Local Notices of Births Visits and Illnesses
Born to the wife of C. P. Goode a fine girl. Mrs. Samuel Brady is very ill. Mr. and Mrs John Peterson and P. W. Peterson Jr. returned home after a visit in Anderson and Nelson counties. Mrs. J. W. Hayes and daughter Mrs. Hardin Nelson visiting relatives in Greene county. Mrs. Smith of Sparlington returned home after visiting friends here. Mrs. Jacob Peterson improving after months of illness. Mrs. M. H. Coyle of Springfield visiting her brother nearby. Mr. Tom Lawrence on the sick list. One year old Charlie Dragan’s child broke its arm from a rocking chair. Grand Hayes and family of Marion county visited Mr. T. A. Hayes here Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Goode
Samuel Brady
John Peterson
W. Peterson, Jr
Anderson
Nelson
J. W. Hayes
Hardin Nelson
Greene County
Smith
Sparlington
Jacob Peterson
M. H. Coyle
Springfield
Tom Lawrence
Charlie
Dragan
Grand Hayes
Marion County
T. A. Hayes
Hillsboro News Notes and Local Social Highlights
In Hillsboro the sick are recovering well. Visitors include Tath am Springs residents Mr Tolly Griffy and family and others from Grayson county Indiana and nearby towns. Churchgoers from Willisburg Mackville and local families attended services. A county court session drew a large crowd. condolences were offered after the death of Mr. Robert Mellvoy. Local horse sales were reported with prices 110 and 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie
Pearl Armstrong
Maymie Merritt
Willisburg
Lade Goulter
J. M. Shields
Annie Montgomery
J. M. Montgomery
Maud
Eva Inman
Ernest Showmaker
Mackville
George Dean
Erastus Shields
County Court
Robert Mellvoy
Larkin Dean
Sam Montgomery
Charlie Lewis
Lucien Pinkston
Chaplin Local Notes Seen in Week’s Gleanings
Mrs Mingie Broadhurst of Winchester visits her parents in Chaplin as Charles Dawson returns from the West via Denver and Colorado. Miss Mary Neale and Master Roland Murphy visit River View hosts Grace and Ray Sutherland. Artie Robinson returns to Lawrenceburg with Mr and Mrs Snider. Henry Sullivan now at the local bank. Dallas Huston buys A B Garter’s farm and plans to stay. Mt Zion meeting led by Rev Maxwell and Rev ORear continues. Schools closed for institute at Bardstown. W M Rush lecture postponed due to illness. Fred Grigsby family visit from Springfield. H E Roby of New Haven visits. Farmers sow wheat. corn crop called a bumper, market quoted at 30 or 85 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mingie Broadhurst
Winchester
C. W- Bush
Charles Dawson
Charles
Denver
Colorado
Missouri
Mary Neale
Roland Murphy
Bloomfield
Grace
Ray Sutherland
Sycamore Valley Church Notes and Local Updates
Sycamore Valley notes report extended meetings led by Rev. C C Allen at Hillsboro. Local social items include visits among Armstrong, Settle, Sutherland families, illnesses like typhoid affecting Lula Colvin, and Rev W E Sutherland returning from Warren and Hart counties. An anecdote praises Dr King’s New Life Pills curing indigestion and stomach issues, advertised by C J Hayden’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. « Grason
Lula
Miss
Dr. King
C. J. Hayden
Illinois Central Railroad Low Rates to Mississippi and Texas
Illinois Central announces low one way and round trip fares to Mississippi and Louisiana with additional discounts to Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Texas valid on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October 31 1903. Special excursions to Hot Springs Arkansas via Memphis. Only line offering personally conducted excursion sleepers from Louisville to California Arizona New Mexico and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Hot Springs
Ark
Memphis
Louisville
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Farming Circulars Issued By Illinois Central Railroad
The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad offers monthly circulars on Fruit Growing Vegetable Gardening Stock Raising Dairying and more to farmers and households in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Send name and address to receive free circulars Nos 1 to 11. For rates and tickets contact a railroad agent or F W Harlow Louisville Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Kentucky
West Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
F. W. Harlow
D. P
Louisville
The Race of the Swift by Edwin Garlile Litsey
A Courier Journal note praising Edwin Garlile Litsey as a rising Kentuckian author. The new volume collects about six nature tales of wild animals and birds, with sharp natural descriptions and tragic possibilities. Three stories are new: The Robber Baron The Spoiler of the Fold and The Guardian of the Flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier-Journal
Edwin Garlile Litsey
Wood
Leslie
Monthly
Field and Stream
Percy de Long Enlivens Baltimore With New York Ties
The Baltimore American notes Mr. Percy de Long, a popular drug drummer from New York, is in our midst, highlighting his renewed presence and local interest in the city's social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy de Long
New York
Baltimore American
Springfield Market Food Prices Fragment
Readable prices for bacon ham beef and other staples list per pound rates for butter chicken eggs dried apples ducks and turkey with quantities wheat oats lard lime and salt per barrel alongside mill products and wool notes. Mentions are fragmented and vary in spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WoolBurry
Wreaay
SUBSCRIBERS FREE COLUMN SALE NOTES
J S Jones lists seven cattle shoots priced 80 to 85 pounds. M Reed Route 1 offers one harness mare and a high bred two year old filly. Grundy Valley Hill advertises three Duroc bears. J C L Grundy Springfield RD No 1 sells a registered Short horn cow and calf. H F Litsey RD No 4 lists four sows and pigs. Hute Clements Springfield RD 2 offers seed wheat and two No 1 mares. Clarkson Haydon sells 500 bushels extra seed wheat for fall. Mrs Sue Knott Route 4 lists a variety: one yearling and one suckling County Member colt, one yearling horse colt, two milking cows, eighteen stock shoats, and nine tons of baled hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Jones
M. Reed
Grundy
Valley Hill
J C. L. Grundy
Springfield
H. F. Litsey
Hute Clements
Clarkson & Haydon
Sue Knott
Route 4
Texas Wonder Miracle Cure Testimony From Kentucky
Letter from Trenton Kentucky dated January 24 1902 describes a real estate agent R A Williams sending one dollar for a bottle of Texas Wonder claiming it cured his kidney and bladder trouble and praising it as one of the greatest medicines in the world. He mentions passing pure blood previously and notes the bottle was for his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
E. W. Hall
St.Louis
R.A. Williams
A Texas Wonder Cure Ad Promises Kidney Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder a small bottle cures kidney and bladder troubles removes gravel diabetes and other related ailments for men and women. It claims restoration of normal function and urges sending one dollar with name and address to E. W. Hall sole manufacturer in St Louis Missouri for testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O. Box
Louis, Mo
A Judicious Inquiry and Public Duty Take Hold
A traveling man visits the drug trade and notes inquiries about remedy usage for adults and children. The piece mentions cautions about safe use, praises a cough remedy, and hints at a rich young woman’s fortune. The President responds to a matter about his daughter’s baggage and duty obligations.
Duty on Miss Roosevelts Gifts Draws Heavy Tax Bill
Secretary Shaw and the San Francisco collector faced weeks of trouble over duties on Miss Alice Roosevelt's gifts returned on a voyage through Asia and the Philippines. Roosevelt instructed collection of standard duties, with an estimated value near 100000 dollars and a duty bill around sixty thousand dollars, sparking debate over royal exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oct
Shaw
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Philippines
Chiean
Japan
Korea
Migs Roosevelt
New Beauty Prep by Kentucky Chemist Sparks Skin Boom
A Kentucky chemist develops a new preparation claimed to beautify the complexion by smoothing the skin and removing pimples blotches and blackheads. The patent harmless formula allegedly works by penetrating pores and nourishing interior skin cells with soothing oils, promising visible improvement after a short three day treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
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Hawe
Ales. Alpine
W. T. Leachman
Red Cross Drug Store
Chamberlain
Hillsboro
Chaplin
Sycamore Valley
C. C. Allen
Martha Snyder
Bessie Perkins
Mattie Settle
Mamie Merritt
Sam, Montgomery
Hattie Settle
T. W
J. D. Sutherland
Lula Colvin
W. C. Allen
Sam. Montgomery
W. E. Sutherland
Warren
Hart
Allen
Marshal Keeling
Illinois Central Railroad
Oregon
Mr. Litsey
Springfield Market
Lexington Pike
Mary
Phyllis
Glave Goddard
Sam. W. Kidd
Harrodsburg, Ky
DR. Miles
Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Bakes
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