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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1914

Page

3

Kentucky State Fair Hippodrome Show Promises Spectacle

The twelfth annual Kentucky State Fair will feature nightly Hippodrome shows in the $100,000 livestock pavilion from September 14 to 19. Acts include Polar Bear exhibitions by Herr Albers, Flying Thompsons, Arabian sand dancers, the Demon on the Wire, the Resties, Bellclair Brothers, the Balt ern Troupe, and a Butterfly Scene finale, with other free acts and bands adding to the program.

Herr Albers Germany America Kentucky Hurley Mlle la Belle Kittie Day and Scally Louisville Rice & Dove Marine Band

Big feature days mark Kentucky State Fair schedule

The Twelfth Annual Kentucky State Fair runs September 14 to 19 with daily feature events. Louisville Day on Tuesday includes a $1,000 Roadster stake and 1 p.m. close. Wednesday highlights Good Roads and Western Kentucky with a $1,000 Light Harness Stake. Governors’ and Indiana Day Thursday features a grand horse show. Friday Fraternal Day showcases the $3,000 Saddle Horse Stake. Saturday offers Lincoln Beachey flights and Payne’s 1914 Battle of Mexico fireworks finale.

Holland Louisville Buschemeyer Kentucky Harry Summers Elizabethtown Jos. F. Bosworth Middlesboro Astral King Jack Barrymore Richlieu King Indiana Hippodrome Midway Lincoln Beachey Beachey

Kentucky State Fair to Feature Record Harness Fields

The twelfth annual Kentucky State Fair opens September 14 to 19 with six trotting and pacing stakes offering 1000 and 500 dollar premiums. Entriesinclude competitors from Kentucky Indiana Tennessee Alabama Georgia North Dakota California, led by Forbes 2:Youngster and classic horses such as Major Russel Belle Ashland Lizzie Brown Gordon Todd Howell Col Forrest Our Doctor Bonnie Boy Jachin Possibility and more as two or three harness races daily and the Gentleman's Cup finale promise a lively fast track program at Douglas Park.

Indiana Tennessee Alabama Georgia Kentucky North Dakota California Forbes Trotter Lizzie Brown Gordon Todd Trotter Howell Col. Forrest Pacer Our Doctor Bonnie Boy Jachin United States Douglas Park

Roads Boost Farm Output In Virginia and Nearby Counties

Studies by the United States Department of Agriculture show improved roads raise shipments and lower costs. In Spotsylvania Virginia and nearby counties, road work boosted tonnage to markets, cut transport cost per ton mile, and increased dairy, wheat, tobacco, and lumber outputs while enabling faster, cheaper transport.

United States Department of Agriculture Ivania Fredericksburg Spotsylvania County Dinwiddie County

Last Great Reduction Rail Trip Fares Noted

Advertisement details a round trip rail fare of 5.65 and a Cave Hotel package for 6.50 totaling 12.15 for a three day excursion on regular morning trains. Tickets limited to 10 days. contact L and N agent by writing or phone.

Cave Hotel The Cave Lexington Queen & Crescent H. C. King Aeene E. Main St

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