Local notes from Brack Parham and area residents
Tellico Bank official Bane Carson visits with parents in Tennessee. Locals Lena McCall Jewel Francisco B R Wilmott and Frank Ward in Martinsburg. Attorney E R Gentry from Mt Vernon in town. Mrs J W Proctor ill but improving. Miss Emma Sutton visiting Corbin. Jesse Fish in town. Mrs O A Frith visiting Livingston. S T Proctor from Mt Vernon sees ill mother. Mrs L B Hilton of Stanford visiting Ashcraft in Bright. A J and W E Haggard sell 33 acre goal farm for $500.08 to J W Kincer as family plans move. Dr W E Gravely to rebuild storehouse after fire. B G Anderson to bring two story feature essential oil Co machinery. Miss Willie Benton and Shirley Tate married in Millersburg. J H Barnett in Louisville. Commercial Club planned to boost Boone Way for 98 mile Pike project. W P Rigsle and John Robins in Lincoln on business. Born to wives of Arch Albright and Wm Potts. Brack Parham to join Queen & Crescent as telegraph operator at McKinney.
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Bane Carson
Tellico Bank & Trust Co
Tellico Plains
Tennessee
W. A. Carson
Lena McCall
Jewel Francisco
B. R Wilmott
Frank Ward
Maretburg
E. R. Gentry
Mt. Vernon
J. W. Proctor
Emma Sutton
Walter Boyd
Corbin
Jesse Fish
O. A. Frith
A. Pennington
Livingston
S.T. Proctor
Mt .Vernon
L. B Hilton
Stanford
E. G. Ashcraft
Bright
R. E. Alberty i Ward
C. A.’ Frith
A. J
Ww. E. Haggard
Essential Oil C5
Louisville
Willie Benton
Shirley Tate
Millersburg
J. H. Barnett
Ottawa
Brodhead
Pike
Crab Orchard
Cumberland Gap
W. P. Rigsle
John Robins
Lincoln
Arch Albright
Wm. Potts
Brack Parbam
Queen & Crescent
McKinney
Quail KY Reader Letter to Editor February 1913
A brief reader submission from Quail Kentucky dated February 11 1913 addressed to the editor and Verona signals section. The fragment records a formal greeting and correspondence. The piece conveys a civic or community voice typical of early 20th century local newspapers.
Progressives urged to form Rockcastle County party
Letters from PB H Shutts of Bromo advocate a permanent county Progressive organization to challenge secessionists. The writer praises the party as a voice for the common people and urges a full ticket for the November election. A Florida writer laments poor roads and asks for remedies to improve travel for families and schools.
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Rockcastle County
PB. H. Shutts
Bromo
Peo
Snow
Gny
P. H. Shutts
Florida Road Talk Paints Sunshine State Appeal
A letter from S. M. extols Florida for roads climate and prospects. He praises orange groves, winter gardening, and cheap truck farming while noting high living costs and a mixed view of African Americans. He describes labor, wages, and a lifestyle near the world’s largest orange grove and in timber and turpentine districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockcastle
Florida
S. M
Deafness Cure Claim Promoted by Hall's Catarrh Cure
A local advertises a cure for deafness attributed to catarrh and claims nine of ten cases improve with a constitutional remedy. It offers a hundred dollar reward for any case not cured and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney Co in Toledo Ohio with 75 cent pills. A quizty cartoon blurb ends with a joke about Delilah and Samson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. Cheney & Co
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Milaca
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Chamberlain
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Nick of the Woods
Wildwood, Fla
Signal
Laurel County
Jody
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Delilah
Samson
Tommy
Solite
Vernon
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