Schooler Accepts Editor Post at Somerset Semi-Weekly News
William F. Schooler, visiting relatives in the area, has accepted the position of managing editor of the Semi-Weekly News in Somerset Kentucky. The paper is owned and published by Thos. M. Owsley. Schooler returns to Kentucky after years in newspaper work in Ohio and plans to reside in Somerset with his wife joining later. Three large rolls toilet paper, 25 eats, at J. B. White's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Schooler
Somerset, Iky
Thos. M. Owsley
Schooler
Ohio
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Train excursion ends as locomotive overruns track
On a day excursion, the engineer pushes the engine to high steam causing the train to jump the rails. No injuries are reported, and officials begin an investigation into the mechanical fault and safety procedures.
Pollard family relocates to Harrodsburg laundry
Mr. B. F. Pollard, long in the laundry business and operator of the local bottling works, has moved to Harrodsburg to run a laundry with his brother Millard Pollard. He has sold all interests in this city and leaves behind many friends who regret their departure.
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B. F. Pollard
Harrodsburg
Millard Pollard
Pollard
Clay City to become dye and chemical maker in wartime boom
In Clay City Kentucky Pearsite Company plans to start manufacturing dyes and by products from cannel coal. The venture backed by English and American capital aims to produce benzol sulfuric acid and other chemicals for major industry. Kentucky holds the world’s largest cannel coal output and could spark broader growth in dye making.
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Europe
Germany
United States
Clay City
Powell County
Pearsite Company
Kentucky
Young Farmer Lee Wigginton Leaves for Illinois
Mr. Lee Wigginton of Howard's Mill relocates with his family to Chebanse Illinois to establish a new home. He is described as energetic and enterprising, and friends regret his departure.
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Lee Wigginton
Howard’s Mill
Chebanse
Mr. Wigginton
Hard Work and Ambition Lift Brooks From Farm to Telegraph World
A narrative extols Brooks rising from a farmer’s boy to a leading figure in the global telegraph industry. It stresses hard work, self study, and perseverance over wealth, arguing opportunity favors the diligent and labor wins, not luck or riches.
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Navasota Messenger
New York
Brooks
Belvidere Brooks
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease cured only by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a blood purifier and mucous-surface tonic, not a quack medicine, with testimonials offered. The ad lists I. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as proprietors and notes the product is sold by druggists. It also promotes Hat's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Geraldine Farrar Ties The Knot With French Actor
Geraldine Farrar has married a French actor, making him her husband and her a daughter of France. Born to an Irish father and Jewish mother, she carries a Farrar temperament. The note cites her performance in Carmen as showing this temperament in a dramatic finale.
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Geraldine Farrar
French Republic
Geraldine
France
Farrar
Carmen
Notice to creditors of Jno RK Thomas estate
All persons having claims against the estate of Jno RK Thomas deceased are notified to file them at once proven as required by law with the undersigned or with R G Kern Attorney F Thomas
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Jno
RK. Thomas
R. G. Kern
F. Thomas
Kentucky News Roundup Skims Busy State Headlines
A sprawling digest from Danville to Louisville reports J Rich Young of Danville killed, hides sold for ten dollars. England bans tobacco leaf imports hurting Kentucky growers. Ashland government building contract bid at fifty nine thousand two hundred sixty six dollars. Also notes a foot amputation, a million-dollar estate, moonshine busts, and civic losses and gains across counties.
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J. Rich Young
Danville Pike
Veral Distillers
Kenare
Bud Caldwell
Somerset
Louisville
Lincoln
R. Y. Thomas, Jr
Kentucky
Congress
Harlan County
John H. Miller
Cincinnati
Union Methodist College of
Ashland
R. P. Farnsworth & Co
Owensboro
J. J. Gilbert
John B. Graves
Georgetown
Scotts County
Evelyn Hall
Whitesburg
England
Maysville
Boar of Health
T. Garrett Wright
Flemingsburg
Carrie Belle Blair
Thornton
George Tackett
Elkhorn Creek
John Adams
Tackett
Louisville & Nashville
Raymond Greiner
John Johnson
Kate Pendleton
Cherokee Park
Kentucky Retail Hardware and Stove Dealers’ Association
Dick Richardson
Union County
Mary Joe Brown
Cave
W. Edwards
Church Barkley
J. W. Davis
Scott County
Grand Jury
T. A. Smith
Tiline
Bob Moreland
Pinckneyville
Paducah
Muhlenburg
Hopkinsville
Bryant
Blake
Militia Department
Thos
Tansil
Edward Ash
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Elgin Movement
J. W. Jones
M. Sterling
J. B. White’s
John Ff. Blount
J. P. Sullivan
Illinois
Kentucky News
L. Marshall
Henderson
Joseph Rupert
Frankfort
B. K. Renaker
Berry
Matt. Cohen
8. M. Jordan
Columbia
Carter Osborne
Thomas N. Hazelip
The
Public Health Service
Sallie Vidora Brown
Jas
Herbert Tweddell
Crofton
Walter Gayle
Columbus
John Owen
America
Charley J. Sanderson
Mayfield
Graves
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Warren County
Cora Wilson Stewart
Daviess County
City
McFarland
Princess Theatre
Geo. M. Tii
Kentucky Game and Fish Commission
Hickman Creek
Camp Nelson
Helen C. Walcott
Agricultural Department
Washington
J. T. Hatfield Coal Co
Covington
Craig’s Bar
Darling Distilling Company
Prestonville
Warsaw
Reba Reeves
Watts Steel Plant
Middlesboro
Boston Iron Works
Baltimore
Middleshoro
Highland Chapel
United Association of Drake Heirs
Tennessee
E Association
Drake
Cartus
Sylvania Woods
Clifton Mills, Ky
Cardus
Earl W. Senff
Mt. Sterling
White County
C. W. Compton
Mt. Sterling National Bank
H. M. Wright
Geiger’s
Court and
Maysville Sts
F. A. Millard
E. Stamler
Fayette Nat’l Bank
Lexington
J. L. McClung
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Masonic Temple
F. Hamilton
G. D. Sullivan & Co
Mt, Sterling, Ky
McDonald Bros
Miller’s Creek Cannel Coal
C. P. Pierce
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