November 13, 1902… South Trimble defeated W.L. Cannon in the 7th District Congressional race by a majority of 3,439. The city council has compromised with Greenbaum’s Distillery on $750 in settlement of the yearly tax. The new prohibition of stock running at large on the public highways goes into effect in this county on Dec. 7. Charles M. Schwab’s handsome railroad car “Loretto,” one of the most opulent wheeled palaces in existence, passed through Midway Saturday attached to the eastbound train and will eventually wind up in New York in time for use by its owner on his return from Europe. November 15, 1923… Fields has apparently won the governorship by 51,858. His majority in Woodford is 638. Fields carried 77 counties. Midway defeated the Lexington High Blue Devils 6-0 Friday at Thomas Field in Lexington before one of the largest crowds ever to see a football game in central Kentucky. Midway quarterback Green returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but the referee said he stepped out of bounds. Green and Portwood were both disabled early in the game, but Littrell kicked a 20-yard field goal in the second quarter and added another three points later. The Midway team used only one substitute and Lexington used eight. Joseph W. Morris of New Castle, who just directed the winning effort of Gov. Fields, has added his name to those seeking the 7th Congressional District seat. Morris was Congressman Cantrill’s secretary for the past 15 years. Midway High School, with seven straight wins, including a four-point win over Shelbyville and a six-point win over Lexington, has three remaining games – with New Castle, Richmond and Georgetown. Joseph W. Morris was nominated for Congress Tuesday at Lexington by the Democratic Congressional Committee. Kentucky Female Orphan School will celebrate its Diamond Jubilee, or 75th anniversary, sometime in 1924. Aunt Jemima, the famed colored woman whose ability to make pancakes was capitalized by millers at the Chicago Fair in 1893, was killed recently by an automobile. She was Mrs. Nancy Green and was born in Montgomery Co., Kentucky in 1834. She has come to Chicago many years ago as a nurse in the Walker family.