Committed To Jail
Fugitive
Runaway
Advertisement from The Daily Commonwealth, Frankfort, KY August 20, 1862.
COMMITTED TO JAIL ff committed to the jail of Anderson counfy ty , on the 13th inst., as a runaway slave, a NEGRO MAN, who call* himself Jo. Owsley, and says that he belongs to the heirs of Samuel Owsley, deceased, of Lincoln county, Ky. Said negro mnn is about 36 or 37 years of age; 5 feet 10 er 11 inches high; blRck complexion, with whiskers; slender make, and will weigh about oue liundrod and sixty pounds. Said negro says that he has been hired to Charles Marshall, of Henry county, Ky. Ho was arrested in Anderson county, Ky., and the owner of said slave is hereby notified to come forward, prove his right to said e ave, pay the fees and expenses, and tal e him away. WILLIAM SUTTON, J. A. C. Lawrenceburg, Sept. 25-tf.
<a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7sn00zqg68/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Daily Commonwealth 1862-08-20, page 4</a>
The Daily Commonwealth
1862-08-20
Public Domain
English
19th Century Newspaper
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Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, KY
Committed to Jail
Runaway
Fugitive
Advertisement
Enslaved: William Hunter
Enslaver: A. McCoy
Type of Ad: Jailer
Jailer: H.R. Miller
Description: missing tooth in upper front, good pleasing countenance
Height: 5'9"
Age: 25
Complexion: very black
Origin: Lexington, Fayette County, KY
Located: Frankfort, Franklin County, KY
Advertisement from The Daily Commonwealth, Frankfort, KY August 20, 1862.
COMMITTED TO JAIL, ON the 2ad day of Jannarv, 1862, a negro boy calling himself WILLIAM HUNTER, and who says he is the property of A. McCoy, of the city of Lexington, Ky., and is a runaway slave. Said boy is about 5 feet 9 inches high; is about 25 years of age; has a tooth out in front from the upper part of his mouth; he is very black; has a good pleasing countenance. The owner of said slave is hereby notified to come forward, prove property, and pay charges, or he will be dealt with according to law. H. R. MILLER, J. F. C. Frankfort, Kv., Jan. 15, 1862-tf.
<a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7sn00zqg68/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily Commonwealth 1862-08-20, page 4</a>
The Daily Commonwealth
1862-08-20
Public Domain
English
19th Century Newspaper
dac18620820_04_01
Frankfort, Franklin County, KY
Ephraim McDowell House
What would become the McDowell House, was originally a brick home that was constructed 1792-1795 in Danville, KY. Dr. Ephraim McDowell (1771-1830), a physician and surgeon from Virginia, purchased the structure in 1802 and had additions made to the home. It was within the McDowell House where on Christmas Day in 1809 the first recognized ovariotomy was performed (the removal of one or both ovaries). The patient was Jane Todd Crawford (1763-1842), she had a large ovarian tumor. It was an experimental surgery without all of the modern-day anesthesia and sterilization knowledge and solutions. Dr. McDowell had improved his surgical technique for this particular surgery by performing ovariotomies on enslaved women. Jane Todd Crawford survived the operation. Prior patients, operated on elsewhere, had died. A description of Jane Todd Crawford’s surgery was published by Dr. McDowell in 1817. This was after he had performed other ovary-related surgeries. When Dr. McDowell died in 1830, his home was sold. In the attached newspaper clip is a caption below the picture stating that the house was sold again in 1901. It was a public sale. There had been an attempt to raise funds to restore the home, but the campaign was not successful. In 1935, the Kentucky Medical Association purchased the home, turned it over to the state, and the home was restored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The house would change hands a few more times, and today the McDowell House Museum, Inc. is open for tours.
1. “A Landmark in the history of surgery,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/kd9cc0tq619z/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Louisville Courier-Journal, 1901-10-27</a>, section 3, p.6.
2. <a href="http://mcdowellhouse.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">McDowell House Museum, Inc</a>. in Danville, KY. Accessed 2021-05-15.
3. Horn, L. and D. H. Johnson. “<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20124170/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ephraim McDowell, the first ovariotomy, and the birth of abdominal surgery</a>,” Journal of Clinical Oncology, v.28, no.7, March 2010, pp.1262-1268. Accessed 2021-05-15.
4. <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Frontier_Surgeon.html?id=sUnGNAEACAAJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Frontier surgeon: the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell</a> by L. Dowell (2011). Accessed 2021-05-15.
5. McDowell, Ephraim. “<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/341710/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Three cases of extirpation of diseased ovaria</a>,” in Eclectic Repertory and Analytical Review, Medical and Philosophical, v.7, 1817, pp.242-244. Accessed 2021-05-15.
6. Eschner, Kat. “<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/.../father-abdominal.../" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">This American Doctor Pioneered Abdominal Surgery by Operating on Enslaved Women</a>,” Smithsonian Magazine, December 19, 2017. Accessed 2021-05-15.
7. Savitt TL. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11645888/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The use of blacks for medical experimentation and demonstration in the Old South</a>. J South Hist. 1982 Aug;48(3):331-48. PMID: 11645888. Accessed 2021-05-15.
8. Book and candle image from <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/old-books-book-the-books-ancient-1237619/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">josealbafotos at Pixabay</a>. Accessed 2021-05-21.
Louisville Courier-Journal Print. Co.
1901-10-27
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Human Cannonball
At the end of August of 1881, the city of Hopkinsville, KY, prepared for the great thrill of “Shelby, Pullman, and Hamilton’s Grand United Mastodon Shows!” A highlight among the shows many attractions was Zazel, The Human Cannon Ball (a clip from the full ad is attached). Zazel’s real name was Rossa Matilda Richter (1863-1937). She was billed as fearless and as the first human cannonball. Rossa M. Richter was born in London, England. She was a gymnast, trapeze artist, actress, singer, and aerialist. She was not actually the first human cannonball, that honor went to Lulu in 1873. Lulu was the son of William Leonard Hunt [The Great Farini], a Canadian who had created the stunt of firing a girl from a cannon. Though, Lulu was not a girl, he was Hunt’s son dressed up like a girl. Lulu’s true identity was revealed when he was taken to the hospital after he was injured during a performance. Hunt needed a replacement and Rossa M. Richter’s parent or parents signed her up. Thus, Zazel was born. Her cannonball career started in 1877 when she was 14-years-old and was launched from a cannon at the Royal Aquarium in London, England. There was concern for her safety, and when England enacted legislation against dangerous acrobatic stunts, Zazel and Hunt took her act to other European countries and the United States. She later toured with the P. T. Barnum Circus, and in 1881, at the age of 18, she was with the Shelby, Pullman, and Hamilton Shows performing in Hopkinsville, KY. Rossa M. Richter would continue as a performer until 1891. She would marry George Oscar Starr, a P. T. Barnum press agent. Together they created the Starr Opera Company in 1886. Rossa also promoted safety net education, proving the reliability of the apparatuses by jumping out of buildings to be safely caught in the waiting nets. Her career as a performer ended after a devastating accident during a high wire act in New Mexico in 1891. She fell and a pole fell on her. She was transported from New Mexico to a New York hospital and spent months in a full body cast. She and her husband later returned to England.
1. “<a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7s4m91c07q/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The day and date are fixed…Grant United Mastodon Shows!</a>,” The South Kentuckian, 1881-08-30, p.2.
2. <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Sawdust_Sisterhood.html?id=3oMlDwAAQBAJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stardust Sisterhood: how circus empowered women</a>. By Steve Ward. (2017).
3. <a href="https://www.geriwalton.com/first-human-cannonball-zazel.../" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">World’s First Human Cannonball Zazel or Rossa Matilda Richter</a> by Geri Walton, 12/07/2018. Accessed 2021-05-13.
4. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossa_Matilda_Richter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rossa M. Richter, Wikipedia</a>. Accessed 2021-05-13.
Chas. M. Mecham
1881-08-30
First Kentucky Capitol Building
Before Kentucky received statehood on June 1, 1792, there were several buildings referred to as the capitol building. One of the earliest capitols was Fort Boonesborough in the late 1770s where the first unofficial Kentucky Legislature met. After that meeting, in 1780, the Virginia Legislature put its foot down and declared the Kentucky area was still Virginia territory. A century later, the Old Seminary in Danville, KY was thought to have been the first capitol building (pictured in the attached newspaper article). In spite of what the Virginia Legislature had decided, the first constitutional conventions were held in Danville, KY from 1785-1792, there was a push for Kentucky to separate from Virginia. When statehood was firmly established, the first official Kentucky Legislative session in 1792 declared the city of Frankfort, KY as the permanent capital city. Not everyone agreed. The following year, the Kentucky Legislature met in a frame house on Wapping Street in Frankfort. The first permanent capitol building was constructed in 1794 and it was destroyed by fire in 1813. There would be other temporary and permanent capitol buildings in Frankfort, and all the while there was the ongoing factions arguing for Lexington, Louisville, or Frankfort as the capital city. The arguing was to no avail concerning Lexington and Louisville, Frankfort remained the capital city. The present capitol building was completed in 1910 at 700 Capital Avenue in Frankfort, KY.
SPELLING NOTES: The city where the seat of government is located is spelled “capital.” A building occupied by the state legislature is spelled “capitol.”
1. “<a href="https://archive.org/details/kd9np1wd447g" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">First capitol of Kentucky</a>,” Louisville Courier-Journal, 1901-11-17, section 3, p.5.
2. “<a href="https://www.genealogytrails.com/ken/kycapitols.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kentucky’s Capitol Buildings</a>” a Genealogy Trails. Accessed 2021-04-26.
3. “<a href="https://capitol.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Capitol Facts</a>” Kentucky Government Website. Accessed 2021-04-26.
4. Harrison, Lowell H., "Kentucky's Road to Statehood" (1992). United States History. 138. <a href="https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_united_states_history/138/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_united_states_history/138</a>
5. Kentucky State Capitol Building today. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_State_Capitol" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kentucky State Capitol, Wikipedia</a>. Accessed 2021-04-26.
Louisville Courier-Journal Print. Co.
1901-11-17
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Sockdolager
In an 1869 edition of the Shelby Sentinel newspaper, the word “sockdolager” was used to describe an unusually large head of cabbage that was delivered to the newspaper office by N. D. Seearce. Individuals reading the newspaper in 1869 probably knew very well what the word “sockdolager” meant. It is an old word that is not used today. And just to be clear, “sockdolager” is not a type of cabbage. According to the etymology dictionary, the word “sockdolager” came about in 1830, it is a noun that means “a decisive blow.” A few years later, in 1838, the meaning was expanded to include “something exceptional.” An etymology dictionary gives the origin and historical changes and meanings of words. There are free online etymology dictionaries. Paper copies can be found in libraries or purchased at bookstores. There is also an online video to help properly pronounce the word “sockdolager.” In 1869, the editor of the Shelby Sentinel was saying that N. D. Seearce had grown an exceptionally large head of cabbage. Kentucky newspapers moved away from the use of the word “sockdolager” around 1910.
1. "<a href="https://archive.org/details/xt744j09z97x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">One of the largest cabbage heads...</a>," Shelby Sentinel, 1869-11-10, p.3.
2. <a href="https://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-soc1.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Origins of the word sockdolager</a> at World Wide Words. Accessed 2021-04-25.
3. "<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Sockdolager..." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How to say sockdolager</a>." YouTube. Accessed 2021-04-25.
John T. Hearn
1869-11-10
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
Nose Prosthetics
The article attached to this post highlights Dr. T. M. Pearce’s facial prosthetics work in 1898. Dr. Pearce shared a dental practice with Dr. Lowe in Covington, KY. In the article, he was creating a “false nose” for a patient in Columbus, OH. Dr. Pearce probably received his prosthetics training in dental school. His skills were requested for the 70-year-old patient in Columbus because the patient needed a new nose to cover the area that had been damaged when he was kicked by a horse at the age of 5. The term “false nose” is no longer used, and nose prosthetics are now designed by anaplastologists. Anaplastology is a branch of medicine, though is some locations around the world where there is not a certified anaplastologist, a dentist or technician with specialized training may also be awarded the title. There are many reasons why a person may not have a nose: a birth defect, disease, or trauma. Long ago, one’s nose could be removed as judicial punishment. There is also more than one case where a person was so displeased with the look of their nose that they had it surgically removed and replaced with a prosthetic. It is not known when the first facial prosthetics were devised, but they have been in use for many centuries. Danish astronomer, Tycho Brache (1546-1601), had an artificial nose made of gold. He lost his nose in a sword fight while dueling with his third cousin in 1566. At the close of the 1800s, vulcanite was widely used for maxillofacial prosthetics. Vulcanite is a vulcanized (hardened) rubber. Dr. Pearce, in Covington, KY, was using vulcanite in his work in 1898. Various other materials are used today: acrylic resins, plasticizers, and elastomers.
1. “<a href="https://archive.org/details/xt75qf8jg09d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Delicate Work: Dr. T. M. Pearce going to the front in his chosen profession</a>,” Daily Public Ledger, 1898-05-16, p.4.
2. G Sperati. “<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689568/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amputation of the nose throughout history</a>,” Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2009 Feb; 29(1): 44–50. Accessed 2021-04-15.
3. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tycho Brahe</a> – Wikipedia. Accessed 2021-04-15.
4. Alqutaibi, Ahmed Yaseen. “<a href="https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228420884.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Materials of facial prosthesis: History and advance</a>,” International Journal of Contemporary Dental and Medical Reviews (2015). Accessed 2021-04-15.
Thomas A. Davis
1898-05-16
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Kentucky’s Foreign-Born Population, 1900
At the conclusion of the 1896 presidential election, William McKinley (R) had defeated William J Bryan (D). Some felt that it was the “foreign-born votes” that had given McKinley a major advantage. Attached to this post is a paragraph from the full article printed in the January 1897 issue of the Bee newspaper in Earlington, KY. According to the article, votes from Kentucky were 218,171 for McKinley and 217,890 for Bryan. Of those Kentucky votes, it was said that 29,816 foreign born persons had voted for McKinley only. Three years later, there was much interest in the 1900 Census of the United States population. For Kentucky, 50,249 or 2.3% of the total state population was noted as “foreign born.” The term, as used by the Census Office, did not include those who were born in an African country and had been enslaved in the United States. Below are the continents and countries of origins for those enumerated in Kentucky as having been born outside the U. S. when the 1900 Census was completed:
Africa-24, Asia-160, Atlantic Islands-4, Australia-57, Austria-475, Belgium-77, Bohemia-52, Canada (English)-1,072, Canada (French)-136, Central America-56, China-46, Cuba-15, Denmark-77, England-3,256, Europe-82, Finland-6, France-983, Germany-27,555, Greece-24, Holland-136, Hungary-146, India-10, Ireland-9,874, Italy-679, Japan-3, Luxemburg-4, Mexico-19, Norway-34, Pacific Islands-2, Poland (Austrian)-16, Poland (German)-80, Poland (Russian)-582, Poland (unknown)-40, Portugal-1, Roumania-22, Russia-1,076, Scotland-793, South America-7, Spain-21, Sweden-222, Switzerland-1,929, Turkey-17, Wales-337, West Indies-13*, Other Countries-16, Born at Sea-63. *Except Cuba and Porto Rico
1. “Food for thought. Amazing facts about the recent election. Lessons in figures. What the state official footings reveal.” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt715d8nf686" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bee (Earlington, KY), 1897-01-21</a>, front page.
2. <a href="https://www.gilderlehrman.org/.../map-foreign-born....." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Map of the foreign-born population of the United States, 1900</a>: a spotlight on a primary source by Henry Gannett @ The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
3. <a href="https://www.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1900 Census</a>: Volume I. Population, Part I. Table 33: Foreign born population, distributed according to country of birth, by states and territories: 1900, pp.732-735
Bee Publishing Company
1897-01-21
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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The Moon and Crime
The moon has been implicated for centuries as a contributing force to the ebb and flow of crime on planet Earth. In 1896, an article in The Hazel Green Herald newspaper explained that criminals use superstitions about the moon as a deciding factor in the likelihood of a successful heist. “Not one burglar in 30 will venture out on a house-breaking expedition on the night of a new moon.” A century later, the possible relationship between the phases of the moon and crime waves on Earth are now scientific research. In 1984, Thakur and Shama concluded that it was the full moon that had the most impact. “The incidence of crimes committed on full moon days was much higher than on all other days, new moon days, and seventh days after the full moon and new moon.” But, hold on! Before blaming the moon for the errant ways of humans, perhaps a closer look at the celestial body’s formative years might be in order. The moon had a smaller sister, or so that is the theory. Scientists have been trying to figure out if there was a sister moon, then what happened to that sister. “Traces of this 'other' moon linger in a mysterious dichotomy between the Moon's visible side and its remote farside, says Erik Asphaug, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who co-authored the study with Martin Jutzi, now of the University of Berne.” Not all agree, but one conclusion is that during the formative years of the two moons, there was a mash-up. “In the hours after the impact, gravity would have crushed the impactor [younger moon] to a relatively thin layer, pasted on top of the [older] Moon's existing crust.” It’s all theory. But maybe, just maybe, the wave of crime sprees on Earth are actually being impacted by that other moon.
1. "Superstitions of criminals," <a href="https://archive.org/details/kd9610vq2z5b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hazel Green Herald, 1896-06-04</a>, p13.
2. C P Thakur and D Sharma. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1444800/...." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Full moon and crime,"</a> British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), 1984 Dec 22; 289(6460): 1789–1791
3. Richard Lovett. "<a href="https://www.nature.com/.../110803/full/news.2011.456.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Early Earth may have had two moons</a>," published online 3 August 2011 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2011.456
Spencer Cooper
1896-06-04
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Dead Flies Wanted!
In May of 1912, the Paris, KY Civic League executed what was thought to be a brilliant plan to exterminate flies. The organization offered cash prizes to boys and girls who turned in the largest number of dead flies by June 8, 1912. Supposedly, the plan had been used successfully in a number of U.S. cities, and Cincinnati, OH was conducting their campaign at the same time as Paris. Leading up to June 8th, the dead flies would be turned in weekly, and the Paris Civic League would pay each child 10 cents per pint of dead flies. Each cache was to be turned in at the basement of the Paris Public Library on Saturdays between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. There would be a committee in the basement that would keep an accurate record of the quantity of dead flies turned in by each child. On the day of the deadline, June 8, 1912, the boy or girl who turned in the most dead flies would receive the prize of $10. The second place prize was $5. The third place prize was $3, 4th place $2, and 5th place $1. After the distribution of the prizes, the Paris Civic League would continue to pay 10 cents per pint of dead flies until further notice. The timing of the dead flies campaign was said to be early, before the flies started breeding. The newspaper article announcing the dead flies campaign gave tips on the types of traps and techniques for enticing, catching, and killing flies. “Those caught with sticky fly paper cannot be used.” Today, we may read about the dead flies campaigns with disbelief. But, it was not widely known in 1912 that it was a health risk to encourage children to catch, kill, and collect dead flies. Flies are loaded with bacteria and are carriers of typhoid fever, cholera, and dysentery. There are much healthier ways to get rid of flies than was attempted in 1912.
1. “League offers reward for flies,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7j0z70z192" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bourbon News, 1912-05-10</a>, p.3.
2. "<a href="https://www.verywellhealth.com/are-flies-dirty-1124119" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Are flies the cause of disease</a>?" A Very Well Health web page.
3. "<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/.../publications/books/housing/cha04.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chapter4: Disease Vectors and Pests" </a>A Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web page.
4. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069873/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Bourbon news history in Chronicling America</a>
5. <a href="https://www.istockphoto.com/search/2/image?phrase=dead+fly" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iStock photo of dead fly</a>
Champ & Miller
1912-05-10
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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1905 Solar Eclipse
In January of 1905, it was predicted that on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 (USA), there would be a total solar eclipse, with the moon passing between the Earth and the sun. The prediction was an article printed in the January issue of the Adair County News (attached), and stated that it would be a partial eclipse only in Kentucky. Though that was not totally true. When the eclipse occurred as predicted, it was viewed by the entire northern hemisphere. The total eclipse lasted 3 minutes and 46 seconds, and was preceded on August 15, 1905 by a partial lunar eclipse. Both were within the Saros Series 143 of eclipses. The saros is an exact period that can be used to predict eclipses of the sun and the moon. Each saros starts with a partial eclipse. The 1905 total solar eclipse was predicted using centuries of knowledge and garnered more attention than had been given to previous eclipses. One reason for more attention was said to be due to the moon-shadowed path crossing a “readily accessible part of the globe,” written by Dr. S. A. Mitchell in Popular Science Monthly.
1. “A total eclipse of the sun…,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7r4x54gb3g" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adair County News, 1905-01-18</a>, p.5.
2. Dr. S. A. Mitchell, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/.../An_Eclipse_Expedition_to_Spain" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“An Eclipse expedition to Spain,” Popular Science Monthly</a>, v.68, June 1906.
3. <a href="https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/.../SE1905Aug30Tgoogle.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Total Solar Eclipse of 1905 Aug 30,” a NASA website</a>.
4. <a href="https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros143.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses: Saros Series 143,” a NASA website.</a>
5. <a href="https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle1901/SE1905Aug30Tgoogle.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA image of August 30, 1905 eclipse</a>.
6. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069496/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adair County news history in Chronicling America</a>
Chas. S. Harris
1905-01-18
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Governor Takes A Wife
Governor John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) was the first Kentucky governor to marry while in office. In 1900 he wed Jean Raphael Fuqua (1879-1962) from Owensboro, KY. At the time, Beckham was the youngest Kentucky governor and was sometimes referred to as the “Boy Governor.” He was the 34th and 35th Kentucky Governor, though at that time Kentucky governors could not serve consecutive terms. But, it was determined by the courts that since Beckham, the Lieutenant Governor, had not been a candidate or won the office of Governor in 1899, but had completed the deceased Governor William Goebel’s term, therefore Beckham was eligible to run for the office as a candidate in 1903. Beckham had also served four terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives and would go on to serve as a U.S. Senator. February-April of 1904, Beckham County, KY, was named in honor of J. C. W. Beckham. However, the county was dissolved after the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the boundaries of the county were out of compliance. So, Beckham County, Oklahoma was named in his honor in 1907.
1. “Beckham Married,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt72fq9q4367" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Evening Bulletin (Maysville), 1900-11-22</a>, front page.
2. Harris & Ewing, photographer. BECKHAM, JOHN CREPPS WICKLIFFE. SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY, -1921. United States Washington D.C. District of Columbia Washington D.C, 1915. Photograph. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2016866043/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.loc.gov</a>.
3. Morrill, Samantha. “A Moment in Kentucky History: The Beckham and Fuqua Wedding,” a Think History audio recording <a href="https://www.weku.org/term/governor-john-beckham#stream/0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">online at EKU Here and Now</a>, January 14, 2020.
4. “<a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-crepps-wickliffe-beckham/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Governor John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham</a>,” a National Governors Association website.
5. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87060190/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Evening Bulletin history in Chronicling America</a>
Rosser & McCarthy
1900-11-22
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Ice Pick
The ice pick (two words) of today is a hand tool that was originally used to break up or chip ice. The one-point ice pick resembles the scratch awl, a woodworker’s tool. Both tools have a handle that holds a shank that ends in a spike. Ice picks became more common as kitchen utensils with the invention of the “ice box” by Thomas Moore in 1802. The ice pick was needed to break up the blocks and slabs of ice used in the “ice box” for keeping food cold. The ice box predated modern-day refrigerators. There has always been some type of an ice pick-like tool available to humans who handle ice. The term “ice pick” came into use in the mid-1800s, and there have been many patents meant to improve the ice pick structure. Ice picks have also been used as weapons. The most notorious fame is the use of ice picks by Murder Incorporated, a New York organized crime group in the 1930s and 1940s. The use of ice picks as weapons dates back to prior centuries, even in Kentucky. In 1885, there was an ice pick stabbing at the Guilfoyle Saloon in Maysville, KY (see attached article). Ice picks were also used by medical professionals for brain surgeries (frontal lobotomy through the eye socket), sometimes leaving the patient with permanent brain damage. The procedure was also termed "Ice Pick Lobotomy." During WWII, the production of ice picks was one of the household items that ceased due to the military need for metal. The ban was slightly lifted in 1943 when only 50% of the 1941 production of ice picks was allowed. Ice picks were still needed by households. With the development of modern refrigeration, ice picks continue to be purchased today, with some displayed as collector items. The price of a one-point ice pick ranges from one dollar for a common brand, up to many thousands of dollars for unique items such as the Stephen Webster Tequila Lore Vulture Sterling Silver Ice Pick. No matter the cost, in some states, carrying an ice pick on your person is illegal and equivalent to carrying a deadly weapon.
1. “Stabbing: Harry Schraeder dangerously wounded by Fred Frey,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7pc824d363" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily Evening Bulletin, 1885-05-12</a>, p.2.
2. “Wartime Family Living” in <a href="https://www.rd.usda.gov/resources/publications" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rural Family Living, United States Department of Agriculture, Family Economics Division</a> - FE 409, July 26, 1943, p.11.
3. Ice pick image from Pixabay, <a href="https://pixabay.com/vectors/pick-ice-tool-awl-symbol-utensil-117181/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OpenClipart-Vectors</a>
4. Ice box image: L.L. Roberts Furniture Company, 425-429 West Main (Lexington); ice box (refrigerator). Lafayette Studios photographs: 1930s decade. University of Kentucky, Special Collections Research Center. <a href="https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt702v2c8t1s_2149_1?q=L.L.+Roberts+Furniture+Company%2C+425-429+West+Main+%28Lexington%29%3B+ice+box+%28refrigerator%29.+Lafayette+Studios+photographs&per_page=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Online @ ExploreUK</a>
5. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87060189/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily Bulletin history in Chroniccling America</a>
Rosser and McCarthy
1885-05-12
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
Women's Collegiate Basketball
Women’s college basketball began in 1892 at Smith’s College in North Hampton, MA. The first intercollegiate women’s basketball game in the United States was played between Stanford University and the University of California Berkley in 1896. The first women’s basketball team at the University of Kentucky [UK] was organized in 1902. By the 1920s, more women and girls around the country were participating in sports than they ever had before. There was change in the air. Women had gotten the vote in 1920. There were the first tobacco ads in 1917 from the American Tobacco Company that were aimed at women, encouraging them to smoke cigarettes to improve their health and weight. It was after WWI, at the start of the 1920s, when women’s fashion was changing to a simpler form (the flapper look). Women’s clothing was moving away from formality and multiple layers, and more toward lower waistlines and rising hemlines. There were concerns voiced about the types of clothing worn by women during sporting events. At the University of Kentucky, in 1923, the basketball regulations were consulted as to whether it might come to pass that women players would wear the same type of uniforms as the men players (see the attached article). It was quickly decided that women could continue to wear their shirts, knee-length bloomers, and stockings that did not reveal the legs (see attached photo image). That decision was only a temporary reprieve; it was agreed that the activities of women needed to be reeled back for the sake of their health and childbearing potential. In 1924, the women’s basketball team at the University of Kentucky had a 10-0 record. The University Senate decided that playing basketball was too strenuous of a sport for women, and a bill was passed that abolished women’s basketball at the University of Kentucky. Women’s basketball was reestablished at UK with varsity status 50 years later in 1974.
1. "A diligent perusal...," <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7f7m03zb4w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kentucky Kernel, 1923-12-14</a>, p.4
2. "Women's basketball team" 1920 photo image. Louis Edward Nollau Nitrate Photographic Print Collection. University of Kentucky, Special Collections Research Center. Online @ <a href="https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7prr1pgv6h_205_11?q=Louis+Nollau+Women%27s+Basketball&per_page=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ExploreUK</a>
3. <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-womens-basketball-in...." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">History of Women's Basketball in America</a>
4. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Kentucky_Wildcats_women%27s...." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kentucky Wildcats Women's Basketball</a>
1923-12-14
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Dishwasher Machine Sales
The 1896 attached article was for the recruitment of persons in the Mount Sterling, KY area to sell Mound City Dish Washers. The making of dish washers [two words] was not new in 1896. The first dish washer was invented and patented in 1850 by Joel Houghton. It was made of wood with a wheel that splashed water over the dishes. The Lavadora dishwasher was invented in 1858. In 1860, inventor L. A. Alexander patented a device with a hand crank and gear that allowed for the spinning of racked dishes through a tub of water. Neither the dishwashers nor the addition of the crank and gear worked very well. A more successful hand-operated mechanical dishwasher was invented in 1887 in Shelbyville, IL, by Josephine Cochrane, a wealthy socialite, and George Butters, a mechanic. Josephine Cochrane is often credited as the original inventor of the dishwasher. Still, the sale of dishwashers was few, very few. Washing dishes by hand had worked just fine for centuries and it did not require the handsome cost of a new hand-powered gadget. It was not until the 1950s that there were steady domestic sales of dishwashers among the wealthy. They were portable, small, cabinet-top appliances. Dishwashers were still being developed as electric kitchen appliances with a standardized size and shape. By the 1970s, the dishwasher had become more affordable to U.S. and Western European households. In the 1980s, it became common to have a space reserved in new kitchens for the floor model dishwasher. In the 1990s, manufacturers began adding energy saving features and variable washing times. Still, there was the anti-dishwasher advocates/movement, and not every home in the U.S. had or has a dishwasher appliance; the latest statistics show that 65% of the U.S. households have a dishwasher appliance [<a href="Statista.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Statista.com</a>].
1. “A Chance to make money,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7t7659ff5b/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mt. Sterling Advocate, 1896-07-28</a>, front page.
2. Josephine Cochran, Inventor of the Dishwasher <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/josephine-cochran-dishwasher-4071171" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thoughtco.com</a>
3. <a href="https://chillinghistory.com/a-look-at-the-past-the.../." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Look at the Past: The History of Dishwashers – Chilling History</a>
4. Cabinet-top dishwasher photo image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/dishwasher-clean-dishes-appliances-526358/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">onlynoodle @ Pixabay</a>.
5. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069675/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mt. Sterling Advocate history in Chronicling America</a>
Harris and Mason
1896-07-28
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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The Signal Service
The Signal Service was an early form of the local weather report. The service was first a military branch in 1860 when flags were used to send messages. The meteorological agency was added to the service in 1870 and there were maritime related signal flags used in the coastal and Great Lakes areas. By 1881, state Signal Service offices were being established. The services used weather flags that were flown over local post offices, and at telegraph and telephone stations. The various colored flags announced the weather condition for the next day. The attached article explains the flag colors used in Stanford, KY in 1888. The Signal Service was part of the U.S. War Department and the Chief Signal Officer was located in Washington, D.C. The service had a number of duties, including weather warnings, rain and other weather reports, and weather bulletins, all that were thought to be most useful to farmers with stock and growing crops. In 1888, new state services were established in New York, Texas, and Kentucky. The Central Station for Kentucky was located in Louisville under the direction of the State Polytechnic Society with J. B. Marbury in charge of the office. There had been an attempt to establish a state Signal Service in Kentucky in 1881, but the request was not acted upon. Without the service, a frost had damaged the Kentucky tobacco crop just prior to 1888 and there was an, “I told you so” attitude from the Signal Service in D.C. The warning of the frost had been telegraphed to Kentucky, Virginia, and adjoining states, but without a state service, the word was not distributed in Kentucky. With time, the use of weather flags was slowly replaced by faster and more frequent mail delivery, daily newspapers with weather forecasting reports, and weather reports on radios. In July of 1927, the U.S. Weather Bureau (National Weather Service) announced that weather flags would be phased out.
1. "The Signal Service,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt7sn00zr51w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Semi-weekly Interior Journal, 1888-01-06</a>, p.3
2. <a href="http://library.oarcloud.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/cso/cso_003/AR_CSO_1888.PDF" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army to the Secretary of War for the Year 1888.</a> Appendix No.5: Report on the state weather services and other co-operating meteorological societies, October 1, 1888, pp.67-69.
3. A Brief History of Signal Flags (image). National Weather Service <a href="https://vlab.ncep.noaa.gov/.../a-brief-history-of-signal...." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Heritage website.</a>
4. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Semi-weekly Interior Journal history in Chronicling America</a>
Semi-weekly Interior Journal
1888-01-06
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Cold Feet, Can't Sleep
It has been known for centuries that if your feet are cold at night, then you will not sleep well. There are many reasons for cold feet and concerns should be discussed with a medical doctor. Throughout time, there have been various devices used to keep the feet warm at night. The first bed warmers/hot water bottles (three separate words) were metal containers used in the 16th century. This was followed by hot water bottles made of stoneware and glass with a cork stopper to keep the water inside. In Kentucky, bottle warmers were still being suggested in the late 1800s as a way of warming the feet at night [attached source: “Cold Feet and Sleeplessness,” <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069871/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bourbon News</a>, 05/30/1882, p.2]. Various kinds of hot water bottles made of Indian rubber were used in England. Florence Nightingale was said to prefer a hot water bottle made of ceramic or Indian rubber. The first modern-day hot water bottle was patented in 1903 by Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, a Croatian engineer. The use of hot water bottles made of rubber was well received in the United States until about the 1980s when the market started to decline. The change was due to the availability of other nighttime heat options: more homes with central heating, thermostat-free electric blankets, and cheaper electric heating pads. Today, China and India are the largest suppliers of hot water bottles. In the U.S., the market changed but the belief did not change. According to the National Feet Foundation at <a href="https://www.sleep.org/?fbclid=IwAR1XwckQrRAHeB3uysFc1JqPCr6o5u_s1PJBHTfwMloBD4rxk6LfsXvo_Zw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sleep.org</a>, “The relationship between warm hands and feet and falling asleep may be what’s behind the age-old belief that placing a hot water bottle at the foot of the bed is good for sleep.”
1. The image of the old metal bed bottle comes from <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/bed-bottle-old-antique-3763249/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mattiasboeckel @ Pixabay</a>.
2. The image of the red cloth-covered hot water bottle comes from <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/succo-96729/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">succo @ Pixabay</a>.
3. “Cold Feet and Sleeplessness,” <a href="https://archive.org/details/xt795x25ch97/page/n1/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bourbon News, 1882-05-30</a>, p.2
4. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069871/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bourbon news history in Chronicling America</a>
Champ & Roby
1882-05-30
Reinette Jones, University of Kentucky Librarian & African American Studies Academic Liaison
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Tobacco Industry
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The Tobacco Industry has a long and storied history in the U.S. For many years Tobacco was Kentucky's top cash crop. Follow it's rise and fall through Kentucky's newspapers.
<a href="https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/xt766t0gvq6k?q=%22Tobacco+Industry%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1907-09-21 Paducah Sun</a>
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Tobacco field (displayed above) from ExploreUK's <a href="https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7n8p5v980r_2723_1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Glass Plate Negative Collection</a>.
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Discover more about early Kentucky burley farms and farmers in the <a href="https://nyx.uky.edu/fa/findingaid/?id=xt77h41jm19k" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tebbs/Prewitt Family Papers</a> in ExploreUK
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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In 1935 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as part of the New Deal. The program was designed to put unemployed Americans back to work after the Great Depression of the 1920's. The program was renamed Work Projects Administration in 1939.
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See <a href="https://exploreuk.uky.edu/?commit=search&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Goodman-Paxton+Photographic+Collection%2C&q=WPA&search_field=all_fields" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Goodman-Paxton WPA Photographic Collection</a> in ExploreUK.
See <a href="https://exploreuk.uky.edu/?commit=search&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Kentucky+Works+Progress+Administration+Publications&q=WPA&search_field=all_fields" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WPA publications</a> for many southern states including Kentucky in ExploreUK.
Hear oral history interviews in <a href="https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt7dr785mj01" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal in Kentucky Oral History Project</a> available through the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Librtaries
Hatfield and McCoy Feuds
<a href="https://saa-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=sub,contains,Hatfield-McCoy%20Feud,AND&tab=alma_tab&search_scope=alma_scope&sortby=rank&vid=UKY&lang=en_US&mode=advanced&offset=0&fromRedirectFilter=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hatfield-McCoy Feud</a>
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<a href="https://saa-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=sub,contains,Vendetta--Kentucky,AND&tab=alma_tab&search_scope=alma_scope&sortby=rank&vid=UKY&lang=en_US&mode=advanced&offset=0&fromRedirectFilter=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vendetta--Kentucky</a>
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<a href="https://saa-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=sub,contains,Hatfield%20family,AND&tab=alma_tab&search_scope=alma_scope&sortby=rank&vid=UKY&lang=en_US&mode=advanced&offset=0&fromRedirectFilter=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hatfield family</a>
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<a href="https://saa-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UKY_ALMA21213758480002636&context=L&vid=UKY&lang=en_US&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=sub,contains,Hatfield,%20Devil%20Anse,%201839-1921,AND&sortby=rank&mode=advanced&offset=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hatfield, Devil Anse, 1839-1921 </a>
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7422518" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">McCoy, Randolph E.</a>
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7422518" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">McCoy, Randall E.</a>
The feuds between the Hatfields and McCoys were legendary. The influence of those feuds from the 1880's are still felt today. Here are a few examples discovered in our KDNP collections.
<a href="https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/xt786688jx0n?q=%22Hatfield+and+McCoy%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1921-01-11 Mt. Sterling advocate</a>
<a href="https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/kd94j09w0g8v?q=%22Hatfield+and+McCoy%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2012-06-20 Anderson News (The)</a>
<a href="https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/kd92804x594k?q=%22Hatfield+and+McCoy%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2013-06-06 Crittenden Press (The)</a>
<a href="https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/xt705q4rkp2h?q=%22Hatfield+and+McCoy%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1889-11-01 Semi-weekly interior journal</a>
<a href="https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/xt7c599z155p?q=%22Hatfield+and+McCoy%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1946-06-28 The Kentucky Kernel</a>
<a href="http://libraries.uky.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Kentucky Libraries</a>
Kopana Terry, University of Kentucky Curator of Newspapers & Oral History Archivist
United States newspapers published before 1924 are in the public domain and free of copyright restrictions. Use of pre-1924 KDNP materials should be cited to "Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program, University of Kentucky Libraries."
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<a href="https://www.tourpikecounty.com/things-to-see-do/history_culture/hatfields_and_mccoys/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tour Pike County (Kentucky)</a>