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Notable Kentucky Figures and Incidents Across Cities
Old Kentucky notes include visits by Princess Christian of Hesse to Summer plans in New York. a Confederate veteran John Horsley dies in Bowling Green. jurors summoned for Cecil will case in Danville. Mercer county elder Mahala Crisp dies at 97. moonshine arrests in Breathitt County. escape rumor about Lieut Gottenkeine. injuries at Lexington and Frankfort road matters. widespread robberies by youths in Louisville. park and court actions in Perry, Fayette, and Frankfort. various legal and property actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid Rogers
Sterling
New York
Princess Christian of Hesse
Nice
John Horsley
J. M. Elkin
Bowling Green
Danville
Cecil Will
Mahala Crisp
Mercer County
Charles Foster
Baptist Church
Breathitt County
Hollins and
Morris
Marking
J. C. Gottenkeine
Camp Waylor
Lloyd
Odd Fellows’ Widows and Orphans
Lexington
Perry County
Frankfort
Highway Department
Hazard
General Baptist Church
Sebree
A. B. Stone
Louisville
Fagin
Hadden Dafford
Blair
Letcher County
Lewis-Crown Oil Co
Phoenix Hotel
Cochran
Smith & Smith
St. Mary’s
Marion County
George Graves
Union Station
Harry Seibert
Paducah