Lancaster inventor patents one handed corn thinning device
W B Moss of Lancaster has patented a new farm implement that grips and pulls corn stalks to thin rows without disturbing others. The device eliminates stooping and will be attached to a riding machine to thinning several rows at once. The patent office approved the device and Moss pursues market release amid farm labor concerns.
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Hareonssure Herald
W.B. Moss
Lancaster
Moss
Washington
Grandson and Old Man Die In Kentucky Train Collision
Owensboro Kentucky reports R L Atherton 63 a Confederate veteran and his 44 year old grandson Estill Atherton killed at a grade crossing by a Louisville Henderson and St Louis passenger train. The engine was late and sped around a curve when it struck a road wagon. Atherton was hurled 50 feet and his body landed in a pond while the boy’s head was severed and thrown about 75 feet. Atherton, a respected farmer, leaves a widow and 10 children.
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Owensboro
R. L. Atherton
Estill Atherton
Loulaville, Henderson
Atherton
Effort To Unionize Owensboro Workers Closes Factories Indefinitely
In Owensboro Kentucky a unionization drive for carriage and woodworkers led to the indefinite closing of the Hickman Ebbert and Owensboro plants with 600 to 700 workers out of work. Officials say unions will not dictate business and the plant will stay shut until labor agitation ends. Other local factories prepare to close. Prof W W Borden of Kentucky, famed for gold mining fortune and cyanide process pioneer, suffers fatal stroke at his Borden Indiana home.
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Owensboro
Hickman-Ebbert
N Ow
Hick Ebbert
Louisville
W. W. Borden
Borden
Ind
Colorado
Middle West
Americo
Boone and Erlanger traction line revival eyed
Covington and Boone Erlanger backers push an independent traction project linking to the C N C at Erlanger once the extension is ready. Promoters claim willing property owners along the Lexington pike will grant rights of way. James Ernst plans surveys and blueprints this week as weather allows. The effort also aims to revive Big Bone Springs as a popular ring place.
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Covington
Boone County
Erlanger
Kenton County
Erlanzer
Lexington Pike
James Ernst
Leachman's Christmas furniture gifts for wives
Leachman's Furniture offers a holiday selection aimed at husbands seeking the ideal wife gift this Christmas. The ad emphasizes thoughtful choice and high quality items that promise satisfaction, inviting shoppers to visit for personalized help and a broad range of home furnishings.
Fine Furniture for Christmas 1906 Savings
A local shop promotes a broad furniture sale offering side boards 15 to 50 dollars book cases 14 to 25 dollars toilet tables 12 and up combination book cases 13 to 20 mahogany music cabinets 10 and up dining tables 5 to 18 parlor tables 1 and up jardiniers pedestals 3 to 15 iron beds 2.50 to 25 parlor chairs and rockers 1.25 to 15 steel couches and morris chairs. The dealer claims lower prices than city firms and urges customers to visit to see the stock and be convinced.
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