Family and local history for Skidmore and northwest Missouri.
From the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), September 1, 1921, page 1: Attended Festivities at Fairfax Friday.Enjoyed Chautauqua and Exhibits — Basket Dinner Served in the Evening. When about one hundred Fairfax folks attended our chautauqua, they were so well pleased… Read moreFairfax Fall Festivities, 1921
Advertisement for the 1903 Fairfax Fall Festivities, a Free Feast of Fun, featuring speeches by local dignitaries, band concerts, The Flying Linsons, the Lorenzo Brothers, acrobats, jugglers, contortionists, high class tent shows, balloon ascensions, and Entertainment of Every Kind.
The editor and staff of the Skidmore Standard in 1901 kept up with issues at other papers in the area and took notice of the following in their July 27, 1900 edition: Two Ways of Telling a Story The Fairfax… Read moreTruth in Reporting