Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1916 — Mta. Ayr Horse and Cattle Show Sept. 22 and 23. [ARTICLE]

Mta. Ayr Horse and Cattle Show Sept. 22 and 23.

Mt. Ayr’s big home coming to stock show is scheduled to be held on next Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 and 23. The stock show is open to all comers and the prizes that are to be given to the winners in the different divisions are very liberal ones and it is probable that a great number of entries will be made by stock raisers throughout the county. This is Mt. Ayr’s first show of this kind and every effort will be made to make it a successful one. No entry fee will be charged but all entrants must participate in the big parade at 4:30 on Saturday afternoon. Each day there will be exhibitions and auto driving contests in the forenoon; basket dinners at noon; band concerts, ball gameg, free street acts, stock judging and demonstrating lectures in afternoon, and band concerts and addresses in the evennigs.