Louisvice and NasHvuce R R Co Notice in Mt Vernon Post
Entered at the Mt Vernon Kentucky post office as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
3
Entered at the Mt Vernon Kentucky post office as second class mail matter.
Paris engineer LeMaster visits town as Rev H T Young recalls a boy named Pauline. Numerous residents travel to Louisville Lexington and Indianapolis while others discuss shipping coal rate moves and a new ferry boat at Rockcastle river ford. Sunday schools reorganize at Chestnut Ridge and Buckeye with new superintendents. Mt Vernon fair stand contract progresses. J Fish & Son offer draft-guarded clothing refunds. First State Bank of Livingston opens with Charley Thompson as cashier.
A local appeal urges residents to elect a tailor who pledges to cut annual county costs by 300 dollars, claiming to work for 1200 dollars less overall. The candidate invites inquiries to verify his record and asks to give the working man a chance.
Notice identifies a black saw horse or dog? weight about 200 pounds with a white stripe up its face and lists J. W. Minklis of Maretburg Kentucky as owner. It says the owner can recover by paying all costs and damage. June-fo-8T.
Needing workers for the new grand stand Neal Parret is foreman and invites those who promised to work to report next Monday morning. Subscribers are urged to take stock within days to fund lumber. Hannah Isabella King, daughter of Mr and Mrs John King, marries John Madison Fish on June 9 1917 at Carney's Point New Jersey. The groom, eldest son of Mr and Mrs G C Fish, has two years of Naval service and works at the Government Munition plant in Carney's Point earning 1300 a year. The Signal offers congratulations.
The article reports satisfaction with conference conclusions on routing the Dixie Boone Highway linking Rockcastle and Laurel counties. It notes Mt Vernon boosters Dr. Walker Owens and David Craig visiting Winchester, along with Winchester residents Dr. M L Myers and family and Miss Risse Williams. The piece mentions Miss Rose McCord visiting with Rev Michel and praises McCord's mountain work.
Wanted to contract logging job about three miles west of Hazel Patch on Rockcastle river. About one million feet in the tract. Good logging and money for the right man. Apply to R L Paynes Livingston Ky Rep Valley Creek Lumber Co.
I J W Brown reports a Rockcastle County 1916 settlement with Sheriff Cam Mullins. He details levies on polls and property for county road school and sinking fund, lists total assessed property, deductions, and balances due for various funds. The report notes funds and unpaid balances, with a request to review the Treasurer’s settlement for other county accounts.
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