Advertising rules reveal origin of Rockcastle County name
Advertising notes explain Rockcastle County took its name from river rock formations called rock castles. The feature links the name to early settler lore tied to Col. Richard Henderson and the Transylvania colony project. Also noted is the death of Senator William O Connell Bradley, a longtime ally of Boone Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockcastle County
Richard Henderson
Transylvania
Boone Way
William O'Connell Bradley
Federal Plan For Highways Betterment
National policy favors states as the unit for highway funding with an initial federal aid plan around five million dollars, matching state funds to total ten million. Federal inspection is debated but seen as workable with proper safeguards, while past spending shows steady growth in national and state road expenditures since 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Post Offices and Post Roads Committe
House
Secretary of Agriculture
National Good Roads Board
American Automobile Association
George C. Dieh
Congress
United States
Evening Up Scores and Quarrel Over Pie
A brief item notes tension as a person complains about guests and past disputes. The exchange references a pie gesture and ongoing hostilities with neighbors or rivals, hinting at lingering feuds.
Deafness Cure Claim By Hall's Catarrh Cure
A midwestern advertorial note claims deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It promises $100 for any case cured by the product and lists Toledo Ohio makers with 75-cent sales through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Oledo Ohio
In Memory of H. H. Baker
The obituary notes the death of H H Baker a long time Rockcastle resident after months of illness. He lived with Mr and Mrs Jonas McKenzie in recent years receiving care from Mrs McKenzie and their family. The piece reflects faith in Jesus and the afterlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockcastle County
Baptist Church
Jesus
Christ
Harris H. Baker
Rockastle County
Maranda McQueary
Pulaska County
Richard Collier
Lydia White
Matilda Adams
Sallie McKenzie
Jop Thompson
Lancaster
William Baker
Annabel
Missouri
Jonas McKenzie
John McKenzie
Mt. Vernon
Andrew Baker
Pulaski County
J. J. Purcell
Plato
Little George McKenzie
H H. Baker
Rockcastle
McKenzie
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MI Vernon
Edgar S. Albright
Kentucky Press Association
BiLly Sunday
America
Louisville
Bill
Central Life Insurance Co
W. H. Gregory
Lexington
H. H. Baker
Castoria
Sra Ey
Henry Watterson
Louisville, KY
Hiatwict
Isville
Robert B. Jones
Cincinnati
Junction City
BANK
The
Peoples Bank
Peoples $ Bank
Hanna’‘s
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