Local notes and social notes from Mt Vernon area
A compilation of short items lists residents visiting relatives in Louisville and Brodhead, travels to Kenosha and Urbana, weddings, fairs, political chatter, and local commerce. It mentions J Fish, Marguerite Welch, W H Weare, Eva Moore, Elizabeth Furnish, Arch Furnish, Uncle Arch, Rev George S Watson, W H Sowder, and others with household and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Furnish
Julia
Ruth Landrum
Louisville
Arch Furnish
Ohio
Annie Richards
Warsaw
Reward Offered for Arrest of Harrison Holt in Fatal Killing
A 1913 murder case details a $300 reward for the arrest and delivery of Harrison Holt to the Laurel county jail after he killed H. W. Bowman on Monday June 16. The State adds a $200 reward, and the note mentions related local notices about clean up days, postmaster applicant Cecil Williams, and updates on Brodhead fair administration and bank floor repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrary
Harrison Holt
Harry W. Bowman
Cruise Ferry
Laurel Co
H. W. Bowman
Laurel County
W. H. Bowman
Charlie Bowman
Fourth of July plans and local notices at Brodhead
Local items note Mrs. Charlotte Watson and daughters will summer in Frankfort then return to Mt. Vernon. Cards to Col. R. M. Jackson of London via California. Candidates occupy Main and Second streets ready for July 8 photo session. No church service at Presbyterian. Brickwork to start at Sut ton McBee building. Free admission to Brodhead Fourth of July program. J. M. Craig ships hogs to Cincinnati and other livestock dealings. E. B. Cox moving to new residence. Brodhead fair grounds prep for Rockcastle County Fair Association celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Watson
Rebecca
Charlotte
Frankfort
Maryville
Mt. Vernon
Brodhead
A. M. Hiatt
John Robins
H. J. Chesnut
Rockcastle County
Ex Somerset Times Editor Seeks Somerset Post Office Post
Cecil Williams former editor of the Somerset Times and current chief clerk in the Insurance Department Frankfort is an applicant for the Somerset Post Office. His appointment would honor his services and supporters hope he gets the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Williams
Somerset
Williams
Senator Tames
Wayne County
Somerset Times
Insurance Department
Frankfort
Somerset Post Office
Local church program promises Children’s Day event
Sunday marks Children’s Day at the Christian Church with a special program prepared by Mrs Beazley W Sparks J Griffin J Lawrence and Misses Maggie Hansel Grace Cox who have trained the children this week. Also notes two local weddings Arch B Burnish and Mary Emily Wanzer in Urbana Ohio with guests from Mt Vernon and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Mesdames Beazley
W. J. Sparks
J. F. Griffin
J. J. Lawrence
Maggie Hansel
Grace Cox
W. L. Richards
Geo. S. Watson
Mt Vernon
Bales
Cincinnati
Bell
Cleveland
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles including gravel and diabetes, improves weak backs, rheumatism, and irregular kidney function for men and women and bladder issues in children. If not available locally, it can be mailed for $1. A bottle lasts about two months and is said to nearly always cure. Testimonials available from Dr. KE. W. Hall of St. Louis, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
KE. W. Hall
Olive Street
Lewis Mo
Electric Licut and Mill Equipment for Sale in Mt Vernon
The Commercial Club at Peoples Bank plans a July 1 meeting to discuss a new electric light plant after a delayed two-session drift due to a concrete floor. Immediate member attendance is urged to push the project before cold weather. Also for sale or trade is a complete 20 HP boiler and engine set with saw mill grist mill shingle mill line shaft belting pulleys and all appurtenances. R L McFarron Mt Vernon Ky May 30-TF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wien
Louisville & Nashville
R.R. Co
Weeeeeee
Mt Vernon, Ky
J. Fish
Livingston
Marguerite Welch
W. H. Weare
Stanford
Eva Moore
Whites Station
Madison County
Hugh Miller
Willie Frances
Mayme Oatts
Sarah Maret
Jones Hiatt
Henry Catron
Crab Orchard
J. K Adams
Hamilton, Ohio
Joseph Coffey
Wildie
B. J. Bethurum
Kenosha
Wis
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Milwaukee
John Eva Hilton
Bertie Perkins
Myrtle Murray
Jack Perkins
Claude Thompson
Harry Collier
Beans
Collier
Ab Sparks
Louisille
Eeter Landrum
Sparks & Longmire
Chester Tonn
F. L. Durham
Austin Sparks
Ora Moss
Mary Miler
Columbia
Mrs. Conover
Rissel Sprake
Paris
Pauline Salee
Harrodsburg
Ella
Marshbanks
Pineville
Luther Hamlin
George S. Watson
Urbana
Wanzer
Maryville Tenn
W. H. Sowder
Billie
McCord
Clarkson
Carson
Forbes
Tenn
Miss McCord
New York
Big Bargins
Sutton & McBee
Fish’s
Dee Cummins
Jim Lawrence
Monarch
Cull
W. J. Sparks Co
Kentucky Portland Cement & Coal Co
Langford
Bradley
Maret
Commercial Club
Sargent
Agricultural Department
Washington
Boone Way
Congress
Middlesboro
Mt. Vernon Fair
County Board of Education
Berea Fair
Rockcastle
C. C. Williams
Callon P.D. Ramsey
A. W. Adams
America
Sutton & Mebee
the Clothcraft Store
J. W. Kincer
Mr. Kincer
Mr. Hiatt
Rackcastle County
1918
Parrett and Ramsey
R.M. J
Glendall
California
Col
R. M. Jackson
London
Pacific
Main
Second Streets
Fotograft
Presbyterian Church
Brodhead By
J. M. Craig
Joe Brown
Brown & Craig
E. B. Cox
Wade H. Leece
Fanny Collier
P. D. Collier
Ribert Hansel Livingston
Duke
R. L. McFarron
Mt. Vernon, Ky
Rockcastle CO
P. M. Rash
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