Local Notes Highlight Visits and Deaths in LaFollette Area
Local items recount visitors including J H Francisco and relatives in Corbin and Louisville, a death in Ottawa with burial at Freedom church, and community updates on War Savings events, Army Medical Corps officer commission, and residents touring Tyler Texas oil fields.
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J.H. Francisco
LaFollette
Tenn
Francisco
Elnora Frith
Susie Hicks
Corbin
L.B Hilton
B. E Elder
Stanford
J.R. Cass
J. F. Watson
Everett Watson
West Point
J. D. Martin
Louisville
Brown & Craig
B. B Bowling
East Bernstadt
Eld L.N. Bowling
George Delaney
G.m.johnson
Wm. Hysinger
Lexington
P. E Shiver
Wm. French
Texas
French
Texas & Pacific
J.8. Frith
Lebanon Junction
J. Frith
W. C. Hopkins
Harlan
Dock Owens
Granville Owens
J. S. Cash
Ottawa
Freedom Church
Owens
Walker Owens
Mt. Vernon
J. R. West
Laurel
L. N. Bowling
R. H Hicks
United States Coal & Coke Co
Benham
Harlan County
Lem Teaters
Lancaster
W. E. McWilliams
Medical Corps
National Army
France
Clyde Watson
Mildred Robins
Austin Durham
Garrard
Madison
Mary Albright
Ashville
N. C
Obituary of a good woman gone but not forgotten
Eliza A. Dowell Cummins, born August 2 1849, died May 14 1918 aged 69. Wife of S T Cummins, mother of six, three sons and a daughter survive. She joined the Church of Christ in girlhood and remained a member until death. Funeral May 15 at Providence with Rev David Gentry officiating. burial in Providence Cemetery.
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Eliza A
Sim
Polly Dowell
S. T. Cummins
Sis
Church of Christ
S. L. Cummins
Crab Orchard
W. H. Dowell
Elliston
Geo. Cummins
Quail
J. W. Brown
Ottawa
Providence
David Gentry
Albright Takes Command and War Effort Expanded
W J McQueen, new Laurel resident, reports plans to return home as talk of saving time draws scrutiny. Commentaries note Albright assuming control and the war effort intensifying while laws target idle behavior for men aged sixteen to sixty.
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Albright
Livingston
Gore
W. J. McQueen
Laurel
Catarrhal Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedy
Catarrhal Deafness cannot be cured by local applications. The only cure is a constitutional remedy like Hall's Catarrh Medicine that acts through the blood to heal inflamed mucous surfaces. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by the medicine and provides free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Food Administration Tightens Sugar Ration and War Effort
The Atlantic coast activity has cut sugar supply with limits of two pounds per town sale and five for county buyers. Twenty five pounds may be bought for fruit prep with a certificate restricting use. Government buys wool via approved Louisville dealers D. Davis & Son Isaac Rosenbaum & Co and M. Sabel & Sons. Wool price linked to July 1917 market. 1918 wheat price adjusted for freight. certificates for sugar fruit lots sent weekly. Patriotic pledges rise as rural counties mail them. every extra hour of work boosts food production for the war.
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Atlantic
D. Davis & Son
Isaac Rosenbaum & U Co
M. Sabel & Sons
Louisville
Habit of eating slowly aids digestion says chartist advice
The instruction urges regular slow eating and thorough mastication. If trouble arises, take one Chamberlain's Tablet immediately after supper as a simple remedy.
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Chamberlain
Highway land owners to clear obstructions near public roads
The act compels landowners bordering public highways to remove brush and obstructions and keep hedges trimmed. Counties must publish notices yearly before July 1 and post handbills. Violations bring fines. road engineers face fines for failing to publish notices. Costs of notices borne by the county. the act repeals conflicting laws.
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Commonwealth
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Edgar S. Albright
Kentucky Press Association
Brodhead
Mother
Fletcher
ATV Lededuh
Farmers National Bank
May’s Collection Agency
Somerset
Masonic Bldg
G&ji
G&j'tires
John Robins
Wallins Creek
Kentucky
R. B. Winkler
Pershing
National War Savings
National War Savings Committee
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Cam Mullins
C. Guy Roberts
D. Abney
J. P. Ww
D. Mullins
J. P. Freeman
Ketron J. P
Meat Business
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Illinois
U.S.A
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