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1906 Mammoth Cave Contest

The Gleaner has made arrangements to give the greatest popularty contest ever offered by a newspaper outside of the metropolitan press.Twenty young ladies will be given a free…

Moving a house

Henderson police escort a truck carring a house as it passes the railroad bridge on Water Street. The house is being moved by Marty Girten of Waverly from…

Healthful Beer

Healthful, Strengthening, Invigorating, and Refreshing “Spinx” Beer is the best Tonic you can use. Henderson Brewing Co.

Flood of April 1913

Flood of April 1913 reached 47.9 foot flood stage. At Henderson, Ky., where the rate of rise and fall was again very similar to that experienced at Evansville…

Oldrieve Number 2

Edward Snyder Has Invented a Pair of Pedal “Gondolas” With Which He Walks on the Ohio. Edward Snyder, a well known young man of this city, is said…

Norris Hardware

Courtesy of Chuck Stinnett: Over the years, it operated under a variety of names, including Norris & Norment; Norris & Lockett; Norris Locket & White; Norris Hardware and…

Santa Letters

Merry Christmas! Below are a few of the hundreds of letters to Santa the Gleaner has published.

Christmas Day Newspaper Greetings

Train Crossing Watchman

I wondered about these train crossing watchmen and then came across this explanation in the The Gleaner from Wed, Apr 10, 1895. ANSWERING A QUESTION,Councilman Johnson asked a…

Our Favorite Recipes by Methodist Hospital Auxiliary

Our Favorite Recipes by Methodist Hospital Auxiliary It was at the suggestion of two civic minded men that the idea of a Hospital Auxiliary was born. With the…

W W Blackwell Supreme Chancellor

W W Blackwell, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, 1885.

Mystery About Spooky Woman

Mystery About Spooky Woman Curfew Need Not Ring For the Youngsters to Take Refuge at Parental Hearthstone. A rather spooky looking character in the form of a woman…