Evening Post's Hand Called in Kentucky Whisky Fight
A criticism of Louisville Evening Post coverage questions Democratic ties to whisky interests. Letters from Kentucky liquor group leaders accuse the Post of bias while detailing fundraising pleas by Republican fundraiser J W McCulloch and liquor association officials seeking contributions to combat prohibition campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Democratic Party
Louisville
Anti-Saloon League
Indiana
Ohio
Eyee and Wholesale Liquoriers’ Association
Wm. A. Miller
Republican Campaign Fund
Galt House
McCulloch
Republican State Campaign Committee
Knott
Louwville Evening Post
Evening Post
Post
the Post
J. W. McCulloch
McCuliceh
Kentucky Distillers
Washington County Fiscal Court elects local officials
The Fiscal Court met yesterday and today in session. J R Mayes was re elected Road Supervisor. Moland Derr beat J C Pile for Keeper of the poor house 4 to 2. Sam Bottoms won the Poor House Commissioner post over R L Clements 4 to 2. Dr Crume narrowly defeated Dr Hamilton for Poor House physician 4 to 3. The court adjourned after the elections. The Springfield Sun and The Sun-Courier Journal subscriptions listed.
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J. R. Mayes
Washington County
Moland Derr
J. C. Pile
Sam Bottoms
R. L. Clements
Crume
Dr. Hamilton
Poor House
Farms Change Hands In Boyle County Transfers
Mr. H. D. Stiles sold his farm to W. D. Claybrooke and bought the James A. Shuttleworth farm two miles from Danville on the Danville and Lebanon turnpike. The 318 acre property sold for 115 dollars per acre. Stiles also sold the McMillan farm four miles from town on the Mackville pike to John Colling. At public sale W. W. Hatchett sold 210 acres near Mackville to Richard Ward at 49 dollars per acre. James C. McElroy sold livestock, farming implements and grain as he quits farming. bids were weak due to dry weather. C. F. Bosley reported low sale prices. Hatchett sale at Mackville yielded good prices.
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H. D. Stiles
W. D. Claybrooke
Jas. A. Shuttleworth
Danville
Danville and
Lebanon
Boyle County
Stiles
McMillan
Mackville Pike
John Colling
W. W. Hatchett
Richard Ward
Mackville
James C. McElroy
McElroy
Danville Silk Scheme Fraud Reported
A Danville woman posed as a saleslady and advertising agent for a New York silk house selling cheap silks at twenty five cents per yard. Several residents paid in advance for goods never delivered. An upholsterer also took furniture promising to repair and disappeared. The episode warns locals to distrust unknown trusted home sellers.
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Danville
New York
Republicans Reject Direct Senate Vote Plank at National Convention
The Republican National Convention voted nearly nine to one against adopting La Follette’s plank for electing United States Senators by direct popular vote. The piece argues this blocks farmers and laborers and ties the Senate to trusts, especially the tobacco trust, urging voters to hold Republicans accountable and question leaders on this stance.
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Republican Party
United States
Washington County
United States Senate
LA Follette
Washington
Committee of House
Burrows
Roosevelt
Mackin and Dunn Bride and Groom Tie the Knot
Miss Rose Mackin married Thomas Joseph Dunn at the Catholic Church in Lebanon in a High Mass ceremony. The couple, after a breakfast at the Mackin home, plan to reside in Iowa with Dunn a noted farmer and stock breeder and the Mackin family in attendance included Mike Mackin and the groom’s cousin.
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Rose Mackin
Thomas Joseph Dunn
Lebanon
Father Mackin
Mackin
Dunn
Iowa
Marion County
Springfield
Mike Mackin
Mr. Dunn
Fires Sweep Washington County Farms In Ten Day Span
Destructive blazes hit farms near Booker and Campbell Bottoms with losses of meadow, hay, and straw stacks. Local volunteers aided in controlling fires sparked by an air current and a train spark, preventing damage to homes. a third prairie fire caused several acres of grass and fencing to burn.
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Washington County
W. F. Booker
Campbell
Bottoms
Springfield
Booker
Campbell and Bottoms
Beek
Serita Easey
Methodist Transfers Shuffle Leaders In Kentucky
The Louisville Conference met at Owensboro with Bishop Hendrix presiding. Rev Granville W Lyon, serving three years in Springfield, was transferred to Pembroke Kentucky and Rev G F King was assigned to the local church. The Springfield church was made a station and Lyon's departure arouses warm regard from his congregation and town residents for his notable work.
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Louisville
Southern Methodist Church
Springfield
Owensboro
Hendrix
Granville W. Lyon
Pembroke
G. F. King
Brother Lyon
Had a Close Call with Croom Hotel Proprietor
Mrs Ada L Croom of Vaughn Mississippi says she suffered months with a severe cough until using Dr Kings New Discovery. Three bottles cured her completely. Haydersons drug store offers 50c and 1.00 sizes with a trial bottle free.
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Ada L. Croom
Croom Hotel
Vaughn, Miss
Ben Johnson Declares for Congress in Breckinridge News
The Breckinridge News endorses Col. Ben Johnson for Congress, praising his record and roll call presence. It calls him a hard worker who has served publicly and privately, urging Democrats Republicans and independents to support him and keep him in Congress.
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Breckinridge
Cloverport
Mr. Johnson
Congress
Ben Johnson
Ohio
Johnson
Kentucky
Bryan Tours Iowa in Open Air Speech Rally
William J. Bryan ends a three week tour in Iowa with a large open air meeting at Creston. He accuses Taft of borrowing Democratic ideas on income tax and direct election of senators, claims leadership in labor and banking debates, and contrasts his own record with Taft's. The Springfield Sun advertisement closes the item at $1.00 per year.
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Creston
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Knoxville
Bryan
Taft
Europe
Philippines
Great Britain
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Washington
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U.w. McCunrock
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Fiscal Court
Springfield Sun
Sun and Courier-Journal
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