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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
1
Ed Gentry indicts Rev F M Jones alias Hillard over unpatriotic statements while Jones dodges under church protection. Williams denounces anti government rhetoric and defends the Y M C A as essential to the war effort, urging accountability and loyalty.
The article condemns teachers for weak wartime effort arguing they must educate parents about pledges and thrift, explain food priorities, and support national unity. It calls teachers to show loyalty, energize campaigns, and lead by example to lift morale and bolster mobilization. It warns only two national factions exist, supporters and opponents.
LEVELGREEN J B Cummins and son Roy visited from Sunday to Wednesday. Julesburg visitor French visits grandmother and Rockcastle relatives. Miss Myrtle Baker returns home after holiday visit with Susie Lawrence. Miss Ola Debord home from Dedley for holidays. L C Patterson Oil & Gas moved machinery to J R C Lathim farm. Ed Jones in from the west for weeks. Zelma Brown at Berea and Anna Brown from Langdon Memorial home for Xmas. Estil Price visiting mother. W F Debord confined by rheumatism but able to be up. W J Brown from Crab Orchard visits parents. Cress family and John visit Plato parents. M E Burton Jr sold 36 bugs to H F Broyles. Miss Bess Debord, Berea faculty, home for holidays. School plans entertainment for last day. Mr and Mrs H F Todd spend Xmas with Eugene McWilliams at Bandy.
An old advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applicators and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the condition arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promises $100 for any case cured neither by the remedy nor blood action. Circulars free. price 75 cents. I J Chemney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Folks in Disputanta reflect on the holiday calm after Christmas. Ada and Bessie Chasteen of Goochland visited, while Sherman Chasteen sold a Goochland farm for 25000 to Geo Gatliff and plans to relocate. Willis Chasteen returns from Chillacotha Ohio after serving with Uncle Sam. Granison Clard and daughter Fannie of Dreyfus visit relatives, and Rev. Geo Childress plans to move to his farm here next Thursday. Welfare wishes to keep Bro Childress with them.
The article advises giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first sign of hoarseness to ward off an attack. It emphasizes preventing danger and anxiety by early treatment during croup onset.
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