CLIPPINGS FROM THE BLUEGRASS CLIPPER - From the May 25 Woodford Sun

May 28, 1903… 

The will of Miss Margaret Logan of Versailles, who died last week in Florida, was probated Monday. Among her bequests is one for $20,000 for establishment of a free public library at Versailles.

A Louisville Southern passenger train struck a buggy containing two men at the Clifton Pike crossing, one mile west of Versailles, Saturday night, killing Charles Harris and seriously injuring James Jackson. The horse was killed, and the buggy was splintered.

For the first time, the L&N had in operation a Sunday train service last Sunday. The train was put on to accommodate the road’s patrons who wishes to take in the city on that day. Sunday is the only day on which many people can get away from home and it was to please this class mainly that the service was inaugurated. It will doubtless prove popular.

Captain James Blackburn returned last Saturday from New Orleans, where he had gone to attend the Confederate veteran’s reunion. [NOTE this item is for historical purposes only. We should remember that slavery and armed support of the Confederacy is a tragic part of Woodford County's history] 

Robert S. gray, of this county, is to be one of the clerks in the office of State Auditor Hager, provided Hager is not defeated by a Republican in the November election.

May 29, 1924… 

From the Danville Messenger: “The identity of the young man who was stripped of his clothing and left on the Perryville Pike last Thursday night by some companions, who then drove away in a car, has been learned. The youth was a member of the freshman class at Centre College and was kidnapped on the night of the flag rush by a group of sophomores, taken out on the Perryville Road, relieved of everything but a suit of BVD’s and a pair of shoes. The freshman, Jim Parrish, who hails from Midway, walked back to town, clad in underwear.

Thomas F. Duffy offers for sale his Ford Touring car.

Dr. J.W. Tyler, former pastor of the Midway Presbyterian Church, died Monday at his home in Winchester after a brief illness. He was succeeded in Midway by the present pastor, the Rev. S.M. Logan.

Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Rogers and daughters have moved to their camp at Clifton for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Hughes of Versailles have returned from their wedding trip to Cincinnati.

A group in New Haven, Connecticut have announced the finding of an apparent cure for scarlet fever. The vaccine is now being tested quite successfully.