December 19, 1904… The Clipper, as usual, will not publish the week of Christmas in order for its publisher, editor and staff to reflect on the blessings of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Mrs. R.T. Wilson received a phone message Tuesday morning from Louisville that her father, William Whitehouse, had died at age 66. He was buried Thursday.
Fred Wagner broke the record with his tobacco crop this year. He had 7,140 pounds and it graded at $15.70 a pound on the first advance.
City Council granted a saloon license to H.B. Russell and Walter Haarper and restaurant licenses to Mrs.. C.E Rau, Julia Miles and John Jackson.
A wreck on the V&M Railway on friday delayed the 7:00 p..m.train for six hours.
The coal dealers have been enjoying a good trade with the large snow fall. People do not think that Mr. Winter has arrived until the first snows fall, and put off buying the season’s coal until then. The wheat has greatly benefitted from the snow.
Mrs. Nettie Villey and daughter Mrs. Ben Craig arrived Thursday and have gone to housekeeping in he former’s home on Winter Street.
Miss Bettie Woodruff is now with Starks & Co. in the headache powders department.
The contest staged by the new Edwards Service Station ended on Saturday night. Fist price, a five gallon can of Dixie Way motor oil was awarded to Robert Columbia. The second prize, a three pound box of candy, went to R. J. Anderson. The lucky numbers were drawn by Marshall E.A. Osborne.
December 18, 1924…
Lymen Penn was elected the captain for next year’s Midway High football team at the end of season banquet.
Dr. A.J. Alexander of Spring Station is being sued by a Chicago party which wishes him to be compelled to sell the Ashland block, a 16-story building in Chicago for $4 million. Dr. Alexander’s father erected the building in 1892.
The Midway Motor Company,, of which Barry Reich is a manager and A.F. Loesser is salesman, has rented the brick garage on N. Winter Street belonging to Mr. M.D. Offutt.
Henry Portwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Portwood, will be a member of the University of Kentucky’s football team again next year after recovering from a terrible injury this year.
The Rev. A.F. Miller of the Holiness Church began a protracted meeting Sunday night at the county courthouse in Versailles. Rev. Miller was able to provide substantial oratorical heat to abate the cold temperatures.
The next issue of The Clipper will appear the week of January 2, so the management and staff can celebrate “off the record” with family, friends and businesses the birth of Jesus Christ.