16 Jul 1920
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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
1
Numerous short notices describe residents and visitors from Corbin Louisville Detroit and Lexington, road trips to Mt Vernon Berea Nicholasville and Junction City, Chautauqua attendance, family visits and church preaching. Several names appear with kinship and towns, plus a postponement of a local singing due to rain.
Notes from Lexington report the 13 story LaFayette Hotel will open to guests in September at a cost of 1400,000. Directors decided to operate independently rather than lease to Phoenix Company. The column also mentions local visits, business ventures, highway history, and a booming garage sector.
The White and Myers Chautauqua closed Monday night after twelve high quality programs that captivated the audience and earned broad approval. Local committees and sponsors, including McDonald, Miss Smith, and Mr. Givens, earned praise for efficient management and shared in the triumph, with plans already made for next year and a signed contract by a long list of supporters from Brodhead Livingston Wildie and Mt. Vernon communities.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Ooli C Anf Diarrhok Remedy as a highly approved medicine. It claims strong user praise and urges readers to try the product when in need of a remedy.
Wanted: man with team or automobile able to post bond to market 137 Watkins home and farm products. Territory in this county open. Potential annual income about 1500 to 5000 dollars. Write now to J R Watking Co Dept 144 Winona Minnesota.
The article explains the new five member County Board of Education to be elected countywide with forty signatures needed for ballot placement. The board selects a county superintendent, sets salaries above 1200 dollars yearly, appoints district trustees, fixes school taxes, and creates attendance duties, aiming to improve rural schools and national strength.
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York declares education combats ultra radical agitation. He emphasizes reason and proper schooling as the strongest defense against political mistakes and misstatements.
Rural Kentucky faces persistent teacher shortages with many counties short of teachers again this season. The piece cites Dr. P. P. Claxton on nationwide shortages and substandard qualifications, urging voters to elect capable county boards in November to improve school efficiency and attract qualified teachers.
A letter to the Bureau of Education in Washington argues that urban families are denied housing while rural residents lack access to schools. The writer uses a pointed line about the inequity of education and housing.
Local items report Mrs Hobart Griffin and son George Samuel visiting relatives in Mt Vernon over the past week. Many residents, including Alma Pike and Miss Ethel House, visit kin in Mt Vernon and Cincinnati. The Livingston Graded School hires W R Dickerson Georgia McClure and a Miss Large to teach. Senator La Follette may be a third presidential candidate this year as the field widens.
A diary fragment recounts a boy and his father playing golf with misadventures and swearing. The week covers swinging mishaps on Friday, family jokes over indigestion on Saturday, a bread-label incident Sunday, a discussion about a wife driving a man to drink Monday, parties with ice cream Tuesday, a bee hotel in Higginson’s yard Wednesday, and a sore Thursday ending the week.
A 31x4 Goodyear diamond tread tire and rim were lost between Berea and Conway on last Sunday afternoon. Finder should report to or return them to K J Smith, Brodhead, Kentucky to receive a reward.
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