Local residents, service members tied to regional towns
Personal notes place Logan Bryant in Charlotte North Carolina and Oscar Wallen flying routes between Lebanon Junction and Corbin. Home front updates include Navy enlistments for A G Ball Orlando merchant, Charley Anderson sailing for France as a YMCA worker, and Allen Smith D S Burdette and Bradley Mink among Rockcastle youths joining the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Fish
Louisville
Brown
Allen Smith
A. C. Burdette
Bradley Mink
Rockcastle
Navy
Myrtle Bryant
Winnie Falin
Robi. Spence
Chas. Anderson
Richmond
Local notes from Logan Bryant and area updates
Logan Bryant reports life in Dixie and Army conditions while John Ramsey works on abutments at Roundstone. Ross Carter, son of D L Carter, dies in Berea hospital with cause not learned. Union firm changes and store openings emerge as Uncle Jack Burk sells back to W R McClure and Ed Deatherage joins Barnes Cromwell. John Baker Jr opens a Livingston general store in Mrs Sue Mullins property. Several Lexington visitors discuss Senatorial race. Judge Bethurum improves after Chicago sanitarium. Mystic Kentucky couple James Dennie Jolly and Jennie Morrow Miller wed in Evansville. Train schedule petitions for 27 and 25 fail. no changes expected on Rowland branch due to policy during war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Livingston
W. F. Sheridan
Rowland Branch
L. B
Stanford
Red Cross Sets Rockcastle Quota for Sept. First
The Lake Division of the Red Cross assigns quotas to Rockcastle County ladies for Sept 1. They must supply 109 sweaters 500 pairs of socks 25 girls chemises and 150 women’s morning jackets through Red Cross headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ladies of the Red Cross
Rockcastle County
The
Rockcastle
Mt Vernon
Brodhead
Livingston
Wildie
Ordr
Americans Reach Belleau Wood as German defense collapses
American forces storm Belleau Wood and drive German troops from the area. Prisoners report German morale sagging as U S artillery fires thousands of high explosive rounds in an intense clash. Witnesses describe bayonet charges and rapid American advance despite heavy shelling and casualties.
Tips to Prevent Belching and Digestive Comfort
Regular eating pace helps avoid belching. Chew thoroughly and eat slowly as a habit. If trouble recurs, take one Chamberlain's Tablet after supper for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Navy Enlistments Spark Local Warrant Warning
Brodhead and Livingston correspondents fail to appear prompting threat of a search warrant. James Griffin and Willie Hiatt enlisted in the navy after traveling to Louisville Tuesday. The rest of the local boys returned home to await their calls. Taxes due for 1918 now payable with deputies available. Sheriff Tip Langford urges prompt settlement. Property for sale includes two acre Burr lot, three room house, empty store, mill shed, shop, and orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Griffin
Willie Hiatt
Louisville
Navy
Burr
Deserters Delivered to Camp Taylor from Kentucky
Jailer Wade Live and Deputy W. W. Anglin turned George Henry Gib and Willie Caywood to Camp Taylor authorities in Louisville after they registered but did not answer the draft. Taylor Mitchell, in uniform, says he is going home to see his family. An Odd Fellows band from Lexington will perform in Crab Orchard for orphans at a July 2 church concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Livesay
W. W. Anglin
George Henry Gibso
Willie Caywood
Taylor Mitchell
Louisville
Camp Taylor
Gibson
Caywood
Boone
Livingston
Lexington
Mitchell
Harlan County
Brodhead
Widows and Orphans
Odd Fellows Home
Crab Orchard
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Mt.Vernon
MT. Vernon
Louisville & Nashville RR. Co
North
Posto
Logan Bryant
Charlotte, N.C
Oscar Wallen
Lebanon Junction
Corbin
Dave Craig
Jeffersonville
Dr. M. Pennington
A. G. Ball
Orlando Merchant
Charley Anderson
Rance
Mrs. Lee Chesnut
Jo Davis
Fanny Adams
Tevis Bethurum
Middlesboro
L. W. Bethurum
Mis. J M. Williams
Paris
Risse Williams
Hazel Myers
Winchester
Mary Lucas Brock
London
W. 4. Fish
Celia Hiatt
Esther Staverson
John Lair
John Albright
High Bridge
S. B. McKenzie
G. C. Fish
McKenzie
Mattie Chesnut
Onie Silvere
Annie Dowell
Sunny Brook Farm
D. H. Lyon
Messrs
Ed Brady
Holman
S. Ferdinand Mathery
H B. Philips
Dessie
Bonnie Niceley
S. F. Bowman
G. W. Gentry
Jesse Tyree
Oklahoma
Tyree
Gentry
T. J. Pennington
Christine
Edna Davis
Bess
Myrtle Hamlin
J. A. Oliver
J. C. Moore
Edith Moore
Wm. McHargue
Pine Hill
J. W. Rider
Wilburn
Julian
Dixie Land
John Ramsey
Roundstone
Roundstone Station
Ross Carter
D. L. Carter
Berea
Jack Burk
W. R. McClure
Ed Deatherage
Barnes & Cromwell
John Baker Jr
Sue Mullins
W. C Tate
T. J. Niceley
W. H. Carmical
Fred Baker
B. J. Bethurum
U. S
Chicago
James Dennie Jolly
Mystic
Jennie Morrow Miller
Evansville
Ind
Lt.&St L. Railroad
France
A. P
Belleau Wood
America
New York
Philadelphia
Long Island Sound
Thay
Europe
Prisioner
Raymond S. Howell
Barnesville
Kamerad
Herbert E. Bartley
Ada, O
Berlin
Tip Langford, Sherriff
Theo Pigg
Fletcher's
Astobila
Business University
Inc
Wilbur R. Smith Business College
Walbur R. Smith
Acus
Atlantic
Germany
National War Savings
Land
Ours
National War Savings Committee
Cash Store
Ene
Farmers National Bank
May’s Collection Agency
Somerset
Masonic Bldg
Cardui
Cardus
Mary E. Veste
Madison Heights
Lovell’s Lane
Bethurum & Lewis Addition
Jonas McKenzie
Twila
Joz B. McKenzie
Fletcher
Gastori
Timothy Hay
Justin
Ad. F, Griffin
the Bank of Mt.Vernon
Granville Owens
Undertaker Brodhead
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