Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1918 — AUTO TRIP TO FAIR [ARTICLE]

AUTO TRIP TO FAIR

Drive to Kankakee Fair a Pleasant One. LAST WEEK K AUGUST The attention of fnotorists has recently been called to an excellent trip or series of trips by automobile during the last week In August This is the week of the well-known Kankakee Inter-States Fair, justly called the World’s Greatest Outdoor Entertainment Good Roads. The big Fair is held just north of Kankakee; and a motor trip to the Fair grounds during the week of August 2Gth to 31st is recommended as an exceptionally pleasant one. Kankakee is located on the Egyptian Trail and the Blue Grass Trail, while the Dixie Highway is only a few miles from that city. Altogether the roads leading to the mammoth Fair and exposition are uniformly good. ~ . Magnificent Fair. During Fair ’ week the season is quite well along, the hottest weather has passed, and yet the air is not so cool as to be unpleasant. And while the journey Is enjoyable, the Fair that awaits the traveler at the journey’s end is even more enjoyable. At the Fair jvlll be presented harness horse races with unprecedentedly large fields of starters, an outdoor free circus of twenty-five scintillating acts, a premier horse show, a mammoth agricultural and war cookery exhibit, large shows of draft horses, cattle, sheep and swine, a textile and art show, and Patterson’s Premier Carnival. After witnessing all these delights a drive home in the cool of the evening will complete a perfect day. Dates. The Kankakee Inter-State Fair this year begins on Monday, August 26th, and closes on Saturday afternoon, August 31st—six days and five evenings.