January 22, 1903… Grand juror at Frankfort reveals that he has heard of a plot to kidnap ex-Governor W.S. Taylor at Indianapolis and bring him back to Frankfort if enough evidence can be uncovered to convict him of conspiracy to murder Gov. Goebel. A report says Caleb Powers wants Col. Breckinridge to defend him in his next trial but that Col. Breckinridge wants $3,000 to do the job. Another story is to be added to the Phoenix Hotel in Lexington. Midway has two saloons which pay $900 license fees each. The Lotowana Tribe of Red Men now have 60 members in the local order. There was considerable disorder on the streets Saturday night among some hemp workers. Many of them had received their first money for some time for breaking hemp and lost no time in “tanking up.” Fights were numerous. Nine were locked up in jail to sober up and pay the penalty for their meanness. Midway is usually free from this sort of thing. Those who patronize the barrooms are usually from the humbler classes. Merritt Simpson and family have moved from Cogartown to the Brown property on North Railroad Street. The smallpox situation at Versailles is unchanged. There are only three eruptive cases in the families of William and Sam Flora and John Myers. The families of George Searcy and J. Cumbers, living on the Shryocks Ferry Pike, Will Mehring, Carter Young, Scott Holland and Charles Young on the Mortonsville Pike, and Frank Davis at Railey’s Station, who have been exposed to the disease, were placed under strit quarantine. Herman Bowmar, formerly chief clerk to C.M. Browning, manger of the Louisville & Atlantic Railway at Versailles, has been given an important job with the Chicago Great Western at St. Paul. This is a deserved promotion for a most worthy young man. January 24, 1924… The special election last Saturday saw the $45,000 worth of school bonds voted in by 270 to 2. The old school was destroyed by fire on Dec. 16, and a new one will now apparently be ready by next September. Sunday and Monday were both exceedingly cold days, with the temperature reaching two below. The weather got back to normal on Wednesday, but many suffered from low gas pressure during the first of the week. Mrs. Louise Cooper, 78, died on Sunday. Her husband, Harmon, preceded her to the grace by about six years. Mrs. Cooper came to Woodford about 26 years ago. She leaves behind seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Mastin sold to J.C. Hawkins a house and lot on Minary Avenue in Versailles for $1,300. Allen w. Davis sold to Mrs. Dora B. Cogar six acres on Spring Station Pike. Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Williams and babe, who spent Sunday with Mrs. And Mrs. P.M. Wooldridge in Versailles, have returned to their home in Scott. In Versailles, Col C.B. Sullivan, E.M. Wallace, Dan M. Bowmar, Lewis S. Johnstone are among those who met and formed a committee to oppose the $75,000,000 bond issue. Miss Dorothy Davis has entered Versailles High School. Mrs. Annie Swope went to Versailles Monday and will be at the Sublett boarding house for the rest of the winter. The Rev. E.B. Kemm, who was pastor of the Christian church here until about six months ago, returned for a visit this week. He and Mrs. Kemm live in Lexington and seem healthier and happier than ever before.