Dr. Arthur T. McCormack of Bowling Green, serving as secretary of the Kentucky State Medical Association, addressed the group’s ninth annual meeting Sept. 26, 1919, in Louisville. Read more
A Scottsville man was killed instantly in a car crash Sept. 22, 1920, and the car’s driver charged with manslaughter and unlawfully bringing liquor into prohibition territory. Read more
William Waller of Morganfield was treated in Bowling Green on Sept. 18, 1918, for hydrophobia with the Pasteur Treatment. Read more
On Sept. 10, 1921, the Daily News reported that through the earnest efforts of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce some local businessmen acquired 14 acres southwest of the city intending to create “a charming pleasure garden.” Read more
Fourteen children of the Bethel community were thrown from a two-horse wagon coming home from church near Porter Pike, 10 miles east of Bowling Green, the Daily News reported Sept. 6, 1928. Read more
On Sept. 17, 1968, Park City Daily News staff writer Margaret Gentry wrote an article about the new Kentucky Air Mail Taxi Service’s inaugural flight. Read more
The Sept. 3, 1930, Daily News reported that the Mothers’ Club of Bowling Green took on the task of caring for a large family in need by publishing a plea for help in the newspaper. Read more
The Aug. 31, 1929, Daily News reported that Mr. James Barclay of Bowling Green received a letter from Mrs. Thomas Heck. Read more
Community Tweets
A man accused of stealing a hog from a Woodburn man apparently dressed the hog up as a woman, including a big bonnet, and put the swine on the seat of the buggy he was driving, trying to pass the pig off as his wife. Read more
The Paducah Sun-Democrat newspaper reported Aug. 20, 1913, that canning clubs would not be possible that year because of a severe drought. Read more
In an attempt to procure two additional postal carriers, Bowling Green’s postmaster conducted a census in the city’s delivery district, according to the Aug. 26, 1925, edition of the Daily News. Read more
On Aug. 15, 1914, a monument was erected at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green in honor of Lester Bryant. Read more
On Aug. 15, 1907, the Daily News reported that Louis Pushin from Cincinnati was opening a furniture business in downtown Bowling Green next to the successful Red Lion dry goods store, sometime during the first two weeks of September 1907. Read more
Reuben “Tennessee” Wooten was a “safe blowing” outlaw in the early and mid-1900s from Barren County. Read more
The Daily News reported that on Aug. 8, 1922, police received an unusual phone call. Read more
An article in the Daily News published Aug. 5, 1921, tells of how a wealthy Bowling Green businessman gave the children at Potter Children’s Home a special treat. Read more
According to the July 30, 1921, Park City Daily News, a Republican candidate for the state legislature from Bowling Green – and a part-owner of a mail boat that ran from Bowling Green to Morgantown – was charged with transporting liquor and held to the September grand jury. Read more
Under a front-page headline “15,000 see Klan revue, hear speech” in the July 30, 1925, Park City Daily News, an article described the “royal welcome” from members of “Chapter K.K.K. No. 5” to Klansmen “assembled for the big state meeting” at the fairgrounds. Read more
The city council of Bowling Green put an end to the muleless streetcar that had recently started being used, according to a July 23, 1890, article in The Owensboro Messenger. Read more
The Daily News reported July 20, 1943, that Bowling Green would become off limits to military personnel, including air students at Western Teachers College, if the pollution levels in the water were not fixed immediately. Read more
On Sunday morning, July 15, 1968, the Mount Hebrew Presbyterian Church in Bristow was bombed with dynamite. No one in the predominantly Black congregation was present at the time, but the back of the building was ripped apart, wrecking the auditorium. Read more
On July 15, 1921, the Daily News reported that A.Q. Raines of Arkansas had bought a house in Bowling Green from Mrs. Bryant Carter, and afterward revealed that he planned to dig for several thousands of dollars that had long been buried there. He erected a tall fence and dug every evening fo… Read more
The Crittenden Record-Press reported July 10, 1913, that the son of a local doctor was the victim of a strange attack at a carnival. Read more
On July 10, 1912, the Twice-A-Week Messenger reported that there was a “daring” attempt made at committing a highway robbery. A gentleman was returning home in his “buggy” when a young man approached him, asking for assistance with his friend who was “sick by the side of the road.” Read more
Fourteen dairy cows were killed on Western Kentucky University’s farm due to a lightning strike. Read more
The Bowling Green Daily News reported that on June 26, 1968, the Save Our School Committee of Smiths Grove asked its lawyers, Ray B. White and Leland Logan, to file a lawsuit to stop the consolidation of North Warren High School with the new Warren East High School. Read more
On June 17, 1919, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the arrival of the steamship Liberator in New York. Read more
The Saturday, June 17, 1898, edition of the Birmingham News reported that former Congressman John M. Martin of Alabama arrived on the Wednesday night train in Bowling Green, delirious and unable to “give no account of himself.” Read more
The Messenger-Inquirer reported June 14, 1920, that three men were arrested after taking their vehicle to a Bowling Green auto garage for repairs. Read more
The Twice-A-Week Messenger published an article June 8, 1907, about a very eventful election that took place in Bowling Green. Read more
The Evansville Daily Journal reported in its June 7, 1862, edition that Capt. Liter successfully reopened the upper locks on the Green River, which had been damaged by “the rebels.” Read more
The June 5, 1862, edition of The Courier Journal reported on the activity of the Western branch of the United States Sanitary Commission to “relieve our sick and wounded soldiers” during the American Civil War. Read more
The Owensboro Messenger reported May 24, 1917, a story about the closing of the Warren County Circuit Court on May 23. Read more
On May 23, 1931, The Courier Journal’s Washington Bureau reported that the Kentucky population was 2,614,589. Read more
On May 23, 1919, a Montana newspaper reported that Flora Eicher was the first woman to earn a riverboat pilot’s license in Kentucky. Read more
On May 18, 1883, it was reported that a furniture dealer in Bowling Green set several willow chairs in front of his store hoping to attract the attention of customers. Read more
A short notice was published in the May 17, 1867, edition of the Courier Journal calling for contractors and builders to submit proposals for completion of the Warren County Courthouse. Read more
The Madisonian reported on May 12, 1914, that a professor of physics at Ogden College, Samuel Norcross, was seriously injured during an experiment meant to demonstrate principles of electricity. Read more
On May 9, 1918 – before the term “snake oil” was used to describe something of little real value that is promoted to fix everything – the Franklin Favorite published this notice: “Miller’s Antiseptic Oil, known as Snake Oil, will positively relieve pain in a few minutes. … A new remedy used … Read more
From the May 7, 1918, edition of The Courier Journal in Louisville: The Warren County Board of Education filed suit in Warren Circuit Court against the judge of Warren County Court and its three commissioners, asking that the county school levy be fixed at 20 cents on the $100. Read more
During the first week in May 1934, it was announced that the Third District Re-Employment offices would open in Bowling Green and serve 12 counties. Read more
On May 2, 1918, the Crittenden Record-Press reported that two men, believed to be spies, were being held in Bowling Green. Read more
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