Tobacco Trust Profits and Burley Decline Highlighted
E E Barton of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Company elaborates on tax cuts and trust pricing. He argues manufacturers profit from Burley and leaf, recalling 1903 price shifts and high wholesale plug costs while growers receive 10 to 16 cents per pound, with yields falling from 200,040,000 pounds in 1988 to about 140,000,000 hailed as a bumper average.
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E. E. Barton
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Company
Cincinnati Enquirer
Plug
Jno Rockefeller Jr Mirrors His Father in Charity and Discipline
Jno Rockefeller Jr son of John D Rockefeller Sr shows frugal habits and charitable work. He lives modestly eats inexpensive meals avoids wine and cigars. He is twenty seven years old and enjoys walking wood chopping and several sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebn D. Rockefeller, Sr
A Better Grade at Home
A Hartford Herald note cautions that marriage by correspondence can mislead similar to mail order goods and that a better match or outcome might be found locally rather than from afar.
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Hartford Herald
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Cure in Public Appeal
Public interest grows as Electric Bitters is praised for curing stomach, liver, and kidney issues. M H Walters of 516 St. Clair describes relief after using the tonic, calling it a near miracle and urging purchase at Laygon's drug store with a stated price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M H. Walters
St. Clair
Lumbis
J.laygon
Judge Hobson's Record On Appellate Court Praised
The Marion Falcon lauds Judge Hobson for industrious service on the Court of Appeals. It presents yearly totals showing Hobson writing more opinions than peers, notes faster docket resolution, and cites key cases like Taylor vs Beckham and Gran County v Shortell as examples of his influence and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Falcon
J. P. Hobson
Court of Appeals
Hobson
Taacseet
Roy
United State Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Gran County
Carter County
Pritt Ve
Brewiaarktes
Amd
Meyler Vs. Werkling
Supreme Court
Essex
Court of Last Resort
Don t Wait Too Long Don t Wait For Funeral Flowers
A reflective piece urges giving flowers and praise to the living, not at the funeral. It argues charity should be expressed while one is alive and can enjoy the sentiment. The writer warns against postponing kindness and social courtesies until after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson News
Representative D H Smith Ailment In House Sparks Concern
Washington February 16 Congressman D H Smith of Kentucky fell ill in the House with severe body and back pains. He was aided by Kentucky peers, escorted to his lodging at the Riggs House, and later reported improved though still resting. The illness is blamed on a severe cold and possible rheumatism flare up.
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Washington
D. H. Smith
Kentucky
James
Riggs House
Smith
Representative Smith
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Ad
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy as a safe, pleasant tonic for for colic dysentery summer complaint infant cholera and diarrhoea. It claims many lives saved and urges keeping a bottle at home for emergencies. Sold by C. Hayden in Springra.
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Asa
Seine
Ara Amre
Ciin Hayden
Spring
Hydrophobia Strikes Local Resident Near Elizabethtown
Robert Hicks of six miles east of town contracted a violent hydrophobia last Saturday. Dr. Moberly says there is no hope of recovery. Several of Hicks's children were bitten by the same animal though no blood was drawn. Hicks, about forty, leaves a wife and several children.
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Robert Hicks
Heas
Moberly
Easley sues over pool hall losses in Covington case
Sam Easley, a contractor who moved from the city to Covington, files suit against E P Respass and others to recover money lost in a pool room. He claims losses total $3,000 from March 1904 to February 7 of the current year in racing bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Easley
Coviington
E. P. Respass
Death in Mercer: Joseph Asher Dies After Illness
Joseph Asher died Monday afternoon at his Warwick street home after a bout of a dread malady. He was 44, survived by his wife and five children. The eldest son is ill with pneumonia, leaving the family in strained circumstances.
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Harrodsburg Herald
Joseph Asher
Warwick Street
Asher
Runyan of Butlerville Reports Odd Painful Symptoms Vanish
J. D. Runyan of Butlerville claims a peculiar disappearance of his painful symptoms including indigestion and biliary distress. The note suggests an unusual health episode reported in the local column.
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J. D. Runyan
Butlerville, C
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Te Mophineville Market
Ier Wikol
Bridgeton
Averc
Erage Oni
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Udges
Asysner
Geo. A
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Prince Pushingtolen
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Kuroki
Mark ‘Twain
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Prof
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Grundy, Claybrooke & McIntire
Springfield
Elizabethtown News
Easley
Baptist
Covington
So Easley
Mercer
THE
Springfield Sun
Sun
Cincinnati
Atlanta
St. Louis Republic
St. Louis Globe Democratic American Parmer Breeders” Gazette
Country Gentleman
iPpincutt’s
Sentner’s Magazine
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Harper's Weekly
the Sun
Springfield, Ky
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