Wheat sales and local struts in Montgomer y county notes
Correspondence reports most wheat sold at one dollar per bushel, tobacco topping starting, and worm damage. The Stoops team is strong though not a winner. A large tobacco barn rises at the Bigstaff farm Springfield. James Crockett remains seriously ill and moved home. Bridge work advances on Hinkston Pike. Light showers spared this section while rest of Montgomery county stayed wet. Roy McClain visits from Bourbon county. Springfield church yard gains order after labor. ordination services planned with Rev. Showmaker and others. dinner on the ground. Hay yields praised. Dr. Bullock visits James Crockett.
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Springfield
W. O. Showmaker
Pisgah
I. C. Hunt
Lexington
Prof
Leonard
Lee’s Collegiate Institute
Jackson
Grassy Lick Social Notes and Weather Damage
J M McGuire visited Morgan county on business last week. T H Carr and wife visited Mrs Lydia Rushford’s family near Winchester Saturday and Sunday. Henry Turner and wife visited relatives at Salem. Mrs Walter Carr and daughter Fenton and Miss Elizabeth Carr visited Elizabeth’s sister in Winchester. A severe wind storm on July 10 caused major damage with downed trees and scorched acres of corn and tobacco. Sunday School picnic to Oil Springs reported a pleasant outing. Isaac Dean suffered a honey bee sting and was ill for several days. B P Kash and daughter Miss [text incomplete].
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T. H. Carr
Lydia Rushford
Winchester
Walter Carr
Fenton
Elizabeth Carr
Unfortunate Start In Life Forging Case In Indianapolis
The forger tells the court that his father was jailed for manslaughter and his mother deserted him after his early years. He says he is thirty and has written to his mother without reply as attorneys, the prosecutor, and the judge listen while the matter is taken under advisement.
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Indianapolis News
Elizabeth Visits McGuire Family Before Fair
Elizabeth of Omer visited J. M. McGuire's family Sunday night and will stay for the fair.
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Elizabeth
Omer
J. M. McGuire
Reduction in Express Rates Proposed
Interstate Commerce Commission releases a report proposing sweeping express rate cuts averaging about 15 percent. The plan calls for drastic reforms in regulations and practices and comprehensive changes in operating methods across the thirteen major express companies.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Stella Cooper Gay to lead Chicago musical next season
Mrs. Stella Cooper Gay signs contract to star in a major Chicago musical production slated for next season. The deal positions her as the leading actress in a high profile show reported by local press.
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Stella Cooper Gay
Chicago
Spirit in These Columns Exhumed from 1808 Nova Scotia Paper
A reprinted Nova Scotia copy dated Friday August 9 1808 includes a remark on being cast in eventful times and a tale of electioneering by office hunters with gingerbread and brandy. The piece critiques votes won by treating and notes racy advertising columns and a defiant notice about an Ananias club member.
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Nova Scotia
Graeane
Procesi
Poltroon
Adneain Clares
Ananias Club
Wireless stations planned to span globe from France
A French project aims to send wireless messages worldwide by building twelve stations in French colonies. A colonial commission leads the effort with Commodore Ferrie, chief wireless engineer at the Eiffel Tower plant, directing technical work. The program costs up to 2.5 million dollars and should take two to three years to complete.
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France
Colonial Department
Commodore Ferrie
Eiffel Tower
The Degree Wanted Doctor Of Course
A terse dialogue hints at medical risk and family concern with an expectant heir preferring worst case optimism over certainty. The exchange pairs a doctor’s caution with a grim parental sentiment in a terse dramatic moment.
Throwing a Horse for Yeni Shoe in Ottoman Practice
In parts of Turkey an old method for shoeing a horse involves a rope loop placed on the chest and passed between the legs. With two men pulling, the hind legs are drawn under the forelegs, the horse falls, and all four fetlocks are tied as the farrier replaces worn shoes.
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Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Diagnosis Rejected as Curious Case Reveals Frugal Theft
A newspaper item recounts a strange sequence where a physician misdiagnoses a motor accident. The narrative unfolds with a poor woman mauled by a ferocious animal and falling from height onto explosive material, later blamed on an earthquake, until it is revealed she sought a remnant matching January soles.
Food of Russian Horses
An American horse expert notes oats make up three quarters of a Russian horse diet year round. He praises Russian oats as superior to American cereals and says horses do not tire of this steady diet as they do of hay and corn in the United States.
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United States
Russia
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Stoops
B. M. Goodan
Bert Sanders
Roy
Swango Springs
Mollie Thompson
Miss Peterson
Paris
James Crockett
Hinkston
Hinkston Pike
Montgomery County
James Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Roy McClain
Bourbon County
Clifton Bush
Grassy Lick
J. H. Gillaspie
W. O. Bullock
Morgan County
Henry Turner
Salem
Oil Springs
Isaac Dean
Bessie
Minnie Lee Blount
Bessie Rushford
B. P. Kash
Journalieta
Molesoff
Florida Distributing CO
Dept. A
Pensacola, Florida
Stein-Bloch Hamburger Bros. Fine Suits
Eclipse
Douglas
Panama
Walsh Bros
Mt. Sterling, Ky
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