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Springfield Sun

Location

Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1908

Page

7

Detective Among Ghostly Beings Investigates Shade World

Milwaukee detective runs the Citizens' Detective agency study of spiritualist frauds. He exposes devices for materialization and dematerialization, including hidden assistants, music boxes, and luminous robes, aiming to separate genuine phenomena from deception in seances.

Milwaukee Citizens’ Detective Agency of Psychical’ Research Society Chicago William James Oliver Lodge Trick

State Fair Program Promises Record Prize Offers at Kentucky Fair

The sixth annual Kentucky State Fair will run September 14–19 at a new grounds and home with a total prize pool of 25,000 dollars plus 5,000 in special prizes. Prizes rise across horse, mule, poultry, and women's divisions, with 30 percent boosts for horses and 25 percent for mules vs last year. Special prizes include two Louisville Automobile Club trophies for carriage animals and best mule pair, plus cups and trophies from Gay Bros., Ball Bros., Powhatan Stock Farm, Smyser Bros., and others for saddle horses, roadsters, light harness, shorthorn cattle, Hereford cattle, tobacco, Berkshire swine, and farm products. Numerous honors funded by state and industry groups accompany the fair’s expanded offerings.

Ohio River Louisville Automobile Clubs United States Department of Agriculture Kentucky Gay Bros Pisgah Y Ball Bros Versailles Montgomery Chief American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association Powhatan Stock Farm Smyser Bros Lyndon, Ky Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company American Berkshire Swine Association M.C. Rankin

State fair department superintendents named

The most competent men available have been appointed superintendents of the various Kentucky State Fair departments. R. H. Lillard of Lawrenceburg heads the Horse Department, Willam Simmons of Shepherdsville leads Mules, and John H. Good of Louisville with assistants for Poultry, Dogs, Vegetables and Melons, Field Seed and Grain, Tobacco, Hort iculture, Plants and Flowers, Woman's Department, Farm Implements and Machinery, Speed Department, and the Students' Judging Contest.

R. H. Lillard Lawrenceburg Willam Simmons Shepherdsville John H. Good Louisville R. H. Young Charles A. Hess W. C. Cawthon C. H. Thomas Z. T. McCabe Selby H. Sale William H. Vetter H. C. Lovelace Boston George D. Karsner Lexington H. M. Froman Ghent M. F. Johnson Buechel R. H. Tacke Miss Evelyn Porter Misa Eva McGrew Alice Porter Woman's Department G. P. Rogers Smithland B. W. Neal Versailles Harry L. Smyser Lyndon J. J. Hooper

Heads of Departments Open to All Kentucky Farmers

The State Board of Agriculture assigns department heads from Frankfort Lexington and other cities for Poultry Horticulture Dairy Sheep and Goats Beaf Cattle Horses Mules Jack Stock Swine Education Vegetables and Melons Field Seed Grain Tobacco Minerals and Forestry. Small farmers are urged to enter at the Kentucky State Fair. entry information available from J W Newman Secretary 320 Paul Jones Building Louisville Ky.

State Board of Agriculture M. C. Rankin Frankfort M. A. Scovell Lexington Dairy Castle G. N. McGrew Bayou Woman's Department W. R. Moorman, Jr Glendeane Guthrie M. Wilson Bardstown Caldwell Norton Louisville Swine Desha Breckinridge William Addams Cynthiana John C. ©. Mayo Paintsville J. W. Newman Paul Jones Building Laulsville

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