Death on the Loreto Mainline The Peterson Tragedy
John Peterson a 70 year old renowned Chicago blacksmith was killed instantly when a southbound freight struck him at Loreto on Wednesday morning He was walking from Chicago toward Loreto and stepped from the side track onto the main line as the train rounded a curve The engineer had no time to react and the cause is believed to be mistaken location by Peterson The coroner ruled accidental death The body was taken to Chicago for burial where funeral services were held and interment made in Bardstown The jury listed as witnesses Jas A Mudd Forest Wars W L Thompson Rop Adams Jas A Beard and Grover Gardiner The decedent was brother to Mrs Mary Jane Blair and uncle to Deputy Sheriff Nat Blair He had no surviving wife or children and was twice married The verdict noted sept 10 1907 as the accident date
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Lebanon
John Peterson
Chicago
Loretta
Loretto
Peterson
Mary Jane Blair
Nat Blair
Blair
Brussell
Messrs
Jas. A. Mudd
Forest Wars
W. L. Thompson
Rop Adams
Jas. A. Beard
Grover Gardiner
Prathers Creek Local Notes Include Fair Visit Shoeing and Loss
Messrs Dick Wilkerson and John Russell attended the Bardstown fair and report a good time. J T Skeens sold and bought yearling Feifers at fair prices. A mare was struck by lightning, dying near a locust tree. The death of Dock Harmon is noted as a Christian man and church member. Aunt Lavinia Webster of Mackville is mentioned as one of the oldest residents.
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Dick Wilkerson
John Russell
Skeens
Alinois
J.T. Skeens
Joy Barker
Geo. Barker
G. T. Mayes
R. T. Begley
J. Russell
J.H. . Mayes
J. H. Mayes
W. T. Kimberly
J. T. Skeens
Geo
Geo. Cocanougher Some Yearling Feifers Last Week At Fair Prices. J. T. Skeens
Lavinia Webster
Mackville
How to Remain Young Health Tip from Mrs. Rowan
Mrs. N F Rowan of Mc Donough Georgia endorses Electric Bitters as a cure for chronic liver and stomach trouble and blood disorders. She claims she feels twenty years younger after three bottles and can work more easily while helping in her husband store. The product is guaranteed at Haydon & Roberts Drug Store for five cents.
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N. F. Rowan
McDonough
Haydon & Robertson
Marriages Reported in Marion County
The Lebanon Enterprise details weddings in Marion County including Florence Martin and John T. Thompson at Raywick with Rev. A C Zoelh er officiating after parental consent. Mary Jo Raley and William Thompson wed at Calvary. J A Buckman and Mary E Marcum unite at the county clerk's office with Judge John A Burton presiding.
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J. A. Buckman
Mary E. Marcum
John A. Burton
Estimable Bardstown Woman Passes Away at 77
Mrs Pen Talbott of Bardstown dies Saturday from complications of disease at age 77. Maiden name Margaret Nicholson she was a Presbyterian church member and devout Christian. Survived by husband Pen Talbott three daughters Mrs Fulks Louisville Mrs O'Brien Brownsville Pa and Miss Sallie Talbott Bardstown and son Dan Talbott Bardstown.
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Kentucky Standard
Pen Tal
Bardstown
Talbott
Margaret Nicholson
Presbyterian Church
Pen Talbott
Mesdames
Tom Fulks
Louisville
Chas
O’brien
Brownsville
Mass
Sallie Talbott
Dan Talbott
Kentucky Girl's Pluck Captures Robber in Mexico City
Miss Emily Gaither, 13, daughter of Col E H Gaither, faced a Mexican thief who snatched her purse in Mexico City. Instead of fleeing, she pursued and chased the robber, helped seize him, and saw him jailed. Gaither is described as an all-around athlete, boxing, playing ball, and riding bicycles.
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Emily Gaither
E. H. Gaither
Mexico City
Harrodsburg Herald
Emily
Miss Gaither
Hillsboro Social Notes Mention Local Visits and Birth
Hillsboro notes report a ten pound girl born to the wife of Solomon Kays since last week. Various visits are listed, including families from Willisburg Anderson county and Texas. relatives visit, travel and stay with local households.
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Solomon Kays
J. H. Setties
J. M. Montgomery
Bailey
Roy Chesser
Myrtle Lee
Kidwell
J. M Shields
Fitch Godby
Lee Settles
J. D. Sutherland
Cammack
Anderson County
John Bailey
Texas
Johnny Wails
Pleasant Grove
John Armstrong
B. H. Mellyoy
Willisburg
Lizzie McMillen
J. H. Settles
Sam Crook
Liza Fitzgerald
Seefeld
S. H. Crook
Farms For Sale By McElroy And Wharton Dealers
A Springfield Kentucky real estate listing details numerous farms for sale by McElroy and Wharton. Properties range from 52 to 350 acres nearby Springfield and surrounding towns with prices from 2 000 to 60 per acre. Listings include dwelling houses barns fences water access and proximity to Springfield Lebanon Willisburg Mackville and Eyring.
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McElroy & Wharton
Springfield, KY
Multiple farms offered near Springfield and Lebanon
A catalog lists numerous tracts from 56 to 277 acres within eight miles of Springfield and surrounding towns. Each entry notes dwelling size, tobacco barns, barns and granaries, timber, river bottoms, water, fenced perimeters, orchard, and prices ranging from 20 to 65 dollars per acre. Many properties include 20 to 90 acres of tobacco land and several with good pike access and proximity to schools or churches.
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Texas
Lebanon
Danville Vile
Springfield
Sheree
Springield
Willisburg
Mackville
Mackville Pike
Good Pike
Springfels
Pike
Sma
Onge Pike
School
Church
Washington County
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Montenegro-Riehm Music Co
Montenegro
Riehm Music CO
Fourth Avenue
S. G. Shelly
Elizabethtown
Methodist Church
Prathers Creek
Dock Harmon
Harmon
Marion County
Florence Martin
John T. Thompson
Raywick
A. C. Zoehler
Henry Martin
Thompson
William Thomas Thompson
Mary Jo Raley
Calvery
Robert McDonald
J. B. Raley
Kentucky
Hillsboro
Springhall
Pringheld
Springfiel Ood
Eyring Nal
B. D. Lake
Be the Best Business
ON Earth
CLARK
School OF Business
Granville W. Lyon
Bryan's Commoner
Courier-Journal
Louisville Herald
Nashville American
Cincinnati Pans
St Ton
American Farmer
Lippincott's Magazine
Scribner's Magazine
Ledger Monthly
iHarper’s Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Junny South
the Sun
the Daily
Kentucky State Journal
Associated Press
Court of Appeals
P. Waren
Trankfort, Ky
the Sun and
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