End of county backs road bond plan with conditions
Enthusiasm for the October 26 bond issue is strong in this end of Rockcastle County but voters demand specifics on where pike projects will be built. The text urges the Fiscal Court to announce use locations if the bonds pass, and highlights a test stretch from Mt Vernon to Mt. Vernon grounds as a cost gauge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Ven Association
Rockcastle County
Loretta Frith
L. M. Brown
Louisville
Crab Orchard Springs
Stanford
Court House
J. P. Baily
J. G. Frith
Brown
Santa
Old Rockcastle
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Cas. C. Davis
Bill Poynter
Joe
Dr. Southard
Davis’ Drug Store
Nest
Pine Hill
Jim Houk
Jimtown
Bill Bullock
Uncle Tink
Neal Parrett
Oscar
Mt Vernon
Liars’ Club
Tommie
K. P
Bryant
Cornelius
Cornavis
Maret
Lewis
Henry Wood
Dispatchers Office
Udo
Teddy
Pam
John
Joppa
Jerusalem
Bradhead
Howly
Mat Four
Livingston
Picnic and community notices in local paper
The column records a school picnic at the fair grounds with food and details of attendees. It notes travels of residents, visits, weddings, and local business moves, plus a political call to vote on October 26 1912 and a campaign appeal by Cas C Davis.
Shall the Right Prevail in Rockcastle Bond Issue?
A galvanizing call urges Rockcastle County residents to support a 105 year bond issue for roads and industrial development. The speaker argues taxpayers should fund paving and utilities as surrounding counties prosper, urging unity and active campaigning to explain benefits to neighbors.
Telephone Tangle at Pine Hill Through the Lines
A sprawling late 19th century telegraph and telephone exchange diorama unfolds with lines busy and voices in flux. Questions about trains and weather mix with taunts, humor, and warnings as operators, locals, and travelers argue over tone quality and etiquette.
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Home Cures
Advertises Dr King s New Discovery as a home remedy for coughs and lung diseases. Claims quick relief for throat and inner troubles with offerings of a trial bottle for one dollar and guaranteed by Chas C Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Chas
Davis
Hotel rocking chair finds Cull McClure in sleep
Cull McClure was found asleep in a hotel office chair yesterday. He clutched his alarm clock intended to wake him for his daily trip home to supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cull McClure
What We Never Forget According to Science
A brief note explains early home life cures with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns boils scalds sores skin eruptions cuts sprains and bruises. It claims forty years of cures prove its merit and notes its use against piles corns and cold sores with a 25 cent price at Chas. Davia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Davia
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I. R. Storm
Tempest Ward
Elizabethtown
Lena
Eva Albright
Tempest
Ada Ward
Mary Albright
Brack Durham
Wallace Haggard
Frank Ward
Bettie Tharp
Thos. Baker
Wilton
Corbin
Minnie Hiatt
B. R Wilmott
Buckey
Earl Phillips
Wildie
J. J. Painter
Lebanon Junction
L. N. Vanhook
David Webb
Robt. H. Hicks
Mr. Brown
Water Mellons
Epore
Morris Dailey
Walter Ud i
Roberts
Tfivin
Wood
Robert Brooks
Harlan
Lenora Parrott
CA. Frith
A. M. Hiatt
Walter Robins
Sun Bros
Mary Rich
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cland Owens
BR. Wilmott
Urbin Cass
Allen Hiatt
Dortha Means
Myrtle Cummins
Wichita
Mattye Givens
Orville D. Sampson
Rushville
Ind
J. A. Sawyer
Jennie Davis
W. F. Carter
Mary Hughes
James Lee
Knoxville
Larkins Hicks
Pattie Perkins
S. A. Barnes
Pike Rockcastle County
W. J. Sparks Co
Granite Brick Co
Blue Grass Creamery
Lancaster
Isaacs
Dr. Chestnut
Noodrow
Bill
Remington-Umc
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Broadway
New York City
Winchester
Winchester Cranite Brigk CO
Dudley
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