Local option debate urged by Kansan native in Louisville
W. T. Gorvow urges Kentucky county residents to curb liquor sales as he recalls longer fights in Florida and Kansas. He cites prohibition in Kansas and local option in Florida, sharing observations on sobriety, morality, and the impact of liquor on families while praising his forebears for championing abstinence.
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Louisville
Sun
Florida
Kansas
Land of Flowers
Jayhawker
Washington County
Wichita
W. T. Gorvow
Dead Man Used as Pillow After Shooting in Kentucky
Jackson Kentucky May 13 Dock Strong shot and killed Bill Griffith colored after Griffith intervened in behalf of Strongs wife. Strong, in a drunken stupor, lay asleep with Griffiths body as a pillow, then was arrested at his home without waking.
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Jackson
Dock ‘Strong
Bill Griffith
Griffith
Strong
Willisburg Temperance Meeting Soon
A temperance meeting will be held in Willisburg next Saturday afternoon at three o clock. Rev Williams and possibly other speakers are expected to be present and the organizers earnestly desire a large crowd.
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Willisburg
Williams
Mrs Susan Keene Dies After Brief Illness at 74
Mrs Susan L Keene longtime Pleasant Grove resident died at her home on May 10 1906 after a brief illness of acute indigestion She was 74 and survived by no husband Richard Keene her spouse had died 32 years earlier A devout Presbyterian she was active in charity and church work Funeral services were held by Rev Overstreet and she is interred in Pleasant Grove Cemetery
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Susan L. Keene
Pleasant Grove
Richard Keene
Pleasant We Presbyterian
Overstreet
Taylor defeats Carmack in Tennessee Democratic primary for Senate
Nashville report says former Gov Robert L Taylor won the Democratic nomination for United States Senator over incumbent Edward W Carmack by about 9000 votes. The Legislature will elect Taylor next January to take office in March. Carmack, a one term senator, had been a House member from the Tenth district. The vote ends a long, highly watched political fight with Taylor's popularity noted across the state.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nashville American
Robert L. Taylor
United States
Edw. W. Carmack
Taylor
Senate
Carmack
House
Memphis
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Well Deserved Democratic Candidate in Bardstown Visit
Hon Ben Johnson of Bardstown the sole Democratic Congressional candidate toured LaRue County joining court attendees. Johnson has strong local ties and friendly cross-county ties with Nelson, expected to win the nomination without opposition, reflecting broad support and a reputation for fidelity to duties in both business and the State Legislature.
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LaRue Herald
Ben Johnson
Bardstown
Johnson
Om County
LaRue
Nelson
Jol
Hua ‘Y
Discovery at Willisburg Silicate Find Reported
Silicate Deposit Found in Washington County near Willisburg covering over a thousand acres. Tests by authorities indicate first class silicon oxide. Land valued at about one thousand dollars per acre with few silicate mines in the U S. Discovery known for three years, locals learned of it when Louisville experts visited this spring. Representative W D Claybrooke collected samples for analysis but did not obtain results.
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Washington County
Willisburg
United States
Louisville
W. D.claybrooke
Closing Exercises at Springfield Graded School
Last Friday at the Opera House the Springfield Graded School held its annual closing exercises before a large audience. The program featured vocal and instrumental pieces, declamations, and the valedictory, with Miss Mary Haydon, Will Waters, Miss Mary Lampton, and John S. McElroy highlighted for excellence. The review notes overall success despite some audience disruption.
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Opera House
Springfield Graded School
The
Sun
Colvin
Prof. Colvin
Mary Haydon
Will Waters
Louise Haydon
Nellie Simms
Walter Clements
Regulus
Home Sweet Home
Medley
Mazin
Kamennoi Ostrow
Mary Lampton
John
McElroy
A Year of Blood
A Kentucky man recounts a severe lung hemorrhage in 1903 and credits Dr King's New Discovery for Coughs and Col ds with a complete recovery after four bottles. The product is sold by J. Haydon's drugstore with trial bottles free.
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F. N. Tacket
Alliance
J. Haydon
Local option strong in Brush Grove precinct
Readers express clear support for local option with about five to one in favor. The Brush Grove precinct is counted in the dry column by an overwhelming majority. Thad Cheatham endorses Rogers Gore and The Sun.
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Sun
Brush Grove
Rogers Gore
The
Danville Local Option Sermon Praised by Dr. Pearce
Dr. Pearce of Danville concluded a week of services at the Methodist church with a strong lecture on Danville as a local option city. He argued the town’s population and property values rose after saloons closed, noting increased business and moral improvement while predicting further county touring.
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Methodist Church
Pearce
Danville
Boyle County
Junction City
Dr. Pearce
Change in Kentucky public sentiment on temperance measures
The LaRue Herald notes a dramatic shift in Kentucky politics as local option and temperance measures gain support. It highlights a reform-minded move across the state's representatives, senator, congressman, and the governor, arguing right and wrong guide these changes rather than public pandering.
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LaRue Herald
Kentucky
Dave
LaRue County
General Assembly
Fourth
Congress
Famous strike breakers promote new life pills
Dr Sings New Life Pills advertised as a cure to settle strike troubles and keep work going. The copy touts relief for liver and bowel issues, constipation, headache and dizziness and lists C J Haydon as the local druggist.
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C. J. Haydon
Family Reunion Honors Mrs. Nancy Cocanougher on 78th Birthday
A May 10 gathering of 84 relatives and friends at the Cocanougher homestead celebrated Mrs. Nancy Cocanougher Sr. on her 78th birthday. The event recalled decades of family life, with missing a long-time companion felt in an empty chair and a final farewell to an uncle in the family cemetery.
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Nancy
Geo. Cocanougher, Sr
Cocanougher
Hever
Lecture by Dr J N McCormack on Physicians and Public Health
Bowling Green physician and State Board of Health chairman Dr J N McCormack spoke at the Court House on the relation of doctors to the public. He urged unity with other professions, stronger sanitary laws, and the elimination of quackery and patent medicines. Cloverport's Dramatic Club staged The Moonshiner's Daughter in Lewistown last week.
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J. N. McCormack
Bowling Green
State Board of Health
Court House
McCormack
National Medical Association of America
United States
Cheatham Family Bids Happy Birthday To Mrs Cheatham
Cheatham family members gathered at Willisburg Kentucky to celebrate Mrs Susan Ann Cheatham's sixty second birthday. Relatives from Louisville Brookeville Willisburg Chaplin and Shepherdsville attended including Dr L T Cheatham and son Irl Carl Clide Ray Cheatham and others. C R Cheatham husband and father was mourned as an empty chair marked the day.
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R Cheatham
Willisburg
Susan Ann Cheatham
Irl
Carl
Clide
Ray Cheatham
Brookeville
James Cheatham
F. H. Ash
Collis Russell
Pulliam
George Royalty
Willie Royalty
Ray
Raymond
Chaplin, Ky
Herbert Wilson
Shepherdsville
Kate Arnold
Maud
Alice Cull
Kirkwood
R. H. Cheatham
Colorado
Joseph and
Austin Cheatham
Illinois
C. R. Cheatham
Mother
Bridge across Cartwrights waters links Crookes to Fredericktown
Local notes celebrate a new walk-bridge built by Mr. Montgomery with Kell Thompson to span Cartwrights waters enabling easier access between Crookes and Fredericktown. The piece praises the carpentry and anticipates boosts to the small town’s business. Also covered are updates on Mr. Fred Hill’s illness and family travels from Kansas and Cincinnati, plus a note on upcoming temperance lecture at Botland and a local official appointment.
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Crookes
Fredericktown
Cartwright
Montgomery
Kell Thompson
Fred Hill
Hill
Fred
Bert
Sam
Will
Kansas
Railroad Co
Fort Scott
Louise Settles
J. A. Cecil
Louisville
Albert Thompson
Tine Cecil
Bear Walbow
George Brent
Lebanon
Thomas Hamilton
W.W. F. Lees
Ehd
le Comb
Tommie
Botland
Brother Williams
Springfield
Tooker
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Susan Keene
Bob Taylor
U. S
Thad Cheatham
Cocanougher Family
Cloverport
Lewisport
Cheatham
Mr. Hill
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