Civil liberty slaughtered in Louisville in Republican era
The Springfield Sun argues that Civil liberty has been slaughtered in Louisville under Republican rule. It mocks reform promises, cites ward corruption, and recalls a failed city transformation. A Louisville visitor notes voter regret and alleging greater corruption than in ten years of Democratic rule. The piece defends persuasion as lawful political conduct.
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Louisville
Richard Knott
The
Post
Kentucky
Falls City
Washington County
The Underlying Cause of Kentucky Republican Disorders
The piece notes widespread fraud and rioting in Kentucky Republican primaries and conventions. Taft and Fairbanks factions clashed in Louisville, police intervened, with Taft supporters claiming victory and Fairbanks supporters alleging robbery. It cites M H Thatcher calling the primary infamous and suggests a protest plan by Fairbanks leaders to pressure the Board of Public Safety to resign. The article blames patronage fights for intra party splits across Kentucky south of the Ohio River.
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Jerusalem
Kentucky
Paul Barth
Louisville
Taft
Fairbanks
Bradley
M.H. Thatcher
Courier-Journal
Lawsville
Board of Public Safety
Pri
Ohio River
Tobacco Sit?uation in Kentucky
The Sun prints an unsigned Lexington Herald piece from Independent Grower on the tobacco crop for Kentucky. The paper states neutrality on the no crop contest, urging individuals to decide whether to cut tobacco, noting that some farmers may benefit from not raising it this year.
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Kentucky
Lexington Herald
The
Sun
State Convention City and Blacklisting Debate
The piece argues Louisville should host the Democratic State Convention and attacks blacklisting as cruel. It cites Roosevelt’s stance and the 1896 platform, warns against party harm from political maneuvering, and predicts a large Kentucky Bryan majority if self interested legislators fail to unite.
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Louisville
Democratic Committee
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Bryan
Cheerful Words From Pleasant Hill Church Sermons and Local News
A Sunday at Pleasant Hill Church in Marion County features Pastor H P Hatchett preaching on John 14 2 about mansions in God's house and eternal home. The note discusses kindness encouragement and the healing power of cheerful words alongside astronomy of spring and a digression about a soapstone rock and Jacob's rod hoax near Jenson ton with a claimed seventeen thousand dollars in gold found in Mississippi long ago.
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Pleasant Hill Church
Marion County
H. P. Hatchett
Bethel Church
Spencer County
Kentucky
Heavenly Home
Heavenly
Jesus
Bro. Hatchett
Long Run
Jensonton
Stone Lick
W. H. Milburn
Darkey
Geo. Yates
Chas. A. Worden
Dayton
Ohio
Worden
Mississippi
Democrats Amused by Louisville GOP Feud
The Louisville Times reports Democrats amused as Republicans in Louisville battle over God and morality party charges. Columns accuse Fairbanks Taft factions of frauds and deceptive tactics, with cries of red ink fake ballots and arrests. Delegates to nominate a Congressman meet amid disputed ward primaries and alleged police interference claims.
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Louisville
God and Morality Party
Fairbanks
Taft
Administration
Party battle over voter access and arrests in district
The piece reports on a heated contest between Taft and Fairbanks factions over district voting rules. Democrats condemn the plan as nefarious, accusing leaders of seeking political corruption while police could arrest anyone deemed disruptive, with conflicting claims about fines and jail.
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Taft
Fairbanks
Stephen A Bayne Dies In Washington County
Stephen A Bayne longtime Mt Zion resident dies after years of ill health at about sixty five. He was a charitable Methodist layman, survived by a wife daughter of John Hardesty and one son Jno R Payne. Funeral by Rev Eversole at Mt Zion with largest crowd ever seen.
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Gilead
The
Sun
Earth
Stephen A. Bayne
Washington County
Bayne
Mt. Zion
Methodist Church
Mr. Bayne
Jno. R. Payne
John Hardesty
Eversole
Two Children Burned After Powder Explosion
Two children of Charles Edwards in Pleasant Run were severely burned when a can of powder ignited in a buggy shed on their father's farm. The fire spread quickly, burning the shed to the ground. Doctors report the injuries not likely to prove fatal and the boys are improving.
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Chas. Edwards
Pleasant Run
Fire destroys tailoring shop in Lebanon Kentucky
A midnight blaze in Lebanon Kentucky destroyed the Abell and Fenwick tailoring shop in the town center. Adjacent businesses Mc Knight's barber shop J. W. Tharp's restaurant and Humkey's pool room suffered light damage. Abell and Fenwick stock damaged by smoke and insured for 1100 dollars. Building loss about 4000 dollars. Firefighters prevented a larger spread amid a stiff breeze.
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Lebanon
Abell & Fenwick
McKnight
J. W. Tharp
Humkey
N. H. Putnam & Co
Tragic death of Mrs T E Wilson at Pleasant Grove
Washington county mourns as Mrs Florence Harber Wilson, age nearly 41, dies in a cistern at Pleasant Grove. Found by husband after she disappeared from home, death ruled a suicide after a lapse in water. She leaves seven children and a large family, with funeral at Pleasant Grove church.
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Washington County
T. E. Wilson
Pleasant Grove
Wilson
Willisburg
John
Morris Wilson
Chicago
Jack Sharp
James
Edgar Jerome
Robert Wilson
County
Thompson
Parks
Louisville
Peter
Olmstead
Gray
Seymour
Texas
Latimer
Nevada
E. Harker
Sun
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