War era advice and mobilization urged on citizens
A broad wartime circular urges Americans to conserve food and increase home production. It stresses wheat, meat, and fats for victory, promotes planting vegetables and larger crops, and calls for buying Liberty and War Thrift stamps. It mentions recruitment for shipbuilding, registration for government service, and local council meetings in Mt Vernon Kentucky with notes on public figures and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y M.C. A
Red Cross
Peter
R. EK. Spence
Shome
Germany
America
M. Pennington
Chim
Chim. Rocacastle
Rockcastle
Mt Vernon
War Council
Local notes from Brodhead and area events
Eld J W Masters of Corbin visits Gum Sulphur with his brother and other brief local movements are reported. Cashier A M Hiatt travels to Pineville and Harlan. Births, recoveries, illnesses, a high school play fundraiser for Red Cross, and a comment on a Livingston police judge frame a busy local page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eld
J. W. Masters
Corbin
William Masters
A. M. Hiatt
Pineville
Harlan
L.B. Hilton
James Butner
J. R. Cass
Homedof
B.T. Young
R.l.smith
Hiatt
Samuel Black
Condi
Red Cross Chapter
Mt. Vernon
Red Cross
Freedom and Democracy in Wartime Sacrifices
The poem expresses acceptance of wartime orders for meatless, heatless, and sweetless days, tied to Uncle Sam and global democracy. It recalls colonial hardship and vows tolerance for shortages to ensure liberty for future generations, featuring a signature from Prof. J. L. Pilkenton of Brodhead, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Prof
J. L. Pilkenton
Brodhead
Also Mentioned on This Page
Citizens Big War Council
Mt. Vernon Court House
Morey
W. B.gravely
Middlesboro
Allen Hiatt
Court House
Opera House
Christian Church
H. T. Young Food
Rockcastle County Defense Committee
Billi Owens
Livingston
The
Kentucky Red Cross
Sam
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Fred
Eer
Vit
Vernon
Dixie-Booaz
Adams Farm
No.1
Richmond Street
Main Street
Sam Davia
C. C. Williams
Fritz Krueger
Old Main Street
Rex Peavine, JR
Black Horse
Breede
Earling Cain
McCormick
H. C. Jones
W. A. McKenzie
MT. Vernon, KY
J. C. Moore
CiCock
Anael Cox Bidg
Chamberlain’s
L. W. Bethurum
Church Street
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