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November 1, 1887
At Maxwell House—R. H. Caldwell, “Kentucky”
At Linck’s Hotel—R. H. Buford, “Kentucky”; C. O. Smith,
Louisville; L. H. Holloman, Madisonville; Harry Ferguson,
Hopkinsville
November 2, 1887
“R. A. Toon and family [of Franklin, Tenn.] have gone to
Henderson, Ky., which city they will make their home. Mr.
Toon has had charge of the telephone office here since it was
established.”
November 3, 1887
[Jockeys] such as Isaac Murphy of Lexington have to abstain
from food to keep their weight down. Murphy has frequently
lowered his weight “twelve pounds in fifteen hours.”
Mr. R. L. Jones of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Mary Pedigo of
Glasgow, Ky., were united in marriage on November 2 at the
Nicholson House. Dr. C. H. Strickland officiated.
“Miss Garth” from “Trenton, Ky.” was an attendant at the
Shields-Cockrill wedding last evening.
November 4, 1887
Joseph Crow was “instantly killed” when a scaffolding fell
yesterday at the Methodist church in Franklin, Ky. He was a
member of the large dry goods firm of Crow & Co. Injured
were Speed Walker, “a prominent lawyer”; W.R. Jackson,
“a wealthy jeweler”; James Hardy, “proprietor of Boisseau
House”; and G. B. Knapp, “a large lumber merchant.”
Dr. E. P. White of Mt. Sterling, Ky., is in Nashville visiting
the family of his nephew, J. P. Thornley; Mrs. Mary Woodard
of Bowling Green has been visiting in East Louisville.
At Maxwell House—L. R. Atwood, Louisville
November 5, 1887
“James C. Rogers, sheriff of Fayette County, Ky., will marry
Miss Lizzie, the daughter of the well known horseman Barney
Treacy, next Thursday [November 10].”
November 8, 1887
“Mr. James M. Harbison of Lancaster, Ky., has been
appointed to a clerkship in the life-saving service under the
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civil service rules.”
“Homer Prince has purchased an interest in the Kentucky
New Era at Hopkinsville, and will have editorial control of
that excellent paper. Mr. Prince, his friends think, is the right
man in the right place. He will make the New Era a power in
the land.”
The National Agricultural Wheel are meeting in annual
session in McKenzie, Tenn. Participants include vicepresident
S. B. Erwin, T. G. Jordan, and H. C. Brown, all of
Kentucky.
Last week Gus Willinghurst, James Igo, and John King, “the
last of a noted gang of desperate criminals and counterfeiters,”
were arrested in Louisville.
James H. Cate of Rumsey, Ky., and Miss Annie H. Armistead,
daughter of G.W. Armistead, editor of The Issue, married
this morning at the Nashville home of the bride’s parents.
Mr. Cate recently graduated in the engineering department
at Vanderbilt and “is interested in the large woolen mills” at
Rumsey.
November 9, 1887
Miss Janie Scott, daughter of Dr. Preston B. Scott of
Louisville, is visiting her friend, Miss Mary R. Reese, 25
Rutledge St., South Nashville.
November 11, 1887
“Dr. William G. Ouchterlony, only son of Dr. J. A.
Ouchterlony, committed suicide in his bed-room, at the
residence of his father [in Louisville, Ky.].”
J. A. Humphreys of St. Paul, Minn., and Miss Mary Taylor
of Nashville were married yesterday in Nashville. Attendants
included “Miss Humphreys, of Kentucky”; “Mr. Rout, of
Louisville”; “Miss Hodge, of Newport, Ky.”; “Mr. Higgins,
of Lexington, Ky., with Miss Kate Green, of Frankfort.” The
Rev. Alex. U. Hensley of Frankfort officiated. The newlyweds
“left for Kentucky [the following morning] to visit friends.”
November 14, 1887
Attending the national convention of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union (WCTU) in Nashville this week was
“Miss Jennie Cassedy, Kentucky.”
November 15, 1887
Kentuckians Appearing in the Nashville Banner, October - December 1887, continued