Jett Granted New Trial in Kentucky Murder Case
Frankfort Kentucky Curtis Jett of Breathitt convicted in Harrison county for two murders received a new trial on the death sentence and will face life imprisonment for one murder while Caleb Powers also gained a new trial. A separate petition by George Warner over his death sentence was overruled and the governor must fix a hanging date.
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Frankfort
Curtis Jett
Breathitt
Harrison County
James Cockrill
J. B. Marcum
Kentucky Court of Appeals
J. L. McCoy
John Patrick
Jett
Grant Jett
Marcum
Caleb Powers
George Warner
Pulaski Leeds
Louisville and Nashville
Warner
Beckham
One by One in Life’s Quiet Duty
Poem by Adelaide Proctor reflects on time and purpose asking readers to devote strength to each moment. It urges accepting loss and joy as they come, begin anew daily, and view hours as golden tokens guiding toward heaven.
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I Adelaide A A. Proctor
Boston ministers oppose Rockefeller gift to Foreign Missions
In Boston an informal ministers meeting, led by Rev. Daniel Evans, protests the American Board accepting a $100,000 gift from John D. Rockefeller. A committee will petition the Prudential Committee to oppose the donation, arguing it ties the board to a morally questionable donor and risks compromising moral leadership.
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Boston
American Board
Foreign Missionary Society of the Congregational Churches
John D. Rockefeller
Vicinity
Daniel Evans
Prudential Committee
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Dear Brethren
Standard Oil Company
Finding Money and Health in Dr King’s New Discovery
A Handy health ad from Sandy Level Virginia touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs. It claims a prior lung ailment cured after failed remedies and highlights a one dollar price with a free trial bottle at C A Haydon’s store.
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C. Barber
Dr. King
C. J. Haydon
Old Arm Chair From Harrodsburg Fort 1775 Bequest Traces Lineage
Mrs. Lucy Davis owns a chair made in the Harrodsburg fort in 1775 by Captain William Pogue. Pogue, an inventive fort craftsman, supplied early Kentucky uses with simple tools. He was killed returning from Lincoln county. The chair passed from his daughter Mrs. Thomas to granddaughter Mrs. Ann Davis and then to her son, George N. Davis.
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Lucy Davis
Harrodsburg
William Pogue
Kentucky
Ann Pogue
Lindsey
McGinty
Pogue
Lincoln County
Cove Spring
Thomas
Captain Pogue
Ann Davis
George N. Davis
Rings Missing From Store Trigger Arrest In County
Mrs. W. H. Evans reported two seven dollar rings missing from her store. Chief Thompson arrested Willie Brown after finding one ring on her person and jailed her awaiting trial. A jealous admirer said he thrashed Brown after questioning her about the rings. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clements traveled to Houstonville for the funeral of her father Mr. Jones in Virginia.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Hulda Schubert
Chapline Hill Road
Frank Smith
Miss Schubert
William Schubert
Chaper Hill
W. H. Evans
Charles Clements
Houstonville
Mr. Jones
Virginia
Mill Burns Near Bondville Causing Heavy Loss
A large flouring mill owned by B F and W J Sanders near Bondville burned Friday night. Loss estimates range from eight to nine thousand dollars with about five thousand dollars insured. Roughly one thousand dollars worth of grain, uninsured, was destroyed. The fire's origin remains a mystery.
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B. F
W. J. Sanders
Bondville
Sale of Heavy Cattle in LaRue County
Mr. T. H. Harned near Tonneville sold to Bell & Patterson cattle described as blue-ribbon quality. Thirty-five head averaged 1.40 pounds at five cents per pound. five head averaged 1,400 pounds at four cents per pound. Prices are the best in years, yielding a net gain of 7.50 above costs.
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T. H. Harned
Tonneville
Bell & Patterson
Cattia
Advertisement Letter From Louisville June 14 1901
Dr E W Hall of St Louis Miss Dear Sir I am 68 years old and have suffered 25 years from kidney and bladder trouble Since using less than one bottle of your Texas Wonder Hall s Discovery I have passed twenty five graves I feel that I am almost at last relief and am grateful for the assistance the remedy provided
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Louisville
E. W. Hall
St. Louis
Texas
Hall
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