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Forty-Ninth Schuyler County Fair in Session

Big Crowds in Attendance - General and Live Stock Displays Are Excellent.

The forty ninth season of Schuyler County Fair is in session. The gates were officially opened Tuesday morning and from early appearances the first day was to be a record breaker. Rain in the afternoon soaked the grounds, and some of the visitors, but did not in the least dampen the spirits of those in attendance. The rain was needed and the country people and those from town alike smiled when nature cried.

Never before has there been such a good exhibition of finery in the General display building as is there this year. Nearly all of the available space in the Woman's building is taken. Each department has a good share of the entries and there is some lively competition promised in the many classes.

Many of the local merchants have very attractive displays in this building, among them being The Geo. Little Co., Babcock Brothers, Wilson & Co., Crandall Bros., A.J. Lashmeet and Keeling Bros.

On the grounds are found many more displays by Rushville merchants R. A. Lawler and P. C. Templeman have large tent for automobiles and harness respectively. The three hardware and implement dealers are housed under a large canvas each having an excellent display from their stocks. W. A. Finch has a tent under which he is displaying buggies, harness and implements There are also many concession tents on the grounds and booths selling pop, lemonade, popcorn, peanuts, ets., all which naturally go with the county fair.

One of the interesting and valuable tents is the first aid tent maintained by the Boy Scouts who are also conducting a stand. The tent is in charge of Harold Hinton, of the St. Louis, a member of the first class of a St. Louis Troop. It's value was demonstrated Tuesday afternoon when a large awning over the boxes in the ampitheatre blew down, one if the poles striking Miss Marie Curry, a daughter of Amos Curry on the head and inflicting a sever gash over one eye. The first aid corps was soon on the scene and under the direction of a physician the young lady was taken care of by the Boy Scout attendant.

One of the interesting features about the fair this year is the good display of live stock which has been entered. Fancy horses of both light and draft stock are causing considerable comment. There is also a large and extraordinary exhibition of cattle, swine and sheep. Competition in these classes will be keen. The awarding of the premiums in many of these classes is being done today and the judges have spoken very complimentary of the live stock raised in Schuyler and adjoining counties.

The exhibit in the poultry department while not as large as formerly because the entries have been confined the Schuyler and adjoining counties, is good and is attracting considerable attention.

With favorable weather during the remainder of the week and with the special trains on Thursday and Friday from Beardstown, there is every reason to expect a record breaking crowd on the last two days. The racing events promise to be good, the special attractions are the best ever, the displays are of unusual attractiveness and everything points towards a record for the fair association.

Paul Studensky Making Flights at Fair in Beech National Biplane.

The Schuyler County Fair Association is offering free attractions this year which are far in advance of anything ever attempted by them before. The principle thing which is attracting people from all over this part of the country is an Aeroplane flight each day. 

Some weeks ago a contract was made by the fair officials with an eastern company to furnish flights each day of the fair. They deposited a certified check as a guarantee that they would be on the grounds ready for exhibition by the first day of the season. Last week they canceled 

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their contract.  The officials immediately got in touch with the National Aeroplane Co. who were giving exhibitions in Bushnell and secured them for the week.  Paul Studensky, the aeronaut, was in this city Sunday morning and made arrangements to fly from Bushnell to this city during the afternoon.

He returned to Bushnell on the afternoon train to make his flight to this city.  It was 5:30 when the first start was made from McDonough county city.  He had climbed several hundred feet in the air when his engine ceased to work and he was forced to alight in a farmyard.  Nearly an hour was spent in getting the machine out of the yard and in flying condition altho no damage was done in the fall.  Ascending again at 6:40 he circled over Bushnell several times to gain an altitude before starting south, and left that city ten minutes later.  At Adair he circled over the village at an altitude of 1200 feet and started for Vermont still climbing.  At the latter place he was 2500 feet in the air.

All was well as far as Vermont as Mr. Studensky was able to follow the railroad tracks, but on leaving Vermont for Rushville his troubles began.  The track between the two places follows the water route through thick timber and several times the aviator became lost.  He finally sighted Rushville about 7:40 and circled over the city at an altitude of 3000 feet.  After several spiral circles he landed safely at the fair grounds at 7:48.  It was so dark that he had to light a match before he could see his clock which was on the machine not over two feet in front of him.  Between the two cities he made an average speed of 45 to 60 miles per hour.

The rain Tuesday afternoon delayed the flight for that day until nearly six o'clock and even then he was forced to go up during a shower.  Weather conditions made an altitude flight impossible and at no time was the machine over 300 feet in the air.  After circling the grounds Mr. Studensky started off in a south easterly direction going about seven miles and back.  He was in the air twenty minutes, making a very pleasing flight.

The machine used by Mr. Studensky is of the Beech National type built and owned by the National Aeroplane Co. of Chicago.  It is patterned after the French type of military machines and driven by a 50-horse power, seven cylinder rotary engine.  It is propelled by an eight foot blade driven at the rate of 1200 revolutions per minute.  The engine is the same one used by Graham White in some of his record making flights.

Paul Studensky the aviator, is a Russian by birth and a graduate of the St. Petersburg University.  He studied aviation in France and two years ago was granted an aviator's license.  He has been in America about a year but during this time has made some very notable flights. He was the first authorized aerial carrier of mails in Texas as making the flight from Galveston Island to the city.  This spring he carried mail from Chicago to Wheaton in the largest flying machine ever in America, beside making many other notable flights in this country.

Mr. Howard Linn, president of the National Aeroplane Co. and two mechanics are here with Mr. Studensky during the week.

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