Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1904-03-12
Friends of Tom DOlan and Wife
Are, After the First
Prize.
No Other Newspaper Has Ever
Made a More Liberal
Offer. +
HOW TO SEE GREAT WORLDS FAIR

No other newspaper in Kentucky has
made more liberal offer than the Ken
lucky Irish American in the matter of
affording its readers an opportunity of
attending the great Louisiana Purchase
Exposition in St. Louis this year. The
offer is open to everybody. The Ken
lucky Irish American offers three prizes
one to the most popular married couple,
another to the most popular single lady
and third to the most popular single
gentleman. To each the prize will be
free round trip to the ST. Louis Worlds
Fair, with a week at the Lindell Hotel,
one of the finest houses in St. Louis.
The sole test of popularity will be the
number of votes cast through the Ken
lucky Irish American. The subscription
price is 81 year, and with each dollar
paid contestant is entitled to fifty votes
in addition to the ballots which may be
clipped from the paper each week. Sub
scribers who are in arrears will also be
given fifty votes for every dollar paid in.
The great fair will open in April and
there is now little time left to prepare
for it. All the nations on earth will par
ticipate in the Worlds Fair at st. Louis
this year, and everybody comedies that
the show will be larger, grander and
more interesting in every way than was
the great Worlds Fair in Chicago in
1892. People from all over the world
will attend. There is a great Irish popu-
lation in St. Louis. The Irish exhibit at
the fair will be large and interesting.
All the Irish societies will be represented.
No one can afford to miss attending this
fair, for it is not likely that one Of such
magnitude will ever be held in this coun-
try again. The attendance from Louis
vile and from Kentucky generally will
be large. The State of Kentucky has
erected one of the finest buildings on the
grounds and the exhibits from all parts of
the State will be very interesting and in
structive.
Then there will also be the opportunity
of attending the big national convention
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, when
there will assemble the greatest gather
ing of Irish men and women ever wit
messed in America. Hibernian military
companies from all parts of the country,
brilliantly arrayed and numbering thou
sands, will participate in parade that
will equal if not surpass the one with
which the exposition will be opened.
The military will camp at the fair.
The Lindell Hotel. where the Kentucky
Irish American has arranged for the en-
tertainment of its guests, is one of the
leading hotels in St. Louis. The accom-
modations are strictly first class in every
respect.
During the past ten days greater in
terest has been manifested in the popu-
larity contest and it is probable that
several thousand votes will be polled
during the next few days. Now is the
time to subscribe for the paper, which is
certainly worth dollar year. and with
each subscription you are entitled to cast
fifty votes for your favorite candidate.
Since last week the friends of Thomas
Dolan and wife have gone to work in
earnest, 1t being their intention not to
stop until they have cinched the first
prize for the worthy couple they favor.
This week Dolan and wife received
very handsome vote and now lead
the entries from the West End. Those
who are for John Hennessy, of the Louis
vile & Nashville, have not been idle.
They say they will keep the man from
Limerick in the lead, one good old Irish
lady declaring that every family in the
Dominican parish will subscribe for this
paper and vote for John and his amiable
wife to be our guests at St. Louis. And
there is Dan McKenna, another contest
ant whose strength must not be under
estimated. Dan wants to see the whole
show, especially the Irish exhibit, and
hear the big band from Ireland play the
music that stirs the heart of every true
Irishman. Votes for him are being held
back, but when they are cast his sup
porters expect to land him III first place.
The greatest interest. however, centers
in the race between Lieut.. Tom Fitzgib-
bons. Frank McDonogh and Charles
Raidy. This is thus far the Derby event
of the contest. Each of the three has a
number of earnest workers out, therefore
1t can not yet be predicted who will be
first past the post. There is no material
change in the standing of the single
ladies, but as four months remain for
voting the interest will yet equal that in
the other two races. The weather will
be fair, when the young ladies can begin
an active campaign for the prize. Every
one whose name has been entered for
this great Worlds Fair trip should now
get down TO work and show their appre.
citation of the Kentucky Irish Americans
liberal offer. Don't overlook the ballot
that appears in its columns each week.