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Kraut Eating Contest
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The winner of the sauerkraut eating contest, Don Bauer, standing triumphantly before his clean plate. A U.S. flag and a sign for the 34th Kraut Festival adorn the wall behind Mr. Bauer, who is wearing a t-shirt with a drawing of a person fishing from a canoe advertising Sonny's in Wilmot, Wisconsin.
August 8, 1984
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Elementary school students collect nonperishable food to be distributed by the Salvation Army.
