"Hardin County, Kentucky Newspaper Abstracts 1909" compiled by Carolyn Wimp. Friday, January 8, 1909 Virgie Neff visited his sister, Mrs. Charles Bland of Nolin. Robert Bland and son, Ephraim of Sonora, left for Kendrick, Ok. where they will make their new home. Friday, January 22, 1909 Harriet Bland, colored, who lost her mind a few months ago and was taken to Lakeland Asylum, died suddenly with a hemorrhage on Mon- day. Remains were brought home and buried at Glendale on Tuesday. (Sonora News) Friday, January 29, 1909 Mrs. C. L. Bland of Sonora visited her parents, Mr & Mrs J. C. Pritchard. (Upton News) Friday, February 19, 1909 Prof. B. B. Layman, Miss Donnie Mae Bland and Miss Grace Wood will close their fall term of school at Sonora next Friday. Tuesday, March 2, 1909 Mr & Mrs Wood Bland of Star Mills visited their son, Churchill Bland. (Long Grove News) Friday, March 26, 1909 Mrs. Wilber Sanders of Brandenburg visited her parents, Mr & Mrs J. B. Neill of Stithton. She also visited her sister, Mrs. W. D. Bland of Kosmosdale. Friday, April 23, 1909 Dr. B. M. Trabue died of paralysis at his home in Allensville last Thursday. Was 81 years old. Survived by wife and 8 children. Burial at Pembroke on Saturday. He was the father of Mrs. Henry P. Gray of near Star Mills. He was also the father of Mrs. Evarts Bland, formerly of Hardin Co. but now of Pembroke. Friday, June 25, 1909 Mrs. J. T. Duvall and sons, Herbert and Edward of Louisville, have arrived to spend the summer with her father, S. H. Bland of Sonora. Mrs. Les Redford and children of Cave City visited her father, Lon Bland of Sonora. Friday, July 2, 1909 Miss Myrtle Myers of Columbia, Ky visited her cousin, Mrs. Charley Bland of Sonora. Friday, July 23, 1909 Mr & Mrs W. D. Bland visited Mr & Mrs G. T. Bland. (West Point News) Miss Rena Neill visited her sister, Mrs. W. D. Bland of Kosmosdale. (Stithton News) Friday, August 13, 1909 Mrs. Weldon Vertrees and children of Vine Grove visited her sister, Mrs. Chas. Bland of Sonora. Tuesday, August 31, 1909 Mr & Mrs W. D. Bland of Kosmosdale visited Mr & Mrs J. T. Bland of West Point. Tuesday, September 14, 1909 Mrs. J. M. Jenkins of near Glendale celebrated her 72nd birthday last Sunday, the 5th. Those present were: Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Shack- lette of Nolin, Mrs. Mary A. Crowe and daughter of Louisville, Miss Bettie Kurtz of Elizabethtown, Rev. J. B. Hunt and sons, Claud and Walter, Mr & Mrs Charles Heady and son, W. G. Crowe and family, Mrs. S. C. Osborne and family, Alphonsus Berry and family, J. L. Jenkins, Miss Ida Bland and Prof. A. N. Hollis. Friday, October 8, 1909 Mrs. W. D. Bland of Kosmosdale had a son born Sunday. The grand- father of the baby is J. T. Bland. (West Point News) Friday, October 22, 1909 Mrs. Sudie Duvall, wife of Rev. T. J. Duvall, pastor of Franklin Street Baptist Church in Louisville, asks legal separation from the minister, was filed in Circuit Court in Elizabethtown yesterday. She alleges cruelty and inhuman treatment for the action. She asks for a com- plete divorce and custody of their two children. They were married in 1895. She now lives at the home of her father, Strother Bland of Har- din Co. Both of the parties are natives of Hardin Co. Tuesday, October 26, 1909 Mrs. L. W. Redford of Cave City visited her father, Lon Bland of near Star Mills. Friday, October 29, 1909 Mrs. O. L. Brownson of Loveland, Co. visited her father, S. H. Bland of near Nolin. Mrs. Charles Bland visited her parents, Mr & Mrs John Pritchard Upton. (Sonora News) Friday, November 19, 1909 Miss May Akers is suffering from typhoid fever at the home of her uncle, W. H. Bland. (Sonora News) Friday, December 17, 1909 Hayward Bland will soon open a meat shop in Sonora. Friday, December 24, 1909 Mrs. H. S. Upton of Upton visited her sister, Mrs. C. L. Bland of Sonora. Friday, December 31, 1909 Judge Cy Veirs married Lee E. Shaffner and Miss Lillie M. Bland in the Co. Clerk's office on Monday. The bride is from Marion Co. The groom is from LaRue Co.