People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — May Abandon Wisconsin State Fair. [ARTICLE]

May Abandon Wisconsin State Fair.

Madison, Wis., Feb. s.—At a meeting of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, it was decided to hold no fair in 1897, if it should be decided suoh an exhibition would interfere with the semi-centennial celebration which it is expected will be held by the State in that year. It was decided to appropriate $16,000 for premiums for the fair to be held in Milwaukee from Sept. 21 to 26, and of the amount over SB,OOO will be devoted to horses and cattle.