Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 44
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 23, 1907
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Texas State Fair Opens.
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       Dallas, Tex., Oct. 19.--With flags flying, bands playing and a great deal of enthusiam (sic) on the part of the enormous crowd, the twenty-second annual State Fair of Texas was formally opened to the public today.  The opening exercises took place in the Auditorium, where there were speeches by Mayor Hay, Governor Campbell and others.
       The fair opened under most favorable auspices and with very flattering prospects for the most successful exposition ever held in the Southwest.  Many thousands of dollars in premiums have been offered and as a result the choicest products of the orchard, farm, field and ranch are on display.  The agricultural and horticultural, poultry and live stock, machinery and manufacturer's departments are all well filled with attractive exhibits.
       The racing promises to be the best ever seen in Texas.  The stables are filled with scores of fast horses that have been making the Eastern and Northern circuits during the summer.  Next Tuesday will be one of the big days of the fair.  It has been set aside in honor of the Confederate veterans and the principal address will be delivered by Vice President Fairbanks.

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