December 11, 1902… Figures for the last 31 Decembers indicate a normal of 39 degrees; highest was Dec. 31, 1875, when it got to 74 and the lowest was Dec. 29, 1880, when it got to seven below; also, seven below on Dec. 15, 1901. An average of 26 degrees for the month in 1876 was the coldest. The average was 52 for the month in 1889. Average precipitation is 3.68 inches, but it was 7.93 in 1879 and 1.24 in 1876. The greatest snowfall ever recorded by the Louisville bureau for 24 hours was Dec. 26, 1894, when 10.4 inches fell. The average number of clear days is 10 and cloudy is 15. Prevailing winds are usually from the south.
Windsor Castle has been used for a royal residence for 781 years.
Thomas Brackett Reed, 63, died Sunday of uremic poisoning. He had been a former Congressman from Maine for 22 years and Speaker of the House for six years.
Consul General Thomas Nast, 62, died of yellow fever in Ecuador. He had gained fame as a cartoonist.
Frank Morancy, brother of the well-known traveling salesman H.P. Morancy and a former resident of this county, died Saturday in Louisville after an operation.
David P. Robb of Versailles is in St. Joseph Hospital in serious condition from bladder trouble. He was cashier of the Bank of Woodford for many years, resigning just this year. He has been grand treasurer of the state K of P since 1865.
Mrs. Jeannette M. Thornton of Versailles, widow of Alexander Thornton, died Dec. 7 at her home on Morgan Street of pneumonia. She was 77. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Joseph B. Lewis of Frankfort, Mrs. M.T. Lyle of Lexington, and Mrs. Salles T. Railey of Versailles.
The marriage of Grace Lehman to W.C. Morris is detailed.
Caleb Powers has been granted a new trial.
Prohibition vote in Kentucky this year was 6,000 against 1,900 last year.
Mrs. Mary Johnstone has sold her residence on Turner Street to Sanford Doggins for $750.
Born Tuesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. J. Breckinridge Viley, a son, Warren Viley Jr.
December 13, 1923… Mrs. J. Campbell Cantrill, widow of the Democratic nominee for governor, will be named State Librarian by the Democratic Caucus this week.
Alvis Mapples, 55, of Troy, was instantly killed last night when struck by an L&N locomotive in the old Kentucky Central railroad yards near East Second Street and the cemetery. He had gone to Lexington yesterday to unload tobacco and was walking to the home of his daughter when the accident occurred.
Six full columns of the front page are devoted to a new ordinance advertising the telephone franchise for the city of Midway for a term of five years.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nave, of Detroit, are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Campbell.
H.L. Martin Jr. entertained the Midway football team with a stag dinner. Speeches were made by members of the team and Prof. F.V. McChesney, A.B. Rumley and R.C. Gresham. Next year’s captain was elected, Alfred Portwood being chosen. Those present were Wade Littrell, Henry McKinnivan, Charles Craig, Forrest Yocum, Lewis Tarter, Lyman Penn, Curtis Hunt, Lear Green, S.L. Gatrell, Kenneth Brittes, Alfred Portwood, Jack D. Converse, Prof. McChesney, A.B. Rumley, R.C. Gresham and H.L. Martin Jr.