Robsion Campaign Opens in Leslie County
Judge J M Robsion of Knox County opened his campaign in Leslie County with a packed courthouse audience. He pledges to support the Republican ticket, criticizes Caleb Powers and promises to push for an able representative in Congress. The event drew local leaders, Red Cross notes, and community updates from Mt Vernon to Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Robsion
Knox County
Caleb Powers
Leslie County
Robsion
M.C. Begley
Edward
R. B. Roberts
Commonwealth
Powers
Mr. Powers
Congress
Roberts
Washington
Judge Robsson
Altho
Republican Party
Spring Comes to Livingston Amid Tragic News and Local Notes
Community signs of spring appear in Livingston as residents note warmer sun and green buds. The town mourns Mrs. L. J. Davis who shot herself after months of ill health, with burial at the river cemetery. The column records multiple local movements, visits, and preparations as Mt. Vernon and surrounding areas mobilize support during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Hamlin
Sarah Baker
Mt.Vernon
Livingston
L. H. Davis
R. L. Smith
Brodhead
Mode Crawford
Richmond
Steve Proctor
S. C. Hellard
Mt. Vernon
W. Catlin
Eight Gable
Jack Sallsworth
Virginia
Calloway
Jl. 4
Davis
Baptist Church
John Niceley
Scaggs Creek
J. M. Faure
Robbins brothers buy cattle in Freedom sale for 700 dollars
Fr F. Robins and his brother C H Robbins purchased nineteen head of mixed cattle from Jas Noe and others in the Freedom section last week for 700 dollars. J M Craig arrived from Garrard last Friday.
Notes From Camp Taylor Point To Transfers And Local Deals
Mrs W A Robins and her daughter visit her parents this week. Mr and Mrs Wm Richie welcome a baby girl. J W Masters of Corbin eyed a location but no deal learned. Ed Barger sold the Cherry home stead for 1875, bought it earlier for 1500. I R Storms heads to London for business. Frith Bros sold land to L N E R Co for 600 with section houses planned. Dr W F Carter and A M Hiatt in Louisville. Douglas Martin sold land to Tobe Cox for 250. Mitchell Cross shipped hogs and cattle. Boone Broyles shipped hogs. W C Hopkins sold 148% acre Copper Creek farm to J J Belcher for 3500. Sayers & Hamm, new stock buyers, pass through with hogs. W J McQueen closed farm deal with H C Jones for 3200, Jones paid 2750. Notes from Camp Taylor: Lee Chandler to engineering depart ment. two hundred go to New Jersey, floors to mop jest. Rockcastle boys in quarantine two weeks. Irvin Denny shows measles, head to base hospital. Corp Arthur Dodd to wireless telegraphy course. Victor Price to Depot Brigade HQ. Albert Miracle and Ted Payne remain with Rockcastle. Sargeant Edd Boyd trains recruits. Jamie Thompson thrives in Engineering Corps hoping to build rails and bridges in France.
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Ncessary
Ed Gentry
The
Red Cross
Camp Taylor
Mt. Vernon
R.G. Webb
J. F. Dees
C. J. Rice
C.E Rice
Lexington
Masters
Curbin
Christian Church
Gates
Baptist Church
Main Street
W.A. Rice
Louisville
W. T. Amyx
C. A. Blanford
Will Clark
Gauley Branch
W. H. Ponder
J. H. Browning
Maywood
W.A. Robins
W. H. Lowder
Wm. Richie
J.W Masters
Corbin
Ed Barger
J. Thos. Cherry
John Cherry
J. A. Vance
Barger
I. R. Storms
London
Frith Bros
J.m.clark
Copper Creek
J. J. Belcher
Sayers & Hamm
W. J. McQueen
H. C. Jones
Earl Phillips
Jones
What the War Savings Stamps Will Buy for Our Soldiers
A wartime guide lists items purchasable with Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps. One stamp buys small gear such as a waist belt and identification tags. four stamps cover two canvas loggins or six socks. twelve secure a sheet helmet. Higher values supply larger items like a gas mask, two coats, or a rifle.
Poultry Offer and Cold Remedy Ad Note
At White Wyandotte winter laying strain setting of 15 eggs priced at $1.50. Mrs J L Nickeley Cedar Bluff Poultry Farm Mt Vernon Ky. For a bad cold take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has stood the test of time and can be depended upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Wyandotte
J. L. Nickeley
Cedar Bluff
Mt. Vernon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leslie
Hyden
T. C. Welch
R. D. Stidham
Whitesburg
Stidham
R. D. Smith
Paris
Franklin
James Maret
J. L. Hughes
Thomas Farley
Emmett Hansel
J. P. E. Drummond
Kaiser
R. G. Williams
Covington
Soldier
Robert Warrez
Walter Owens
Bennett Mullins
Mullins
Rockcastle
Geo. Pope
K. A. Ward
Main Stree
Edgar S. Albright
A.h.hamlim
Dwight M. Bowman
Prop
AVING
Pioneer
Chas. L. Davis
Pioneer Drug Store
Kentucky
Baker's
Lee Chandler
New Jersey
Victor Price
Depot Brigade
Albert Miracle
Ted Payne
Sargeant Edd Boyd
Jamie Thompson
France
Castoria
United States
Royal Baking Powder CO
Dept. H
William St
New York
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