April term of Clark County Fiscal Court opens
The Clark Fiscal Court began its April term Monday morning with Judge J H Evans presiding. All members of the court and County Attorney S A Jeffries were present. The day’s business was the appointment of committees: White pauper committee Renick Dooley and Ramsey. Colored pauper committee Goodpaster True and Wills. Public building and miscellaneous Richards Dooley and Goodpaster. Committee to fix tax rate Wills Renick and True.
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Clark
J. H. Evans
S. A. Jeffries
Evans
Squires Renick
Dooley and Ramsey
Squires Goodpaster
True and Wills
Squires Richards
Dooley
Dooley and Goodpaster
Squires Wills
Reniek and True
Old Union Scout in Critical Condition at Home
Captain J. C. Creed, Civil War scout for the Union armies, lies seriously ill at his Muddy Creek pike home. At age 83 his friends fear for the outcome of his condition.
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J. C. Creed
Muddy Creek
Creed
Owall Blaze on G Street Sunday
A minor fire at 10:35 a.m. Sunday caused a small blaze at the residence of Mr. Charles Alexander on C Street in the west end. The property belongs to Mr. N. T. Taylor. A hole was burned in the floor. Loss estimated under $100.
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Charles Alexander
C Street
West End
N. T. Taylor
Police raid on Bucktown craps game nets four arrests
Officers Ballard and Arbill raided a crap game in a Bucktown building Saturday and arrested Jerry Green Charles Gratz Orange Moore and Milt Lowe all colored.
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Ballard and
Arbill
Bucktown
Jerry Green
Charles Gratz
Orange Moore
Milt Lowe
Confederate Veteran Ill At Home In Pewee Valley
A notification from the Confederate Home at Pewee Valley reports Captain Tod Hall seriously ill. Hall, a distinguished Confederate veteran and county figure nicknamed the Harmonizer for his political role, is widely beloved and his recovery is hoped for by friends.
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Tod Hall
Pewee Valley
Hall
Eleven Man Winchester Team Begins Spring Training
Eleven players led by manager Horn started practicing on the Nashville Southern League grounds in Nashville Tennessee last week. They tied Cumberland University two to two after eleven innings with Toney fanning fourteen. Horn plans a Nashville stay to familiarize the squad with grounds and climate prior to April 12 departure and pennant chase.
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Winchester
Horn
Peck
Toney
Chapman
Harwood
Campbell
H. Schmidt
Catignani
O. Schmidt
McAllister
Ellis
Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland University
Mrs Huls Rents House of Seven Gables on Washington
Mrs William Huls has rented the House of Seven Gables on Washington street from Dr M S Browne and will take possession on April 1. The house will be conducted as a first class boarding house.
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Washington Street
M. S. Browne
William Huls
James Brandenburg Captures White Hawk Near City
James Brandenburg exhibited a white hawk captured about two miles from the city on Four Mile Pike. It is the first white hawk seen in captivity in the area and likely the only one nearby. The hawk was trapped after several attempts by locals to kill it.
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James Brandenburg
Four Mile Pike
Brandenburg
Uncle Jack Reid Returns From Paris Visit
"Uncle" Jack Reid came back after a two week visit to his sister in Paris and is expected to resume normal activities.
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Jack Reid
Paris
The Merchant Who Advertises Is Working For You
The piece argues that merchants who advertise serve customers better by keeping prices fair, meeting competition, and offering value. It contrasts advertising merchants with non-advertisers, claiming the former are continually tested to earn customer trust and loyalty.
Sunny Days For Farmers Crop Outlook Brightens
March weather remains cool with delayed growth but farmers expect a strong year. Grain looks good with many predicting a top crop in years. Sheep are being dipped for scab control and wool quality. Plowing progresses and ground will soon be ready for planting hemp and oats. Wide hemp, corn, and tobacco acreage planned. Tobacco beds sown heavily and cattle fed for pasture. Exports ready by mid June, with numbers near average.
Montgomery County Tobacco Outlook Promising
M. Sterling Kentucky March 22. Plowing done and many tobacco beds sown in Montgomery County. A strong week should finish beds, with at least thirty acres broke in city limits for tobacco culture. Growers optimistic on prices. some expect pooling, others predict smaller housed crop. Some sales at 10 to 12.4 cents. most Equity tobacco shipped and paid. Wheat, rye, grass in good shape. early grazing expected. Clover uninjured by recent freezes. hemp breaking under way for Paris buyer, unlikely to be much grown. Gardens being cleaned. early vegetation eyed. Lambs arriving fast and healthy. some held at 51 1/2 cents. Fruit not yet injured. outlook good.
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Montgomery County
Paris
Kentucky Horses in Demand in South and East Trade
Paris Ky March 22 The demand for Kentucky bred horses for shipment South and East for driving and gaited stock is unusually strong. G W Jordon of Hawesville Ga bought 20 saddle and driving horses averaging 2450 and shipped his consignment South Friday night. Fritz shipped from Bourbon last week a carload of trotting and driving horses at good prices. W G McClintock sent a mixed car of hogs and cattle to Cincinnati Saturday night. Ben F Buckley sold to J C Berryman of Fayette county a pair of 7 year old mare mules for 425. McClintock also shipped a carload of mules and horses to Cincinnati Saturday night. A G Jones of North Middle bought a handsome filly from Montgomery parish for 450.
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Paris
Kentucky
G. W. Jordon
Hawesville
Jordon
Fritz
Bourbon
W. G. McClintock
Cincinnati
Ben F. Buckley
J. C.berryman
Fayette County
A. G. Jones
North Middle
Montgomery
Mules Go on Court Day in Town Market Report
A bustling town court day shows 75 to 100 mules on the market at Farners and Shippers Stock Yards with several sales recorded. Jonas Weil buys steers and cows, W P Treadway sells multiple heifers, and prices range around 4 to 5 cents per pound for cattle while mules fetch 340 to 350 dollars per pair.
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Jonas Weil
Wilmer Berryman
Cooper and Rupard
W.E. Little Tought
Judge Taylor
W. P. Hieatt
McClintock
Paris
Trustees 10 Rent Rooms in New Fraternity Building
A joint meeting of the trustees of the K at P and Mason lodges will be held Monday to arrange renting rooms in the new fraternity building and handle other matters. Linoleum is being laid on the fourth floor lodge room, with first meetings planned for the new building in early April.
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K. of P. and
Mason Lodges
Democratic committee meeting set for Danville district
Stanford Kentucky March 22 Democratic committee of the judicial district is called to meet at Danville Tuesday. The chairmen of all four counties will likely be present.
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Stanford
Danville
Sid ge Yards Incorporate
Articles filed for Farmers' and Shippers' Stock Yards Company to operate a general stock yards business including handling pasturing buying and selling stock. Capitalization 4800 dollars at 48 shares of 100 each with debt not to exceed 5000 dollars. Incorporators listed with Clark county residences and one from Fayette Montgomery and Mark counties.
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Farmers’ and Shippers’ Stock Yards Company
Zade Hodgkin
Clark County
S. K. Hodgkin
Z. T. Conner
D. W. Scott
Fayette County
W. B. Wills
John Daniels
J. W. Pace
J. W. Cockrell
Montgomery County
William Little
William C. Gaines
Mark County
J. F. Horton
William Robb
J. D. Rees
G. W. Leiws
Will of Seth Blackwell Divides Estate Among Six Children
The will of Seth Blackwell seeks probate Monday. After paying debts, his son Dillard is to be reimbursed for expenditures on his illness and the remaining estate divided equally among six children. Dillard Blackwell is named executor without bond.
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Seth
Blackwell
Dillard
Dillard Blackwell
Fine Horsemanship Tour Visits Shropshire and Matlack Studs
New York horse dealer W. A. McGibbon and H. G. Mell wains along with Englishman Godfrey Preece visited the Stables of Shropshire and Matlack last week to view their fine horses.
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W. A. McGibbon
H. G. Mellwains
New York
Godfrey Preece
England
Shropshire and
Matlack
Will Throw Off Yoke of Trusts in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City report on a new Grain and Stock Growers association formed by a Farmers Union branch to challenge packers. Enid to host headquarters with J Y Callahan to lead. Plan includes a packing plant, cooperative elevators at grain stations, and exports. About $590000 capital with $1 per share cap of one share per person.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Grain and Stock Growers Association
Farmers’ Union
Enid
J. Y. Callahan
Congress
Naval code published result of London conference
The state department released the declaration of principles on maritime law from the London maritime conference of ten nations. It highlights conditional contraband and free of contraband as key features, many previously undisclosed. The principles will guide the international prize court to be established at The Hague.
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London
State Department
Washington
International Prize Court
The
Hague
Ohio Poultry Association to Incorporate in Columbus
The Ohio State Poultry association will be incorporated tomorrow in Columbus with nominal capital stock to hold an annual exhibition of fancy game and breed chickens. Incorporators include W. A. Hague John Hizer M. Campbell Charles F. Fisher H. B. Hark and C. L. Stiles.
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Columbus
Ohio State Poultry Association
W. A. Hague
John Hizer
2. M. Campbell
Charles F. Fisher
H. B. Hark
C. L. Stiles
Paris Strike Ends After Post Office Workers Recede
Paris March 22 The large post office strike collapses as the strike committee calls off the action and seeks settlement. The government agrees to most terms except the resignation demand of undersecretary Simyan. Workers begin returning to duties amid slow relief from congestion.
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Paris
Post Office Department
France
M. Simyan
Multiple Crises Trail Coast to Midwest and Beyond
Four Worcester firemen were hurt when a blaze destroyed the Wright wire plant causing $100 000 in losses. A Coldwater Ohio bank vault raid yielded $2000 after dynamiting. Cincinnati hosts 25 manufacturers arrested for alleged child labor law violations. Henry C Wheatley confessed wife murderer hanged himself in Culpepper Virginia jail. Fred Pearce of Boston held in Cincinnati for forging checks signed with Congressman Longworth’s name. Dr Marriot Hutchins Lake County Michigan board of education president cheated of $1000 by London sharpers. W S Gilbert at work on a new fairy themed opera after a long rest. Five miners killed in an Evansville Indiana mine explosion. Governor Harmon vetoed...
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Wright
Worcester
Mass
Coldwater
Ohlo
Cincinnati
Henry C. Wheatly
Culpepper
Fred Pearce
Boston
Longworth
Marriot Hutchins
Lake County
Mich
Board of Education
London
Eng
Father Leaves Money in Park in Kidnap Plot
J P Whitla tried to ransom 10 000 dollars for his kidnapped son Willie in Flatiron park Ashtabula. Police disrupted the attempt and no one retrieved the money. Whitla plans a renewed effort with detectives and a Sharon conference to catch the kidnappers and recover the boy.
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Cleveland
Willie
Ashtabula
J. P. Whitla
Whitla
Flatiron Park
Sharon
Whitla Returns From Cleveland Kidnap Case Disappointed
Sharon Pennsylvania March 22 J P Whitla father of Willie Whitla the kidnapped boy returned from a fruitless Cleveland trip. Gilbert B Perkins Pittsburg detective agency head and B F Ward Philadelphia detective agency accompanied him but found no trace. The family remains hopeful while authorities await cross state permission. The 23 state troopers stationed here are idle awaiting Ohio approval from Governor Harmon of Ohio.
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Cleveland
Sharon
J. P. Whitla
Willie Whitla
Mr. Whitla
Gilbert B. Perkins
Pittsburg
B. F. Ward
Philadelphia
Salina
State Constabulary
John van Vorhis
Ohio Line
B. M. Wilkins
Harmon
Ohio
Moves Against Lynchers in West Virginia Lynching
Commonwealth Attorney Klump moves to punish men implicated in the Joseph Brown lynching at Whitmer West Virginia. He travels there to begin a thorough investigation. It is believed Chief of Police White will recover after being shot by Brown.
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Elkins
W. Va
Klump
Joseph Brown
Whitmer
White
Brown
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