ky-footsteps Thursday, July 11 Volume 02 : Issue 46 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] NEWS: The Georgetown Times, 1904, Scott Co # 2 [KYF] NEWS: The Georgetown Times, 1946, Scott Co _____________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor: Dave Sanders Date: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:08 AM Subject: [KYF] NEWS: The Georgetown Times, 1904, Scott Co ------------------------------------------------------------ The Georgetown [KY] Times, December 21, 1904 NEWS FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTIES -- BOURBON -- Paris - Col. J. G. Craddock is seriously ill of pneumonia, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington. Although his condition is slightly improved, his advanced age causes considerable apprehension among his friends as to his recovery. The County - Mr. John S. Goff, a prominent farmer, aged 35 years, died Sunday night. -- FAYETTE -– Lexington - Died, Mrs. Mary E. Chick. - Died, Mrs. Kate C. Williams. - Died, of consumption, Miss Rose Mary Shannahan, aged 23 years. - Died, of scarlet fever and meningitis, Miss Julia Hill, aged 18 years, daughter of Mr. Grant Hill. - Lula Lee, infant daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Baker P. Lee, died of scarlet fever, aged two years. - John T. Slatten died at St. Joseph's Hospital, from appendicitis. - T. C. Wright, butcher has made an assignment. - Married, Mrs. Annie Saunders and Mr. D. J. Dodd. - Mr. John Kane died Monday from a stroke of parelysss. -- FRANKLIN -– Frankfort - The broom factory at the penitentiary was partially destroyed by fire at noon Friday. - Miss Mary Cammack fell on the icy sidewalk and broke a hip. - Died, Mrs. H. K. Brawner. -- GRANT -– Williamstown - Died, Mr. B. J. Northcutt, in the 89th year of his age. The County - Died, at Dry Ridge, Mrs. Ann Conyers, widow of Jas. R. Conyers. -- OWEN -- Owenton - The three-year-old daughter of Jesse O’Banion was fatally burned by her clothing taking fire from a grate while the family were in an adjoining room. GENERAL NEWS - Minneapolis had a $7000,000 fire last week. Two firemen were killed. - John D. Rockefeller’s income from his Standard Oil holdings this year will be only $14,400,000, as compared to $17,600,000 last year. - May Young, ten years old, over-excited because she was to recite a verse at a Sunday School entertainment, dropped dead in Brooklyn, N. Y. - Blowing her nose too hard caused the death of Mary Mielke, a fifteen year old girl at St. Charles, Miss., the violent effort producing a hemorrhage of the brain. - In a street duel in the town of Magee, Miss., Edward Mangum was killed by Prof. Woodward, principal of the high school, who was fatally wounded. Woodward had whipped Mangum’s boy for unruly conduct, which led to the trouble. - W. M. Stevenson and wife and Mrs. Willie Barrett, a visitor, were burned to death in the Stevenson home near Monticello, Ark. Stevenson was known to keep considerable money in his house, and it is believed the house was attacked for the purpose of robbery and set on fire to cover the crime. - A physician at Rogers, Ark. is authority for the statement that Miss Carrie Sawrey, of that vicinity, has just completed a self-imposed fast of forty-eight days with no ill effects. She weighed 240 pounds at the beginning of her abstinence from food, which was undertaken to reduce her flesh. She now weighs ??? pounds, and although for the time named she subsisted entirely on water, it is said she is in the best of health. - In the future, persons suffering from consumption will not be employed in United States postoffices or other government positions from which they are likely to spread the disease. This decision has been reached by the U. S. civil service. Commissioner Cooley has sent out an order to this effect. The order reads that hereafter all persons must submit to a physical examination and if the presence of the disease is found, the sufferer must not be employed. - Wrapped in a faded bit of brown paper in the bottom of an old trunk that he had bought at a storage warehouse auction for $4, Max Hart, a postoffice clerk of New York, found bonds of a southern electric and lighting company which have a market value of between $17,500 and $20,000. Accrued interest at six percent which has not been collected in years adds nearly $10,000 to the value of the find which is estimated by bank officials to be between $25 [remainder of page missing]. _____________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor: Dave Sanders Date: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: [KYF] NEWS: The Georgetown Times, 1946, Scott Co ------------------------------------------------------------ The Georgetown [KY] Times, February 6, 1946 -- News from Stamping Ground -- On last Wednesday evening the young girls of the Baptist church met at the church and organized a G. A. of which Mrs. E. L. Branham was chosen as director and Mrs. Ralph Park, counselor. There were 12 charter members and the group will meet once each month. This is fine work for the young people and they are to be commended for making this start. Mr. and Mrs. Cabell Cassity and son, Billy, have returned home after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marshall at Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Cassity also went to Toledo on business. Mr. Parker Wiggington is spending several weeks in Miami, Fla. The Rev. Gogin Lucas, of Louisville, preached here Sunday in the absence of the pastor, Rev. E. L. Branham. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie A. Bratton have returned here after spending several days with Mrs. Bratton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hendrix in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Carmel Perry have chosen the name Nancy Almeda for their daughter, born last week at the John Graves Ford hospital, Georgetown. Mrs. Nora Sutton visited friends in Frankfort Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Greene and son, Billy Ray, visited Mr. R. P. Poindexter at Forks of Elkhorn, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wiard attended the Notre Dame - Kentucky basketball game in Louisville last week. Miss Henryetta Gardner is spending several days with her sister, Mrs. Urban Norton, and Mr. Norton in Louisville. They are the parents of a daughter born last week. She has been named Janet Louise. Mrs. Raymond Murphy has gone to El Paso, Texas, for the remainder of the winter. Mrs. Minnie Green, of Jackson, spent the weekend here with her sister, Mrs. John H. Bratton, and Mr. Bratton. They also have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie A. Bratton, the former being discharged recently after three years service and has just returned from China. Mr. Mason Lee Johnson returned home this week after being three years in service and two years overseas. Also we are glad to see Bradford Clark back home after three years overseas. End of ky-footsteps-digest V02 #02 46 ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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