August 3, 1899… There was no information for this week in the files. August 4, 1921… All Democrats eligible to vote living in the city limits east of Winter Street, vote at the engine house, and those living in the city limits west of Winter Street vote at the booth next door to Nave Brothers garage on Bruen Street. Midway defeated Jetts Station All-stars 10-7 with O. Wiley joining the local team. Next games are against White Sulphur and Lawrenceburg. S.C. Reid, local druggist, purchased the drugstore of George Beck in Versailles Monday. Mr. Reid will continue to make his home here and operate both stores. Candidates in next week’s election are, for county judge, Robert S. Hawkins, Ed Mulcahy and Hiram Thompson; for sheriff, Frank Bohannon and J.R. Bond; for tax commissioner, John W. McCabe, W.T. Turner, Jim Ed Bond and George T. Fishback; and for jailer, Leonard Soward and Mrs. Ida F. Edger. John Gunisall, 18, in jail in Versailles on housebreaking charges, got some outside help and succeeded in sawing his way out. He has thus far evaded recapture. The usual reward is offered. The body of William Beasley, who was killed in France, arrived in Versailles Friday night and was buried with full military honors on Sunday. Miss Bess Shaw of Versailles was sent, some days ago, a couple of alligators, which were about a foot long, and they had been on exhibition at the Shaw store. Friday night one of them escaped and, despite diligent searching, has not yet been found. The handsome brick residence of S.C. Nuckols Sr., on the Shryock’s Ferry Pike, caught fire Monday morning from a defective flue and was completely destroyed. It burned so rapidly that members of the family barely escaped. The loss amounts to about $12,000.