Valley Hill News Details Births and Local Arrivals
Valley Hill notes the birth of a twelve pound son to Mr and Mrs Thomas Reed on the 17th with mother and baby progressing well. Local visits include Mrs M Reed at Booker and Miss Nannie Pinkston in town. Community updates cover church events, school term completion by Miss Pearl Goatley, tobacco season progress, and gardening tips on beetles cucumbers strawberries and fungicides. Several locals travel to Springfield Poortown and Mount Zion for services and social events while others attend ball games and meet relatives in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Reed
Babe
Irs
M. Reed
Booker
R.i. L. Jones
Springfield
Willie May Reed
J. L. Yankey
J. L. Moran
Nannie Pinkston
Poortown
W. F. Moran
Walter Baggs
Jack Shehan
Bloomfield
Mesdames M. Reed
Thos. Reed
S. E. Piles
Frank Noe
Our Village
W. H. Whiteman
Pulaski County
Arthur Whiteman
Mackville
Sue Williams
Eliza Mitchell
Jas. Moran, Jr
Genesis
Mt. Zion
Bessie Roberts
Pearl Goatley
H. M. Goatley
Elms Hill
Robert Snider
E. J. Colvin
Litsey
Rev. Hamilton
Woodlawn
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Rand McNally
Orchard and Garden Care From A Farm Manual
Guidance on timely sweet corn plantings across the month and ten day intervals. Advice to avoid picking wet berries for market and to cool promptly after harvest. Stop suckers at fruit tree bases and prune to shape. Secure horses and protect whiffle trees during cultivation to prevent bark. Inspect for slugs on pear and cherry leaves and use dry dust or sprays to control. Use California buhach spray for cabbage pests. Persian powder noted as alternative but less fresh. Protect crops from cutworms with barriers.
Tobacco season brings farmer cheer in Fenwick area
The report notes farmers glad for a favorable tobacco season and mentions family news including the arrival of an 8 pound boy to the wife of R. B. Graves on May 19. It also updates that Logan Anderson, previously ill, is much better, and that Oscar Lanham was a guest of someone unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Graves
Ir. Logan Anderson
Oscar Lanham
A Sublime Summons A Story of Turkey and the Sultan
Dr Jani, jailed in Stamboul without cause, recalls friends who vanished and his eastern studies and translations. An officer informs him the sultan orders his translation read aloud, ending in royal favor. Meteor sighted over New Jersey sparks panic as a fiery comet travels southeastward near midnight. no meteorite found.
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Dr. Jani
Stamboul
Montinet
Saloms
Morelli
Grigo
Hosphorus
Europe
East
Jani
Sam
Cros
Dr. Juni
Sublime Porte
New Jersey
Haddonfield
Philadelphia Evening Times
Local quip about Dick and the drain joke in gossip
A humorous dialog about Dick having water on the drain and Freddy in head trouble. Helen and May exchange lines, joking over the misheard phrases and cold chatter. The quip swivels on wordplay about water, drain, head, and Freddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Freddy
Kentucky Fair Dates for 1909
Kentucky announces fair dates across towns from July to October. Cities include Stanford Henderson Georgetown Lancaster Madisonville Winchester Blue Grass Fair Lexington Taylorsville Uniontown Harrodsburg Leitchfield Barboursville Brodhead Shepherdsville Ewing Shelbyville Springfield London Florence Frankfort Tompkinsville Fern Creek Bardstown Hodgenville Monticello Glasgow Toursville Beotreville Bedford with durations ranging from 2 to 6 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aolding
Kentucky
Stanford
Henderson
Georgetown
Lancaster
Madisonville
Winchester
Blue Grass Fair
Lexington
Taylorsville
Uniontown
Harrodsburg
Leitchfield
Barboursville
Brodhead
Shepherdsville
Ewing
Shelbyville
Springfield
London
Florence
Frankfort
Tompkinsville
Fern Creek
Bardstown
Hodgenville
Monticello
Glasgow
Toursvill
Beotreville
Bedford
Rural Ads Offer Farm Stock and Produce for Sale
A string of local listings shows residents offering Rhode Island Red eggs Pekin Duck eggs corn and seeds cattle horses and poultry. Names and routes appear with prices per set of eggs and quantities, plus requests to buy a Jersey cow and notes on specific farm items for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Tucker
Rt. 1
Rhode Island
Springfield
Loyd Haydon, Jr
Rt 4
J. I. Martin
S. C
H. S. Litsey
Route 4
W. H Leachman
Srt
W. P. Merritt
Boone
John Leachman
Jersey
Shanghai by law limits city speed to 38 mph
Authorities in Shanghai, one of China’s busiest towns, enact a by law restricting motorists to a maximum speed of 38 miles per hour while passing through the city. The rule aims to curb accidents and improve traffic flow in busy streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
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Valley Hill
New-Yorker
June
Farm Journal
Harry Jones
Felix Myrs
Nose Smothers
Near Phoenix
W. T. Sims
J. B. Fenwick
Ella Montgomery
Edna Smith
John Barker
W. T. McMillan
Edna Cochran
Virgil Maves
Verna
Ethel Rogers
Woodford Graves
Frank Graves
Oscar Harmon
J. E. Harmon
Lebanon
Marty Rose Jones
Sadye Fenwick
Brewer
Near Pol
Charles Dick
California
Fenwick
Turkey
Springfield Lumber Co
Kentucky Star
of Ectaaiet
R. A. Thompson
Fredericktown
Aiie
Buahela
Corm
B. Nally
Rt. 2
Mra
J. M. Eider
K 'Han
B. P. Rokeege i. K Cheatham
B. L
Bat Leo Nally
RK. B. Cregor
P. Rocks
A. C. Kimball, Sree
Watts
Chamberlain's
Otee
Birmingham
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