April 23, 1903… Brilliant, the fine your draft stallion of Patterson and Rouse of Paynes Depot vicinity, attracted considerable attention at the show on Court Day. Mrs. King of Corpus Christi, Texas owns more land than any other woman in this country, perhaps in the world. Her holdings are not less than 1,300,000 acres. Miss Alice Roosevelt, who has been a member of George W. Vanderbilt’s house party at Biltmore for the past few days, left Monday night for Washington. Mr. Vanderbilt’s private car was placed at her disposal for the journey. Judge R.J. Breckinridge has withdrawn from the race for governor, leaving the fight between Beckham and Hendrick. There are six vacant houses on glen’s Creek, a think almost unheard of before. Miss Liccie Corbin has resigned as principal at the KFOS after 19 years and after 25 years of a close connection with the school. Miss Ella Johnson has been elected her successor. Miss Corbin leaves on account of health reasons. Other faculty for the next year will include Misses Berry, Botts, Norburn and West in Literary department, Miss Boyle in music, Miss Sherman, matron and Mrs. Drake, assistant, and Mrs. Porter, health officer. John K. Hendrick addressed a fair-sized crowd at the courthouse last Saturday. He was introduced by the Hon. James Blackburn. McKinney and Williams were the battery as Midway went to Georgetown last Friday and won a baseball game by 7-1. Steele & Rinker have opened up a stock of farming implements in the storeroom adjoining the Clipper office. T.F. Dunlap, Faywood, has bought of J.A. Boone 132 acres on the old Lexington and Frankfort Pike for $9,370. Starks & Co. have recently installed a handsome new soda fountain. J.E. Davis has just bought one for his store. This will give Midway three thirst-quenching dispensaries, Mitchell Bros. having the other. The Rev. J. F. Watson has accepted the call to the pastorate of the Midway Baptist Church. He will take charge about the first of June. The April number of the Southern School Journal, published at Lexington, has a handsome half-tone of Prof. J.R. Sams, principal of the Midway Graded City School. W.H. Posey has been appointed trustee for the creditors of L.B. Weisenbergh, the miller accused of securing sums up to $50,000 from local banks several weeks ago on wheat speculation, and then disappearing. He has not yet been apprehended. Louis Weitzel, 82, died at his Woodford residence early last Wednesday after an illness of two weeks. He was one of Woodford’s best citizens, having moved here from Germany at quite an early age. The work of tearing down the old Woodford jail was begun at Versailles Monday. The stone and brick work, as well as the other material used in its construction, belonging to the contractor of the new one and taken by him in part payment. Arrangements are now being made by the council of Versailles with Woodford Fiscal Court to acquire the lot occupied the old jail property, upon which will be built, if the property ca be secured, a city hall to include a police court room, council chamber and witness room on the second floor, and an entire room on the first floor for the fire department. In tearing down the county jail, a portion of the ceiling that covered the eastern cells fell upon the workmen, seriously injuring two of them. Dr. McCauley, county physician, states that Ed Hoskins is badly cut about the head and also suffered internal injuries. He is about 70. Sam Tilford has a leg broken near the hip joint. He is a young man about 20 years of age. The accident occurred Monday and was caused by the heavy weight of the ceiling. Composed of three-inch lumber, falling because of insufficient support.
April 24, 1924… the most disastrous fire in the history of Wilmore Tuesday resulted in the destruction of Mary Crawford Hall, Glide Hall, the power plant and the dining room. Had the strong wind not been blowing away from town, much of Wilmore as well as the Asbury College buildings would have been destroyed. The Chautauqua will be held in Midway during the latter part of June this year. Officers named to make arrangements include Ike Parrish, Dr. J.S. Lehman, Arthur Graves, W.C. Morris, R.C. Richardson, A.B. Rumley, J.S. Lehman and Mrs. Milton Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barry Montgomery returned from their wedding trip and are with Mrs. Montgomery’s mother, Mrs. M. Edwards, on High Street in Versailles. Mrs. Jennie C. Barclay, who has been ill in a Lexington hospital, has been brought to the home of her sister, Mrs. John H. Berryman on Locust Street in Versailles. Mrs. John L. Amsden and Mrs. James P. Amsden of Versailles were guests in Lexington Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. William Haupt. Richard M. Johnson, who died about 1850, served in both houses of Congress and was also vice president of the U.S. He was from Georgetown. Margaret Ware Parrish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Parrish, is ill with measles. Miss Ida Kenney Risque, of the University of Kentucky, is spending spring vacation with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W.E. Risque. James Cleveland has sufficiently recovered from an operation for tonsils and mastoid to be taken to his home in the county. Invitations have been issued by Mrs. John Crittenden Mountjoy, principal of the Kentucky Female Orphan School, to the 75th anniversary and commencement of the KFOS, 1849-1924.