Burley Convention Vetoes Cut Out Tobacco Plan
The 1921 Burley tobacco proposal was rejected by a five vote margin in a Lexington meeting of 176 delegates from 39 counties. A general organization committee was formed to speed the creation of a Burley Growers association with power to hire counsel, obtain a charter, draft by-laws, and recruit members as markets threaten disruption.
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Burley Planters
Phoenix Hotel
Lexington
Burley Tobacco Growers
John W. Newman
Woodford County
E. M. Mansfield
Carroll County
Victor Bradley
Scott County
O. C. Chapman
Clermont County
Ohio
David Prewitt
Clark County
Martin L. Harris
Dearborn County
Indiana
T. B. Hill
Montgomery County
Montmery County
Burley
Georgia
Carolinas
Kentucky
Buttermilk Dares Bootlegger Image in Delaware Claim
A state chemist declares three percent of alcohol exists in ripe buttermilk, branding all buttermilk vendors as liable to prosecution. The piece ridicules the notion and questions political figures Bryan and Sunday over alleged consumption, lampooning Prohibition rhetoric.
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Delaware
William J. Bryan
Billy Sunday
Prohibition
Times Star
Georgetown Dean John L Hill Receives Philosophy Degree
Prof John L Hill former Mt Sterling High School principal and current Georgetown College dean earned the Philosophy degree at Columbia University. He will return from New York on September 1 to resume duties at Georgetown College.
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John L. Hill
Mt. Sterling High School
Georgetown College
Columbia University
Hill
New York
Engelagement of Henrietta Coleman to Kenneth Collins
Mr and Mrs John L Coleman announce the engagement of their daughter Henrietta to Kenneth Collins of Tallahassee Florida The wedding is planned for Saturday morning at the bride s home on West High street with only immediate family and a few close friends present
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John L. Coleman
Henrietta
Kenneth Collins
Tallahassee
Florida
West High Street
Covington Officials Guilty in Whiskey Theft Case
A federal jury convicts L. E. Bullock director of Public Safety and Covington chief of police, and Logan Godson Covington detective, of stealing 15 barrels of whiskey. The verdict highlights involvement of city officials in the theft.
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L. E. Bullock
Covington
Logan Godson
Ashland Fair Mascot Wins Muddy Race
Mascot owned by Harry Larsen of this city ran in the mud at the Ashland fair last week and finished first crossing under the wire.
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Harry Larsen
Ashland
Counties Split Over Cut-Out at Annual Meeting
Reports show twenty-two counties opposed the cut-out while seventeen favored it. Several counties including Bourbon Clark and Harrison did not send delegates, though unofficially represented at the convention. Montgomery county delegates attended and supported the measure.
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Bourbon
Clark
Harrison
Montgomery County
Efforts to Break Up Mt. Sterling Red Light District
Commonwealth's Attorney W. C. Hamilton has filed proceedings to close Mt. Sterling East End houses accused of harboring women of ill repute. He says the case will be vigorously pushed to curb the district.
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Commonwealth
W. C. Hamilton
Mt. Sterling
Red Light
Hamilton
Swimming Lessons Arrive For Culver Cadet Instruction
Prof. Laubis, swimming instructor at Culver Military Academy, arrives August 26 to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. Carroll Hamilton and George G. Hamilton II at their country place. He will conduct a course of swimming lessons at Howard's Mill and accepts requests through Miss Sarah Frances Hamilton at 207 J-2.
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Laubis
Culver Military Academy
J. Carroll Hamilton
George G. Hamilton II
Howard’s Mill
Sarah Frances Hamilton
Schooler Sells Paper In Somerset
Wm. F. Schooler formerly of this city has sold The Commonwealth at Somerset to R. M. Feese of Somerset. Sale said necessary due to high costs of producing a newspaper and poor local advertising patronage.
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Wm. F. Schooler
the Commonwealth
Somerset
R. M. Feese
Hemstitching and Picoting Services at Elm Street
Mrs Bu ford R Boone offers hemstitching and picoting at her home number 5 Elm Street call 695.
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Elm Street
Buford R. Boone
Secretary of State Proposes Terms for Mexican Government
President Wilson would back the Mexican government if it agrees to terms from the Secretary of State. The conditions require protection of North American lives and property, compensation to foreigners harmed in the revolution, and the derrogation of confiscatory Carranga decrees. Additionally, Morgan county buyers Murphy and Wells sold 20 steers averaging 493 pounds to G. W. Maze at 7.10 dollars per hundredweight.
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Wilson
Murphy & Wells
Morgan County
G. W. Maze
Death of John Coons of Leban, Indiana
A message to relatives announces the death at Lebano Ind of John Coons 95 a native of Nicholas county and half brother of Elijah Coons and Mrs Davis Crear of this county He formerly lived in this county and was well known here.
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Lebanon
Ind
John Coons
Elijah Coons
Davis Crear
Nicholas County
Mr. Coons
Mrs Wilson to Lead Democratic Women in Kentucky
Fayette County clubwoman Mrs Samuel M Wilson wife of Judge Samuel M Wilson of Lexington accepted the campaign chairmanship for the women of Kentucky. She noted Lexington women are organized and predicted Governor Cox will carry the state. Wilson led war work registration in 1918 for ten thousand women and headed YMCA branch efforts. She is a suffrage leader and former president of the Woodrow Wilson Woman's Club.
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Samuel M. Wilson
Fayette County
Lexington
J. L. Grayot
Kentucky
Wilson
Woman’s Democratic Club
Grayout
Cox
Valuable pearls found in Slate Creek
Parties camping on Slate Creek last week opened muscle shells at the water and found many pink pearls. The pearls, though small, were nearly perfect in shape with round and pear forms. Pearl hunting on Slate Creek has become a noted fad.
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Slate Creek
Coal shipments eyed as winter supply tight
S. P. Greenwade of the Mt. Sterling Commission & Storage Co. has returned from Huntington, West Virginia with a few cars of coal. Prices are high and scarce. Contact Mr. Greenwade now to arrange your winter coal supply.
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S. P. Greenwade
Mt. Sterling Commission & Storage Co
Huntington
W. Va
Mr. Greenwade
Boone's Creek Association to Meet September 15-16
The Boone's Creek Baptist Association annual meeting will be held September 15 to 16 at the Corinth Church. The association includes the local church as a member and program details will be set at the executive board regular meeting in Winchester next Monday.
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Boone
Private sale of brick residence on West High Street Mt Sterling
O W McCormick advertises a private sale of a modern brick residence on West High Street Mt Sterling. The 8 room home includes 2 halls kitchen and front and back porches, located in the best residential section within one square of the Court House. Call for more information.
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West High Street
Mt. Sterling
Court House
O. W. McCormick
Land Sale by Cravens and Turpin for W D Thompson Heirs
Cravens and Turpin acting as agents for the W D Thompson heirs sold 35 acres in Clark county along the Wades Mill pike. Price not published but described as a good figure.
Tennessee Ratifies Suffrage Amendment
Tennessee's House approved the federal suffrage amendment by fifty to forty six, joining the Senate vote of twenty five to four. The move makes Tennessee the thirty sixth state to ratify, enabling nationwide women's vote with Kentucky following to grant suffrage for presidential electors and other races.
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Tennessee
Senate
Tennessee House
House
Colby
State Department
Kentucky
General Assembly
United States
Prewitt Reunion Set for August at Oil Springs
The annual Prewitt reunion will be held on August 26 at Oil Springs. All descendants of Gen. Geo. Byrd Prewitt are invited. Leo Hombs of Hombs and Heibel has returned from a business trip to St. Louis.
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Prewitt
Oil Springs
Gen. Geo. Byrd Prewitt
Leo Hombs
Hombs & Heibel
St. Louis
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