Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1919 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

AUTO SPEED EVENTS Races at Kankakee Fair SATURDAY AUGUST 30TH ' One entire afternoon of the Kan kakee Inter-State Fair will be devoted to automobile racing. On Saturday afternoon, August 30th, the magnificent Inter-State exposition will be brought to a close by .six marvelous speed,events. Before the auto races on Saturday the management will put on the closing exhibition of the circus acts. This will take until about 2:30 in the afternoon. Then J. Alex Sloan, the widely A*? J x v a yjgy I ■ ■■ J ■ ' "tl ' - -- —- F feW knowu promoter of auto racing will call the first event of the high-speed contests. This will be a one-mile race with three entries. Only record holders will be permitted to enter this class, as it Is the intention to hang up a new one-mile time record for dirt tracks. The whirring ot the motors and the cyclonic speed of the o'® chines will set the crowd afire with excitement and enthusiasm. Following this will be five other motor contests varying from three to twenty-five miles. In these events the starters will include America’s-most famous record-breakers, whose keen rivalry for the track honors will result in spectacular races. For two hours these speedy contests will continue and with the last lap of the last race the curtain will fall on the 1919 Kankakee Inter-State Fair. Only very reasonable admission charges will be made at the gate and grand stand. As in all other matters I the Kankakee Inter-State Fair gives a I maximum of entertainment at a minimum of price. The rates are held onlj one day. Saturday, August 30th.

C. D. Nowels and Floy Newels returned to their home at Parsons, Kansas, Tuesday after a visit here with relatives. _ _