State to fund hard surfaced pike repairs for now
Montgomery county spends about 12000 yearly on thirty one miles of pikes from Clark to Bath county line and Bourbon to Menefee line. State will pay for hard surfaced construction and keep roads in repair while county funds construction with later reimbursement. Also includes scattered local commentary and trivia snippets from Heard in the Table.
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Clark
Bath County
Bourbon
Menefee County
Montgomery County
Madison County
Richmond
Lancaster
Locust Street Phones Office and Residence Numbers
Notices list contact numbers for a W Locust Street office and residence, showing 474 for the office and 132 for the residence. No additional details available.
Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting
Edwin P. Morrow’s election as Kentucky governor is praised as a Democratic victory. The Elizabethtown News notes post election reforms pledge gaps, tax increases, and a Republican legislature, with critics arguing costs rise under three months of Morrow’s administration.
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Edwin P. Morrow
Kentucky
Elizabethtown
Morrow
Morrow’s admin criticized for creating offices and failing reforms
The piece claims Governor Morrow expanded state offices beyond those of his predecessor, appoints 120 deputy positions, shifts duties from Jury Fund Trustees to Circuit Clerks, and forms a partisan Board of Control. It accuses him of demagogic tactics, blocking a dog tax repeal, and failing to fulfill promises while praising local private funding for road projects in Madison and Montgomery counties.
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Morrow
Stanley
Board of Control
Controversy Over Governor Morrow Pen Ceremony in Frankfort
The State denounces Governor Morrow after he invited forty or fifty Black men to witness his signing of a bill in private offices and gave a leader a gold pen as a souvenir. Critics say the move politicized race votes and questions the law’s origins, drawing bipartisan condemnation.
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Frankfort
Morrow
Kentucky
Man Wastes Half Century in Forgetting
A reflective line notes a man spends about fifty years of life attempting to forget. The observation contrasts memory and time, hinting at regret and the enduring pull of past events on a person’s present.
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Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company Incorporated
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G. D. Sullivan & Co
Mt, Sterling, Ky
State House
House of Representatives
Senate
Maxwell
H. W. Patrick
MT. Sterling, KY
Dalton
T. J. Rentz
Short & Market Sts
Lexington, Ky
Cincinnati, Ohio
Strother Motors Co
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