Protests Rally in Frankfort Over Pardons Hearings
The gunpowder era of pardon cases continues as Arthur Goebel led a 30 minute protest against pardons for Jim Howard and Caleb Powers. Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin spoke for nearly three hours, detailing testimony while W C Owens argued for the petitioners. Goebel urged analytical evaluation of all witnesses and urged the governor to let law run its course.
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Arthur Goebel
Goebel
Jim Howard
Caleb Powers
Henry Youtsey
Powers
Youtsey
Mr. Goebel
Col. Scott
Scott
Man
William Goebel
Commonwealth
Gov. Willson
Mr. Franklin
Night Riders Raid in Kentucky Leaves Possible Fatality
Cincinnati April 19 residents in and around Butler Kentucky report that during a raid by night riders on tobacco beds near Flingsville Tomlin's farm, about 200 shots were fired. A doctor, who treated the wounded, said one man may have been shot through the head and others were injured as riders fled, leaving a body in a buggy. The doctor could not identify the riders, noting they seemed to be strangers and had ridden far.
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Butler
Samson Sere
Flingsville
Tomlin
Lamp accident at Harrodsburg home ends without fire
Last Wednesday night Mrs Harvey Terhune slipped while ascending stairs carrying a lamp fitted with oil. She fell repeatedly, cut her head on a bureau, and the lamp broke spilling oil on her clothes. The blaze was extinguished by the fall, preventing a potentially fatal fire.
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Harrodsburg Herald
Harvey ‘Jerhune
Wins Mill From Father in Family Business Feud
Lizzie Dickelman outbid her father Joseph L Dickelman at a receiver sale to secure the Dickelman Steel Roofing plant valued at about 175000 dollars. She had grown the mill to substantial profits and after bidding higher than her father, he could not raise the sum. she won the mill for 165000 dollars and has given him a job while keeping the home.
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Joseph L. Dickelman
Lawrence
Dickelman
Shoes Made From Calf Skin Sold In Darby Pa Story
Darby Pennsylvania man Robert Green recalls wearing a pair of shoes crafted from a calf skin killed by him and a partner about 30 years ago. The skin weighed 35 pounds green, 11 pounds tanned, and the pair cost four dollars to make. Green notes no modern chemical tanning, long cure times, and pride in durable footwear.
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Darby
Robert Green
Main Street
Green
Harry F. Singles
Mystery Clock Strikes Foretold Death in Crook Family
In Richmond Kentucky a centuries old grandfather clock, unused for years, has allegedly chimed before several family deaths in the Crook household. Hon. R H Crook relates that each time a one o'clock chime preceded a relative’s death, including his brother William in 1891 and others, with a recent peal occurring as Margaret Crook watched by a stepmother. No explanation is offered and the family remains unfazed.
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Richmond
Crook
Kingston
Ben
R. H. Crook
Mr. Crook
Collins Yates
Margaret Crook
Draw Straws for Husband in Delicate Match
Georgetown Del public notice tells of William Hanford of San Francisco seeking a wife with $2000. Two Indies drew straws, a local store clerk was chosen to reply. She lacks the cash but owns two fine farms and hopes to support a hardworking husband.
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Del
William Hanford
San Francisco
Walls
Harrodsburg Herald on boys shaping the country
The Harrodsburg Herald asserts that boys who toil and prepare the land with barbed wire staples and assorted nails and screws, not those with flashy gear, will become promising husbands and build the country, noting only grounded laborers will prosper.
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Harrodsburg Herald
Thieves Steal Thirteen Chickens From Luckett Henhouse
A raiding party took thirteen fine fowls from Mr. George Luckett's hennery in the Pope's Creek neighborhood last week. The text notes that stealing a chicken is a penitentiary offense and warns the thief to avoid capture.
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Lebanon
George Luckett
Pope's
Creek
Luckett
Nervine Cited To Help Nervous Breakdowns In Ads
A vintage advertisement claims nerve energy governs respiration digestion and elimination and promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a cure. A testimonial from L Burke of Creek Oregon describes recovery after taking Nervine and Restorative Nervine, urging readers to try it and promising refund of first bottle if no benefit. This item reflects early 20th century patent medicine promotion.
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W. L. Burke
Creek
Oregon
Miles
Miles’ Nervne
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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