22 Aug 1913
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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
1
A raincoat from Clothcraft is promoted as easy to wear, durable, and wool guaranteed. Styles suit any day with rainproof fabric and shape retention, offered in sizes, colors, and weaves from $7 to $15 to bolster a rainy day fund.
Report from Mt. Vernon describes a spring near the L N depot with a surface sheen of oil over limestone water. Six weeks of increasing flow yield both surface oil and bottom oil grains while nearby wells during 1905 produced gas and heavy bitumen but no paying oil.
Mrs G W Martin visits relatives at Stanford. Mrs Florence Monroe visits her sister in Danville. S Pennington of London adjacent. Lemonds family trips to Louisville and Paris Tennessee. Drummonds return from Knoxville. G W Doss ill. Robert Shiplett moves to Cincinnati to live. Hugh Jenkins relocates to Lebanon Junction to work as brakeman. Miss Carrie Graves returns to Paris Kentucky. Mrs Minerva Rader returns home from Louisville. Ed Shay and family visit Fiora Illinois then return. J P E Drummonds visit Knoxville. Ardill Fillpot hosts old fashioned country dance with W M Hicks and pigeon wing dancing noted. Edna born to Mrs George Murphy August 11. both mother and baby healthy. John Walton predicts future Livingston postmaster. Rice Walton with surveyors near East Bernstall. Marion Smith downgrades from Mt Edna to Plains of Gauley British. Miss Pettis French ill. Bill Ward visiting kin.
Senator Bosworth writes from Middlesborough Kentucky in 1913 praising Mt Vernon Commercial Club for progress on the Boone Highway from Cumberland Gap to Crab Orchard. He encloses funds and pledges support, noting the importance of a local newspaper and active commercial club for mountain Kentucky.
The Rockcastle County Fair at Brodhead drew above average attendance with strong stock showing in horses hogs cattle and sheep. A new feature was races while Lincoln County day and balloon events drew crowds. Premium winners included Shiver Pike Burton Allison Chandler Lovings and others in corn wheat beans potatoes onions and more.
An advertisement warns parents that feverish behavior, restlessness, dizziness, appetite changes, and peculiar habits indicate worms. It touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a cure that kills worms, improves appetite, and steadies stomach, liver, and bowels. Distributed by Chas. C. Davis or mail order for 25 cents.
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