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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1913
Page
4
A columnist advises readers to beware of confidential gossip from candidates and their allies about opponents in other races. The piece warns that most such tips are masquerades or false connections meant to mislead voters.
Lexington announces the Blue Grass Fair expanding with added show rings and vaudeville acts. The Aug 11 to 16 program features standard bred horses, saddle horse stakes, Liberati band concerts, Hereford cattle, sheep and poultry judging, and thoroughbred day with final contests among class winners.
The unusual Christ portrait titled The Shadow of the Cross will be featured at this year’s Blue Grass Fair as a special attraction. Painted in 1896 by Henry Hammond Ahl the canvas reportedly reveals a pale moonlit Christ with a dark cross appearing behind and above him, a phenomenon unplanned by the artist.
The Blue Grass Fair lists three National Saddle Horse Futurities at Lexington on August 11 12 and 13 led by foals of 1912 and yearlings from 1911. Each stake carries about 1000 dollars to split among the top ten, with two rings making the event a main feature alongside $250 five gaited and $200 three gaited saddle horse stakes.
The Woman's Department at the Blue Grass Fair in Lexington August 11 to 16 will be larger and more important this year. The premium list is revised with classes for nearly every kind of woman's work and table luxuries. The second floor Art hall is devoted to this department, while the Canadian Government Exhibit on the lower floor showcases wheat grain and other agricultural products.
The document lists candidates for the August 2 1913 Democratic primary ballot across statewide county and city offices. It names J Will Clay Rufus Hadden Samuel Turley H K Greene B M Manning Ren F Perry W O Chenault Sr Earl W Senff Keller Greene W A Samuels W Frank Horton Harry F Howell Georgie Sledd M J Goodwin D Greenwade W B Greene James T Barnes John F Richardson J W Langston Dan J Holbarn Geo C Eastin John H Blount O W McCormick J Will Wilkerson Mt Sterling C K Oldham Ben R Turner Lee Crear James McDonald J Wells Wilkerson R P Walsh Pierce Winn C B Stephens W Reid McKee W D Henry R R Hutchison C L Dean Henry Thomas John Barnett T C Quisenberry W N Trimble Daniel Martin Mart Wells Frank P Boyd
Under my hand this July 8th 1913 Keller Greene County Clerk certifies the official act. This brief legal record confirms the date and the clerk's authority in the accompanying document.
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