Shelbyville Launches Campaign for New Courthouse
In Shelbyville a movement led by Shelby county farmers and the Business Men's association pushed a $75,000 courthouse bond issue. Circuit Judge Charles Marshall County Judge Ralph Gilbert Col Harry Weissinger W J Thomas and others spoke in support. A whirlwind campaign with speeches planned in every precinct aims to secure voter approval at the upcoming November election.
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Shelbyville
Shelby County
Business Men's Association
Charles ©. Marshall
Ralph Gilbert
Harry Weissinger
W. J. Thomas
Shelby
Louisville Judge denies transfer in Wendling murder case
Judge Gregory of the Jefferson circuit court rejects Wendling's bid to move the case to federal court and denies the six alien Frenchmen jury demand. The trial is slated for November 21. Reginald Clements, Wendling’s attorney, will seek a habeas corpus writ in the federal court.
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Louisville
Gregory
Joseph Wendling
Alvia Kellner
Jefferson
United States
Bar
Reginald Clements
Wendling
Governor Refuses Pard on Fourth Trial in Bell County
In Frankfort Governor Willson refuses to grant clemency to Matthew Carroll of Bell county, who faces a fourth trial for killing Will Begly with a chair after Begly tried to stab Carroll’s cousin in Middlesboro. The state board of pharmacy wins on Katzman v Commonwealth, upholding limits on selling morphine without a physician prescription. Other items note defalcation indictments, Elkton fair results, and upcoming Carlisle agricultural fair preparations.
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Matthew Carroll
Frankfort
Harvard University
Willson
Bell County
Will Begly
Middlesboro
Begly
Carroll
State Board of Pharmacy
Court of Appeals
Katzman
Commonwealth
Jefferson
Kentucky
45th Kentucky Union Sun Sunday School Convention Opens
Winchester hosts the 45th annual Kentucky Union Sun association convention drawing delegates from about 700 counties and 4 200 schools despite rain. Notables include E O Excell and Alvin W Roper leading music, with W C Pearce and Dr Franklin McElfresh in key secretarial roles.
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Winchester
Kentucky Union Sun Association
Christan Church
E. O. Excell
Chicago
Alvin W. Roper
Washington
W. C. Pearce
Franklin McElfresh
America
C. E. Crafton
M H. Baker
Louisville
Huston Quinn
Geo. A. Joplin
Kentucky
John Stites
The
International Sunday-School Association
Reunion Preparations for Orphan Brigade Gatherings
Readiness surrounds the Confederate Orphan Brigade reunion with many Gray wearers from Kentucky and Tennessee, including Gen Bennett Young and Gen W B Haldeman of Louisville. A Louisville delegation attended early as Gen Haldeman, editor of the Louisville Times, answered the welcome. He is popular in Simpson county from prior visits.
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Franklin
Orphan Brigade
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bennett HM. Young
W. B. Haldeman
Louisville
Louisville Times
Gen. Haldeman
Simpson County
Sudden Death In Taylorsville In Waterford Centennial Visit
Miss Rogenia Coch, 75, died at the home of her brother W N Cochran near Waterford after attending Plum Creek Baptist Church centennial events. She traveled to Waterford recently with her nephews Charles P Polk and Matthew Polk and died a few hours after an attack of acute indigestion following supper.
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Taylorsville
Rogenia Cochran
W. N. Cochran
Waterford
Plum Creek Baptist Church
Charles P. Polk
Matthew Polk
Pythians adjourn. Lexington chosen for alternate year meetings
Shelbyville report states the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias voted down a constitutional amendment requiring meetings only in Louisville or Lexington. It was ordered that Lexington be the meeting site on alternate years due to the Pythian home located there. Pythian Sisters elected officers led by Grand Chief Mary A. Volk of Dayton and listed numerous other officers from Kentucky and nearby states.
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Shelbyville
Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias
Louisville
Lexington
Pythian
Pythian Sisters
Mary A. Volk
Dayton
Lilian Pollard
Latonia
Mia
Mary Freeman
Gra
Rand
Eva
Farrell
Fannie P. Batley
Launlsville
Grand Protector
Minnie Bowles
Covington
Grand Guard
Helen Gilman
Wilton
Truster
Zora Bowls
Anna E. Shreck
Newport
Newport. Mrs. Shreck
Rains Flood Rolling Fork Crops in Elizabethtown Area
Heavy rains flood Rolling Fork in Elizabethtown, submerging corn fields and causing extensive crop damage. A 21 foot rise ten days ago covered upper cropland, inflicting thousands of dollars in losses as early planted flat crops were ruined by high water.
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Elizabethtown
Rolling Fork
London telephony chief C F Hanson dies after typhoid
C F Hanson died in London after eight weeks with typhoid fever. Native of Berea Kentucky he moved to London a year ago and was manager of the London and Manchester Telephone Co. Buried in Berea with Masons prominent in the service. He leaves a widow and a four year old daughter.
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C. PF
Hanson
London
C. F. Manson
Berea
Masons
Kentucky
London and
Prisoner Weds Girl in Jail in London
Rusty John Jones who escaped jail in London and was recaptured in Hamilton Ohio was married in the jail office to Miss Cora Bullock by Rev. Grinstead of the M E church South. He had been jailed for assault on a rival and later escaped in several events, with a Covington man shot and killed in one chase. Jones faces multiple charges at the next term of the efforts court including breaking jail and shooting at Sheriff Scovill.
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Rusty
John Jones
Hamilton
Cora Bullock
Mr. Grinstead
M. E. Church
South
Jones
Covington
John C. Carroll
Richmond
Ohio
Scovill
Blue Eyed Hog Baby Left On Paris Doorstep
A five month old blue eyed hog baby was found on the Roberts family doorstep in Paris near the L and N station. The well dressed piglet lay in a fine basket with a milk bottle beside it and no identifying marks. Mrs. Thomas Roberts plans to care for the animal until disposition is decided, with belief it was left by a passerby from a through train.
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Paris
Thomas Roberts
Statin
J. J McCarty
Roberts
Paris 4
Three Lexington Triplets Born to Miller Family
Three girls named Catherine Coleman, Carolyn Brown, and Corinne Barkley Miller were born to Mr. Jana Mra T Miller on a Winchester pike farm eight miles from Lexington. The mother and babies are doing well. The father, Macedonia church Sunday school superintendent, is proud of the family’s growth. they have one older boy, 3. Mrs Miller was formerly Miss Eddie Thomas of near Lexington.
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Lexington
Jana
Miller
Winchester Pike
Catherine Coleman
Carolyn Brown
Corinne Barkley Miller
Macedonia Church
Notable Kentucky Figures and Local developments
The Kentucky dispatch reports deaths and civic notes across towns. Joseph M. Herz aged 19 former Campbell county clerk dies after heart failure. Newport recalls his role in organizing the Newport lodge and service as county clerk. Other items note incorporators forming D W Kitchen Co to run a book shop and wallpaper business, railroad extension work at Tye Fork, and coal-field development in Brash Creek valley. Jim Hatheid a coal miner was shot and died. postmasters appointed at several towns. Unclear details on several other incidents include injuries in Bear Vine Grove and a banker James Barrett’s death in Louisville.
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Newport
Joseph M. Herz
Campbell County
Rik
Newport Lodge
Hopkinsville
D. W. Kitchen Co
Dixon W. Kitchen
Ruble Dick Kitchen
T. Bexle Smith
Hopper & Kitchen Book
Barbouraville
Henderson
Jim Hatheid
John Puckett
Dilly’ Sajoon
Hopital
Doss
Kentucky
Fairthorn
Hart County
Jamee F. Perkins
Dolson
Realene Rhodella
Meade County
Georgia
M. Murphy
Vine E
EB. Bronsh
Elizabethtown
Ewell Nelson
Bear Vine Grove
Neton
Ticks Degenerate Relatives of Spiders in Insect World
A historical note explains wood ticks and related mites as a parasitic group found worldwide. It details their size, mouthparts, feeding on animal skin, life cycle, and how to remove heads. mentions mistaken for ticks in birds and cattle diseases. and warns on treatment with oil or grease to suffocate them.
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Roosevelt
British East Africa
Prize Fight and Prayer in a Humorous Scrapbook Note
The excerpt collects quips on boxing and reform talk. A Seattle boy six years old boxers with his father, joking about counting out during prayer. A suffragette scene features Mr Dobbs unable to speak amid blurred crowd reactions.
Vaccines for Farm Animals Show Promising Results
A Colorado Agricultural College report notes bacterial vaccines greatly aid treatment in horses cattle and dogs. A vaccine from fistula and poll evil germs achieves over 95 percent cure when used by competent personnel and also helps after nail pricks wire cuts and other injuries. A distemper vaccine in horses can cure quickly if given early.
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B. F. Krupp
Colorado Agricultural College
Horsea
Laboratory of Pathology
Corner Post Bracing for Sturdy Barbed Wire Fences
Guidance on building a strong three post corner bracing system using a 2x6 brace, plank or stone backing, and solid tamping. Posts seven feet long, wires spaced to create a forty four inch high fence that livestock will not leap.
Diet Change with Postum and Grape-Nuts Benefits Reader
An Arizona man recalls years of breakfast distress from saltless meals and headaches caused by coffee and toast. He switched to Postum and Grape-Nuts, reporting improved digestion, no headaches, and a 12 pound weight gain after three months.
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Arizona
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