Storm Strikes Bardstown District Causes Property Damage
A violent Wednesday storm across Bardstown caused property damage and one reported fatality risk. Bell tower shattering at the court house and bricks scattered by lightning near the northeast corner. A horse of Mr. Jim Burns on Shepherdsville pike died. Locust trees uprooted at Judge Fulton’s home and Mr. Tom Spalding Sr.’s lawn tree destroyed.
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Court House
N. E
Jim Burns
Shepherdsville Pike
Judge Fulton
Tom Spalding
Hatpin demand creates need for storage solution
The article notes a surge in the use of gigantic hotpins for millinery and the accompanying demand for a place to keep the pins. It highlights how the long pin, once a simple utility, has grown in prominence and quantity in women's fashion, prompting inventors to consider storage options.
Personal Notes Round Up of the Week’s Visitors
A round up of personal news lists numerous visitors and travelers for Bardstown area. Names include Miss Katherine Spalding of Lebanon visiting Mrs Bertha Haydngthe. Misses Sue Duncan and Jennie Leachman to Winfield Kansas. Mr. Finley M Scruggs of Oklahoma City headed to Bardstown to visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. McElroy. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rapier of Bardstown to visit relatives. Dr. R. C. McChord and wife of Lebanon noted as visitors. many others are named as visiting friends, relatives, or traveling to or from Louisville, Lebanon, Fredericktown, and Tyron NC, with various ailments, trips, and social calls.
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Finley.m. Scruggs
Oklahoma City
Charles R. McElroy
R. H Edelen
Joseph
Louisville
Janie Willett
J. L. Harmon
E. E. Buster
Lucy Bowling Green
W. E. Crome
Selecman
Fredericktown
Jack Beam
Bards
McCampbell
J. AD. Rapier
Bardstown
Hatpin Holders and Delicate Toilet Trays Feature in 1900s Style
The article describes silver vase like hatpin holders hung at the dressing table to keep large hatpins safe and untangled. Enamel and crystal pin trays with partitions are praised for preventing mix ups and scratches. It also covers a homemade negligee using crepe de chine or pongee and hints at removing price marks from garments.
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Peve
Glaus
Aflver
Don’t Get a Divorce. Ill-temper cured by new life pills
An old western court note records a divorce granted on grounds of ill temper and breath issues. Advertisements claim Dr King’s New Life Pills cure constipation liver trouble head aches and chills, priced at 25 cents at Haydon and Robertson’s.
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Dr. King
Haydon and Robertson's
Adams Reed Couple Wed in Louisville Ceremony
Miss Nellie Reed and Prof. Clarence Adams, whose engagement was announced by The Sun weeks ago, married today at Dr J S Lyons residence on Pourts Avenue. The couple, from prominent Kentucky families, will reside at Grundy Home where Adams teaches orphan students.
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Nellie Reed
Clarence Adams
Louisville
J. S. Lyons
Pourts Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lyons
Kentucky
Mrs. Adams
Grundy
Prof. Adams
Here’s To Ben Johnson, Enterprise: A Tribute to Johnson
The Honorable Ben Johnson, a Kent congressman, visited the city on Wednesday and met many friends. The profile praises his health, fitness, prudent judgment, quiet diligence, and willingness to aid neighbors, calling him a true man worthy of honor. It urges Marion county to support him for governor, praising his leadership and unity.
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Ben Johnson
Johnson
Kent
Tin
Marion County
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James H. Mulligan
Lexington
J. A. Sullivan
Richmond
William J. Price
Danville
Northwest
N. L. Curry
M. V. P. Yeaman
John A. Johnson
South Bend
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Springfield, Ky
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D. D
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Mary Tong
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Winfield, Kans
Oscar Sweeney
Ida M. Young
Mr. McCampbell
M. L. Durrett
May Mayes
Mary Lee Taylor
Willisburg
C. D. Hatchotti
Tatham Springs
W. F. Booker
Arch Hayes
Hinkle
W. H. Leachman
Nell Thurman
Hunteville
Als
Pleasant Grove
Lucien Purdom
Robert Kimberlin
Thomas Spalding
Catherine and
Emily Spalding
Ben Haydon
H. P. McChord
W. T. McElroy
W. H. Williams
J. F. Pettus
Georgetown
J. R. Smith
Bloomfield
Mr. Kent Smith
Near
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Laura Baker
Tyron
N. C
Mary Gleason
Martinaville
Ind
Virginia Weisen
W. E. Leachman
Wathen Simms
Richard Wathen
Bardatown Junction
W. D. McElroy
Packard, Ky
Ida Charles
Mary Elizabeth Carroll
Flaget
Ellen Simms
W. T. Condor
Will Russells
Prentice Boblitt
J. B. Peyton
J. W. Riedells
Lotus
A. L. Jenkins
Mrs. Jenkins
G. D. Duncan
Elizabeth Smith
Bards+ town
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Hattie Mitchel
Crescent Hill
Sue Ray
Guba
Fred Manger
J. L. Allen
Mayme
A. R. Shultz, Jr
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Albert Noonan
Lawrence O'Bryan
Bennie Wathen
Thos
Edelen
Nell Greene
Frank Willett
N. G. Marks
Lotus Station
Chris Hertlein
W. F. Grigsby
Henry Marshall Grigsby
Chaplin
Geo. W. Colvin
Whitley County
Better Nehods
Orne
Rosser McClure
High Grove
Edwin Carlile Litsey
A. C. McElroy
T’s
Reeve
Washington County
Katie Hertlein
Bro
Reed
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