Kentucky’s Heroic Age and Isaac Shelby’s Centennial Echoes
The piece surveys Kentucky’s early settlement and its centennial reflections, tracing the state’s birth from a Virginia colony to a commonwealth. It highlights leaders like Isaac Shelby, expeditions of frontiersmen such as Boone and Kenton, and the transition from Native conflicts to independence, framing Shelby as a pivotal governor and war hero.
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Congress
Wnrld
New Commonwealth
Lowsville
Sngger
Romaree
Adventere
Kenncky
Virginia
Commonwealth
Mattre
Kain-toes
Blaewras
Bear and Fought Each Other When They Met Taey
Benneky
Mahawe
John Finley
Daniel Boone
Sumon Kenton
James Harrod
Leon
Kentucky
Ins Country
King’s Mountain
Battle of the Thames
Isaac Shelby
Ius
Ives
North Mountain
Stamford
Wales
Tose
Ani
Isaac
Shelby
John Sevier
Kentucky Centenary Reflections Amid War and Growth
The passage recalls Qa bealiy URewisons cheirs for governor and Shelby’s wartime leadership, the rise of Kentucky figures like Henry Clay, Tom Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln, plus Kentucky’s 100 year progress. It notes population growth from 75,440 to nearly 3 million, geographic diversity, resources, farms, and famed bluegrass, framing centennial celebrations as a showcase of state progress and culture.
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Bealiy
Newoure
Tose
Tecaminh
Soegue
Bihonk
Jobese
Minith
United Sister
Bristase
Shelby Resong
Rery
Kentucky
Barr
Henry Clay
Harry
Tom Marshall
Davis
Guthrie, Hutt
Konsscan
Spee
Amence
Thoronsh
Bluegrass
Fred C. Darton
Public School Meeting And Missions In Mount Pleasant
County correspondence from Mount Pleasant reports a well attended public school teachers meeting debating which produced more wonders land or sea, plus a large missionary society gathering with entertainment from distant talent. Communion services are set for next Sunday at 10 am. Vernon Wegner of Detween is paralyzed but improving. Also recounted is a run away incident near Braddock injuring Joseph Thomas and his horse, with others noted as ill or recovering.
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Mount Pleasant
Messrs. Klein
Metz
Echer
Shhulenberger
Missionary Society
Catlton Shafer
Reformed Church
Vernon Wegner
Detween
Lorenzo F. Sleeper
Appleton
Shick's Porous Plaster and Cough Remedies Ad
An obituary style ad item lists Shick Porous Plaster and Kemp's Ready Cough as cures, touting lung and chest relief, with prices and claims of rapid breathing improvement. It promotes Brown's Iron Tonic, Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills, and Pan Ting Cough cures, noting trials, samples, and drugstore availability.
Lamp Chimneys and Mercury Cure Claims
An advertisement touts lamp chimneys by Geo. A. Macbeth & Co. of Pittsburgh and promotes a mercury drug cure, claiming unsafe mixtures cause disease and detailing reliance on the Pearl and Grass chimneys for safer lighting, with slogans about universal satisfaction and lamp quality.
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Pittsburgh
Rochester
Geo. A. Macbeth & Co
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Braddock
Cyrus Font
Chas. Ctermeble
Mr. Thomas
Sue
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Garrett & Pearre
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Americra
Shitch
Lane
Frankan
Gerry
Kemp
Reyna
Hatesca Atal Druggisss
Larce
Miles
R. Garretts
Brown
Asers
Steiner Brothers
Victor
Tree Top
Victor Infants
Hellet
Nature
Chickeater’s
Eagliak
Beecham
Auyerseuts
Easareersaezens
Tadiqa
America
Jour Issu
Dendito
Sooker
Saie
Garrost & Pearre
Lobb
Ker of
Charre
Phey
Jous & Lytes
the Swift Specific CO
Atlacts
Brish Bros
Acker
Garrott & Pearre
Williamson
Marchetre
Aupodeodiwis
United States
Washington
G. W. M. Heller
National Steams Mills
Middletofn
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Tovas
Pastor Bosnig
Rey IL McDonoggh
Lowell
Mess
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Lanty
Konig
Oldo Modigine
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Chicleg
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MD. Drug and Chemical CO. App. B. &.D. Depot
Fredenck
Sabm & D’ Dln
Market St
P. Powell & Coes
Spruce St
New York
Canning House
Sei Enes
Wariard Manufacturing Company
North St. Baltimore
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