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THE DODGE COUNTY FAIR
Brandon Times, September 14, 1899

   One of the many attractions for the Great Dodge county fair at Beaver Dam, Sept. 26 to 29, is a Balloon and Parachute Race, two balloons and two parachutes every day during the fair, both ballons are to be inflated and leave the grounds at the same time, each parachute carries an aeronaut, they race several hundred feet in the air, the parachutes cut loose from the balloon at the same time and race to the grounds.
   In the evening an illuminated night ascension will be made from front stret, the mamoth 80 foot balloon is inflated with a Roaring Giant Gasoline Inflator, that makes a roar like a cyclone, shooting a giant blaze 30 feet. The balloon is illuminated with red fire and like a great blazing globe floats into the sky where the aeronaut discharges hundreds of roman candles and other fireworks sending fiery meteors in all directions, making one of the grandest sights ever witnessed. The great exhibition is to take place every evening during the fair.