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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
2
The Mt. Vernon Signal publishes its advertising rates after applying for space. The notice outlines pricing for various ad sizes and durations, inviting business owners to submit applications to reserve slots in upcoming issues.
A读 passage mocks Eastern Kentucky mountain residents for progressing quickly despite limited rail access. It notes Hazard and Mc Roberts demand faster travel to Winchester and back, jokes about future planes, and contrasts generous gifts for the wealthy with meager aid for the poor. The June Interstate Commerce Commission report cites 10 555 deaths and 169 585 injuries on American railroads, up from the prior year, prompting calls to protest needless slaughter.
A late 19th or early 20th century item notes thousands at work on the Panama Canal project suggesting smooth completion. It also offers chiding holiday advice about safe celebration and mild humor on kissing customs and red hair marriage myths.
A chaotic column from Cooksburg dated December 17 1912 blends self deprecating notes on writing and distant worries about Christmas bills. The message laments AI hype and parcel delays while urging thrift and neighborly support. The author mentions his son W R Allen in Covington Kentucky.
Albert Allen Hansford recalls a visit to Covington where a concrete fire proof automobile complex on Scott Street impressed him. He praises smooth roads, fine brick and stone schoolhouses, and local officers who enforce school attendance, urging his Rockcastle neighbors to adopt similar roads, schools, and churches.
An old newspaper blurb warns pneumonia as the chief killer in winter and spring and urges early use of a claimed remedy. It cites testimonials from Wes George W Place of Rawseville Wisconsin and promises relief for coughs colds bronchial afflictions with a bottle offered for 50 cents or a dollar with free trial at Chas C. Davis.
A mixed set of items including a life insurance offer promising cash benefits for sickness and death, a humorous reflection on long distance and local classes, a quarrel anecdote about a Californian smoker, a round trip holiday via Queen and Crescent Route with specific dates for sale, and a medical tip advising warm foot baths with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ward off colds.
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