Grant County's Good Roads Cited for Law Order
A News-Leader digest notes Grant County shows no indictments in the grand jury report and attributes the calm to good roads. It quotes the Hand Book of Kentucky praising 500 miles of county turnpikes, free for three years, well maintained. The Grant Courier recalls a 1906 term with no indictments and cites the shift from crime to peace after ending liquor traffic.
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Washington County
Grant County
Grand Jury
Kentucky
McAdam
Grant County Courier
Grant
Lansing
J. M. Lassing
Grant Circuit Court
Phil
Tuos
B. Ramey
Dead Man's Corner and the Saloons of Williamstown
The piece recalls Williams town in Grant county as the county seat where whisky sales thrived for twenty years and ties it to a spike in murders. It notes the era of saloons despite supposed good roads for travel and says the Sun supports good roads but demands great obstructions between people and the barroom.
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Williamstown
Grant County
Dead Man's Corner
The
Sun
Ben Johnson Named to Succeed Smith in Fourth District
Washington dispatch reports David H. Smith, retiring from Congress, praising Ben Johnson as his successor. Smith predicts Johnson will win easily with broad Democratic support and even cross-party votes. Minority Leader Williams laments Smith’s departure from the House. Smith pledges Johnson will adequately represent the Fourth district.
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David H. Smith
Congress
Ben Johnson
Smith
Williams
House
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Express Companies Targeted by Hardin County Grand Jury
The Hardin County grand jury indicted Adams Express Co. for shipping liquor from Elizabethtown to Sonora and other prohibition points. The cases signal a broader crackdown as Kentucky prosecutors pursue illicit shipments into and from prohibition territory. Lebanon Enterprise reports Bricken Bros. Go. incorporates with a $2,500 capital, to manufacture and sell soft drinks in Lebanon. Officers named are Geo A Bricken Sr, Geo A Bricken Jr, and W Merkley. Former Henderson mayor John Atkinson dies after weeks of illness.
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Elizabethtown
Hardin County Grand Jury
Adams Express Co
Sonora
Commonwealth
Kentucky
Express Companies
Lebanon
Bricken Bros. Go
Geo. A. Bricken
W. Merkley
Geo. A. Bricken, Jr
Merkley
Geo. A. Bricken, Sr
Do Dreams Come True Do Dreams Come True
County Clerk Booker recalls a childhood dream of maritime glory on The Concordia and turns to superstition after dreaming a ship disaster. A later newspaper report confirms the sinking, giving rise to belief in dreams and fate.
Harrodsburg Votes Dry in Historic Local Option Victory
Harrodsburg Kentucky voted dry by 303 in a fierce local option campaign. All wards opposed whisky, including the colored ward which shifted by sixty in favor of prohibition. Banks closed, business houses shut, farmers joined the effort, bells rang, and town excitement peaked as extras announced the win. In the same city Falcon James Arthur Dant married Mary Mildred Osborn at St Augustine's Catholic Church.
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Harrodsburg
Kentucky
The
Democrat and
Herald
Falcon
James Arthur Dant
Mian
Mary Mildred Osborn
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
Local Died and Marriages Reported in City
Tuesday morning funeral for 24 year old Owen Mattingly of Chicago. widowhood noted. Springfield man Thomas Yowell and Bradfor dyville resident Myrtle Wayman wed at Baptis t parsonage June 12. Capt. N R Christie bound over on $100 for whipping Katie Smith. Loretto Academy and St Marys College commencements drew large crowds. Edith Wathen among graduates.
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Thomas Yowell
Springfield
Myrtle Wayman
Bradfordyville
This City
A. C. Graves
N. R. Christie
Katie Smith
Mr. Christie
Loretto Academy
St. Mary’s College
Edith Wathen
J. B. Wathen, Jr
McChord Emerges as Possible Democratic Governor Candidate
Louisville political circles view C. C. McChord, Railroad Commission chair and longtime state figure, as strongest anti machine governor candidate. A 25 leader conference reportedly solidified support from Louisville faction and papers. Possible backing from Henry Watterson and local press. Senator McCreary may back him if rivals decline.
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Louisville
C.C. McChord
Railroad Commission
McChord
Kentucky
W. B. Haldeman
Times
The
Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
Courier Journal
Beckham
Cooney Mattingly Marriage At St Charles
The St Marys neighborhood wedding of Prof John M Cooney of St Marys College to Miss Margaret Mattingly took place Thursday at St Charles during a Nuptial Mass. Rev J J Pike officiated before a large gathering with Attendants Prof Paut and Paul Mattingly. The couple will visit Louisville and then tour the East before making Oventains their home. Both families praise the newlyweds as esteemed and accomplished.
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Lebanon
St. Mary's
St. Charles
John M. Cooney
St. Mary’s College
Margaret Mattingly
J. J. Pike
Paut
Paul Mattingly
Louisville
Oventains
Cooney
Ben F. Mattingly
St. Marys
County to vote on liquor sale in Washington county
The county court of Washington county will be petitioned to call an election on Saturday August 25 to determine if spirituous vinous or malt liquors may be sold in the county. Petitions are being circulated and will be presented to the court at once.
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the Courier
Grant County
Washington County
Henry county votes dry by 1600 in local option win
Newcastle Ky June 16 Henry county votes five to one for local option. Anti liquor forces sweep liquor interests from the field by a 1600 vote margin. Newcastle, once carried by liquor advocates, now becomes dry. Local supporters express great satisfaction over the victory.
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Henry County
Newcastle
We Need Bryan in Our Business
Henderson Ky June 17 Five thousand persons heard the Rev Sam Jones at the Henderson Chautauqua His subject was character His rambling discourse mixed humorous bursts and sharp rhetoric He held up President Roosevelt and W J Bryan as men of outstanding character and urged that Bryan should succeed Roosevelt because we need Bryan in our business
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Henderson
Sam Jones
Henderson Chautaurqua
Roosevelt
W.J. Bryan
Teddy
Bryan
Silicate Findings Prompt Local Inquiry in Clay County
W P Caeatiam of Mackville reports discovering silicate pieces on land one mile south of the Willisburg Mackville turnpike. He compares it favorably to material in Glens Creek, notes claims of 1000 acres, and estimates 2000 acres. The substance remains soft when damp, grows tougher when worked, and can set quickly in heat without cracking.
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Mackville
Editor Sun
Willisburg
Glens Creek
Louisville
W. P. Caeatiam
Farm for sale near Loretto and St Rose turnpike
128 acre farm in good cultivation with a fine dwelling barn and outbuildings. Located near Loretto, St Rose turnpike, six miles from Springfield with tobacco land. For details call J. R. of Frank Montgomery or write to Mire Patty Blunford, R. F. D. Nov 2.
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Loretto
St. Rose Turn Pike
Springfield
J. R
Frank Montgomery
Patty Blunford
New Cure for Epilepsy Claimed by Parents Letter
A Watertown man writes that his daughter, long afflicted with epilepsy, was cured by Dr King’s New Life Pills after over two years of treatment. The letter asserts the product's tonic benefits and hopes for broader relief.
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O. B. Waterman
Watertown
Local option gains ground in Brush Grove election
Judge Ike Thurman and W F Grigaby spoke to a large Brush Grove crowd about local option. Citizens from Maud, Mooresville, Pulliam, Polin and Chaplin attended. Thurman’s wit and logic impressed many as pro local option sentiment grew against saloon interests and brewing companies seeking influence in Washington county.
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Ike Thurmac
W. F. Grigaby
Maud
Mooresville
Pulliam
Polin
Chaplin
Judge Thurman
Washington County
Brush Grove
Satogas
Thap
Cukatna
Hubert Vreeland Seeks Secretary of State Role in Kentucky
Hubert Vreeland, current State Commissioner of Agriculture, announces his candidacy for Secretary of State. The article notes broad farmer support across Kentucky, highlighting his 26,006 majority in the state primary and his extensive reach across the 120 counties.
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Hubert Vreeland
Kentucky
Vreeland
Sam Tidate
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John
Atkinson
W. F. Booker
the Sun
Booker
Mississippi
Capt. Peas
Mr. Booker
Judge Selecman
Concordia
Louisville Courier
Pea
Marion County
Rev
J. A. Hogarty
Owen Mattingly
Chicago
Charlie McChord
Boomed
Cooney-Mattingly
Thad
Cheatham
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