Meeting Old Friends in Washington City
In Washington on December 11 Col John A Royce of Kentucky recalls Civil War service and authorship. He asks about Lee Hathaway, his schoolmate who later served for the Confederacy. Local figures C Stealy and son Watterson are noted as reliable Washington news sources.
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Washington
Col
John A. Royce
Mt. Sterling
Lee Hathaway
Joyce
Hathaway
Stealy
Watterson
O. O
Jackson Set To Welcome Third Bank Soon
Jackson Kentucky December 12 The First National Bank of Jackson will open January 1 led by Walter Lattin with officers Judge James P Adams president cashier Arnold Judge A P Cardwell John Griffith and James Hammons The bank marks Jacksons third financial institution and comes with strong prospects Lattin is State University graduate and successful businessman Adams is Circuit Judge Cardwell and Griffith hail from prominent mountain families
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Jackson
First National Bank
Walter Lattin
James P. Adams
Arnold
A. P. Cardwell
John Griffith
James Hammons
Lattin
State University
Howard & Humphries Christmas Ad Weary Ear-Byard
Groceries fruits and vegetables advertised with prompt delivery. Call Old Kentucky phone 712 for orders. The note proclaims loyal customer policy and urges early Christmas shopping by Howard & Humphries dated 12-10-31.
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Old Kentucky
Howard & Humphries
Robber Turns in After Sudden Conversion
Chicago reports William Crandall walked into a police station claiming conversion on his way to robbery. He said he was sought in Cedar Rapids for forgery and turned two revolvers to a charity worker before surrendering. Ohio on war footing outlines 899 regiments under the Calom military bill, with all able men aged 18 to 45 to train.
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Chicago
William Crandall
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
Columbus
A. B. Critchfield
Ohio National Guard
Short-Sighted Man Opinion in The News
The article reflects on a brief excerpt titled Short-Sighted Man from The News by mail 25e a month. It discusses human perspective, noting everyone tends to see only one side of matters and that partial views hinder full understanding.
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John Locke
Winchester
Amerca
Markets in Cincinnati Stockyards Dec 11 1920 Prices
Receipts and shipments show cattle hogs and sheep at Cincinnati Union Stockyards. Cattle dull to very good with some steers strong and others weak. prices range from common to extra. Hogs steady to higher with lightweight pigs quoted. Sheep steady to high with lambs stronger. calves and bulls listed with varied values.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Union
Chicago Market Cattle and Hogs Mixed at Chicago Sale
Chicago market reports cattle receipts near 8000 with varied prices for beeves Texans Westerners stockers and feeders cows and calves. Hog receipts around 30000 show gains of 5 to 6 cents with ranges across light mixed heavy and good to choice heavy. Sheep receipts near 20000 list native Western yearlings and lambs with price spreads across categories.
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Chicago
Western
Wheat Drops on General Selling in Chicago Market
Chicago December 11 general liquidation caused extreme weakness in the local wheat market with prices at the close 154 to 1534 cents below yesterday's final quotations. Corn, oats and provisions also closed weak.
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Chicago
Advent and church services announced across city churches
A string of religious notices invites the public to Advent and regular services led by Rev F B Went worth Archdeacon of Lexington and Rev C E Crafton Elder J M Thomas and Dr Porter. Morning and evening sermons cover topics such as Generosity Close Communion and Wouldst Thou be Made Whole with Sunday School at 9:30 and prayer meeting Wednesday. The Reading Room welcomes visitors daily with a December 13 1908 sermon on God the Preserver of Man.
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F. B. Wentworth
Diocese of
Lexington
C. E. Crafton
Old Baptist Church
J. M. Thomas
Porter
God
The Rights of Roosters Opinion in Atchison
An Atchison county farmer’s wife brought four dozen young roosters to town. Not a pullet in the bunch. These chickens will be fried. Do the roosters get a square deal. The roosters are fried and the pullets live. Isn’t life as precious to a rooster as to a pullet.
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Atchison County
Atchison Globe
Cannibalism Debate in Civilized Society
Henry Ward Beecher argues that cannibalism exists in modern cities like New York, urging that removing the social support system for eating people would leave thousands of empty homes tomorrow. The comment frames cannibalism as a social metaphor for urban cruelty.
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New York
Isles of the Pacific
Henry Ward Beecher
Fatal accident at Columbus resort shocks local readers
Reported incidents include Miss Laura Redmond’s instant death when a revolver dropped from a dancer’s pocket and discharged. Other items note a $600 reward offered by Great Northern Railway for train looting near Bismarck NC, a failed Ka nawha district miners and operators conference, the death of twins George and Henry Dyke in Hepburn IA, a fire destroying the Cairo cafe in New York’s tenderloin, and the Springport State Savings Bank closure with hay dealer loan assignments.
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Laura Redmond
Columbus
Great Northern Railway Company
Bismarck
N. C
W. Va
George
Henry Dyke
Hepburn
Cairo
New York
Springport
Mich
State Savings Bank
Feud Renewed in Breathitt County Kentucky
In Breathitt County tensions flare as five to six men fire on Ed Callahan home the former sheriff and ally of Judge James Hargis. Callahan returns fire wounding Rand Sebastian and killing a mule. Arrests follow of Lewis Deaton Logan and William Riley with more possible as feud between Callahans and Smiths deepens. John Smith admits he was hired to murder by Callahan and the Hargises.
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Lexington
Breathitt County
Ed Callahan
James Hargis
Breathitt
Callahan
Rand Sebastian
William Deaton
Lewis Deaton
Logan
William Riley
Callahans
Smiths
Hargis
John Smith
Hargises
Winchester Roller Mills Declares Local Flour Quality
The oldest and best institution in the county is the Witchester Roller Mills promoting home flour Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour claiming no canal. Notice dated 11 17 4t.
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Witchester Roller Mills
Kerr Perfection
Shoppers urged to carry home bundles themselves
Shoppers are reminded to carry home small bundles themselves as merchants and their employees stay busy after the holiday trade. The note encourages thoughtfulness toward others during the shopping season.
Mansfield's Best Flour Ad Endorsed by Mills
A vintage advertisement from Winchester Kentucky promotes Mansfield's Best Patent flour. It guarantees every sack and credits Mansfield's Flour Mills with the claim of best flour on earth, mentioning Mr Lilly. The ad appears dated November 13 with a 3 month expiration.
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Mansfield
Mr. Lilly
Mansfield’s Flour Mills
Winchester
E.o.d
Oyster humor not fresh, columnist quips
The Charleston News and Courier quips that the oyster joke is never fresh and notes readers should not stew over it. The Washington Post adds a playful aside about waiting for better punchlines.
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Charleston News and Courier
Washington Post
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Sciew
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J. D. Simpson
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Scott
Fagle Casting Co., of
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J. W. Hisle
Maple Street
Brown- Proctoria Shop
Smoot & King
Mon-Fric
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Fdison
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King
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