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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
3
Railroad timetable entry for Lovisciie and Nashville Railway Company lists departures at 4.59 pm 3.53 am and 11.43 am and provides a contact phone number. Posted from Mt Vernon Kentucky with second class mail status.
A stream of visitors and local movements is recorded. Master Julian Miller remains very sick with typhoid, while J. P. Mullins is reported slightly improved. People from Crab Orchard, Corbin, Paris, Louisville, Livingston, and Level Green are noted visiting or traveling through Mt. Vernon and nearby areas.
Local items report Edgar Mullins selling a house and lot on West Main near fairgrounds to J L Robinson. Kentucky collects 35 million in internal revenue yearly, with talk of a back share to build Boone Way. Church news notes Rev D E Allen’s protracted meeting with twenty four additions. Public notices urge year end settlements and tuition payments. The Mt Vernon Power Co selects West Main St site for wiring efficiency. Dedication of Hotel Boone Way and a road meeting set for February 22 with plans for a Boone Way Good Roads gathering.
WM. Bullock transfers ownership of a fine saddle shop to Mr. Ever-Cee. The sale concludes a local business deal that changes ownership of the saddlery in town.
Local notices and ads include for rent a West Main store room by G T Johnson in Dec 1941 Mt Vernon. Smith reports a baby girl named Olemargarine. A black filly for exchange for a gray horse is offered by S B Ramsey. Estate notices seek claims against Nancy J Hunt. debtors urged to settle with John Parsons Adm. Rev O F Wisner surveys social and economic conditions. roads and church leadership discussed. Community health notes call for water safety and cleaner streets in Mt Vernon.
Administrator offers at public sale on January 3 1914 at the hunter residence the property of Nancy J. Hunt including work mules farming tools hogs sheep corn hay bees and a road wagon Items sell for cash under five dollars and for five dollars plus note with security due in six months at six percent interest Overcoats dresses and suits offered at five and ten dollars James Winsted jailer elect is noted as buyer and the garden spot supplied jail vegetables
Frightful old style advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Color Re storer for gray hair and scalp. Claims darkening, beautifying effects without dye, non greasy, harmless, and promises three bottles by parcel post or refund. Hessig-Ellis Memphis, Tenn.
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