Central and Eastern Kentucky to Host Multi City Homecoming
The Central and Eastern Kentucky Homecoming Committee plans a week of celebrations starting in early August across ten Blue Grass cities including Lexington Frankfort and Paris with 600 000 former residents expected to return. Special entertainments will be staged in each town while Lexington acts as the operations center.
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Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky
Lexington
Frankfort
Mt. Sterling
Winchester
Lancaster
Georgetown
Stanford
Richmond
Somerset
Chiropractor S P Mohney Announces Office Hours
S P Mohney chiropractor located on West Main lists office hours 7 30 to 11 a m on Monday Wednesday and Friday each week with reference in 43 tf.
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West Main
Made in America rallying call about liberty and work
A patriotic piece extols American life with praise for liberty, open schools, and fair labor. It contrasts freedom with slavery, praising kindness and simple gestures as powerful in lifting spirits and improving daily life. The text urges pride in national identity and hopeful social cohesion.
Mother's Day Observance Adopted Nationally
May 14th marks the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. Alma Jarvis of Philadelphia founded the Mother's Day International Association to promote the observance. Western Union offers special telegraph blanks with carnations for greeting messages. The white carnation remains the emblem of the day, symbolizing respect for all mothers.
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Alma Jarvis
Philadelphia
Mother's Day International Association
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mother’s Day Association
Lucky and Unlucky Beliefs Across Daily Life
The article surveys superstitions labeling events and items as lucky or unlucky. It cites dead blossoms, untied laces, hawthorn in the house, hearing crickets, finding a spider, feather beds on Sundays, facial moles, and a neck mole signaling doom. It notes Henry VIII and successors marked Thursdays unlucky.
Away with the Morning Dream of Comfort and Hunger
A compact verse recalls a world where life prices rise and shelter and bread weigh heavy. The speaker contrasts dream life with harsh hunger, noting gold for living and dying, and a restless urge to flee with the morning. The poem laments scarcity, hunger, and the burden of daily needs.
Owensboro Fire Destroys Two Stores and Floods Blocks
A major blaze in Owensboro Thursday night caused about $40,000 in damage to two burned business houses while adjacent properties flooded in a bid to contain the flames. Four firefighters were injured when a roof collapsed beneath them during suppression efforts.
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Owensboro
Street Car Disaster Kills One in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati street car ran out of control on a downgrade last Thursday. It jumped the track struck a telegraph pole, killing one woman and injuring thirty eight other people.
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Cincinnati
No Friend Without Fault Says Provocative Adage
A terse maxim proclaims you cannot have a true friend unless they possess faults. The saying frames friendship as a balance of flaws and loyalty, urging acceptance of imperfection as a condition of companionship.
Woodford Stock Farm Bon 191 Sterling Chief 2079 Stud Offer
The owner trims stud fees to fifteen dollars to attract owners who value a horse of Kentucky lineage and quality. He asserts Sterling Chief 2079 equals top Kentucky stock in blood, caliber, and offspring, inviting breeders to judge the stallion’s merit at the reduced rate.
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Kentucky
Court upholds road bond vote rule in Campbell case
Court of Appeals ruled road bonds may be approved by a simple majority at a regular election while turnpike bonds require two thirds. The Fiscal Court must issue road bonds if approved, but turnpike bonds failed with insufficient votes and a 25 cent levy was disallowed. A note on happiness follows: income alone does not create a happy home.
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Court of Appeals
Campbell Circuit
Frank Houston
J. E. Boltz
Oh Joy Skirts Rising But Not Charged to the War
A breezy note laments that skirts are increasing in price while the war costs or charges are kept separate. The phrase contrasts fashion price hikes with wartime financial burdens.
Proverbial Wording on Marriage Worth and Praise
A knightly reflection on marriage humorously contends that a man who never praises his wife deserves a poor spouse, while excessive praise would imply an unreal future where such praise is not yet conceived.
1916 Season R C Todd Trial at Fair Grounds
This splendid son of Todd 2 14 4 promises the 1916 season at the Fair Grounds for 10 dollars to insure R C TODD. A handsome brown horse, 16 hands, 1150 pounds, sired by Todd 2 14 34 and dam Allie Tee. Breeding shows speed, size, endurance and style with quarters trotting in 30 seconds.
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Todd
Fair Grounds
R. C. Todd
Allie Tee
Bingen
Fanella
Umpire
Cynthia Wilkes
Montgomery King Jr. Listed for Season at Fair Grounds
Montgomery King Jr and his lineage are described as among the best bred jacks in the country. The stock will make the season at the Fair Grounds. For further information contact E R Little Mt Sterling Ky at 42 41.
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William Terry
J. M. Hutsell
Mt. Sterling
Montgomery King, JR
Montgomery King
Mary
Old George
Yelberton, Jr
Fair Grounds
E. R. Little
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America
United States
Associated Advertising Clubs
Naval Consulting Board OF
Spree Ees Toveseas
Eorees
West Gith Street
New York
Hutsell Stock Farm
MT. Sterling, Kentucky
RALLS
King Emerald
American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association
Golden King
Mark Hendrix
Ford Performance
Ford
Universal Ford Service
Detroit
Strother Flotors Co
Bank Street
MT. Sterling, KY
S. P. Mohney
Caesar
Napoleon
Bismarck
Henry VIII
Edward
Elizabeth
Woodford
Sterling
Forrest Denmark
Blue Jeans
Roscoe
Thornton Chief
Elaise Thornton
Panama Pacific Exposition
Missouri
Springfield
Sterling Chief
Pierpont
Havana
Cuba
Iowa
Royal Chief Denmark
Sterling Bourbon
Turley
Sola
Thornton Woodford
Thedford
Chas. A. Ragland
Madison Heights
Jack
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