Southern States Interdependence Letter Supports Growth
In a letter to Governor Willson, W. W. Finley of Southern Railway argues for interdependent Southern development. He stresses shared prosperity among farmers manufacturers merchants and transport systems and urges public opinion to back regional progress through better highways roads railways and waterways.
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President Finley
The
Southern Railway
Gov. Willson
Frankfort
Nicholasville Men Robbed in Lexington At Southern Depot
In Lexington at the Southern depot on December 15 two Nicholasville men, Elliott West and Robert K. Pates, were pickpocketed as they boarded a local train. West lost $40 in five dollar bills and Pates $1,800, including $300 in cash and the rest in checks. The thief disappeared into a crowd after a man fainted. police took action but did not catch him.
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Lexington
Southern Depot
Elliott West
Robert K. Pates
Nicholasville
Atien
Speight in Frankfort Seeks Postmaster Job for Benton
J C Speight district referee visits Frankfort to confer with Assistant Attorney General Thomas B McGregor on the Benton Marshall county postmastership. The prior postmaster died and Judge E Barry, backed by Republicans, briefly held the office awaiting a successor. Speight is seen as favoring a Republican nominee though current appointee Judge Bayly is a Democrat with strong backing.
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Frankfort
J. C. Speight
Thomas B. McGregor
Benton
Marshall County
E. Barry
Washington
Speight
McGregor
Judge Bayly
The Gift The Christmas Voice and Solitary Hope
A reflective Christmas meditation from 1908 on music soothing loneliness. The speaker, amid joyous street sounds, finds solace in the season’s message of divine sacrifice and eternal love. The piece contrasts isolation with the call of Christmas joy and the gift of faith.
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Cone
Beethoven and Business in His Time
An old German article notes Beethoven never bargained like others. He asked guineas, not sovereigns, for works and pressed for single publishers. A 1802 letter offers a patroness a year’s private property on a 5 guinea fee with potential dedication after publication.
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London
Beethoven
Leipzig
Vienna
The Proper Word Reckoning by a Seven year old
Ruth seven-year-old in an apartment house causes a language stir by saying the singer is “having her voice difficulted” drawing mixed reactions from seventy five neighbors who defend her choice as the proper word.
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Ruth
New York Times
Rifle Practice Bills Move In Congress
President Roosevelt sent drafts of two bills to Congress to aid military departments in educational institutions. One bill authorizes the secretary of war to furnish equipment stores and supplies for field instruction in such schools. The other provides $100000 annually to promote rifle practice in public schools colleges universities and civilian rifle clubs. Both measures have Secretary Wright’s approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of War
Wright
Lumber supplier salutes season with quality building wood
The notice proclaims good will to friends and all customers as a lumber firm promotes its mission to furnish needful lumber. It emphasizes that its stock is always of the nest grade and quality for builders and future projects.
Prof R M Shipp Lectures in Hawesville Hancock County
Prof R M Shipp spoke in Hawesville during a county educational campaign. He defended the new school law, urged high schools and better funding, deriding Kentucky’s literacy gap and stressing education as the path to progress. He pressed Kentuckians to act, noting three states surpass Kentucky in literacy and urging white children receive equal education.
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Hancock Clarion
R. M. Shipp
Hawesville
Shine
Kentucky
John the Baptist
British Isles
America
Louisiana
North Carolina
New Mexico
Tennessee
Jefferson
Bank Robbers Dynamite Safe in Eufalion
Robbers dynamited the First National Bank safe in Eufalon Oklahoma and escaped with fifteen thousand dollars. Police scanned the scene for clues and the investigation began immediately. Local authorities reported the heist disrupted banking hours and prompted a citywide manhunt.
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First National Bank of
Eufalon, Oklahoma
Eufalon, Okla
First National Bank
Extensive Charity Planned For Kentucky Children
Kentucky Children's Home Society will provide clothing gifts to 2300 poor children at Christmas. Led by George L. Sehon of Louisville, state superintendent, with district superintendents assisting across the state. The charity aids children entering the society due to poverty, not mothers fault, with ongoing care and school support.
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Kentucky Children’s Home Society
Childrer
Kentucky
George L. Sehon
Louisville
Women pool turkeys boost Nicholas county earnings
Carlisle Kentucky December 15. Between forty thousand and forty five thousand dollars will be paid to Nicholas county women before Christmas for Nicholas county turkeys. Droves of birds have been delivered to Bluegrass Produce Company and to John H Stewart and James L Hamm managers for Brent & Bro. Birds are sent to Eastern markets after dressing and packing. Bourbon county women pooled their turkeys and are selling at top prices. Bluegrass Produce received about a thousand birds from Bourbon county paying a fraction over fifteen cents per pound.
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Carlisle
Nicholas County
Bluegrass Produce Company
John H. Stewart
James L. Hamm
Charles S. Brent & Bro
Bourbon County
Turkeys Sent to Slaughter Pens in Kentucky
Several thousand turkeys from Sharpsburg are shipped to Carlisle and Mt. Sterling slaughter pens and will go to the Eastern market. They fetch ten to eleven and a half cents per pound on foot. The crop is better than Thanksgiving but prices remain about the same. no price advance is predicted.
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Sharpsburg
Carlisle
Mt. Sterling
State University athlete dies from burst blood vessel
Maysville Ky December 15 John Bruce Woodward died last night at his home after reportedly bursting a blood vessel while practicing on a lung tester at the State University in Lexington some time earlier.
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Maysville
John Bruce Woodward
State University At
Lexington
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the News
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Grant Witt & Co
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Massie, the Shoe Man
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Santa Claus
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Liriope
Nemesis
Echo
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