Beckham the Youngest Kentucky Statesman to Lead
Governor Beckham, a noted Kentucky statesman born August 5, 1869, rose from school principal to speaker, lieutenant governor, and governor. His career includes guiding the state through turbulent times, paying debts, building a new capitol, enforcing Sunday laws, and shaping national party platforms. He and wife Jean Fuqua of Owensboro have two children and a home in Frankfort.
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Enator
J. C. W. Beck
Frankfort
Kentucky
South
Jean
King’s Daughters’ Circle
Governor Beckham
Beckham
Senate
William N
Julia Wickliffe Beckham
Tyler
Robert Wickliffe
Louisiana
Old Central University
General Assembly
New Mexico
Isaac Wilson
Assembly
Joe Blackburn
W. Godfrey Hunter
Wilson
Washington
Bardstown
William J. Deboe
William O. Bradley
Hunter
Nelson County
William Goebel
Goebel
W. L. Taylor
Kentucky State Guard
Capital
Commonwealth
State Guard
Tay
Capitol
John W. Yerkes
Bryan
McKinley
Louisville
Robert Worth Bingham
United States
James B. McCreary
Democratic Party
Champ Clark
New Jersey
Baltimore
Local notes on deaths and community life in Rockcastle
The column records a child’s death from double pneumonia, illness of Mrs Ashley Owens in Cincinnati, and local happenings in Hansford and Mt. Vernon. It notes arrivals, visits, house fires, pregnancies, schooling progress, and plans for future events including Boone Way humor and local travel.
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J&. J. Weaver
J. W. Sams Feil
Elisha Bullock
Hansford
G. D. Cook
G. S. Griffin
Mt. Vernon
Hubert Niceley
Izah Spivey
Louisville
C. E. Hellerd
W B. Bullock
Lebanon
J. B. Hayse
Paris
William Brady
J. T. Elliott
Matt
Tom
James Sims
Columbus
Washington
Wilson
Ashley Owens
Cincinnati
Walter Browning
Stanford
C. C. Wiliams
Bailey Mullins
Boone
Boone Way
Old Rockcastle County
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Mrs Shaffer
Mrs Verne Shaffer of Vandergrift Pa says Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is her children’s favorite and always helps with colds or coughs. She notes it is superior to other medicines she has used and recommends trials. For sale by all dealers.
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Verne Shaffer
Vandergrift
Cumberland Gap to Chicago Boone Way Proposal Gains Momentum
Secretary Maret has mapped Boone Way from Cumberland Gap to Chicago via Louisville passing through Stanford Danville Harrodsburg Lawrenceburg Shelbyville Falls City Seymour and Indianapolis. Cities along the route endorse the idea and pledge highway improvement funds to create an official route. The proposal is now set to go forward.
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Maret
Boone Way
Cumberland Gap
Crab Orchard
Chicago
Louisville
Stanford Danville
Harrodsburg
Lawrenceburg
Shelbyville
Falls City
Seymour
Indianapolis
Windy City
Stanford and Boone Way Debate Road Lobbyists
Robert E. Woods of the Kentucky Good Roads Association in Louisville and James Maret of the Southern Appalachian Goods Roads Association discuss highway advocacy. Bristol and Lexington figures join the dialogue on Kentucky road improvements.
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Good Roads
Robert E. Woods
Kentucky Good Roads Association
Louisville
James Maret
Kentucky
Vic
Southern Appalachian Goods Roads Asociation
Bristol
Lexington
National High
Lincoln County backs Boone Way three mile road plan
In Stanford last Saturday officials and citizens backed constructing three miles of Boone Way from Crab Orchard to Rockcastle Inn. The group joined the Kentucky Good Roads Association and promised county support for improving the turnpike along the Old Wilderness Road toward Boyle County to create a worthy Boone Way route to Louisville.
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Crab Orchard
Stanford
Boyle County
Boone Way
Louisville
Maret
Lincoln County
Waurie's Cream Vermifuge Sold in Brodhead Ky
Advertises Waurie's Cream Vermifuge for sickly children claiming to destroy worms and act as a stomach and bowels tonic. Priced at 25 cents per bottle and sold by John Robins in Brodhead Kentucky.
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John Robins
Brodhead
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Hiearth
Children Ory
Fletcher
Castoriaa
Livingston
Chamberlain
BAKER
Saratoga
Stanford and
Lincoln
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