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1899
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Significant events from 1899.
January
February
March
April
May
- Bart Armstrong sells his roller flour mill to a consortium of Harrodsburg citizens, constituting the Harrodsburg Milling Company. The directors were: William Carmichael, J. B. Hadlock, E. L. Lowe, Newton Holmes, Hannagan Brassfield and Frank Armstrong. H. T. Smallwood was elected president, A. W. Hon, secretary, and D. J. Kinser, treasurer.
- 24th - A Mr. Morrison and two sons of Henry Myers are killed when a boiler at a sawmill three miles east of Paragon explodes.
- 30th - George Wilson of Chicago opens a hotel in the former Worley residence, a home which had many large rooms, a spacious dining room, large halls, and running water.
June
July
- Jeweler J. O. Howe is burned at his work bench when a nearby alcohol lamp explodes. Alone in the office, Mr. Howe applies some wet towels to his injuries and walks to the office of Dr. Lowder to receive medical attention.
- The John Waldron estate becomes the sole owner of the Opera House Block (on the south side of The Square, perhaps?) buying the interest of William Showers for $6000. The first floor room had just been vacated by the Smith Bazaar, while the second story contained both the Waldron room occupied by C. F. Reed & Co. and the Smith room.
- Lightning strikes Dow Eller's barn 5 miles west of town, burning it down and causing $400 worth of damage.
- J. S. Stephens and Richard Stephens sell 24 acres in Salt Creek Township to Harriet A. Owens for $450.
- William Showers buys the lot owned by Dr. Frank Fetter, just south of Dr. Aley.
August
Wood Wiles opens a drug store on the east side of The Square. Wiles, a former clerk at the O'Harrow Drug Store, bought the Norman Saloon for his place of business, and the newspapers expressed hope for an end to the "disgraceful carousing" at that location.
September
October
November
December
Unspecified
- the Indiana Student is renamed the Daily Student
