Tobacco Tenants Stand Firm Against 1908 Crop Pressure
An independent Fleming County tobacco grower argues that high prices of 1906 and 1907 have left tenants financially stable, urging tenants in central Bluegrass counties to skip tobacco in 1908. He attacks greedy landlords and pool politics, cites personal earnings, and calls for peaceful reform and unity among growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Bourbon
Park
Scott
Bluegrass
Fleming
Fleming County
Scraeel
Tobacco Trust
Burley
American Tobacco Company
Gov. Wood Jack
Local Social News and Death Notice
HARDESTY Mr C P Goatley and wife attended church at Mt Zion Sunday and dined with Mr J H Gray and family. Mrs W H Yancey and children spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Lucy Sales. Mrs Sarah Gray is spending this week with her son Mr J H Gray. Mrs W S Y Goodlett and daughters Veleria and Veoa were guests of her daughter Mrs C P Goatley Saturday afternoon. Sad death of Mr Steve Baine. Sympathy extended to the bereaved. Messrs Love Settle and Ed Riley took pictures nearby. Mrs Eliza J Mitchell is able to be out again. Mr Ezra Goodlett and wife spent Sat night and Sun with his father Mr W S Y Goodlett. Mr Will Gray spent Sat night and Sun with Mr H T Virgin. Subscribe for The Sun. 100 year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Goatley
Mt. Zion
J. H. Gray
W. H. Yancey
Lucy Sales
Sarah Gray
W. S. Y. Goodlett
Veleria
Veoa
Steve Baine
Love Settle
Ed Riley
Eliza J. Mitchell
Ezra Goodlett
Will Gray
H. T. Virgin
Bug Bite Causes Farmhand to Rescue Selt at Farm
Mr Robert Selt of Duncan neighborhood was bitten by a strange inch long bug with crawfish like pinchers while grubbing in a field last Thursday. He knocked it off after removing clothing and treated wounds with yard-planting vine juice and green juice, then recovered enough to visit the Herald office by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Selt
Duncan
Selt
Mr. Self
Mr Self
Herald Office
Harrodsburg
Building a New Jerusalem from Jerusalem to New York
Adolf Stirner writes from Jerusalem praising the city’s progress and rapid construction. He notes 200 houses completed in three months, contrasts with American competition driven energy, and observes Jerusalem shedding antiquated garb to build a modern landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
New York
Adolf Stirner
United States
New States
Woman Trapped in Crowded Car Receives Unwanted Help
In a six o'clock rush, a young woman squeezed into a crowded streetcar doorway. Each jolt sent her sliding back, and three times she landed in the embrace of a large man on the back platform. The man finally advised she remain where she was.
White Hall Fruit Continues Despite Cool Weather
White Hall reports a healthy fruit crop with minimal damage from cool weather. Local trades include W J Matherly buying a yoke of oxen for 85 dollars and Lawrence Walker purchasing hogs for 10 dollars. Several residents are mentioned visiting family and friends, with social calls to Mackville Tablow and Markville, and Worley T. Baker hosting a graphophone gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Bottoms
Lade Cooksey
Markville
John A. Sharp
Mackville
Herbert
Clay Shewmaker
Tablow
Worley T. Baker
Labe Cooksey
Poultry Raising Pays with Preventive Feed Mix
Poultry health advice urges feeding fowls a beneficial tonic to prevent diseases like cholera roup gapes and limberneck. Directions specify 3 to 5 drops three times daily for sick birds and 3 or 4 feedings per week as a preventive. Turkeys require a smaller dose. Price 60 cents. Guaranteed by Haydon and Robertson, Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gapes
Limberneck
Haydon & Robertson
Subscribers Free Column Market Listings
Local subscribers advertise farm stock and provisions for sale in Mackville Willisburg Springfield and Lebanon including 45 head of young steers 3 year milk cows timber hay straw eggs and poultry offspring prices per dozen or per 15 and assorted purebred birds and livestock Clarification at Campbell's furniture store and various Rt. and near town locations. Reads like a late 19th or early 20th century classifieds page with multiple private sellers listing cattle milk cows grain eggs and poultry along with quantities and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.P. Hatchett
Mackville
A. L. Perkins
Rt. 3
With &Rdeals
J. W. Shirley
Willisburg
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Baker’s Stock
Great Saddle Horse
Fair Grounds
L. D. Baker
Kentucky
Lexington Herald
The
Herald
Flemingsburg
Campbellsville Manufacturing CO
Campbellsville, Kentucky
R. McWhorter
Springfield
W. K. Edelen
Blincoe
J. E. Harmon
G.W. Peterson
Hardesty
Sun
White Hall
Floater NO
Wallace
Florida
Hambletonian
Volunteer
Mary
Star Almont
Almont
Alice Gains
Fieldmont
Dace
Black Hawk
Sherman
Justin Morgan
Morgan
Jara
Abdallah
Membrino Chief
Pilot Jr
Floater
Peck
Idol
Membrine Chief
American Eclipse
Dir Archy
Stonewall
J. E. Shelby
Mrassel-Gans Paint Co., Incorporated
W. Market St
Louisville, Ky
Nlaed
the Farmers of Washington
W. S. Gibbs, McClure & Mayes
Springfield Sun
Sun and Courier-Journal
G. T. Clements
Rt. 1
H. D. Stiles
W. T. Payne
Lizzie McLaughlin
B. L. Lise
Orpington
S. B. Thompson, Jr
L, Il
Campbell's Furniture
B. D. Lake
K. Showmaker
J. S. Martin
Rhode Island
S. G. Tucker
R. B. Creger
Lebenet
P. Rock
Seale
Lizzie Bosley
Lebanon
Gale Pure
C. E Christie
Pal Goatley
Plymouth
T. K. Smyth
N. Rood Biayne
C. N. Willett
Hamberg
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