Personal notes from Lexington area visitors and residents
A roundup of people visiting or returning to Lexington and nearby towns. Names include Jack Winn John T Fort B J Kolb Ollie McClure Anna Cockrell Hallie Young Davis G G Hamilton James H Martin Kate Dimmitt Hulan Kemper Tipton Wilson W H Strossman Elizabeth Kepler Mary McClure and others visiting relatives in Winchester Louisville Bath county Morehead Paris Nicholasville Beattyville Shelbyville and Richmond appear as origin or destination for short visits and hostings during the period.
Tax laws plan to shift state taxation and cut real estate load
Chief Justice John D. Carroll proposes exempting lands and town lots from state taxes while shifting revenue via franchise taxes on banks and corporations and taxing intangible property. The plan also expects savings from reduced real estate assessments and higher inheritance tax and license tax collections, with further cuts from eliminating waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Carroll
Mickie Says The Dawg One Bad Morning Tale
Mickie recalls a chaotic morning involving a late arrival a plane delay and a sack of papers. She describes being interrupted by people while chasing a misread book and a chaotic sequence of events around a newspaper form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Minuit
The Towns Best Booster Editorial Appeal
A local editor is praised as the town booster who tirelessly works for merchants farmers churches schools and the county. The piece urges merchants to support the editor with cooperation and advertising to improve the paper and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Frank Cockerham
Mrs. Frank Cockerham of Bedford Indiana thanks the county for kindness shown to her family during the death and burial of her brother Green Cole and appreciates the ladies for their flowers. The rest of the item references a line about an auto and eating climbers with sudden falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Cole
Frank Cockerham
Bedford
Ind
Ills and recoveries in local households
The sick Mrs. Charlie Howe nears recovery after a weekend illness. Judge G. B. Swango has been ill for a week at his West High street home. Ladd Witt's young son was taken to a Lexington hospital for an appendectomy. William Highland, once seriously ill on Holt avenue with appendicitis, has recovered enough to be out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Cisco
Kentucky
Mrs. C. S. Sample
Hazel Green
J. F. Heinrich
Mr. Sample
Lexington
J. H. Hostetter
Charles Anderson
Lula Pitman
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
G. B. Swango
West High Street
Ladd Witt
William Highland
Holt Avenue
Noted Prima Donna Headlines Third Night of Chautauqua Week
Augusta Lenska, noted prima donna contralto, headlines the third night of Chautauqua Week. The Russian born artist, praised as a grand opera prima donna and celebrated concert and oratorio singer, has earned acclaim in New York Chicago and European centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Lenska
New York
Chicago
Mme. Lenska
Cape Colony
Africa
Reverend Stackhouse to Speak at Local Baptist Sunday
Dr. T. C. Stackhouse of Lexington will deliver the Sunday 11 o'clock sermon at the Baptist church and preach the union service at 8 o'clock p m at the same church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Stackhouse
Lexington
The
Baptist Church
Birth Announcement for Marvin Pharis Haydon
Mr and Mrs Robert F Haydon welcome a nine pound son born June 25. The infant named Marvin Pharis joins the family with joyous plans reported by the local newsroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Haydon
Marvin Pharis
Mrs Frederick Injured after Fall in Table Building Store Room
Mrs Joe Frederick, mother of two women, slipped on stairs to the basement store room yesterday. No bones were broken, but she suffers intense pain and it is feared she sustained injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frederick
Wm. B. Small
R. D. Parsons
War casualties and mobilization totals from World War I
The report cites fighting fatalities and troop totals for World War I. It lists global battle deaths by nation, U S troop counts including overseas and in France, supply tonnage sent to France, draft figures, war costs, and casualty details such as American battle deaths and wounded. It notes 13 percent regular army, 10 percent National Guard, 77 percent draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
France
Great Britain
Austin
Italy
Turkey
Serbia and Montenegro
Belgium
Romania
Bulgaria
United States
Greece
Portugal
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
America
Meuse- Argonne
National Guard
Improvements At Walsh Co Store Highlight Local Haberdashery
The Walsh Co. reports remodeling and painting completed to enhance an up-to-date haberdashery appearance. U S Wheat Director Julius Barnes raises wheat price from $2.28 to $2.30 per bushel at terminal markets in Galveston Texas and New Orleans La.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Walsh Co
U. S
Julius Barnes
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Also Mentioned on This Page
Drug Store
Maysville Street
Jack Winn
John T. Fort
B. J. Kolb
Ollie McClure
Anna Cockrell
Winchester
Hallie Young Davis
Cincinnati
G. G. Hamilton
Memphis
John Winn
Thomas G. Denton
North
Middletown
W. Hoffman Wood
Pat Punch
R. E. Punch
John Hardwick
James H. Martin
Kate Dimmitt
Bath County
Hulan Kemper
Alabama
Tipton Wilson
Babe
Mrs. Wilson
W. H. Strossman
Elizabeth
Louisville
Clay McClure
Owenton
Mary McClure
Ben Mark
Irene Hogge
Morehead
Nancye Clay Keller
Thomas Turner
C. W. Nesbitt
R. K. Weedon
Preston
William Anderson
Illinois
Anna Louise
Rose Leverone
Rose Punch
John Shannon
Butte
Montana
Ermine French
Dallas, Tex
George Anderson
Beattyville
Paris
Nicholasville
Robert Kidd
Amanda Reid
Charles “H. Petry
Shelbyville
Sara Simrall
St. Albans
W. Va
W. T. Simrall
Mary Beall
Maj.McKee
Bingham Military Academy
H. R. Prewitt
Lewis Mitchell
Josephine
Bourbon County
Laura Hart
Richmond
Sue Chenault
Frank Calhoun
Carroll
James Yeaman
Henderson
M. V. P. Yeaman
Edward Jamison
Iton, Mo
J. A. Vansant
Dorothy Tyler
Huntington
John D. McColm
Dillard Hazelrigg
Emily Hazelrigg
Margaret Nesbitt
R. K. _ Weedon
Edward Bush
Kansas City
Kansas
Pattie Johnson Riley
J. M. Hutton
William Turner
Atlanta
J. Oldham Greene
Mary E. Turner
Mary Hadden
Macon
Gilbert Triplett
Helen Baird
Mr. Triplett
Swango Springs
W. T. Tyler
Bride
Sycamore Street
George Vignetti
Dan J. Prewitt
D. C. Fox
G. B. Senff
Earl King Senff
Chandler Fizer
Buffalo
James
Fizer
Charles Derrickson
Elsie
Garrett Marshall
D. B. Gwinn
Robert .Young
Panama
Maggie Young
Robert
Joy c C. Ramey
Honolulu
A. A. Ramey
Sergus
Co. R
Signal Service
B. McNamara
Tenn
P. McNamara
Joe
American Snuff Co
ARLEY
I. F. Tabb
Bohumir Kry
Fifth Day of
Redpath
Chautauqua
Mickie
Charlie Howe
Mme
Frederick
Epee
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