Shoot His Father Ends in Escape and Arrest
At about 9 PM last Monday on the Lebanon pike near town Bud Lee, a colored youth, shot his father Jim Allen Lee at their home after witnessing the man whip his wife. The elder Lee died. Bud Lee fled but was later found in the upstairs and arrested by Sheriff McDowell and Chief Wood. The mother bears facial injuries from the beating.
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Kentucky Advocate
Lebanon Pike
Bud Lee
Jim Allen Lee
Sheriff McDowell
Wood
Outdoor outings through a wife friendly reform
A nostalgic letter questions male camping parties and urges including wives and sweethearts in picnics. The writer imagines how shared feasts and coordinated effort could improve happiness, criticizing isolation and urging respect for women's intellect and domestic talents.
Barber v Bardstown case continued for deposition prep
The case of John R. Barber and others versus the City of Bardstown and others was continued on motion of plaintiffs at their costs due to lack of time to prepare and file depositions. The suit concerns extending city limits.
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Kentucky Standard
John R. Barber
City of
On Wife's Grave Found Dead in Lexington Cemetery
Harrodsburg Herald reports Harveys Alexander, about 35, found dead across his late wife’s grave in Lexington Cemetery. Employed as clerk at Shouse & Looney grocery, he had planned to go to New York after skipping work. Coroner to decide if autopsy needed. some think lightning caused death. wife Nellie Hughes of Frankfort buried Decoration Day two years earlier.
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Ed. Alexander
Harvey Alexander
Lexington
Shouse & Looney
New York
Nellie Hughes
Frankfort
Protracted Meeting Scheduled by Brooks Brothers at Local Church
Evangelists Brooks Brothers will visit the Christian church around July 1 for a protracted meeting following successful campaigns in Madison Indiana with 110 additions and Bedford Indiana with 232. The notice shifts to Cuban diarrhoea, endorsing Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy via a Texas testimonial from Mrs Minnie Jacobs. C J Haydon sells the remedy locally.
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Marion Falcon
Brooks Brothers
The
Christian Church
Madison
Ind
Bedford
U. S
Cuba
Minnie Jacobs
Houston
Texas
Chamberlain
C. J. Haydon
Hillsboro Social Notes and Local Visits
A partial Hillsboro column reports Mrs. Maud Inman recovering from illness and a large crowd attending Willisburg decorations. Visitors include Tolly Griffy and family from near Tatham Springs, Colvin of Liffey, Lucien Pinkston, Meases, Ormady Showmakers, Mitt y Leachman, Wardsville neighbors, and W P Merritt who lost a fine colt last week. Also noted are church meetings at Willisburg and decorations at Rock Bridge with families such as the Sutherlands and Armstrongs observed across weekend.
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Maud Inman
Willisburg
Electric Bitters credited with curing chronic illness claims
Harper resident George W. Hoffman repeats a seven year struggle with stomach and liver trouble and credits Electric Bitters with a cure. He recommends the medicine to all and plans to keep it in his home. The piece also notes John Rogers of Robertson County tending what is described as the longest tobacco patch in the state, with rows a mile long and 1,900 plants per row.
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George W. Hoffman
Harper, Wash
C. J. Haydon
John Rogers
Robertson County
Arrested For Robbery In Louisville
Sam Dale, colored, was arrested Friday by Detective William Hogan at Chief Thompson’s request on a high way robbery charge. Brought here Saturday, he is in jail. alleged to have robbed Ben Crouch of Tatham Spring near Spalding avenue and Railroad street, about a month ago. Crouch had passed Ferst's machine shop when attacked in a crowd of negroes. Meade farmers organization bought 3,000 pounds of binder twine.
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Marion Falcon
Sam Dale
Louisville
William Hogan
Thompson
Ben. Crouch
Tatham Spring
Spalding Ave
Nue
Railroad Street
Crouch
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