re you :from 
 Iventucky ? 
 
 This should bring you 
 
 Don t you ^\^ant to come 
 nome and see tke folks? 
 
 The sun shines bright on my old 
 
 Kentucky home 
 
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 ome coming for all Kentuckians wKo have 
 wandered to other lands or foreign shores, in 
 Louisville, June 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, 1906. 
 
 fr^#l-n^ 
 
 ''Our State" 
 
 Thifl 13 Kentucky. Turn an J jfazc: 
 
 How fair tKe Earth ! tKc Keaven how near! 
 
 >A(' here smile tKc stars. wKcrc gIo\v tLc <la\ 
 More gloriously tkan they do here? 
 
 Sec where she stands ! ahout her knee 
 Her mighty sons: among them Clay 
 
 And Lincoln, — yea! long may she he 
 Mother of men as great zs they! 
 
 — Madison Cjk<wrin, 
 
re you frora 
 Iventucky ? 
 
 This should bring you 
 
 Don t you want to come 
 nome and see the folks? 
 
 mM^ii-t ^'fm 
 
 it 
 
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 The sun shines bright on my old 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 home 
 
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 Home coming for all Kentuckians wko kave 
 wanderea to other lands or foreign shores, m 
 Louisville, June 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, 1906. 
 
 ''Our State'' 
 
 Xma IS Kentucky. Turn an J ^axe: 
 
 How fair tKc EartK ! tKc Kcavcn liow near! 
 
 Where smile the stars, where glow tKc days 
 More gloriously tkan tLey do Kcrc ^ 
 
 See wKere s^c stands ! about Ker knee 
 Her migKty sons: among them Clay 
 
 And Lincoln, — yea! long may ske be 
 Mother of men as great a« tLey ! 
 
 — Mddison Cjiiveiru 
 
At tke Falls of tke Okio 
 
 Nineteen Hundred and Six 
 
 ABSENT SONS AND DAUGHTERS 
 OF OLD KENTUCKY: 
 
 Greeting: 
 
 ^Acting upon a suggestion made to it by a 
 young lady, Dom m Kentucky but now 
 living m Colorado, the Louisville Commercial 
 Clut IS to kave a Home-Coming Week for all 
 Kentuckians, next June. 
 
 ^Steps taken ty tke Club to\vard getting lists 
 of tkose wko kave left kome and friends to 
 f igkt life's kattles else^vkere kave resulted very 
 satisfactorily — tke last Federal Census sko^vs 
 over 600,000 of tkem m otker States — your 
 name is on tke lists no^v in our possession. 
 As one wko first saw tke ligkt of day m 
 Kentucky, or wko lived mtke State sufficient- 
 ly long to kecome identified -witk it, you are 
 most cordially invited to come once more to 
 see tke old folks at kome. 
 
 ^|\^e kave every assurance tkat tke railroads 
 of tke United States will make a rate of one 
 fare for tke round trip for tkis great event. 
 If you feel tkat you will be present, please 
 
 June m Kentucky 
 
 TKe trumpet vines are blowing reveille, a 
 
 Lundrcd a thousand — coral Lugles sounding tne 
 
 momintf call or peace. 
 
 TKe com is teing plowed. A ligkt mist licf 
 on tke woods. 
 
 A little krook slips under tke willows, darkens . 
 and dances out again, laugkmg in tke sun. 
 
 Gift 
 Autlicr 
 '06 
 
 'ik^ 
 
accept tke invitation by signing tht enclosed 
 post card and mailing it. Your acceptance 
 may be based upon the assumption tKat talf- 
 tare rates will be granted. 
 
 §Tlie otker card enclosed is for you to use in 
 sending us any names of former Kentuckians 
 you may know. 
 
 JWKile Louisville will te tKe Kost^ity, all 
 Kentucky will join in tKe welcome to its re- 
 turning sons and daughters. Governor J. C. 
 W. JJeckham will appoint a commissioner 
 from every county to open headquarters in 
 the big new Armory, there to receive and 
 register former citizens. A hostess from each 
 county— m the person of a favorite daughter 
 —will assist the county commissioner. Badges 
 will be distributed by the hostesses as the 
 ^mmissioners receive and register visitors. 
 1 he Commercial Club has received assurances, 
 L ^^ n ^^^^ necessary, from every section of 
 the old Commonwealth, that it will have the 
 heartiest co-operation in the pleasing role of 
 entertainer. 
 
 ^A general outline of the programme for 
 rlome-Commg Week'isnow given, with the 
 promise that as plans mature more definite an- 
 nouncements will be made. 
 
 TIic wKcat 10 nearly ready ior liarve5t. The 
 _Jrccn world la tusy. glad, blo5?oin-ladcn. 
 v:}7 ^f^^*^! ^'"^ ^r'li^t witK butterfly weed*. 
 bidcr and wild Kydrangea peep above the ed^e of 
 -he fior^e. 
 
 The cricket Keralda midsummer. 
 
 — IngrAm T- ^ -*■. 
 
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^iVednesciay, June 13tli 
 will te know^n as "Reception and >A^elcome 
 Day/' Registration of all visitors at tke 119 
 County keadquarters in tke new Armory. 
 Mr. Henry \Vatterson will deliver tke ckief 
 address of welcome, and former Governor 
 David R. Francis, of Missouri, lias teen 
 asked to respond. Among tne otners ^vno 
 kave accepted an invitation to appear on tne 
 programme are former XJ. S. Senators Wm. 
 Lindsay and Jokn G. Carlisle, of New York 
 City, Associate Justice Jokn M. Harlan, of 
 tke U. S. Supreme Court, former Governor 
 Tkomas T. Crittenden, of Missouri, and 
 Hon. Preston H. Leslie, ^vko kas served kotk 
 Kentucky and Montana as Ckief Executive. 
 Former Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson, 
 of Illinois, IS expected to ke present, kaving keen 
 invited. Tkis list will ke enlarged witk tke 
 names of otker ICentuckians 'wko, m adopted 
 komes, kave marked tkeir names kigk on tke 
 roll of fame in tke law, tke ministry, and 
 commercial pursuits. During tke afternoon 
 tkere will ke a Floral Parade, and at nigkt a 
 Grand Spectacular Pageant witk kistorical 
 floats^ representing tke ckief claims of tke dif- 
 ferent counties to kistorical distinction. 
 
 "'Kentucky 
 
 I love your "woods ana ver- 
 dant kills. 
 And every stream and farm- 
 land. 
 For to your sons, dear 
 
 motker State, 
 Your every roads a 
 cnarmland : 
 
TkursJay, June 14tli 
 
 IS to be ''Foster Day," in konor of Stepken 
 Collins Foster, tke autkor of tke immortal 
 song, ''My Old Kentucky Home/^ Tke 
 events of tkis day will include krass kand and 
 vocal concerts, it kemg planned to mass several 
 kands to render " My Old Kentucky Home," 
 and kave a ckorus of several tkousand ckildren 
 konor Foster s memory. A statue of Foster is 
 keing modeled ky J. L. Roop, sculptor, to ke 
 unveiled and later placed in tke New Capitol 
 at Frankfort. Tke sckool ckildren of Ken- 
 tucky are raising tke fund for tke statue. 
 
 Friday, June 15tli 
 
 "Daniel Boone Day, 'wt.U give tke opportuni- 
 ty of paying trikute to tke Kentucky pioneer, 
 reviewing tke State s earliest kistory, tke 
 trials and privations of its men and \vomen 
 in tke eigkteentk century, tke figkts led ky 
 Gen. George Rogers Clark, Kentuckians at 
 tke River Raism, etc., etc. Tke day will 
 ke spent m Ckerokee Park, acknowledged to 
 ke unsurpassed in natural keauty, and follow- 
 ing tke oratory tkere will ke old-faskioned 
 games, m "wkick prizes -w^ll ke a^warded; sew- 
 
 No fairer women in the ■world. 
 
 Nor braver men are living. 
 To blesf tne places •whence they go 
 
 Tnan tKo5c that you are giving. 
 And for your strong and loving ways. 
 
 Your Kappy homes and graces. 
 Your sons are zealous tliat your name 
 
 Sliall Kold the Kigtest places. 
 And love you, dear Kentucky. 
 
 -- WillUm Light foot Visscher, 
 
ing tees, apple parings, com kuskmgs, tke Jay 
 concluding -witli tke ""Virginia Reel,' on a 
 platform (inside a stockade) kuilt to kold a 
 tkousand couples. Snocks or com and barrels 
 of apples were arranged for during the past 
 winter, to be used m tne husking and paring. 
 A tronze statue of Daniel Boone, by Miss 
 Enid Yandell, the Kentucky sculptor of in- 
 ternational reputation, wnicn nas been given 
 to tbe city of Louisville by Col. C. C. Bickel, 
 will be unveiled. The committee will pay spe- 
 cial recognition on this day to all tbe descendants 
 of Boone m attendance. A bandsome medal 
 will be given tbe person present ^vbo can prove 
 tbe closest relationsbip to the great pioneer. 
 
 Saturday, June 16tn 
 
 bas been set aside as '"'' Greater Kentucky Day, 
 witb barbecues, camp fires, and tbe like, a day 
 wben orators and poets may tell bow Ken- 
 tuckians bave assisted m making tbe fields of 
 otber States more prolific, tbe bencb and bar 
 of otber States more learned, tbeir press more 
 profound ; boAV Kentuckians bave belped dis- 
 close tbe bidden mineral treasures of otber 
 States; bo'w tbey bave contributed to advance- 
 ment under all conditions. 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Daughter or tke East, 
 MotKer of tlie West; 
 ^ Link that tinJe Nortk and Soutk. 
 
Sunday, June 17tli 
 
 "Until We Meet Again" will te sung, and 
 visitors will listen to good sermons from tte 
 pulpits of Louisville's ckurckes, preaclied ty 
 ex-Kentuckians ; tke day to conclude witk 
 universal vesper services in tke new Armory. 
 ^A Hall of Fame of Kentuckians wko kave 
 kelped to make tke State illustrious— installed 
 m tke new Armory — will add to tke interest 
 attacking to tke week, as w^ill a collection of 
 kistorical relics. 
 
 ^Otker features of ''Home-Coming ^Veek" 
 Will include County Reunions, wkick may 
 be extended to tke county seats in many in- 
 stances, as several commercial organizations 
 are already planning "County Home Comings ' 
 following tke "State Home Coming"; a grand 
 ball, fire works, etc. 
 
 ^Tke committee expects to arrange witk tke 
 railroads to grant 30 and 60 day extensions 
 on all tickets, wkick will enakle visitors to 
 leave Saturday nigkt for any point in tke State, 
 to stay for a time witk friends and relatives. 
 A rate of one cent per mile will probably be 
 m effect for tkese side trips. Special excur- 
 sions will be run to Frankfort to see tke pro- 
 
 Honor to tkeir Native State 
 
 Kentucky genius, ^race, and gentleness, Ken- 
 tucky initiative, pusK and pluck, Kave to every 
 State imparted a wealtK of valued acKievemcnts 
 and inestimable rennement. EveryA\'Kerc popular, 
 brave, truthful, tbe Kentuckian Kas left the im- 
 press of hig forceful yet lorahle manhood in 
 all States and all lands to which he has wandered. 
 
 j^t 
 
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 gress of tke work on tke New CapitoL to the 
 old komes of Akrakam Lincoln ana Jeffer- 
 son Davis, to Mammotk Cave, and to tke two 
 Higk Bridges across tke Kentucky River. 
 ^In addition to tke Boone prize, kef ore men- 
 tioned, tke committee expects to make otker 
 kandsome awards to tke following: 
 ^Xke former Kentuckian ^vko comes the 
 greatest distance. 
 
 flXke former ICentuckian present -wko kas 
 lived longest outside tke State \vitkout kavmg 
 returned. 
 
 ^Xke most aged ex-ICentuckian, man or -wo- 
 man, present. 
 
 ^Xke former Kentuckian present -wko left 
 tke State at tke tenderest age. 
 
 flXke former Kentuckian present wko left 
 tke State at tke most advanced age. 
 ^Information as to railroad rates and ticket 
 extensions, kotel accommodations, etc., will 
 ke supplied later. 
 ^ Again we keg of you to come. 
 
 Commercial Cluk, 
 
 V. H. ENGELHARD, President. 
 
 Louisville, Ky. 
 
 ror"Home-CominK" Week: 
 
 R. S. BROWN, Chief Executive. 
 R. E. HUGHES, Director-General. 
 
 '*My Old Kentucky Home' 
 
 Strikes a more responsive chora in the breast or 
 true Kentuckians tlian even tKe national antLem. 
 It is tLe call oi the Kearthstone. It nas been 
 heard at liome by countless Kentuckians wlio 
 Kavc been glad tbat tbey were not suffering tbc 
 pangs Oi bomesickncss beyond tbe border oi the 
 State. It bas brought many w^anderers back to 
 tbeir native beatb rejoicing. 
 
 Pretkof 
 John P. 
 Morton & 
 Company 
 Louisrille 
 Kentucky