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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
3
A notice records Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company entered at Mt Vernon Kentucky Post Office as second class mail matter.
The week featured numerous health updates and visits. Everette Mullins was among the sick. Rev Geo S Watson stayed with his mother in Frankfort. Edgar Mullins returned from Paris for the Primary Election and Fair. Chase Mullins faces typhoid at home near Mullins Station. Local residents hosted relatives from Cincinnati to Lima Ohio and discussed real estate activities in California.
Mt Vernon fairs for 1914 will feature a $500 Futurity colt show amid notes on local activity. Irish potatoes sell for $1.00 per bushel as storefront brick work on Sutton and McBee is praised for its fine finish. Rev Geo S Watson's Frankfort card hints at Boone's Wilderness Road records and a Ky River vacation.
Kish 15 special suits praised as finest at the price while Florsheim shoes cost more per pair but last longer. Winons Arrow Collar debuted at Fish's. Brodhead Fair ongoing with strong attendance and floral displays. Community notices of church services, a dental appointment, and Democratic precinct committee election announced. Hor Nat B Sewell visits fair and plans a vigorous campaign.
J W Baker announces closing sale of dry goods notions hoes harness and groceries at first cost with all stock to go within sixty days. Also notes the illness of Hon T Morrow in Somerset and a freight yard accident involving Dwight Bowman with injuries but not serious per Dr Laswell.
A. H. Bastin announces sale of Rockcastle Home Telephone Co to James Maret and Wace H. Graves of Mt Vernon. New Mt Vernon Telephone Co will place a switchboard there and extend lines to Brodhead Pine Hill Mullins Station Brush Creek Conway and other areas. Stock will be offered to local business and professional people. Bastin requests appreciation for subscribers and notes rates will rise 25 to 40 percent after improvements yet still remain lower than most systems.
Judge B J Bethurum of the Twenty eighth district is rapidly recovering after four weeks in Kenosha Wisconsin and Louisville Kentucky for treatment. He plans to resume duties after September first in Rockcastle Clinton Pulaski and Wayne counties. Bethurum has been absent since January following three operations and other illnesses. He reports improved strength and golf on the links as he nears full recovery.
The Louisville Times reports on a well known local figure celebrated with affection by friends and admirers throughout Kentucky. The note highlights widespread fondness and communal recognition of his impact.
A puff ad claims Kickapoo Worm Killer cures worms in children, improves appetite and digestion, and promotes health. It cites symptoms like feverishness, irritability, and restless behavior, urging purchase from Chas. C. Davis or by mail for 25 cents.
A vivid gallery of residents is depicted, naming a liar, a sponger, a smart alec, a giggling girl, a weather prophet, a nosy neighbor, a tattling woman, a know-it-all man, a Jacksonian Democrat, a Lincoln Republican, and numerous loafers. It notes meddlesome old women, a prying thing, an unenforced stock law, a gay widower, men who comment on women, capable county managers, a boastful youth, a post office-goer girl, and many men with worn trousers, plus readers who grumble at editors yet eagerly read the paper.
Sedentary habits lack of outdoor exercise and poor chewing contribute to stomach trouble. Constipation torpid liver worry and anxiety and overeating from unsuitable food add to the problem. Correct habits and take Chamberlain's Tablets and you will soon be well again. For sale by all dealers.
Hon. Caleb Powers urges a $600000 federal highway from Cumberland Gap to Crab Orchard linking Bell Knox Laurel Rockcastle and part of Lincoln counties to expose coal and timber resources to outside visitors. He notes local taxes cannot fund the project and promotes Boone Way booster certificates to support the effort.
A Snow Hill North Carolina resident details a two month struggle with dysentery starting mid July, losing weight from 145 to 125 pounds, and finding permanent relief after using two bottles of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Sold by Chas. C. Davis.
Mrs D L Kenney praises Dr Hobson’s Eczema Ointment for curing a tetter that troubled her for over fifty years. The ad notes the product cures burning itching and smarting skin and is available through Pfeiffer Chemical Co with mail order from St. Louis and Philadelphia.
A political note from East Bernstadt Kentucky dated August 12 1913 thanking voters in Laurel and Rockcastle counties for nominating the speaker on the second of the month The author expresses gratitude for friends support and pledges to prove worthy and seek continued backing from all voters including those who supported opponents or could not vote in the primary due to the law
A brief note from C. R. Luker thanks supporters for past favors and asks for continued backing in the upcoming November election. The message closes with a respectful sign off.
A Whitlow Arkansas resident recalls spending hundreds on medicines and trips to St. Louis and New Orleans hospitals for constipation and indigestion before finding cure with Chamberlain's Tablets. The testimonial, sold by Chas. C. Davis, credits the remedy with restoring health.
Hopewell social updates include Bertha Carmical with Sallie Sowder. Alfred Barnes welcomes a fine girl. Emma Pitman and children visit Mt. Vernon with Mrs. Ferguson. Ethel Cox ill with fever. Rev Carmical hosting meetings at Flat Lick. Hattie Carmical visits Mt. Vernon. Jerry and Arch Kirby with Wm. Kirby. Cynthia Niceley listed sick. Isabelle Ping returns from Walnut Grove, her mother improving. Rev Jas Barnes conducts services. road work active in the area.
An advertisement claims constipation causes many ailments and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular. Sold by Chas. C. Davis.
Wanted for delivery after September 1 1913 to Brodhead Kentucky. Ten or more cords or bundles of sassafras roots sought. For particulars write Knots Essential Oil Co Brodhead Ky July 4 41.
E. E. Chamberlain of Clinton Maine says Bucklen's Amnica Salve removes pain from cuts bruises sprains burns and other skin injuries. It is claimed to be an unrivaled healing remedy and is priced at 25 cents at Chas C Davis.
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