Fall blast at Gracey School boosts eighth grade count
High School Notes detail Winter plans for declamatory contests on February 22 with four boys Knight Handy Harry Shultz Tom Colvin Ben P Simms and four girls Rodman Thurman Nellie Simms Hattie Rice Louise Haydon. Memorial exercises for Miss Dorothy McElroy and updates on students Leo Simms Gillie Barber Mabel Williams Annie McElroy Mine Jennie Craycroft. Brunelleschi anecdote closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight Handy
Harry Shultz
Tom Colvin
Ben P. Simms
Rodman Thurman
Nellie ‘Simms
Hattie Rice
Louise Haydon
Saxton Glee Club
The Charming Woman and Plain Yet Admirable Qualities
A reflection on beauty in everyday women noting that charm lies in neatness clear eyes and sprightly step rather than idealized perfection. The author distinguishes artistic models from ordinary women who embody graceful presence and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exin
Vast Episcopalian Cathedral Project In New York
In Wuchang China a Boone for boys is noted with Howard Richards Jr. as a Columbia editor. The Episcopal St John the Divine in New York on Morningside Heights will be a $10,000,000 sacred edifice, among the largest and costliest yet built. Rev John Aldis, once a leading Baptist in England, now 98, began as a shoemaker, studied at Horton Rawdon colleges, led Maze Pond chapel, and presided over the Baptist union in 1866. A historic Worcester charity, St Swithin, traces bread offerings to 1668 by William Swift for the poor, with a perpetual duty to provide 12 loaves each Sabbath for twelve aged recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. John the Divine
Perete
Morningside Heights
America
John Aldis
England
Horton College
Bradford
Rawdon College
Maze Pond Chapel
London
The
Baptist Union
St. Swithin
Worcester
William Swift
Contemporaries Dish on Wit and Won Losses
A compact collage of quips and cartoons from era papers. Jests about wills, patent medicine, Miss Summit pageants, racehorse entries, and overheard banter mix with mock interviews and comic exchanges from Harper's Weekly Life and Chicago Daily News.
Monday Morning Musings Reflections on Monday Blues
A columnist notes a blue Monday may yield a brighter Tuesday if errors from Sunday night aren’t repeated. Avoid taking others for granted lest it hurt feelings. the piece urges acts for others to brighten the world when friendship wanes.
Washington Circuit Court announces commissioner sale
By judgment of the Washington Circuit Court a commissioner sale is set for January 1908 at 2 pm. The property lies on Little Beech Fork near Mooresville in two tracts, about 7 acres plus more, described in the deed to Peter G. Barlow. Sale on credit for twelve months to the highest bidder. Sheriff note and deed reference included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia A. Buckner
George Henry Barlow
Washington Circuit Court
Washi Eo
Beech Fork
Mooresville
Peter G. Barlow
M. G. Leachman
Ledger Snapshot From Mackville Bank December 31 1906
A bank report from Mackville Kentucky shows assets totaling 62 579 53 with cash deposits and loans. Liabilities include deposits with interest 4 400 08 and 40 650 44 in savings, plus 5 000 00 in other deposits. Directors Hatchet Peter W Powell sign as J M Smith cashier and board members sworn January 7 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee Ee
Ime Samiessen
Apemprins
Tinetadinge
Ual
Robin Hoods and Morris Tube in English Village Games
An English note laments the decline of native archery skills and suggests returning to traditional pursuits like Robin Hood stories and Morris dancing. The piece contrasts wrist eye training with modern wand and arrow play and hopes villages revive the old craft and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Yentua
Christmas Quietly Observed In Local Community
Christmas passed off quietly with visits from William Mills of Soogootee Indiana and numerous local families. Several migrations and gatherings are noted including Ballard and Phil lips cousins in Holy Cross, a double wedding at Fredericktown, and Mr Geo Sutherland planning a move to Peoria Illinois.
Dyer and Bayne Holiday Visit and Schoolgirl Christmas
Mr and Mrs J J Dyer of Parsons Kansas are visiting the Russell home over the holidays. Mr Bayne was in Chaplin Saturday. Miss Ora Pinkston spent Christmas with relatives near Millersburg while Miss Sallie Mae Williams of Millersburg school also enjoys Christmas break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Dyer
Parsons, Kas
Russell
A.bayne
Chaplin
Ora Pinkston
Sallie Mae Williams
Millersburg School
Small Town Notes From Glens Creek Visit Home Folks
Mr Ben Mellyoy and family visited at the home of T H Noel over the weekend. Zelma Mellyoy will visit her grandmother in Willisburg before returning Saturday night. Rev Simms filled his regular appointment Sunday. Miss Mary Bottoms of Louisville visits Mrs Grundy Cook Bey. Annie Gardner spent Christmas week in Sprigfield with cousins Myrtle and Edna Catlett. Dan Mellroy and family visited his meter Mrs T H Noel. Davis Noel visited his sister Mrs W L Graham. James Holliday of Bellflower spent days with his father-in-law Albert Gardner. Mary Frances McIlvoy of St Catherine's visited cousin Catherine Noel at Christmas. Death of Archie Wells at Willisburg. condolences extended. J Troup of Paris Illinois visited his brother here recently. Uncle Jacob, eighty five, and his elder brother, three years his senior, had not seen each other for fifty years. He has been in Illinois fifty years, finds people less sociable than in Kentucky. hopes to visit again next summer if health permits. Uncle Jacob reads the Sun and calls it a fine paper.
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Santa
William Mills
Soogootee
Ind
Katie McIntire
Alice
Nelson County
Frank Willitt
Estell
Alma Ballard
Holy Cross
Alma
Loretto Academy
Robert Nally
Athertonville
Charney Nally
J. C. Ensor
T. E. Ballard
J.F. Keene
Tom and
Lee McIntire
Harry Thompson
Edna Loice
Lottie Phillipps
Valley Hill
Mary
Delta Walker
Richard Kelty
Louisville
Miles Kelty
Tom Williams
Emma Ennoy
Emma
Lula Wheatley
Cecilville
Flora Keene
Will Nally
Geo. Clements
James Montgomery
Atlanta
Della Blanford
Lorenzo Young
Kelro Place
Tyne McIntire
George McIntire
Predericksburg
Lizzie Murphy
Fredericksburg
Robert Blanford
Robert McIntire
McIntire
Kenton Fields
Lousie
Springfield
J.C. Ensor
Lebanon
Louis Mudd
Mary L. Mudd
Chartle Willett
Walter Reynolds
Fredericktown
Ben Mellyoy
T. H. Noel
Zelma
Willisburg
Rev. Simms
Mary Bottoms
Grundy Cook- Bey
Annie Gardner
Sprigfield
Myrtle
Edna Catlett
Kentucky
Jacob
The
Sun
A Memorable Day With Dr King’s New Life Purifiers
A fragmentary reminiscence describes a notable day when using Dr King’s New Life purifiers. The passage hints at health benefits and personal profit, but the text remains incomplete and dates or full claims are unclear.
Local News From Mackville Highlights Death and Social Guests
The Mackville column notes the death of Mr. Matt Wycoff and his funeral at the Christian church, with burial at Pleasant Grove cemetery. It also mentions visitors and social visits from Indianapolis and Springfield, plus a party hosted by Miss Edna Cochran and various local gatherings and illnesses.
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Springfield Sun
Rogers Gore
Gracey School
Webster Hayne
Wallace Rogers
Columbus
Santiago Bay
Gillie Barber
Walter Clements
Mabel ‘Williams
Annie McElroy
Dorothy McElroy
Leo Simms
Jennie Craycroft
Florence
Brunelleschi
Wuchang
China
Howard Richards, Jr
Columbianeditecte
Harper's Weekly
Dashaway
Cleverton
Life
Basyun
Stickfoot
Report OF the
Mackville
Rane Tex
M. Smith
Hatchet
Peter
W. Powell
J. M. Smith
Washington County
Grundy & McIntire
Edna Philipps
Blanche Bonts
B. Sutherland
Earl Roby
Kate Walliams
Sallie Mae
Miss Phipps
Mr. Williams
Margie Bonta
MT. Zion
Glens Creek
Matt Wycolf
Wycoff
Christians Church
W. P. Walden
Pleasant Grove
Tom Peters
Indianapolis
Lillian Hayden
Ethel Turner
Merrel
Hartford Turner
Pearl Martin and Clark
Lillian Haydon
Edna Cochran
Edd Bowles
Hattie
Tom Bowles
J. BR. Mayes
Feitie
First National Bank
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