Ground hog weather bluffs readers with six more weeks
The piece laments a harsh forecast for six more weeks of bad weather, noting the ground hog did not appear and likening his resistance to the elements with a fighter in his den. It reflects on traditions, early settlers, and the need for community support for a college lyceum course run by President Clark after Prof. Tigert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Firma
Tigert
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Clark
Prof. Tigert
Phidelia Rice Impersonator to Visit February 13
Kentucky Wesleyan College presents Mr. Phidelia Rice a famed impersonator in this city on February 13. The course includes varied numbers with quality and profit for attendees. Also featured is Mr. Turdelia Rice praised for national reputation and a closing lecture by Mr. Lybarger, an influential orator and statesman.
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Phidelia Rice
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Lindsey
Turdelia Rice
Silleshester
Rice
Chautauqua
Ilis
Lybarger
Lybargers
Meeting of Board Postponed a Week
The regular meeting of the County Board of Education was postponed for a week due to the absence of County Superintendent Lanter. Prof. Lanter is attending the Corn Show at Maysville.
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Lanter
County Board of Education
Prof
Maysville
Tracy and Stokely Sell House and Lot in Star City
Tracy and Stokely as agents for Al len Osborne of Star City Indiana sold his house and lot on Third Avenue this city to Mrs W H Rash for 1300 dollars with possession given at once They also leased the W F Dand ridge property on North Main Street known as the Winn property to Mr G M Ramsey who will remodel it and run a boarding house.
Murdered Kentuckian Ernest Robinson in Gauley West Virginia
Mt Sterling Ky Feb 2 telegram from Robinsons son Ernest is found dead near Gauley W Va relatives suspect foul play Thos Robinson brother heads to West Virginia with a detective to investigate Young Robinson worked for Adams Express Co and telephone services in Kentucky He was about 30 and born in Mt Sterling body to be brought home for burial Also notes a fine horse stock sale with prices and an opinion piece criticizing Cantrill and party politics in Kentucky.
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Mt. Sterling
Robinson
Ernest Robinson
Gauley
W. Va
Thos, Robinson
West Virginia
Adams Express Company
Telephone
Woodford Sun Drops Support For Cantrill In Seventh District
The Woodford Sun editors A. A. Bomar and Dan W. Bomar announce they will not vote for J. Campbell Cantrill if he is the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Seventh District. They pledge to back any other nominee and may abstain from voting if denied a chance to vote on the matter. They state no personal enmity but emphasize fairness and long-standing party support.
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Cantrill
Democratic Party
Cabin
Cantiill
Ashland
Sun
Congress
Lexington
Lexing Herald
Woodford Sun
Versailles
A. A
Dan W. Bomar
J. Campbell Cantrill Cantrill
Canntill
Cantril
Judge Dundon Backed to Oppose Gantrill
Frankfort Ky Feb 2 The name of Judge Dennis Dundon of Paris Bourbon county is being considered by Franklin county Democrats as a potential candidate for Congress to succeed J Campbell Cantrill if the district committee rescinds its call for a March 16 snap primary. Dundon is popular among younger Democrats and would bring a strong, straight political record and vigor to the race if he consents.
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Frankfort
Dennis Dundon
Paris
Bourbon County
Franklin County
J.campbell Cantrill
District
Campbell
Judge Dundon
The
Democracy
Ashland
Deaths and Funerals Bettie Boyle Gay obituary
Bettie Boyle Gay died at Pisgah in Woodford county on February 1. She was the widow of Louis W. Gay formerly of Clark county and longtime resident of Woodford county. Burial at Pisgah on February 3 at 2:30 p.m.
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Pisgah
Woodford County
Bettie Boyle Gay
Louis W. Gay
Clark County
Secretary of State Knox to miss March May for Nashville congress
Secretary of State Knox cables David Lubin that he will be absent from March 15 to May 1 to attend the Southern Commercial Congress in Nashville April 8 to 10 and later hold conferences in various states to explain the Raiffeisen system of cooperative rural credits final aim to bolster rural life in America. Lubin will meet in Nashville with a committee of two leaders from each state to discuss the system and its possibilities as a means to strengthen rural America.
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Washington, D. C
Knox
David Lubin
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
Southern Commercial Congress
Nashville
Germany
Lubin
America
Senate Enjoys Fierce Row In Frankfort Session
In Frankfort Kentucky on February 2 the Senate saw a fierce quarrel between Senators Samon and L W Arnett with others weighing in including Louis Arnett's father B M Arnett and Lt Gov F E McDermott urging focus before the session ends. A partisan Prison Commissioners bill failed to materialize and a House move to relocate the State Geological Survey headquarters was defeated. A resolution to probe the State Experiment Station was postponed to Monday with new bills from Senator Tunis banning cigarettes and Senator Pritchard proposing eleven congressional districts. Additional measures include efforts to curb lynching and to discipline officials. district maps list counties by district.
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Frankfort
Senate
Samon
L. W. Arnett
Louis
B. M. Arnett
F E. J. McDermott
House
Herrington
State Geologicl Survey
Tunis
Fayette County
Kentucky
Pritchard
Clark County
Moody
Ballard
Caldwell
Calloway
Carlisle
Butler
Barren
Edmonson
Logan
Metcalfe
Muhlenberg
Simpson
Todd
Warren
Breckinridge
Bullitt
Grayson
Green
Hardin
Hart
Larue
Marion
Meade
Nelson
Ohio
Taylor
Washington
Jefferson
Boone Campbell
Carroll
Gallatin
Grant
Knox
Pendleton
Trimble
Bourbon
Fay
Lawmakers Present New Kentucky Bills Across Districts
A long list of proposed acts from multiple districts includes measures in the Senate to pay George W. Judy $107 for captured prisoners, redivide senatorial districts, and amend tax and revenue laws. House introductions feature salary boosts for instructors, price regulation for utilities, and a land trespass misdemeanor, plus a novelty bachelor tax proposal.
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Ette
Franklin
Henry
Montgomery
Oldham
Owen
Scott
Woodford
Adair
Anderson
Boyle
Casey
Clark
Garrard
Jessamine
Lincoln
Madison
Mercer
Shelby
Spencer
Bracken
Bath
Boyd
Carter
Elliott
Fleming
Greenup
Harrison
Lewis
Lawrence
Mason
Menifee
Morgan
Nicholas
Robertson
Rowan
Wolfe
Breathitt
Clay
Estill
Floyd
Johnson
Knott
Lee
Leslie
Let
Court of Appeals Backs Board in Willis Lexington Asylum Case
The Court of Appeals affirmed the Board’s authority to dismiss Dr. R. L. Willis as Superintendent of the Lexington Asylum after due notice. It held it unreasonable to require an employee’s removal for incompetence to go through lengthy court trials. Also included is a humorous aside defining velocity through a teacher and a student dialog about releasing a wasp.
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Body
Willis
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
R. L. Willis
Albert Scott
Fayette County
Lexington Asylum
Socialist Introduces Government Ownership Bill
Washington on February 2. Representative Berger of Wisconsin, a Socialist, introduced a bill for Government ownership of railroad telegraph telephone and express properties engaged in interstate commerce. The measure follows Postmaster General Hitchcock's call for state control of telegraph lines.
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Washington
Representative Berger
Wisconsin
Hitchcock
Two Children Burned to Death in Brooklyn Home
A six year old boy and a four year old girl were killed by a lamp explosion in their beds in New York. Their brother and sister, also children of Louis Isler, were critically injured and hospitalized in Brooklyn. Isler and his wife were seriously burned.
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Louis Isler
New York
Brooklyn
Isler
LeBus Ferguson to Address Mason County Farmers
Maysville Ky Feb 2 On Monday February 5 at 1 pm President Clarence LeBus of the Burley Tobacco Society will address Mason county farmers at the Courthouse on the ten year pool plan. Vice President A L Ferguson will also speak. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the school tax levy cannot be used to haul pupils to county schools affecting several counties already using the plan.
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Burley Society
Maysville
Clarence LeBus
Burley Tobacco Society
Mason County
A. L. Ferguson
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Shanklin Vs. Boyd
New School District 10 Proposed Near City Limits
A new district is planned just beyond the city in North Park to serve about seventy pupils previously counted in the Mooresville district. The move aims to better serve local children and may accompany a new neighborhood house.
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North Park
Mooresville
Hogan and Royce Tie The Knot In Home Ceremony
M. J. D. Hogan and Miss Mary T. Royce were married at the home of Ela. J. W. Harding on Thursday. Congratulations are extended.
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M. J. D. Hogan
Mary T. Royce
Ela
J. W. Harding
Vanity Fair at 3000 feet features Godiva reel
Despite the lateness it advertises Wm. Thackery's Vanity Fair for a staged magnificat. Mr Watson sings I want a Girl. Lady Godiva is a feature reel for Saturday afternoon and night with school children admitted for 5 cents.
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Wm. Thackery
Vanity Fair
Mr. Watson
Lady Godiva
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la Follette
Ken
Tucky Weseyan College
Tracy
Stokely
W. H. Rash
Greene Bros
Greene
Kentucky Ias
Gantrill
Mrs. Bettie Boyle Gay
Secretary OF State
Senator Salmon
Louis Arnett
Prison Comisioners
Welch
Estill—Act
Arnett
Kenton
Bagbey
Bosworth
Bell
Douglas
Aiken
Stoll
Fayette
Williams
Louisville
T. M. Bertman
Johnny
Berger
Lebus and Ferguson
Hogan
Royce
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