October 17, 1901… Wheat sowing is pretty well advanced. The acreage will be about as usual. The city council is having a concrete crossing laid at the Southern inter¬section of Winter and Bruin streets. This is somewhat in the nature of an experiment. Last Wednesday, an enterprising thief stole a horse from J.B. Viley, a set of harness from Lister Witherspoon and a buggy from a tenant on Mr. Wooldridge’s farm across the road. He then drove off and has avoided all search since. Ambrose Wilson of Midway is captain and fullback on the Kentucky Military Institute’s football team, which will play a team from Georgetown College at Frankfort on Oct. 19. The second trial of Caleb Powers for complicity in the murder of Gov. Goebel is now underway at Georgetown. The defense has unsuccessfully challenged Judge James Cantrill to vacate his seat and has also challenged the entire jury, which is composed of Democrats from Scott and Bourbon counties. M.C. Alford of Lexington, manager of the Blue Grass Interurban Electric Railway Co., that contemplates connecting a number of Central Kentucky cities with Lexington by a system of electric railways, has made application to Woodford Fiscal Court for the privilege of right of way on the turnpike between Versailles and the Fayette County line and Versailles and the Franklin County line. The court will not take immediate action. October 19, 1922… Midway defeated M.M.I. 27-0 at home on Oct. 13 for its fourth straight victory of the season. Penn made a big early gain and Littrell went 60 yards for the first score. Parrish called a number of clever plays and Littrell ran for 20- and 30-yard gains and Rouse finally went over for the second touchdown. Littrell drop-kicked the extra point. Littrell gained by catching a long pass and Portwood went over for the third score. The extra point was kicked by Littrell. Parrish suffered a broken leg shortly after this. Midway scored once more and Littrell again added the extra point. Barrie Vest, 55, died at Nugent’s Crossroads Monday of acute indigestion. He had worked for the Nugent Brothers and for Forrest Redden. All the rest of this issue, including Versailles notes, is missing.