Originally Published in the Estill Herald
Republished in the ECHGS newsletter - Used with their permission
01/01/1929
Influenza is on the rampage with 3,500 cases reported in Perry County.
Engineer John Dailey was killed in a train wreck.
01/29/1929
The name of the golf club was changed from Irevenna to Estill County Golf Club.
05/28/1929
Talking movies for Irvine is assured with the first picture to be shown Wednesday afternoon at the Strand.
06/07/1929
Dr. W.D. Funkhouser and Prof. W.S. Webb of UK are in Lee County to open a supposedly ancient cave. They hope to find the existence of a pre-historic race in Kentucky.
11/22/1929
The federal court holds that anyone buying liquor or knowing of its sale must report it or be classed a felon.
12/27/1929
A Breathitt County mob took Chester Fugate from jail and riddled his body with shot. Fugate had killed Clay Watkins, prominent merchant.
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