertise
ment of the splendid possibilities
of Stearns county.
This years fair will surpass that
Of all other fairs in the matter of
exhibits and live
stock entries. Fair officials have
made arrangements for an elaIbor-
ate program, and have secured
Jay Gould's Million Dollar Specta-
Gle; a stage show and circus COM
bined. Trained animals, acrobatic
and aerial performances, and
high-grade vaudeville acts COM
plete a well rounded program, with
change in the show each day.
Special features include an old
time balloon ascension, Congoland,
midget show, and a midway or
pike, with seven hilarious and
sporty rides. The circus program
includes trained ponies, trained
elephant, clowns and performers
of merit. The circus will be staged
as a part Of the afternoon program
while the evening will be given ov-
err to a gorgeous stage show. Spec
ial scenery and lighting effects
make the evening show a brilliant
and spectacular performance.
Those who have seen the circus
performance state that it is made
up Of daring and thrilling acts.
with trained animals Of unusual
merit and the hilarity Of troupe
Of clowns thrown in for good mea-
sure. This performance has all the
aspects Of the saw dust ring and
big top offerings.
Arrangements have been made
for an exhibit Of complete line
Of the latest farm machinery.
Advance tickets, good for two ad-
missions to the fair and admission
to the dance are now on sale at
various business places throughout
the county. Music for the dance
will be furnished by Jay Gould's
orchestra, a dance band with re-
putation. Each double ticket, be-
side emitting the holder to two sin
gle admissions to the fair and an
opportunity to dance each night,
will be good fr two drawings, in
which the winner will receive
trip via Niagara Falls to Radio
City, New York. These double tick
cts will cost SOC. Single admissions
purchased at the gate when the
fair is on will cost Csc, without the
privilege of attending the dances.
In attempting to give the people
of Stearns County fair they want
fair officials have booked this
years feature with a great ex-
pense. They want to give you a
good fair, and they want you to at
tend your fair-Stearns Countys
annual agricultural exhibit at Sank
Centre. Remember the dates Aug
ust 18th and 10th. =.
Balloon Ascension
The people of Stearns County
will have a real treat when Jay
Gould's Million Dollar Spectacle
comes to the Stearns County Fair
for two days, Aug. 1919, when they
will bring with them Luther Den
mis-, a professional balloonist and
parachute jumper.
Twenty-Five hundred balloon as
tensions and parachute leaps is the
unique record of Mr.. Dennis.
but many are the times that
this same Luther Dennis sat be-
meath a rapidly-rising gas bag won
dering If he would land safely once
again or crash to the earth before
thousands of Mortified onlookers.
When Mr.. Dennis was a small
boy he wondered about flying in
some manner. He later went to
school and during this time built
a plane, before ever having heard
of one being constructed, and used
his fathers farm as a landing field
and the barn as a hanger.
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