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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
3
A time table notice appears for C Sieur, Louisvtte and NashVILLe P R Co with Jas. Lanorum as agent. Includes phone number 8 and postal handling details indicating second class mail matter at Mt Vernon Kentucky Post Office.
A stream of local updates lists residents and visitors in Pine Hill Wildie and surrounding towns. Individuals include Mr Editor and family, Jack Wood Wildie sick with typhoid improving, O W Wallin at K P plant, Ethel Baker with aunt, J A Bryant taking Northern Pacific telegraph work, Mrs Joe Coffey improving, J W Catlin visiting from Livingston, Georgia Rice and Edna Davis in Louisville, Walter Rice at the lime plant, Mrs John Colyer visiting from Tucson, Mary Proctor visiting, Mrs C C Williams visiting her daughter, and many others. The text mentions the K P C & Co Pine Hill engine operator, bedrest progress, recent entertainments in Lexington, U C D P meetings, and planned visitor days at the plant with designated guides and restricted days.
BRODHEAD residents recall a large July event with hundreds from surrounding counties expected to attend a genuine homecoming at the fair grounds. The town notes many local movements and social visits including weddings, school positions, and church meetings as the community concentrates on shared memories and upcoming summer activities.
Juedyan McCormick died Monday at home near Pine Hill aged 63 and was buried Tuesday at Langford. Mt. Vernon reports record poultry eggs and produce volume with improving merchant trade. Leth Hamlin son of A H Hamlin was badly injured by a saw log in foggy Bell County woods where Hamlin runs a large logging contract.
The marriage of George Ismay a Tulsa merchant to Lula V Gentry occurred June 5 in Tulsa. The bride is daughter of George W Gentry of Rockcastle now residing in Oklahoma. Local lodge of Modern Brotherhood of America to organize in Mt Vernon Ky June 16 at Krueger Hall.
The Paigon Play From the Manger to the Cross or Jesus of Nazareth will be shown for 20 and 10 cents per viewing across several towns. Rockcastle residents can view the reels during the Mt Vernon Fair on August 6 7 and 8. Mr Owens secured the reels for three nights at Mt Vernon with the same admission as before. Extensive requests have been made for the return of this feature.
Dr Daniel Boone Southard of Stanford remembered the pioneer after whom Boone Way is named and dropped a dollar into the postage fund. George T Johnson of Peters Shoe Co increased the fund with a generous contribution. Will Carmical operates a boarding house opposite the depot in Pine Hill.
The Peoples Bank of Mt. Vernon and Citizens Bank of Brodhead file June 1913 financial statements showing assets, liabilities, and profits with sworn signatures. A stabbing near Livingston leaves H. W. Bowman dead. Harrison Holt fled after the fatal attack over disputed sheep damages.
Bank of Mt. Vernon report shows total assets of 98 641 85 with cash on hand 6 475 46 due from banks 6 730 60 as of June 4 1973. Also notes a Mrs Mary M Miller obituary aged 77 detailing a sudden illness and burial at Elmwood cemetery. Mt Vernon Fair slated for Aug 6 7 and 8 invites premiums and participation.
A health note warns that rapid eating leads to indigestion and constipation and future illness. It advises thorough chewing, slower meals, and using Chamberlain's Tablets for relief when the stomach feels full or dull. Sold by Chas. C. Davis.
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