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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
3
Entry shows a railroad time table for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company with departure times 5.10 pm 3.56 am 12:13 am and indicates Jas Lanorum as agent with a phone number. The document is entered at Mt Vernon Kentucky post office as second class mail matter.
Press Chas. B. Anderson traveled from Berea during the week. Master J. Preston Young visits relatives in Brodhead. Mrs. S. D. Lewis and her mother Mrs. Weber depart for Chattanooga. County Attorney E. R. Gentry was elected president of the Eleventh District Sunday School Convention held in Williamsburg last week.
A letter from Jas. Proctor addressed to Republican friends states he is actively entering the county court clerk race, insists he is running on his own merits, and urges voters to ignore rumors and vote for him, with a pledge to follow the golden rule.
The Dixie Highway route from north to south is settled with Livingston chosen for the river route via Rockcastle to Parkers Creek, meeting Laurel County at Parkers Creek. The compromise ends earlier disputes over the Gauley route and secures local funding and support from Berea College surveyors and community leaders. Work is expected to begin soon linking Rockcastle and Laurel to the broader highway network.
Livingston holds a flag raising ceremony tomorrow afternoon with speakers including Thomas of the Chamber of Commerce Richmond and County Attorney E R Gentry. A 26 pound black saw with a white face stripe is missing. owner must cover costs. A logging contract offers about one million feet west of Hazel Patch on Rockcastle river via Valley Creek Lumber Co. Miss Maggie Hansel and Mr. Geo S Dirham wed at Livingston. they plan to reside locally. Fontaine Fox Bobbitt, once Lincoln county attorney, is now in Eastern Kentucky State Hospital after a lunacy ruling. Fish's Special Suits advertise riding pants for local youth.
Mr D J Hunt of Danville Kentucky married Miss Laura Stephens Danville on May 24 in Stanford and will reside in Danville after visiting relatives. Mrs Florence Sage and two sons returned from San Antonio Texas to spend a month with her mother Mrs Helen Griffin. Mr and Mrs Griffin and son Rex of Knoxville Tennessee visit their mother. Mrs R B Nilmott and children of Brodhead visited her mother Mrs McCall and Mrs James Frith. Mrs Campbell Houk remains very sick. Miss Shelby Payne and Marguerite Harris of Brodhead visited Miss Angie Hunt. Mr Bill Harris called on one of...
The document lists precinct tallies including East Mt. Vernon 88 West Mt. Vernon 107 Roeundstone 66 Scaffold Cane 65 Crooked Creek 54 Orlando 34 Livingston 100 Walnut Grove 48 Browns 164 Noth Brodhead 108 Powers 39 Pine Hill 40 Wildie 56 Red Hill 46 South Brodhead 59 with a county total of 1014 registering as between 21 and 31 years old.
Mrs. P H Martin of Peru Indiana reports two daughters with whooping cough recovered quickly after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The note highlights loosened cough and easy expectoration as benefits.
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