Springfield Hosts Blue Grass Tourney Promise of Warm Welcome
A call for civic hospitality precedes the Blue Grass Graded School Tournament in Springfield on May 29 to 31. The piece urges residents to greet visitors warmly, advertise locally, and promote the town’s moral and commercial vitality while highlighting the event as a lasting positive memory. It also notes a church union conference in St Louis and reports a fatal whisky challenge in Missouri.
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Springfield
Political factions in Kentucky push Holt for governor
The Courier Journal reports Republican splits over Governor hopefuls with Willson backed by many state leaders while Holt gains traction in key districts. Louisville factions tout a possible shift, and Ho lt’s supporters target First through Fourth District counties to influence the June 19 convention. Meanwhile Harrodsburg Herald notes postal inquiries into phone responses and a local law case over a dog tax.
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Richard P. Ernst
Republican State Central Committee
A. E. Willson
Willson
William H. Holt
Louisville
Augustus E. Willson
Willeson
Judge Holt
Republican Municipal League
John W. Lewis
Springfield
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The Land Of The Grown Man Warns A Boy
A poetic piece warns a young boy about a distant ominous land promised by adults. It portrays temptations of toys and airy things contrasted with danger and loss, with fragmented surreal imagery and references to ghosts and lost faith.
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Maynard Waite
Meteonelita
Edison Phonograph promises longer wear and clear tone
The ad highlights a sapphire point that avoids record wear and scratches. Records come boxed and sold individually with full testing before purchase. New shipments every four weeks, special orders welcome, Edison phonographs priced from ten to fifty dollars.
Victory For "Drys" In Metcalfe County Local Option Vote
Glasgow Kentucky May 20. Local option election in Metcalfe county Saturday resulted in a victory for the dries. The struggle was among the most exciting in this region with temperance workers from adjoining counties and prominent state lecturers aiding the drive while the whisky element offered stubborn resistance.
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Glasgow
Metcalfe
Drawbacks For Farmers Reported In Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown Mirror notes farmers face numerous setbacks this spring with heavy rains delaying sowing and reducing crop acreage. Cold spells and frosts damage wheat by 10 to 60 percent, while early vegetables and fruit suffer. Plowing and planting stalled on river bottoms, with some lands likely uncultivated until June. Subscribe for The Sun.
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Elizabethtown
Cynthiana Votes Wet In City Election
In Cynthiana Kentucky the wets won by 34 votes 492 to 458 across four wards They carried the Third and Fourth wards tied in the Second ward while the drys won a single ward though by a large margin Women actively supported both sides with prayer services at polls There may be a county wide temperance vote on July 6 with city votes counted as a unit in the county election
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Cynthiana
Weta
Harlessy Social News Fragments From Harstead Area
Messrs Cheser Barrow Luther Barlow and Misses Texie Barlow Jane Cheser spent Sunday with Solomon Kays family. Clifton Kidwell and wife visited Roy Cheser family. J R Gray sold to H T Virgin a son and eight pigs for 28 dollars. Eliza Carney with mother Sarah Gray. Will Sherley with his parents. Eliza Mitchell with daughter Bruce Williams. Wil and Edd Gray with Martha and Ida Gray attended New Hope church and dined with Della Virgin. T J Trent in Lebanon on business. Lucy Sales on sick list.
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Luther Barlow
Texie Barlow
Jane Cheser
Solomon Kays
Clifton Kidwell
Roy Cheser
J. R. Gray
H. T. Virgin
Eliza Carney
Sarah Gray
Will Sherley
Y. Goodlett
Eliza Mitchell
Bruce Willams
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New Hope
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Lebanon
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