July 31, 1902… Full account on page 2 of Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight. Fitz was knocked out in the eighth round after winning nearly all the other rounds and cutting his bigger opponent very badly. The jailer’s primary, which was to have been held next Tuesday, Aug. 5, has been called off because it has been learned that it is illegal to hold an election to fill a vacancy in a county office in a Congressional election year. Heir to the estate of about $35,000 left by Mrs. Lucille Blackburn Lane is her daughter, Terese Blackburn Lane. A woman said to a graduating class of girls in New York recently, “Most of you expect to marry, but it is better to be able to be laughed at because you are not married, than not to be able to laugh because you are married.” Dr. Alford Blackburn of Beattyville is a visitor at Capt. Jim Blackburn’s. J. Dooley Rodgers will have charge of the barbershop during the absence of Ben T. Rodgers at the Soldier’s Encampment. Ralph Greenbaum and family have returned from Xenia, Ohio for a few months during the shutting down of the distillery there. They are occupying Dr. W.E. Sleet’s house on the corner of Bruin and Gratz streets. Charles Nuckols of Versailles expects to move to his farm near town to live. Frank C. Sublette of Versailles held the lucky number that drew the $700 automobile at the Richmond fair. The heaviest rain in years fell here Monday night. It came in good time and will insure a record-breaking corn crop. The Lehman House on Winter Street is being painted and repaired preparatory for occupancy by Prof. J.R. Sams and family. It is located near the Long Hotel. C.A. Blandford, the new Southern Railway agent, has moved with his family to the cottage on Gratz Street lately occupied by G. Campbell and family. Harold E. Manser, general evangelist and lecturer of ability and note, will begin a series of revival meetings at the New Union Christian Church on Aug. 3. The pastor, J.A. Holton, has been for some time getting his church ready for the meeting. On June 1, 1900, the total number of farms in Kentucky was 35,406 and the acreage of them was 2,681,838. August 2, 1923… Clipper editor Reigner predicts that Cantrill will defeat Barkley by from 5,000 to 20,000 majority. He predicts total vote at about 300,000. The Democratic registration is now about 456,000. The Rev. E.B. Kemm, pastor of the Midway Christian Church, has resigned and will move to Lexington next month, where he will serve as assistant secretary of the National Reform Assoc. Mrs. Becky Ward, of Versailles, said to be about 100 years of age, was found in county court to be of unsound mind and was sent to Eastern State Hospital. The K of P Fair had the following winners on Wednesday: Best boy rider under 12, Mervin Wash, Sam Nuckols Jr.; Shetland pony owned in Woodford, Paynter Holt, H. Nichols; Best mare for breeding purposes, Howard Sellers; Best draft horse any age, J.S. Harris, Henry Graddy; Best pair of farm horses to wagon, James Lewis, Huntly Nichols; Best draft mare, J.S. Ham, James Lewis; Best girl rider, Miss Neva Boston, Miss Elizabeth Edwards, Miss Josephine Hughes; Running walk horse, Henry Graddy, Sam Wooldridge, John Elmore; Plug horse, Sam Wooldridge, Warren Viley; Mule race, Henry Graddy, James Lewis; Best mule colt, Henry Graddy; Pony race, Sam Wooldridge Jr., Charles Gum. Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Hicks have returned from their bridal tour and are at home on Winter Street. The Cantrill Club in Midway now has over 100 members. Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell and son have returned from Akron, Ohio, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nave.
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