Death and Milk Limits in Prairie Town News
The town reports Ed Moran, a known worker at a saw mill, died after a fall into the saw. The account notes his character as a strong but not vicious man. Separately, the Jersey cow Jacoba Irene owned by A. O. Autet is praised for a world record milk yield of 17,253 pounds in a year and 1,112 pounds of butter, with implications on dairy profits and numbers of cows needed for routes and living.
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Ed Moran
Sam Maupin
Thresa Blandford
Jacoba Irene
A. O. Autet
Jersey County
Illinois
Chicago
Herald
University of Illinois
Jersey
Illinoi
The Man Who Wins
A verse tribute extols the average man who wins through steady effort. It praises dedication, skill, and patience, noting three lessons: seek knowledge, please the employer, and take on tasks regardless of ease or risk. The poem concludes with the idea that success comes to those who work honestly and persistently. From Royal Trust Monthly.
Commencement Exercises Honor Graduates at College Chapel
The Danville Advocate reports a rainy commencement in the college chapel with degrees conferred and diplomas awarded after four years of study. Valedictorian Jack Haynes McChord of Springfield Ky delivered an apt address as fellowships totaling 3500 dollars yearly were awarded to McChord McElroy Hess Hager Lee Cassidy. Benediction given by Dr Route of Versailles Ky, board president.
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Danville Advocate
College
Jack Haynes McChord
Springfield
McChord
History Department
Jack McChord
S. McElroy
Fred Hess
Lawrence Hager
Madison Lee
Hugh Cassidy
Route
Versailles
Board of Trustees
The Graded School Reorganizes Springfield High Faculty
At a regular school board meeting marked improvements were made at Springfield High School. Emma Nunan, praised for her First Grade leadership, will focus solely on that level. Mrs. Alice Whayne, a former Hazard Institute instructor, joins the Second Grade. Miss Ida McClure resigns due to ill health. Miss Evelyn Royalty succeeds her in the Fifth Grade. The board commends Prof Colvin and the staff for a progressive, advanced program.
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Springfield
Emma Nunan
Alice Whayne
Chas, Noe
Ida McClure
Evelyn Royalty
Misa Royalty
Colvin
Pleasant Grove Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Pleasant Grove reports numerous Springfield visitors including Mr Mike Simma and Mrs Belle Hagan while photographer A B Rue from Harrodsburg plans service at Dr Hopper this week. Mackville Litsey ball game postponed by rain. Coleman Stigall and mother lose two head of stock to lightning. Alice Jones returns home for vacation from Midway.
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Mike Simma
Springfield
J. O. Polin
Belle Hagan
B. L. Litsey
Fred Sutherland
Willisburg
A. B. Rue
Harrodsburg
Hopper
John Howell
Mackville
M. W. Hyatt
J. R. Durrett
Harvey Vanarsdale
Sarah Reed
J. R. Noe
Litsey
Coleman Stigall
Alice Jones
Midway
Seventy-Fifth St Catharine’s commencement in Kentucky
A refined commencement at St Catharine’s Academy in Kentucky featured an artistic program, a banquet for seventy-five alumnae, and a formal address by Mrs. Oscar Walker. Gifts and future plans include a Hastings Nebraska school and a Calumet River academy in Chestertown Indiana, with Governor’s letter read at the gathering.
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St. Catharine’s of Sienna Academy
St. Catharinne’s Academy
Sienna Heights
Sisters of
St. Catharine
Lincoln
Nebraska
Hastings
St. Catharine's
Frances Rose Howe
Chestertown
Indiana
Chicago
Calumet River
Oscar Walker
Sisters of St. Catharine
Nell Fogarty
Danville
Magdalene
Kentucky
Mary Vincent
Mother Magdalene
Mary Pius
Joe Molohon
Lebanon
Jack Chinn
Louise Wathen
Sugeme
Hilda Goodin
Gertrude Stocker
Bardstown
Mre
Gwynn Marks
Myrtle Price
Deep in Debt. Kentucky Faces Half Million Dollar Gap
The Kentucky treasury on May 31 shows a deficit of 144 354 58 dollars against 369 626 18 on hand to cover warrants totaling 513 980 75. Funds split into sinking 171 678 80 and school 241 517 87 with general expenditures in deficit 43 562 49. Balloons seen overhead spark countywide excitement amid balloon endurance race reports.
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Kentucky
Treasury
Farley
Frankfort News
Family Rides to Church After Harness Comes Off
A plow team loosened its harness and the wagon was hitched, sending the family off to church. Reports say the elderly man has not seen further signs and is gradually regaining color.
Death of Mrs Murphy at St Rose near home
Mrs Joanna Murphy aged 75, widow of Michael Murphy, died last Friday at the home of Mrs Shinahan near St Rose. Funeral services were held at St Rosechurch Saturday morning and interment was in St Rose cemetery. Master Booker Nee, son of Mr and Mrs Robt A Nee, broke both bones in his forearm after a fall from a tree while hunting mulberries Sunday afternoon. He is recovering well and expected to knit without complications.
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Shinahan
St. Rose
Joanna Murphy
Michael Murphy
St. Rosechurch
St. Rose Cemetery
Booker Nee
Robt. A. Nee
Booker
Harrodsburg Democrat
Thomas Leech
J. P. Mitchell
Leech
Sam Shackelford
Terra Firma
LeBus Returns as Burley Society Leader with High Salary
Enthusiasm rises for a stronger Burley Tobacco Society as Clarence LeBus retakes leadership at Winchester. He will receive 24 000 for 1907 1908 and 15 000 thereafter through October 1 with pay drawn from buyer fees rather than pool proceeds. The group aims to expand membership and streamline operations.
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Courier-Journal
Clarence LeBus
Burley Tobacco Society
Winchester
LeBus
Burley Tobacco
American Tobacco Company
Washington County Medical Society Meets in Springfield
The Washington County Medical Society met in Springfield on June 9 with W. R K. Thompson M. W. Hyatt w. w. Ray J. C. Mudd and J. H. Hopper among those present. A July 14 meeting at Pleasant Grove is planned for 10:30 a.m. with a noon picnic dinner and a program by home and visiting physicians urging county doctors to attend with their families.
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Washington County Medical Society
Springfield
W. R K. Thompson
M. W. Hyatt
W.w., Ray
J.C. Mudd
J. H. Hopper
Pleasant Grove
Good Roads Amendment Campaign Opens in Elizabethtown
Kentucky Good Roads Association launches drive for the constitutional amendment to fund and expand county roads. Speakers include Ben L. Bruner James P. Gregory J. W. Newman and R. F. Dulaney outlining plans Bowling Green Hopkinsville and Corbin meetings ahead.
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Elizabethtown
Kentucky
Kentucky Good Roads Association
Newman
Braner
Bowling Green
Hopkinsville
Corbin
Ben L. Bruner
James P. Gregory
Lomaville
R. E. Woods
Louisville
Commonwealth
Templeside Man Hopes Cure from Haydon Robertson
Stung for 15 years by indigestion and failing doctors, a Temleside resident seeks relief from Haydon and Robertson's remedies claiming cures for biliousness sick headache liver and bowel troubles after trying medicines worth one pound.
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Haydon,& Robertson's
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