Courier-Journal
Dec. 30, 1903
Page 6
DROPS DEAD
….
W. A. Holland Stricken by Apoplexy
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FELL AT FIRST AND MARKET
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Editor of the Eminence Constitutionalist and Prominent Democrat
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HAD JUST COME TO LOUISVILLE
…….
W. A. Holland, editor of the Constitutionalist, published at Eminence, and one of the most prominent newspaper men of Kentucky, was stricken with apoplexy last evening at First and market Streets and died a short time later at the Capital Hotel.
Mr. Holland was seventy-six years of age, and was a veteran of the Mexican War.
Mr. Holland arrived in Louisville at 7:25 o’clock on the Louisville and Nashville train. After eating his supper at a downtown restaurant he started for the Capital Hotel, at 525 East Market Street, where he usually stayed while in the city. He had reached the corner of First and market Streets, when the stroke of apoplexy came. He fell to the pavement, inflicting a slight cut on the back of his head. He was carried in a nearby store, where he was recognized by R. Letcher Alsop, who was associated with him on the Constitutionalist. Mr. Holland revived somewhat, and requested that Lan Bridwell* be called. Mr. Bridwell secured a cab and had the veteran editor removed to his hotel. He became conscious of his surroundings, and asked that he be put to bed at once.
Drs. John E. Hays, James Farmer, Claude Thixton (Thickstun?) and R. L. Spangler were summoned, but before Dr. Spangler, the first to reach the hotel, arrived, Mr. Holland was dead. Dick D. Smith and James Dawson, two of his intimate friends in this city, were summoned also, but neither arrived until after the end. Dr. Harris Kelly, the Coroner, was notified, and after viewing the remains said death was due to apoplexy*. Telephone messages were sent to the Hon. G. Allison Holland, his son, who is at Eminence, and he will come to the city today for the purpose of taking his father’s body home for burial.
Mr. Holland is survived by six sons – Ed G. Allison, Claude, Clarence, Guy and Hal. And two daughters: Mrs. Mattie Van Meter, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Mrs. J. C. Cassity, of Eminence.
*meaning a stroke
Transcribed by: Vernon Purvis
Notes
He was a descendant of Lord Holland of England, established the weekly Constitutionalist in Eminence, Kentucky
Dec. 30, 1903
Page 6
DROPS DEAD
….
W. A. Holland Stricken by Apoplexy
…………
FELL AT FIRST AND MARKET
…..
Editor of the Eminence Constitutionalist and Prominent Democrat
………
HAD JUST COME TO LOUISVILLE
…….
W. A. Holland, editor of the Constitutionalist, published at Eminence, and one of the most prominent newspaper men of Kentucky, was stricken with apoplexy last evening at First and market Streets and died a short time later at the Capital Hotel.
Mr. Holland was seventy-six years of age, and was a veteran of the Mexican War.
Mr. Holland arrived in Louisville at 7:25 o’clock on the Louisville and Nashville train. After eating his supper at a downtown restaurant he started for the Capital Hotel, at 525 East Market Street, where he usually stayed while in the city. He had reached the corner of First and market Streets, when the stroke of apoplexy came. He fell to the pavement, inflicting a slight cut on the back of his head. He was carried in a nearby store, where he was recognized by R. Letcher Alsop, who was associated with him on the Constitutionalist. Mr. Holland revived somewhat, and requested that Lan Bridwell* be called. Mr. Bridwell secured a cab and had the veteran editor removed to his hotel. He became conscious of his surroundings, and asked that he be put to bed at once.
Drs. John E. Hays, James Farmer, Claude Thixton (Thickstun?) and R. L. Spangler were summoned, but before Dr. Spangler, the first to reach the hotel, arrived, Mr. Holland was dead. Dick D. Smith and James Dawson, two of his intimate friends in this city, were summoned also, but neither arrived until after the end. Dr. Harris Kelly, the Coroner, was notified, and after viewing the remains said death was due to apoplexy*. Telephone messages were sent to the Hon. G. Allison Holland, his son, who is at Eminence, and he will come to the city today for the purpose of taking his father’s body home for burial.
Mr. Holland is survived by six sons – Ed G. Allison, Claude, Clarence, Guy and Hal. And two daughters: Mrs. Mattie Van Meter, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Mrs. J. C. Cassity, of Eminence.
*meaning a stroke
Transcribed by: Vernon Purvis
Notes
He was a descendant of Lord Holland of England, established the weekly Constitutionalist in Eminence, Kentucky
Courier-Journal
Dec. 30, 1903
Page 6
DROPS DEAD
….
W. A. Holland Stricken by Apoplexy
…………
FELL AT FIRST AND MARKET
…..
Editor of the Eminence Constitutionalist and Prominent Democrat
………
HAD JUST COME TO LOUISVILLE
…….
W. A. Holland, editor of the Constitutionalist, published at Eminence, and one of the most prominent newspaper men of Kentucky, was stricken with apoplexy last evening at First and market Streets and died a short time later at the Capital Hotel.
Mr. Holland was seventy-six years of age, and was a veteran of the Mexican War.
Mr. Holland arrived in Louisville at 7:25 o’clock on the Louisville and Nashville train. After eating his supper at a downtown restaurant he started for the Capital Hotel, at 525 East Market Street, where he usually stayed while in the city. He had reached the corner of First and market Streets, when the stroke of apoplexy came. He fell to the pavement, inflicting a slight cut on the back of his head. He was carried in a nearby store, where he was recognized by R. Letcher Alsop, who was associated with him on the Constitutionalist. Mr. Holland revived somewhat, and requested that Lan Bridwell* be called. Mr. Bridwell secured a cab and had the veteran editor removed to his hotel. He became conscious of his surroundings, and asked that he be put to bed at once.
Drs. John E. Hays, James Farmer, Claude Thixton (Thickstun?) and R. L. Spangler were summoned, but before Dr. Spangler, the first to reach the hotel, arrived, Mr. Holland was dead. Dick D. Smith and James Dawson, two of his intimate friends in this city, were summoned also, but neither arrived until after the end. Dr. Harris Kelly, the Coroner, was notified, and after viewing the remains said death was due to apoplexy*. Telephone messages were sent to the Hon. G. Allison Holland, his son, who is at Eminence, and he will come to the city today for the purpose of taking his father’s body home for burial.
Mr. Holland is survived by six sons – Ed G. Allison, Claude, Clarence, Guy and Hal. And two daughters: Mrs. Mattie Van Meter, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Mrs. J. C. Cassity, of Eminence.
*meaning a stroke
Transcribed by: Vernon Purvis
Notes
He was a descendant of Lord Holland of England, established the weekly Constitutionalist in Eminence, Kentucky
Dec. 30, 1903
Page 6
DROPS DEAD
….
W. A. Holland Stricken by Apoplexy
…………
FELL AT FIRST AND MARKET
…..
Editor of the Eminence Constitutionalist and Prominent Democrat
………
HAD JUST COME TO LOUISVILLE
…….
W. A. Holland, editor of the Constitutionalist, published at Eminence, and one of the most prominent newspaper men of Kentucky, was stricken with apoplexy last evening at First and market Streets and died a short time later at the Capital Hotel.
Mr. Holland was seventy-six years of age, and was a veteran of the Mexican War.
Mr. Holland arrived in Louisville at 7:25 o’clock on the Louisville and Nashville train. After eating his supper at a downtown restaurant he started for the Capital Hotel, at 525 East Market Street, where he usually stayed while in the city. He had reached the corner of First and market Streets, when the stroke of apoplexy came. He fell to the pavement, inflicting a slight cut on the back of his head. He was carried in a nearby store, where he was recognized by R. Letcher Alsop, who was associated with him on the Constitutionalist. Mr. Holland revived somewhat, and requested that Lan Bridwell* be called. Mr. Bridwell secured a cab and had the veteran editor removed to his hotel. He became conscious of his surroundings, and asked that he be put to bed at once.
Drs. John E. Hays, James Farmer, Claude Thixton (Thickstun?) and R. L. Spangler were summoned, but before Dr. Spangler, the first to reach the hotel, arrived, Mr. Holland was dead. Dick D. Smith and James Dawson, two of his intimate friends in this city, were summoned also, but neither arrived until after the end. Dr. Harris Kelly, the Coroner, was notified, and after viewing the remains said death was due to apoplexy*. Telephone messages were sent to the Hon. G. Allison Holland, his son, who is at Eminence, and he will come to the city today for the purpose of taking his father’s body home for burial.
Mr. Holland is survived by six sons – Ed G. Allison, Claude, Clarence, Guy and Hal. And two daughters: Mrs. Mattie Van Meter, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Mrs. J. C. Cassity, of Eminence.
*meaning a stroke
Transcribed by: Vernon Purvis
Notes
He was a descendant of Lord Holland of England, established the weekly Constitutionalist in Eminence, Kentucky
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