Uncle Joe Cannon Admired for Canada Land Tales
A Canadian interview quotes Joseph Cannon on Canada and the West. He recalls breaking the Tenth Commandment while riding from Winnipeg to the Rockies, praising Canadian homesteading in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. The piece notes many Americans move North for 160 acres plus preemption, better yields, services, and climate.
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Joseph Cannon
United States
Canadta
Canada
Winnipeg
Rockies
Great
West
Virginia
Cannon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Joe Cannon
Win Talks on New York Racing Situation
Louisville manager M J Win of the New Louisville Jockey Club returned from New York where he inspected Empire City race course improvements. He prepared for a 23 day spring meeting at Churchill Downs beginning May 10 and denied reports that Mexican racing concessions were revoked.
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Louisville
M. J. Win
New Louisville
Galveston
Three Pardons Granted In Kentucky Names Listed
Governor Willson granted pardons to Wood Pollard of Caldwell county for firearms fine, Lloyd Cornett of Harlan county for bigamy, and Isaiah Wiles of Lawrence for illegal voting. Several others were refused, including Herman Price for robbery, George Taylor for manslaughter, and Aaron Grant for malicious shooting and wounding.
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Frankfort
Willson
Wood Pollard
Caldwell County
Lloyd Cornett
Harlan County
Isaiah Wiles
Lawrence
Herman Price
Jeferson County
George Taylor
Daviess County
Aaron Grant
Garrard County
Robert White
Madison County
George Lee
Henry County
James Nyx
Henderson County
Jones Simpson
Bud” Casey
Rewards Offered for Crimes in Kentucky State
Acting Governor Cox of Kentucky offers $200 for arrest and conviction of those responsible for sowing the tobacco plant veda of Joseph A Wyland Alfred Wilson and Ira J Adams in Grant county He also offers $100 for Pen Hrakenship wanted in Lawrence county on murder charge and $200 for Lee Stewart who escaped jail at Owenton while awaiting trial on detaining a woman
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Frankfort
Cox
Joseph A. Wyland
Alfred Wilson
Ira J. Adams
Grant County
Pen Hrakenship
Lawrence County
Lee Stewart
Owenton
Mysterious Sleuth Targets Bootleggers in Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky a covert detective worked cases against bootleggers and blind tigers. Geo Thompson was fined 20 dollars in 10 cane units, totaling 200 dollars plus coats to reach 250 dollars. Three warrants were issued for Alex Schneider for Sunday liquor sales. The sleuth has vanished from the city.
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Frankfort
Geo. Thompson
Alex, Schneider
Henry Clay Birthday Observed at Transylvania University
Lexington commemorated the 133rd anniversary of Henry Clay's birth with exercises at Transylvania University. Former Congressman W P Kithball served as speaker, reflecting on Clay the famed Kentucky lawyer statesman and diplomat who died June 29 1852.
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Lexington
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Transylvania University
W. P. Kithball
Burley Board Meets Reports on Tobacco Warehouse Receipts
The Burley Tobacco Society district board in Lexington meets with all members present except President Clarence Lebus. Counties report warehouse receipts totals with Mason county leading at 191,155 pounds.. Frankfort sees Curt Jett from Breathitt feud crimes moved to Frankfort Chair Co office. Capt A C Kidd dies of heart disease at 72. federal court session at Owensboro postponed due to Miss Evans illness. Kentucky Republican paper control by Auditor James. Lew Brown moving. Sanders Orr named editor. Capital commission buys 2 tract land near state capital for 16,000.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco Society
Clarence Lebus
la Grippe
Varios
Burley Tobacco Co
Mason County
Frankfort
Curt Jett
Breathitt County
Frankfort Chair Co
Frank P. James
Kentucky Republican
Harerodsburg
Harrodsburg
Suit filed to test ripper ordinance payment claim
In Toursville Kentucky attorney A G Bar ret for Elmer C Underwood a longtime city attorney staff member filed a mandamus suit in circuit court against city controller S M Wilhite city auditor Adolph Schmidt and city attorney C B Blakey. The suit seeks a court order recognizing Underwood as a city legal department member and to pay him 200 per month.
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Adolph Schmidt
C. B. Blakey
Underwood
Body of Boy Found Near Paducah
Police discover the body of a 19 year old male in woods near Paducah. The skull shows four fracture points and a club was found at the feet. Clothing is missing beyond underwear. Local area has seen several similar mysterious deaths.
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Paducah
Regenstein Sworn In As Newport Public Schools Chief
Frankfort Kentucky Elsworth Regenstein principal of Newport public schools and recently appointed superintendent of public instruction was sworn in as superintendent He will delay moving his family to Frankfort until Newport schools close for the year He will divide his time between Frankfort and Newport until his successor is elected in Washington the Kentucky license tax on double stamped whisky case was argued before the US Supreme Court The state defended the law and interstate commerce issues Frankfort Kentucky land purchase talks between Capitol commission and John C Noel of this city for a tract north of the capitol valued at eighteen thousand dollars The commission had offered twelve thousand Louisville Kentucky fire at a barn on Cram farm near Crestwood causes four thousand dollars damage Officials discuss possible successor to McKenzie Todd as governor's secretary Frankfort Kentucky J W Carter of Union County ordered to appear before Franklin county court regarding contempt and subpoena Senator J J Watkins Sturgis to appear before grand jury Louisville Kentucky engagement announced of Lieut Thruston Hughes US Army son of Dr and Mrs William W Hughes of Lankville to Miss Katherine Leach of Washington DC
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Frankfort
Elsworth Regenstein
Newport Public Schools
Washington
Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
Levi Cook
James F. Morris
Capitol Commission
John C. Noel
Capitol
Noel
J. W. Carter
Union County
Stout
Franklin County
Cate
J.J. Watkins
Sturgis
Kentucky's Joseph B Bennett Republican Politician
Joseph Bentley Bennett born April 21 1852 in Greenup County Kentucky has lived there his whole life. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Greenup. Bennett served on the Ninth Kentucky district Republican state central committee from 1900 and 1904. He was elected to the Fiftyninth Sixtieth and reelected to the Sixty first congresses with 22832 votes against 22107 for Kehoe 462 for Morris and 302 for Roberts.
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Joseph Bentley Bennett
Republic Ai Desanean An
Greenup County
Kentucky
Greenup
Republican State Central Committee
James N. Kehoe
A. N. Morris
E. Roberts
Sociziat
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised To Rebuild Weak Kidneys
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills claiming to cure sick kidneys and strengthen the whole body. A Quanah Texas woman named Mrs. M A Jenkins recounts a near death experience from kidney failure and swelling, crediting Doan's with saving her life. The ad urges readers to buy at 50 cents a box via Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Bright
Dean
M. A. Jenkins
Quanah
Texas
Doan
Dean's
Milburn Co
Buffalo
John Wesley Langley Biography Note in Tenth District
John Wesley Langley of Spurlock Kentucky, born in Floyd County, educated in common schools and law departments of National Georgetown and Columbian universities, taught in public schools for three years as part of an expanded profile from a 1900s district record.
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John Wesley Langley
Spurlock
Floyd County
Kentucky
National
Georgetown
Columbian
George Washington
Kentucky Politician’s Rise to Speaker and Congressional Terms
The subject won two terms in the Kentucky legislature and twice led the party caucus as a speaker nominee. He served as a Kentucky delegate to the Republican National Convention, married Katherine Gudger in 1904, and was elected to the Sixty, then Sixty-first Congress, with 22,438 votes to 19,567 for Amos Davis and 25 for Greenville Ward.
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Kentucky
Katherine Gudger
J. M. Gudger, Jr
North Carolina
Amos Davis
Greenville Ward
Bible Quotation Alas No Salt Word in Israel Says Wilberforce
A Loudon Chronicle note cites a remark about Samuel’s reference to salt in Israel. It mentions 260,000 English family members named Smith and recalls Bishop Wilberforce finding the verse hardest to quote without smiling.
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Smithe
Smith
England
Land of
Israel
Wilberforce
Loudon Chronicle
Barred Darting in Churches and Medieval Prohibitions
A fragment discusses papal and episcopal bans on dancing in churches from 558 to 1209, noting councils condemned dances in churches or churchyards. It muses on mortality and immortality, implying births may cease and society face lasting terror. The text ends with a paradox about pay and eyes.
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Orleans
A Small Loaf And Carnegie On Dying Rich
A southern tale describes a half starved man with a baker who, when refused entry, is told to pass bread through the keyhole. Andrew Carnegie quips at a Washington dinner that dying rich serves no pockets in a shroud and money cannot travel beyond.
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Andrew Carnegie
Washington
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