Revival of a Historic Highway by John J. Barry
John J. Barry revisits a storied stretch of road in a concise historic account. The piece traces the highway’s origins, key milestones, and its enduring role in local mobility.
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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1910
Page
7
Lincoln Highway Historic Route Through Kentucky Told
New Haven Kentucky profiles the old Louisville and Nashville turnpike from Louisville toward Lincoln Farm Mammoth Cave and the South. It covers its history from pioneer trails to war, roads, tollgates, and a planned electric line, noting Lincoln’s ties, local towns, and the Buffalo to Lincoln farm detour with Taft’s expected dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Kentucky
Thomas Lincoln
President Lincoln
Muydeangh Hill
Rolling Fork
St. Catherine's Church
St. Peter's
Sma
United States
Pike
Renew Prison Contract With Hoge Montgomery Company
At a monthly meeting in Frankfort Kentucky the Hoge Montgomery Company renewed its contract to work 650 convicts for four years from January 1. The firm pays 85 cents a man per day, the highest wage in the country. The option to renew was exercised, adding 150 more men under the new four year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Hoge-Montgomery Co
Abolition of whipping proposed in Lexington schools
The Lexington city school board sustained Principal W F De at John son school after a pupil was whipped. The board favored abolishing corporal punishment and proposed an amendment to school rules requiring parental consultation before any punishment and that it be administered by parents or the principal in the principal's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
W. F. de
Johnsson
Herman Ler
A Cassidy
Thieves Target L. and N. Railroad Homes Again
In Glasgow Kentucky a gang long active along the L. and N. railroad is reported to have struck again. Several homes near the tracks were robbed recently including Sowta Sidebottom’s residence near Uno Hart County where entry was gained through a window. Two gold watches and a ring belonging to Mrs Sidebottom were taken and a small child’s bank was broken open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Sowta Sidebottom
Uno
Hart County
Miner’s Ill Fate Falls as S tractor Plate Crashes
Ines Kentucky reports Isaac Banister a former Ines resident and Ten year West Virginia coal field worker killed when a heavy plate over a thousand pounds toppled onto him minutes after moving his family to Van Lear Johnson County. He left a wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Isaac Banister
West Virginia
Banister
van Lear
Johnson County
Elizabethtown man R and Woodring dies at 63
Elizabethtown Kentucky R and Woodring aged 63 a prominent local farmer died after a long illness. His wife had died earlier, and he had moved to town from the county years ago. John Samuels of Latterfield died suddenly at Lebanon Junction while attending his brother Will Samuels funeral after a paralytic stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Latterfield, Ky
John Samuels
Lebanon Junction
Mr. Samuels
Will Samuela
Bricklayer Drops Dead on Roof in Covington
Covington Kentucky bricklayer Charles Trauts aged 72 collapsed and died while working on a roof at 131 East Roig Street. Coroner Wise held an inquest returning a verdict of heart trouble. The body was brought to his home at 14 East Eleventh Street. In Glasgow Missouri Robert Bethel aged man was found dead in a field near Cave City. suspected wandering illness and chilling to death. A large barn owned by T C Ferguson near Glasgow was burned, suspected incendiary fire. losses minimal with limited insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
East Roigtreet
Charles Trauts
East Eleventh Street
Wise
Glhagow
Robert Bethel
Cave City
Glasgow
T. C. Ferguson
Joes
Record sheep run on Chicago market prompts bargain buying
A rare opportunity as 200000 sheep and lambs arrived in three days on the Chicago market. The influx, mainly from Montana and western range country, reflects drought and fencing limiting overproduction, signaling a forthcoming price surge and a chance for farmers to stock up at lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montana
Western Range
Europe
Australia
Tit for Tat and Turbulent Party Dissent Scrutiny
Lloyd C Griscom in New York criticizes party dissensions as animated by a nasty spirit and utter intolerance. The piece recalls a seaside dance anecdote where a jealous fiancé questions his fiancée about a kiss, underscoring public mood and personal crosscurrents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Griscom
New York
Thank You and Adversity Lessons in Gratitude
A reflective piece discusses gratitude amid adversity, noting that those who have loved and lost may value what they still possess. It recalls a Wall Street tale of twelve thousand dollars in gains and losses, and jokes about debts and a forgotten address. The excerpt ends with a grim sense of the world’s sinfulness and personal malaise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
When Rubbers Become Necessary And Your Shoes Pinch
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Cote Rynous
Sheen
Sami
Allan Sime
Hoy, N.Y
Still a Woman and the Thirteenth Inning Mystery
A clipped fragment discusses gender and sports, noting Still a Woman and a man in her enjoyment of baseball, then Jowett-Hut proves she remains a woman by refusing to sit through the thirteenth inning. The piece also muses that the future and the past are near relations to the present.
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Mewitt
Jowett—Hut
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