Old Kaintuck Dispatches Kentucky Politics in 1907
Versailles Ky June 12 1907 editor standard I am in the best county in Kentucky and note a rising revolt against the Goebel machine. A former Democrat now backing Roosevelt and Bryan predicts a Republican landslide as Goebel’s allies face defeat. Crops show poor prospects with late tobacco and wet weather while the U S of E continues and the sheriff biased jury tale persists. HR SHERMAN
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Versailles
Kentucky
Grand Old Commonwealth
Reb
Democratic County Central Committee
Goebel
Taylor
Louisville
Caleb Powers
McKinley
Backham
U. S Senate
Senate
Roosevelt
Bryan
Mindful Weed Eradication Proposal On Roadsides
A Minnesota resident claims a mix of white clover timothy and blue grass seeds sown along roadways and around homesteads will eradicate weeds within two to three years. The plan costs fifty cents per mile and promises city lot relief.
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Minnesota
Every Man His Own Doctor Promotes Chamberlain Remedies
An editorial urges individuals to treat common ailments at home with Chamberlain remedies. It touts Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy, Cough Remedy, Pain Balm, Stomach and Liver Cablets, and Salve, noting a set of five bottles costs $1.25 and is sold at Batterton's drug store.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlain's
Batterton’s Drug Store
Girl almost drowns after fall from boat at Flatrock Cave
Fourteen year old Helen Minnis of Shelbyville fell from a boat into thirty feet of water during a cave outing with Ruth Bone and the Minnis family. Guerney Williams pulled her from the water and helped her return to safety, with both changing clothes and later visiting to check on her condition.
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Flatrock Cave
Helen Minnis
Shelbyville
Guerney Williams
Miss Minnis
R. B. Minnis
Minnis
Ruth Bone
Williams
Bone
When the millennium comes says Mrs Logan
The Nashville American quotes Mrs. John A. Logan predicting future honors for mothers-in-law and a dreamless sleep in a low green tent as a satirical glimpse of what may be. The passage mixes humorous forecasts with biblical imagery and social commentary on families and roles.
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John A. Logan
Missouri
Nashville American
Mail order paper costs versus local buying lesson
A reader notes mail order catalogs often mislead shoppers by hidden costs. A city woman ordered wallpaper from Chicago, paid ten cents per roll, then ten cents for the same paper locally, plus a trimming charge and freight. Buying at home proved cheaper by about sixty cents per roll and spared trouble.
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Chicago
Greensburg
Couple increases pledge for Methodist home for aged
Mr and Mrs William Chepson of Warren childless and aged propose extra funding for a new Methodist home for the aged in Indiana. They offer 20 000 dollars from their two hundred acre farm valued at 100 dollars per acre with twenty five oil wells generating a annual royalty of 1000 dollars. If placed on the farm the home would become a premier facility in the state. The conference committee reports strong fundraising progress and expects success.
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William Chepson
Warren
North Indiana Methodist Conference
Methodists of
Indiana
Extraordinary Clip from Mt Liberty farmer Wool Sale
Wesley Campbell of near Mt Liberty marketed a 1907 wool clip in Columbus on Monday. A single sheep yielded eighteen pounds four ounces of wool from an Oxford Downs ram bought by James M. Parviance of Huntington Indiana last fall. The fleece brought $4.74, at 26 cents per pound, as reported by William Saffels who has sheared in the area for twenty years.
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Wesley Campbell
Mt. Liberty
Columbus
William Saffels
Mr. Campbell
Oxford Downs
Campbell
James M. Parviance
Huntington
Ind
Columbus Republican
Peruna touted as a cure for bladder and stomach catarrh
An advertisement extols Peruna as a remedy for catarrh of the bladder kidneys and stomach. It quotes testimonials from H L Emory of Omaha David L Jaycox of Oakland and Robert E Hanvey of Chicago praising relief of bladder and kidney pain improved digestion sleep and renewed health after Peruna use.
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Peruna
Theman
H. L. Emory
Omaha
Neb
North Sixteenth Street
David L. Jaycox
Clarinda
G. T
Broadway
Oakland
Cal
Peruina
Robert E. Hanvey
Knights of Industrial Freedom
South Nicholas St
Chicago
N. Y
Montefiore Club
Found Dead on Plow Near Bengal Farm
Charles McCain and his sons found John Collins of Bengal dead on a riding corn plow about twelve rods from his starting point. Collins had started to plow around five o'clock that morning and apparently collapsed while uncovered a corn stalk. The body showed no signs of life and was removed to the house.
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Charles McCain
Will
Wallace
Bengal
John Collins
Collins
McCain
John
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs by Foley's Honey and Tar
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana reports years of lung hemorrhages, poor results from several physicians, then improvement after Foley's Honey and Tar. He claims his lungs became sound and urges its use in advanced lung trouble. The advertisement warns against substitutes. J. H. Batterton also endorses.
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A. M. Ake
Wood
Ind
Foley
J. H. Batterton
Painful Injury During Drowning Search
Friday sixteen year old Herbert Sumpter assisting in the search for Johnnie Davis at St. Paul was accidentally hooked in the right cheek by a grab hook. The hook pierced the flesh deeply and required a physician to extract it. The wound is ugly and may leave a permanent scar.
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Herbert Sumpter
Johnnie Davis
St. Paul
Window shattered by unknown on Franklin Street house
Saturday night around midnight a person wearing zebra stripes threw a rock through a front window at Cliff Meek home on Franklin Street. Glass valued at five dollars, about forty inches square.
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Cliff Meek
Franklin Street
Crume and Beeson Wed at Centenary M E Parsonage
Rev A L Bennett united Curtis A Crume and Mattie Beeson in marriage at the Centenary M E parsonage on Saturday evening in front of a small group of invited guests. The couple will begin housekeeping on South Broadway and have many friends sending best wishes.
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Centenary M. E. Parsonage
A. L. Bennett
Curtis A. Crume
Mattie Beeson
South Broadway
Terrence Meek Injured in Weed Patch Accident
Terrence Meek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Meek, was visiting relatives in the country Friday when he stepped on a sharp weed stalk. It penetrated his shoe and nearly went through his ankle, causing excruciating pain and prompting a physician to be called that night.
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Terrence Meek
Taylor Meek
Father Braves The Fire at Macey Home
Fire destroyed the residence of Thomas B Macey near Manilla early Saturday. The eight-member family, saved by Miss Oneda who was ill with measles, escaped from a downstairs exit as flames cut off the stair passage. The mother was pulled from an unconscious room as the floor collapsed. The incubator is blamed for the blaze. losses totaled about 3000 dollars.
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Thomas B Macey
Manilla
Oneda
Need for Sale Bills Prompts Call to THE STANDARD Office
An item urges readers to contact THE STANDARD office when needing sale bills. The notice is concise and points to the newspaper for procurement of printing or advertisement services. It highlights the office as the go to source for sale bill needs.
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Standard Office
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