By Woodford Sun Staff
June 18, 1903…
Rules for raising chickens: 1. Don’t run the hens uphill when you want eggs. 2. Don’t leave the henhouse unlocked when there is a revival nearby. 3. Don’t poke your face near a setting hen. She might miss your nose and peck your eye out. 4. Don’t set scrub hens and expect to hatch thoroughbreds. This is a bad year for miracles. 5. Don’t let your hens scratch up your neighbors’ flowers and then wonder why she didn’t invite you to her last lawn party. 6. Don’t plant grapevines in your hen yard unless you do it for their special benefit. Chickens know a good thing when they see it. 7. Don’t hunt for eggs while you are starving the hens. If you cannot break up the egg-hunting habit, feed and care for the hens. A chance is all they ask to show you what they can do.
Dr. W.E. Risque has just fitted up handsome offices in the Offutt building on Winter Street, just above Mrs. Rau’s place
C.B. Hawkins and J. Van Shipp will leave for New York this week with a number of thoroughbreds to be entered in the sale in that city next week.
Last Monday morning Rural Carrier for Route #1, W.B. Lucas had just reached the limit of his route and was crossing over to make the return on the Leestown Pike when he met death in a most horrible form. Just as he was crossing the track at Montague’s Corner a few yards below the depot at Duckers, the morning westbound C&O, which was three hours late, crashed into his wagon and killed him and his horse instantly. It is supposed that he jumped from his wagon in an attempt to escape but was caught under the wheels and dragged for nearly 100 yards. His body was mangled horribly. He probably did not know the train was late and probably did not expect any train to be coming by at that time. The accident occurred at about 12:15 p.m. The C&O had been due in Midway at 8:43 and had passed through at 12 o’clock and was traveling at a high rate of speed. It was an unusually heavy train. Mr. Lucas is survived by a wife and five young children. Crutcher, who was deputy under Lucas, has been appointed as mail carrier and has entered upon his duties.
The Midway boys will play the most important baseball game ever staged in this town tomorrow when they engage the traveling Nebraska Indians, a team which won 137 of 152 games last year. A large crowd is expected, and 25 cents admission will be charged. The Nebraska Indians baseball team has complied the following record over the past few seasons: 1898, 81-22; 1899, 108-35; 1900, 91-52; 1901, 137-26; 1902, 137-15.
June 19, 1924…
Mrs. Delie Taylor, 82, Winter Street, was with her daughter May on Monday afternoon at home when she was taken sick. Drs Anderson and Risque tried to help her, but she passed away Tuesday at about 7 a.m. She had lived in Midway four 60 years. She was the widow of Oscar F. Taylor, who died in May of 1883. Her maiden name was Suggett and her mother was Lucy Johnson from Virginia. She was born on the Brown place near Great Crossing. Her husband built the Odd Fellows Building and ran the store of Taylor & Paynter. She leaves two sons and a daughter.
Grover Burkhardt was killed, Owen Chism is under arrest and charged with drunkenness and Mrs. Audrey Chism in hospitalized as a result of an auto accident Monday morning on the Lexington Pike, two miles from Versailles. All were residents of Frankfort. Burkhardt’s head was caught between the car and a telephone pole when the auto left the road. Apparently, Burkhardt fell asleep at the wheel and his head was hanging out the window when they car left the road.
Mrs. John T. Gatrell gave a party for her daughter, Miss Morrell Gatrell, who celebrated her 11th birthday. Guest included Ruth Gatrell, Sue Rodgers, Shannon Reigner, Alexzine Mastin, Louise Stevens, Emily Logan, Frances Rose, Anita Simpson, Faris and Emily Cleveland, Louise McKinley, Loretta McKinivan, Lucille Haney, Effie Starks, Christine Driscoll, Mary Katherine Wilson, Arthur Allison Jr. and Eleanor Brown. The party was at her home on Park Avenue.
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