Hopkinsville New Era Suggests Name Lafoolette
The Hopkinsville New Era proposes calling him Lafoolette, reflecting a nickname idea rooted in the local discussion.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1917
Page
2
The Hopkinsville New Era proposes calling him Lafoolette, reflecting a nickname idea rooted in the local discussion.
Mt Sterling resident Mrs. L. B. Wren says Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her backaches dizziness and tiredness from kidney trouble after several years of irregular kidney function and headaches. The ad urges purchase at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the product.
In a Flemingsburg Times-Democrat opinion, the author condemns model roads as unaffordable and failing to improve major routes. The piece calls for repealing the auto tax, enabling county motor taxes, and directing proceeds to a county road fund, condemning the state aid system as ineffective and corrupt.
John W. Williams, a leading Powell County figure and grandfather of Mrs. G. Y. Triplett, sustained a badly injured shoulder after being thrown from his horse near Stanton last Monday. At eighty, his age raised concern, but his condition has since improved and he remains a well known city visitor with extensive business interests.
In a regular session last Tuesday the council adopted a resolution creating the office of Health Officer at a salary of 100 dollars a year. Dr C W Harris Lee Crear and Clay Miller were appointed to the City Health Board and empowered to select a health officer. The clerk was instructed to pursue drastic action against unpaid occupation taxes. RB Kern settled with all city officers.
Classified fragment lists a rental of a blacksmith shop opposite Citizens Bank in Sharpsburg Kentucky with a reference to J. Mathers. The text also contains unrelated 1930s era reflections and questions about price boosts and a child’s bellyache.
Jere W. Coleman, son of Mrs. Mattie Coleman, departed last week for Akron Ohio where he has secured a fine position. He has worked at a local warehouse for the past season and friends predict he will do well in the Buckeye State.
Mr W D Johnson and family left Montgomery for a new home on a farm near Lexington last week friends regret the move yet wish them success. The piece notes the old housewife’s fading memory alongside humor about political neutrality and congressional habits.
Snagtown readers get a collage of odd notes from the Torchlight. A buggy reconfiguration by an unnamed inventor sparks travel lore while Leonard Boulton sells a patent meal sifter and fly catcher with nationwide reach. Dr Diemer plans to settle permanently at Peavine Ridge then returns to Snagtown. Deputy Doc Walz pursues a watch attachment on Jack May. Postmaster Captain Jack Street trims government rules, including stamp licking. Dora Blanchard heads to Hot Water Springs to sing. John Ruddy remains jailed in Rusty Gulch on multiple charges. Fred Wells returns from Plunkville after spider webs delay his trip. Vander Spencer mails a long letter from Plunkville. Horse Editor notes Nightmare without worry.
Silas Shelburne of Lexington Kentucky advertises tobacco fertilizer at two dollars per bag with a minimum four bag order and twenty two point five dollars per bag for citrus? wait. The offer covers interurban stops or railroad stations in the state plus standard fertilizer for corn wheat and vegetables. A Bourbon county farmer Frank White reportedly saw a high crop of thirty six fifty net.
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