Surrey Tobacco sale talks shock Lexington meeting
At the Lexington district board meeting President Clarence LeBus of the Surrey Tobacco and Insurance Company disclosed that the executive committee had negotiated with New York parties to sell the 1909 satire pool at 17 cents a pound. The deal appeared closed until the New York agent was telegraphed not to close, and the matter was dropped. GC Patrick, a subcommittee member, was asked to recount the New York trip and the collapse of the proposed sale.
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Lexington
Clarence LeBus
Surrey Tobacco and Insurance Company
New York
Patrick
LeBas
High School Notes and Year-End Reflections
End of term thoughts on students entering and leaving, shifting roles, and life after high school. A student quip about the Revolution shows humor in class. Bath School entertainment is anticipated with contestants confident of medals. A boy vows to quit staring at girls until Christmas, hinting at upcoming social chances.
Cannot Form Insurance Company in Kentucky
Attorney General Breathitt delivered an opinion to Insurance Commissioner Bell that the Burley Tobacco Society cannot form a burley tobacco insurance company. He says the plan combines a commercial corporation with vast capital and an insurance company, which is improper under Kentucky corporation laws. The ruling notes issues about investments and core purposes, indicating the merger would not be considered a valid insurance venture.
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Frankfort
Breathitt
Bell
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley Tobacco Insurance Company
Comercial Corporation
Lucky
Barley Society
Engagement of Edna Catlett to Hark Shehan in 1909
Mr and Mrs Geo D Catlett announce the engagement of their daughter Edna to Mr Hark Shehan of Maud. The wedding is set for Wednesday December 15 1909 at the bride’s home. Edna is among Springfield’s attractive young ladies and Hark is a prominent local farmer.
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Geo. D. Catlett
Edna
Hark Shehan
Miss Catlett
Jailer
G. D. Catlett
Springfield
Mr. Shehan
Dud Shehan
Maud
Sentenced to Death in Dry Ridge Assault Case
Karl Thompson, a Black man, was brought from Georgetown to Williamstown by four officers and placed under eight-guard escort to await trial for criminally assaulting Mrs. Ransom Rob erts at Dry Ridge. A large crowd watched as a jury deliberated for forty-two minutes and returned a verdict of death.
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Williamstown
Karl Thompson
Ransom Roberts
Dry Ridge
Georgetown
Fine Bunch of Turkeys Bought in Wilhaburg
Mr John T Mellvoy purchased fifty seven turkeys from Mrs T H Noel of Willhaburg for 119 55 paying a new high per person. He says he has bought turkeys ten years and has given out 2996 72 to women around Willhaburg this season.
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John T. Mellvoy
T. H. Noel
Wilhaburg
Mellvoy
Willsburg
Burns Fatal Claims Life Of Mrs Nancy Lewis At Home
After six weeks of illness and a fatal burn at her Rose Hill Dixville home Mrs Nancy Lewis aged 96 died Friday night. Survived by seven children, funeral held Sunday at 2 pm from the home with Rev J M Roddy, interment in family burying ground. A devout Baptist noted for charity. Kentucky Republican report.
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Nancy Lewis
Rose Hill
Dixville
J. M. Roddy
Harrodsburg
Young barber Lawrence Tague pleads guilty in petty larceny case
Lawrence Tague, about 18 to 19, was granted a suspended 30 day jail sentence after pleading guilty to petty larceny before Judge Musey. He promised monthly court updates on his conduct. Meanwhile local tobacco markets report record sales with strong prices as buyers rush to clear stock this week.
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Lawrence Tague
Joe
John Wycoff
Tague
Cliffdale Park donated near Perryville by S D Bottom
In October 1862 S D Bottom donated about two acres of land one mile from Perryville for old soldiers benevolent societies and picnic use. He named it Cliffdale Park, a shaded grassy spot likely to be favored for gatherings. Also notes Kentucky school attendance gaps, with 311,192 attending and 417,674 not in any school, plus library and funding figures. The second lecture of the season will be by J Wight Giddings at the Opera House Friday night December 10.
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S. D. Bottom
Perryville
Cliffdale Park
Bottom
Danville
Kentucky
Public Instruction
J. G. Crabbe
General Assembly
J. Wight Giddings
Opera House
Mr. Giddings
Winchester Votes Wet in Local Option Election
Winchester Ky December 6 The local option election passed quietly with women and children leading a sunrise poll procession and a prayer meeting. The city voted wet by 358 in all precincts except one while the county voted dry by 662 with turnout well below normal. The notice concludes with an unrelated medical plug for Chamberlain's Salve sold by Leo Haydon Drug Co.
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Winchester
A Plunk a Word. A dying elephant’s final request
An Edmond Moberly prose piece depicts a dying elephant on Afric plains urging a comrade to carry a message to the herd. He speaks of facing rapid gunfire with no tremor, asking to tell future readers that a single plunk a word would suffice for his obituary. The tale ends with the punch line that few obituaries merit even a single word.
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Afric
Locust Grove Social Roundup
Locust Grove residents and visitors are listed with frequent mentions of local families. Several trips to relatives in Lebanon Sharpsville and Pleasant Grove are noted along with church attendance and neighborhood visits. A local sales pitch invites Kentucky Star Flour as a traditional product.
Live Stock Markets Report from Bourbon Stock Journal
Louisville December 7 cattle receipts 278 for two days 2887 buyers light demand limited market quiet no quotable change in values choice handy-weight cattle fair demand medium and common dull feeders steady butchers balls firm cows firm no prime heavy cattle. calves receipts 57 two days 230 market steady best 4 8e medium 5y 6e calls 246D4e hogs receipts 1243 two days 7953 market firm to higher selected hogs 165 lb plus at 8.25 some heavy hogs higher 130 165 lbs 8 heavy 7.60 light pigs 6.75 26.90 roughs 7.60. pens cleared market steady sheep lambs receipts light 6 head two days 148 market steady least sheep 3 3%c best lambs 54 6c. medium common slow sales.
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Louisville
Thrilling Rescue of Bert R Lean From Fatal Lung Trouble
Bert R Lean of Chen y Wash details a severe lung ailment that stumped doctors. After costly visits to Spokane specialists and a futile California trip he found cure with Dr Kings New Discovery. The remedy is advertised at one dollar with a trial bottle offered free and backed by Haydon & Robertson guarantees.
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Bert R. Lean
Cheny, Wash
Lang
Spokane
California
Dr. King
Bleana Noopigh
Haydon & Robertson
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Pool
Burley Society
Frank Medley
Bath School
Chamberlain
Leo Haydon Rug Co
Leo Haydon Drug Co
Edmond Moberly
Success Magazine
Locust Grove
Harry Thompson
Mrs
Sterling Thompson
Frances Litsey
Lebanon
Bessie Birch
Julia Veachman
Lloyd Colvin
Grundy
A. L. Litsey
Henry Reed
J. S. Leachman
Will Thompson
Don Moore
Cardwell
George Moore
Hugh Leachman
Tom Baker
Sue Edgerton
Frank Jones
James Brown
Sharpsville
Nannie Thompson
Pleasant Grove
Merdames
Julia Leachman
Ella’ Litsey
Fenwick
Harvey Leachman
C. A. Thompson
John Claybrooke
Bourbon Stock Journal
Bourbon Stockyards
J. A. Shader
J. A. Shader’s
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