Lorain County Fair – 1925 & 1935

Keeping with my Lorain County Fair theme, I thought it would be interesting to see what I could find in the earliest Lorain Journal archives that were available online.

Planning a county fair is a year-long affair (no pun intended), and the 1925 Lorain County Fair was no exception. This item from the January 29, 1925 Lorain Journal notes that "two days of harness racing and one day of running races were decided upon for the fair this year."

The article also points out that the fair was going to be held in September. This was formally announced in the piece below, which ran in the paper on July 14, 1925. Note that the fair was held in Riverview Park in Elyria, and that "for the first time, there will be an exhibit of rabbits."

This item from the July 27, 1925 Lorain Journal reports that "a herd of 22 Holstein cattle will be chosen from the stock farms of Lorain-Co to be exhibited at the Wellington fair 1 September."

But what about the Lorain County Fair? Would the Holsteins miss it?

The article notes, "Every effort will be made to bring this herd back in time for the county fair."

There wouldn't have been such a conflict ten years later. The 1935 Lorain County Fair was pushed all the way to October, as noted in this article from April 15, 1935.

Here's the only promotional ad I could find in the Lorain Journal for the 1935 Lorain County Fair. It appeared on October 2, 1935.

And here's the front page story from the October 4, 1935 edition. 

Hey, how come the 1935 Fair is the 89th, but the 1955 (twenty years later) is the 100th and not the 99th? Oh well. 

So why was it held in October, anyway? This editorial from October 4, 1935 explains.