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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
3
A historical note credits Louisvtte and the Nasuville Railroad Company with work on a route described as 23 south of South. The fragmentary text references railroad activity and a location near an identified southern point.
Monticello residents and area visitors report a string of illnesses travels and duties. Luther Manus suffers typhoid fever while Miss Fan Sparks stays at Crab Orchard for weeks. J C West visits for a few days as attorney and Mrs Brown spend last week in Louisville. Several local families host guests including Miss Gardner Elizabethtown and Misses Alice Hobson Jane Adams Frankfort.
U G Baker and S B McKenzie are appointed to the Board of Election Commissioners. Norick calls for immediate settlement of all debts to the estate of A T Fish. Boone Way Fund notes S B Ramsey as a booster. A Lincoln county farmer reportedly reaps 25 acres at 25 bushels per acre. Rockcastle county yields 750 bushels on 25 acres at 30 bushels per acre. Gus Staverson, near Mt. Vernon, grows grain weighing 66 pounds per measured bushel and plans seeding use. Much of this wheat will be saved for seeding.
Round trip offers include Barbourville 205 dollars with Sept 3 4 5 deadlines for Knox County Fair. Lexington 27 dollars from Sept 9 to 13 with Sept 16 limit for Colored Fair Agricultual and Mechanical Association. London 115 dollars Sept 26 to 29 with Aug 31 limit for Laurel County Fair. Special train from Richmond via Stanford at 6 30 am Aug 29 and Mt Vernon at 8 52 am. Sewell Democratic candidate promotes Boone Way highway bill to Kentucky legislature and potential federal funding.
C H Hines of Whitlow Arkansas suffered constipation and indigestion and spent hundreds on doctors in St Louis and New Orleans without relief. After using Chamberlain tablets he recovered and reports being all right. Sold by Chas C Davis.
A humorous note from the Brodhead Fair scene recounts quips about Cumberland Gap and egg prices. Audiences joke about races including horse mule and ostrich, with a boy’s puzzled question to Mr. Griffin winning crowd smiles and a promise to bring his grandmother next year.
The court will continue next week. Hobe McClure, charged with breaking into the Mullins Station depot, was acquitted.
The Keencastle Circuit Court opens with Judge Charles A iardin presiding as special judge in the Thirteenth Judicial District. Jurors are selected, minor offences heard, and observers note a rare absence of murder cases on the docket as the term may adjourn soon. Delegates to the American Road Congress discuss federal aid for highways with plans by Bourne Swanson Shackelford and others. Public sentiment grows for national road funding.
Mrs D L Kenney reports relief after fifty years with tetter. The claim credits Dr Hobsons Eczema Ointment as a perfect cure. Advertisement notes availability from Pfeiffer Chemical Co in St Louis and Philadelphia.
The speaker argues that years ago a concerted effort by the people could have achieved a desired outcome if only unity and collective demand had been present. No specific date person or organization is named in the readable text.
In Clinton Maine KE. EK. Chamberlain commends Bucklen's Arnica Salve as instantly reducing pain from cuts and injuries and claims it is an unrivaled healing remedy. Available 25 cents at Chas. C. Davis. Also advertisement for a modern moving picture show in a western city priced at 12500 with trade or down payment options, Richmond Kentucky address O. C. Evans.
Sedentary habits lack of outdoor exercise insufficient mastication constipation a torpid liver worry and anxiety never eating partaking of unsuitable food and drink Correct your habits and take Chamberlains Tablets and you will soon be well again For sale by all dealers.
Special attention grows to collections at the Bank of Mt Vernon on Chute street. Contact via phone number 80 for inquiries and services available on the 2nd floor.
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