Many newspapers published news of nearby communities, allowing us a view into life at that particular time. The following news from Sebree, Webster County, Kentucky, appeared in the Evansville (Indiana) Courier on 10 June 1910, p. 3. To my knowledge, there are no extant Sebree newspapers from 1910.
Wiley Milton, age 75, farmer, dropped dead this morning. He is survived by his widow and five daughters, Mrs. Lem Fraysier, Mrs. Fred Fraysier, Mrs. Oscar Compton of Howell, Ind., Mrs. James Milton, and Mrs. Luther Majois of this place.
Thomas C. Groves, who sold his farm one mile north of the city limits last spring, and moved his family to Salt Lake City, Utah, has returned with his family to his “old Kentucky” home. Mr. Groves has bought back the same farm that he sold last spring.
D.O. Garrison of Vincennes has bought the poultry business of James Moore, the latter going back to Evansville where he will conduct a poultry farm some seven or eight miles northwest of the city.
Dr. B.E. Vaughan, the leading physician of this place, has gone to Palmetto, Fla., where he will practice his profession. His wife and little daughter Arabelle, who have been in Florida since last February, have returned. Mrs. Vaughan will wind up Dr. Vaughan’s business here and join her husband in August or September.
Thomas Pollard of Palmetto, Fla., who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. B.E. Vaughan, for the last 10 days, went to Evansville yesterday to visit his sister, Mrs. Maggie McGinnis, mother of Judge Orville McGinnis.
The meeting at the First Baptist church is progressing. Dr. J.C. Midgett, president of the Ohio Valley College of Sturgis, Ky., is preaching.
Mrs. Dove Williams and children, who have been visiting her mother, “Aunt Toody” Hampton, for the last four weeks, returned to their home in Johnson City, Ill., last night.
The L. & N. railroad company will build a siding here this summer over a mile long. The survey has already been made.
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