Severe Hail Damages Menalus Pike Crops
A June hail storm in Menalus Pike caused damage to corn and gardens. hailstones reached marble size. Farmers work on tobacco plantings and corn plowing, with planting delays from heavy rains. Wheat is reported good. Local residents attended Berea college commencement last Wednesday. Mr J M Campbell, ill, shows slow improvement. Mr J B Dunn of Lexington visits sister Mrs Brown.
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Menalus Pike
Berea
J .M. Cammpbell
J. B. Dunn
Lexington
Mrs. Brown
Taft Calls Public Utilities Financing Situation Discouraging
Former President Taft told the Federal Electric Railway Commission hearings that the general outlook for public utility corporations is discouraging. He cited wage hikes higher material costs and related factors that have depressed the financial strength and spirits of utilities.
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Associated Press
New York
William Howard Taft
Federal Electric Railway Commission
Finance and ‘Service
Picnic at Mat Willis' in Motherly July Fourth
Colored column notes a large July 4 picnic at Mat Willis' in Motherly with music and dancing. Admission is 10 cents at the gate. Attendees urged to come, behave nicely, and enjoy time with friends from everywhere.
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J. W. Cobb
Mat Willis
Quiet Border Situation Holds Through Night in Texas
Reports from Fabons Texas say border areas are quiet with camp fires seen by Villa band camps. American patrols watched closely to prevent cross border raids while Fort Bliss sent additional troops after word that 70 Villa men were sighted near Guadalupe yesterday.
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Associated Press
Fabons
Texas
United States
Guadalupe
Fort Bliss
Famous Photo Woman at the Opera House
Article recounts Maurice Tourneur's meticulous work on the film Woman showing at Richmond Opera House next Monday and Tuesday. It highlights the Eden sunset scene with Eve and Adam, the weather delays, and the director’s perseverance to capture a perfect sunset after many attempts.
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Maurice Tourneur
Richmond
Opera House Theatre
Garden of Eden
Mr. Tourneur
Eve
Ethel Hallee
Century Roof
Adam
George West
Tourneur
Miss Haller
Jersey Hill
Woolley predicts higher rail rates during reconstruction era
Robert M. Woolley of the Interstate Commerce Commission told the Virginia State Association in Old Point Comfort that reconstruction would raise freight costs. He argued it is sounder to cover railroad losses from the national treasury rather than pass them to shippers.
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Woolley
Associated Press
Old Point Comfort
Robert M. Woolley
Virginia State Association
National
Rockcastle man celebrates 16 grandchildren
W. T. Pruitt of Rockcastle weighs 512 pounds in a humorous tally of his large family, proudly noting he has 16 grandchildren.
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W. T. Pruitt
Rockcastle
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Iorgandies
Menalus
F. H. Gordon
Taft
Livingston
J. W. McNelly
Withers, Ky
Richmond Ky
Nature
Corn Products Refining Company
P. O. Box
New York City
DR. Thacher
Thacher Co. Chattansoge, Tenn. U.3. A
New York State
Legisle
Madison Drug Compan
City School
Z. M. Boen
Z- M. Boen
Irvine Pike
Moberly Avenue
W. C
Tercyie
A. Shelton
Hurst Home Insurance Company
R. R. Siti Minden
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