Did you ever notice how easy it is to get distracted reading old newspapers? I was trying to find something this morning which had happened in one of those too-frequent gaps between surviving issues of the Christian County Republican. Most interesting stories are too long to try to transcribe, but I thought some folks might enjoy just this list from a front page story of the February 18, 1909 Christian County Republican. This is a brief summary. James F. Adams and M. R. Logan sponsored an "Old Fiddler's" contest at the Ozark Mill in early February 1909. Judges were C. D. Webber, Z. A. Johnson and Frank Edwards. There were a number of categories for which prizes like a pair of shoes and a sack of flour were given. Overall winners were John Harpool, first prize of $25; H. W. Allred, second prize of $10 and Willie Davis winner of the third prize of $5. Other contestants were: Frank Rice, Phil Rice, John Walton, Alex Meadows, John Meadows, Sam Weatherman, J. T. Phillips, John Keltner, W. H. Sartin, W. J. Nokes, Wess Nokes, R. R. Hedgepeth, W. T. Horn, Will Cloud , W. V. Cooley, Tobe Galbreath, and H. R. Elkins..