davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received at
this Office until nosn Saturday,
September 1st, 1917, for the ma
cadamizing and gravel surfacins
of Mt. Vernon and Brsdhead road
from Mt. Vernon to Lincoln coun'
ty line. Also ct the same time
and place bids will be received
and opened for the macadamizing
and gravel surfacing of Mt. Yer
non and Livingston read from
Mt. Vernon to corporate limits
of Livingston. Plans and speci'
fcations on file in this Office.
The Fiscal Court of Rockcastle
county reserves the right to re.
ject any or all bids.
+. H. MATTINGLY,
Road Engineer Rockcastle Co.
August I6. 1917.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

The fiscal court, which met last
week, made an order that the
Booneway be metaled from Brod
head to a point near Jess Pixies,
which is short distance this side
of Livingston. From Brodhead
to the Lincoln county line gravel
will be used. We certainly hope
to see the metal on this road be-
fore another winter comes. I'm
less something is done before an
other year, the splendid grade
that it was will be nothing but
ruts and washouts and On the hills
will be as bad as the old road was,
when it was abandoned.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
Chicago, S-IS-I7.
Dr.. N. PennMstsat.
Chair nas. Ksslsaa SO ossnty

Chapter A, R. c.,
Mt. Vernon, KY:
Red Cross has argent call fren
Major Grayson Murphy for enor-r-
nous quantities of knitted articles
Here is cablegram from Major
Murphy. "Last winter broke
record for cold and misery
among people here. Inexpressi-
bly, dread coming winter finding
us without supplies to meet stu
alton. Urge you on behalf OF Cur
soldiers and those or our allies,
who will suffer in their frozen
trenches; and also thousands of
French and Belgian refugees and
repatriates being returnedthrough
Switzerland to France. Everyone
here looks to America. Begin
shipping at once one million five
hundred thousand each of warm
knitted WOODEN articles already
requested. They must come be-
fore cold weather, end in view of
shortage of fuel and other discOm-
forts, they will De of incredible
value in both military and civilian
work" We ask your Chapter to
furnish definite number of this
requirement. Your allotment is
100 sweaters, 100 mufflers, 100
pairs wrisllsts, 100 pairs socks.
Full instructions will follow. Ask
Your members to flush all knit
ting work now on hand, and clear
the deck for action. We want
every Chapter to have chance to
do its part in making good OIL this
call for help from France. Chap
ter Chair mau requested to place
copy of foregoing part of this
message, including cablegram from
Major Murphy, in hands OF all
newspapers with request to give
full publicity. To this first call
then get knitting committees to
gether and have them line mp for
rush job.
]. ]. O'CoNNoR,
Director Central Division.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
RED CROSS NOTES

Our Chapter installed in its
new quarters, thanks tc DR.. A.G.
Lowell, who generously let US
have the property reat free.
We now have I54 members at
least, who are willing workers.
Before the boys OF the first call of
Selectlve Draft are ia training
camps. our women. with loving
hands, will be making things to
help make them more comforta bic
during their camp life.
Mrs ]. Fish lead in securing
members, during campaign at Mt.
Vernon fair ground. -
The Mt. Vernon Power CO, fur
nishes our headquarters with
lights, free of charge, which is a
verv valuable donation.
Mrs. NJ. Pennington will be
chairman of the Knitting Com.
mittes aud will soon Call for 1O3
volunteers. This NUN Der will be
one for each boy, who will go
from this county on first call of
the Selectlve Draft.
The Williams Comedy Company
gave US good, clean shows, during
last week, and every member of
the company joined the Red Cross
F. L. Durham, our efficient
secretary, proves himself the
right man in the right place.
Miss Fan Sparks displayed
much ability in handling the Mt.
Vernon tag day proposition, dur.
ing the fair.
The Signal has been very liberal
with space, showing that its hear
is in the right place.
Miss Tevis Bethurum, Chris
tine Davis, Bessie Niceley and
Marguerite WEIGH made the frs
clash for members and proved
themselves good sampaigners.
Don't blame us if one of GU
membership Of the campaign com
mittes calls on you with you
name on a list of non members
!. and asks you why you have no
!. joined.
5 Bro. T. H. Young, ]. w. Brow
and w. Fl. Kruger have bee
making telling speachers for Re-
Cross. We expect moro yolur
teers. Come right on and sa
you are ready.
Geo. Owens, the Boonewa
opera house man, has proven him
self a real Red Cross worker
George knows how to do things
We earnestly insist on eac
e member of the Chapter wearin
u Red Cross buttons every day
. the week. It helps boost.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
X II | A T T

Well, tho election 10 over and
sure we are glad it II, - We can
get our minds on other things.
The writer spent a we'll enjoyed
day at the Mt. Vernon fair, which
everyone seemed to enjoy, with
one exception, and that was the
heavy rain, which spoiled many
hats for the ladies and soiled lots
of suits fer the men, bat it was
. good fair anyway.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. B. Chestnut,
Ray Mahars and Misses Maud
and Margie Maharg took in the
fair, Friday, at Mt. Vernon. Nrs.
l. B. Chestnut was taken very i'll.
while on the fair ground, aud had
to be attended by a physician,
and was not able to return home
until Sunday. Logan Bryant, the
we'll known driver, brought then
home in a Ford.
Mrs. Francis Hurst il On The
sick list at this writing.
Henry Hysingsr has traded his
ear for a pair of mules
Mrs. Charles Sargent has abou
recovered frsm . case Of typhoid
foyer. DR.. W. F. Carter has th.
honor as doctor for her recovery
/ People are getting through
threshing wheat in our locality
and crops are better than o.
pected.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

Col. Henry F. Turner, Of Wick
lift, Ballard county. has been ap-
pointed Third Assistant to the
Acknowledgement of Kentucky.
Col. Turner is prominentin Wes-
tern Kentucky politics and is a
member of the Board of Auditors
of the Modern Woodmen of Amer.
lea.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
SECOND CALL.

Failure to secure the quota OF
Rockcastle from the first 22o
called. a second call has been
made and examinations will be
held at the Office of the local
board next week. The names of
the forty called for next Monday
are posted at Bethurum & Lewis
Office.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

Emmett Gentry had his exam
lining trial Wednesday for the
killing of Joel Suttles. He was
tried before Squire Sowder, who
held the defendant over under a
81, 500 bond which be readily
gave.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
Next Monday is Circuit Court.

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom 0'Mara are
the prsud parents Of fine girl
baby born Monday night and
christened Marguerite, for Mrs.
O'Mara S sister, Mrs. R. H. Miller.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17


Ed. Jones is here from Canada
to see his mother.
Z. B Thompson has been ae-
cepted in the Officers Reserve
Corps.
Miss Constance Mullins, of
Avoca, Is the guest of Miss Ethel
Davis.
Misses Fan ard Bess Sparks
are in Indianapolis the guests of
friends.
Jack Wood, of Wilde, has en-.
listed ia the Aviation Corps of
the .. S. Army.
Miss Eugene Fishback. of Paris,
is with Miss Blanche Crawford
for a few days.
Casper Adams join I'd his wife
and baby here this week for a
visit to home folks.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Conn Brown are
in Louisville and will come to
Mt. Vernon tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. White, of
Crab Orchard. were with friends
here during the week.
K n Owens is here from Sa-
lem. Ind to visit his mother and
other Rockcastle relatives.
Peyton and Otto Reynolds have
been with their sister, Mrs. e. r.
Gentry, for the past week.
Emmett Sowder, who recently
suffered badly mashed leg, is
able to 60 around on his crutches.
Atty and Mrs |. W. Brown are
in Louisville TODAY and will Incl
dentally see Ringing Bros big
circus.
Mrs. Jesse Traylor, Miss Sarah
Traylor and Talmags Cummins,
of Corbin; were here Wednesday
en- route to Brodhead Fair.
Joe Mckenzie went to Louis
vile the latter part of last week,
seeking employment on the Can
torment. He was unsuccessful
in landing a job.
j. E. Baucom. of Winchester,
is here today looking over the
field in the interest of his brother,
whe is a dentist and is thinking
Of locating here.
Our good friend Neal Parrett Is
one in particular who deserves
special mention for valuable SER
vice rendered in behalf Of the
Mt. Vernen Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. G.. Davis
were in Lexington Tuesday. Mrs.
D. B. Veach and son, Felix, re-
turned with them and will be
their guests for a few days.
Judge and Mrs. R. G. Williams
and little son, Richard III. whG
have been with the Judges mother
for the past two weeks, will re-
turn to their homo in Covingtor
tomorrow.
Miss Edna Cummins, of Corbin,
was the guest of Miss Cora White
during the week. Mrs White
will leave tomorrow to spend
short time with Mr.. White, al
Mt. Carmel, Ill.
E B. Thompson and Allsr
Barnett, of the Quail section ol
this county, have received ap
pointments to the Second Officers
Training School with orders tc
report at FIT. Benjamin Harrison,
August 9th.
Earl Cox went into Louisville
Saturday, and drove A. G. Bart
let's Car through to Indianapolis
Mr.. Bartlett is in the Officers
Reserve, stationed at Fort Benja
min Harrison, and was recently
commissioned a Second Lieutenant
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

Washington, Aug. 9-ApPear-
ancs of spots around the rim OF
the sun was announced today by
the naval observatory. They were
observed frat on August 8, and
are large enough to DO seen with
the naked eye through eolored
slessss
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

Lost-An American flag. size
about Axe, mounted. at Mt. Ver-
non fair, Friday, August 10th.
This is same flag used in Red
Cross parade. If found, please
leave at R. H. Miller's drug store
and oblige
Mt. Vernon Fair Association
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
STOMACH AND LIVER
TROUBLES.

No END of misery and actual
suffering is caused BY disorders
of the stomach and liver, and may
be avoided by the use of Cham
berlain's Tablets. Give them a
trial. They only cost quarter.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
p f r s q A L.

MISS WHINE RAIN Ol NONS, was
the guest of Miss Myrtle Bryant,
during the fair.
Roy Minks of Moreland, was
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Mckenzie
during the fair
Billie L eviSay of Hamilton, o.,
vas with his parents near Wabd
during the week.
George Edwards of Phoenix,
Arizona, is with relatives here
for a few weeks.
Miss Ruth LittOn of East Bern
stadt, was with Miss Christine
McFerrOn Sunday.
MIR, and Mrs. r. B. Mullins
visited relatives here last week
and took in the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ramey Shepherd
are visiting relatives in Jackson
and Owsley counties.
Mrs. Walter Robins and little
daughter, Inez, were with rela-
tives here during the whek.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Bray, of
Hamilton, Ohio, were with bis
parents at Wabd during the week
Mace Miller, who is operator
for the Q. & c. at HeleuwoOd
Tenn, was home during theyeek,
Misses Oma Robinson and Nora
Azbill of Berea, spent a portion OF
the week with Miss Ethel Azbill
Mathew Finz-l of Stanford, was
the extra operator on duty at the
l.. & n. station here daring the
fair.
Miss Sarah Catron of Somerset,
has been with Misses Bonnie and
Bessie Nicely for the last few
days.
Samuel Morgan, County Agri
cultural Agent of Laurel County
was here during the fair visiting
relatives,
Miss Veronica Thomson of Lon
don, spent Saturday and Sunday
with Misses Bernice and Rutl
LandIum.
n. G. Cormin, VIM. Ramse.
and John VI. Davis, of Knox Gown
ty, were here uesday snroute t.
Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Covingtol
and daughter of Madison county
were with w. T, CrOwfors AM
family Sunday.
John N. Menefee, a prominen
young attorney of Stanford. hai
been commissioned a captain il
the q. S. army.
Sam McMullin and Hobar
Brown of Berea, were with thei
parents near Level Green, Satur
day and Sunday.
Miss Edyth Kyker of Eas
Bernstadt, was the attractive
guest of Miss Jennie Morrow Nil
Ter during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs Ben Boggs an,
daughters, of Madison county
were the guests Mr.. and Mrs
r. A. Sparks Sunday.
Edgar Moore, Ora Adams, J. S
Colt and Chester Park wer
among those who attended th
fair from Berea, last week.
w. p. and R. n. FISHERMAN, 6
Kyles Ford, Tenn, have bee
with Mrs. Geo. Levisay. Sr.. for
week. They are her brothers.
John d. Miller, James Davaul
r. owen, Dave Roberts and Du
Brown, all Rockcastle boys in til
b. & N. service, were home fC
the fairs.
Our good friend Theo Parson,
the Buckeye section who hi
been on the sick list for a year,
improving. Mrs. Parsons b
been confined to her bed for
wear or more and she is also in
proving.
Bob Childress, who has be
with Uncle Sam for three year
is bone for a few days. Bob "
with General Pershing in Mexi
last summer and has some int
esting things to say about tn
country and the people.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

Fi>h's Special Sis. $40 and $2s
suits are the finest in America at
the prices.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17
UNION COLLEGE

has been demonstrated that college education Is worth go
0O0 You get Union College for few dollars, soul full
of desire, and good of grit
price? invoice of stock and ssee
Will you price good education when it reasonable
OF course you will For catalog write.
PRES E. T. FRANKLIN,
Barbourville. Ky.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

Something new every day for
young men at FiSh'x.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

For SALE-A 2 b p gasoline
engine, in perfect condition and
will be sold on guarantee. Can
be bought at bargain if sold at
once. See George Owens at Mt.
Vernon Monumental Works, or
apply at this Office.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

Buy 1t at Fish's and you get
the beat in town.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

TRADE M0RAL-joan Of Arc
was the only woman on earth
able to resist a bargain ader-
tisement-and shs's dead. II
you've got q bargain in sone-
thing, advertise Il to the wom-
On folks In this paper.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

The State Council of Junior
Order of American Mechanics
will meet in Pineville September
4, 5 and 6. There will be over
thousand delegates from all over
the state, and the Barbourville
band will furnish the music.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

For SALE One good mich
cow and calf.
ID. L. BRYANT.
uly 27-3T.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-17

When you come to Circuit
Court next week or any other
week make Fish's Cash Store your
headquarters. Leave your coats
and saddle bags and use our tele-
fone if you like.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05
HOW TO FIGURE HORSE POWER
Comparatively Easy Method of Max
ing Calculation With Any Engine
Is Available.

AS an easy method of calculating
horse power the following is commend
ed:
Where practicable take an indica-
ton diagram which shows the mean
pressure of steam throughout the
stroke. In order to calculate the pres
sure, ten ordinates are usually drawn
across the diagram; the length of
these Is measured on scale repre-
senting the pounds per square inch of
pressure. The ten numbers thus OBJ
tanned are added together and the sum
divided by ten; this gives the average
pressure per square inch of steam
throughout the stroke. Calculate the
area of the piston in square inches
from its diameter, and multiply this
by the square inch. This gives the
total pressure exerted on the piston.
Next multiply the number of revolu-
tons of the engine per minute by
twice the length of the stroke in feet
this gives the speed of the piston In
feet per minute; multiply this by the
pressure on it in pounds, and the re-
suit is the number of foot pounds of
work done ON the piston per minute.
A horse power is reckoned at $4,000
foot pounds per minute, the number
Of foot pounds divided by this figure
gives the indicated horse power. A
portion Of this, varying from a third
to a fifth, Is taken up in overcoming
the friction of the working parts of
the engine; the remainder only is
available for useful work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05
WILL NOT MARRY ON FRIDAY
Most Women Still Cling to Tho Old
Superstition But French Girls
Think That Day Fortunate.

There Is no period in n womans
life that so completely changes her
whole existence as marriage, and for
that very reason she Is apt to be more
superstltious and fanciful Mt that time
than at any other, and while superstl-
lions are fast becoming a thing Of the
past there are few women who will
not hesitate before making Friday
their wedding day, says London Tit
Bits.
June and October have always been
held as the most propitlous months, n
happy result being thought by some to
be rendered certain If the ceremony
is timed so as to take place at the
full moon or when the sun and moon
are in conjunction.
In Scotland the last day Of the year
Is thought to be lucky and If the moon
should happen to be full at any time
when a wedding takes place the
brides cup of happiness is expected
to be always full.
The good people Of Perthshlre who
have had their banns published at the
end Of one and are married at the be-
ginning Of another quarter Of year
can expect nothing but good things.
The day Of the week Is also of great
Importance, Sunday being a great
fayorite in some parts of England and
Scotland. And although an English
lass would not marry on Friday, the
French girls think the first Friday in
the month particularly fortunate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05
STATISTICS AS WOOING AID
Suitor Lays Stress on Fact That Only
Six Out of Twenty-Five Girls
Receive Second Proposal.

One day she remarked that she did
not intend to get married for num-
Der of years, no matter how attrac-
tive an opportunity might be offered
TO her; that she was young enough
to wait while, she thought, and was
in no hurry, says a writer in the Amer
lean Magazine.
The next time / saw her I was
armed with some interesting facts
had obtained from q friend of mine
who Is an insurance agent. These
facts dealt with the marrying ages of
women in various states, and showed
that the average bride is surprisingly
young. In other words, the woman
who does not marry before she is
twenty-five stands an astonishing big
chance of not marrying at all. told
her that out of every six girls Of TWEEN
ty-fve who refused a proposal only
one on the average ever received q
second offer of marriage. OF course,
| presented these figures in Joking
wav, Thus they served the double
purpose of giving the impression that
! had n good sense of humor and also
of setting her to thinking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05
BURB0T IS FRESH-WATER COD
Species Which lnhablts Northern Part
of Western Hemisphere Has
Voracious Appetite.

The burbot has the distinction Of
being the only fresh-water member of
the cod family, all of its relatives liv-
ing in the sea. It's habitat circles the
earth, two almost indistinguishablc
species being found, one each, in the
lakes and lnrger streams Of the north
crn parts OF the two hemispheres. In
North America II occurs from the Arc
tie circle ana perhaps beyond 1t, to
the Ohio and Missouri rivers, being
particularly abundant in the Great
Lakes and the larger waters Of New
England, New York, Canada and
Alaska.
It is said to spawn in the'winter and
early spring and like most Of its fam
ily IS exceedingly prolific, estimates of
tho number Of eggs ranging from 100
O00 IN II medlum-slzed fish TO G70,0OC
I'm large one. It's yoraclty IS nOtorl-
Gus. by day IT hides in the holes and
crunnics of the bottom or in the deep.
or waters, but at night it goes forth
10 prey on other fishes, crawnshes
and, mt least In early life, on aquatic
insects and fish eggs. It's highly dis
tcnsible stomach is as elastic as is
appetite ana Il takes a heavy toll OF
ITS ncghbors, the particular trait
which has brought II into dlsfovor Will
the fishermen who brook no rivalry IL
their calling.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05
Sea-Salt as Fertilizer.

Close observers Mt the Royal Agrl'
cultural Station of Magyar-Oyar, Hun
gary, find that seu.salt markedly af-
fects certain crops. 1t is generally
supposed that sea-salt is poisonous to
plant lifc--an impression strengthened
by the fact that many parts of the
country near the sea are barren. Some
plants, however, thrive well on soil
that has been washed by the sea, and
the Hungarian experiments seem to
prove that certain quantity of sea
sult acts as n stimulant to crops in
general The investigators fortified
some bect-sugar fields with sea-sat anC
got astonishing crops. The expert
ments will be continued, although the
results for the last four years have
been uniformly the same.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05

ated that she exclaimed with intense
disgust: "Well, I want you to under.
stand l desplse a coward"
She had risen from the rustic seat,
and turned away as she spoke. Her
tone and manner reused something In
Lewis that drove him to say: 'Do you
mean that for me?'
II hope 1t doesn't apply to you," she
answered, with strong emphasis on
the "hope."
"If you have any doubt-about me
being a coward III think there Is
nothing more to be said" He turned
and walked away.
Vera, blazing with the heat of the
discussion, said nothing to call him
back. She loved him, and had told
him so when he asked her. But just
now she was thinking of nothing but
her disappointment, as 1t seemed to
her, in the patriotism of the man she
had placed so high.
Lewis, also disappointed In the I'm.
comprehending mind of Vera, and
hurt to the heart by her words, made
no move toward reconciliation. And so
silence fell between them. Vera, with
the pride which has been bred by the
foolish convention of ages, would not
make the first move by acknowledging
she wished for an amnesty, SO two
young people who really loved each
other, and whose hearts were breaking
over the separation, went their several
ways, and tried to forget.
In less than three weeks Vera heard
that Lewis had sailed, In the interest
of his firm, for England. Vera worked
In the war relief societies, and indus
triously knitted socks for the soldiers.
One day friend laughingly asked her
If she was knitting them for Gilbert
Lewis. Vera flushed and answered
sharply: 81 thought you knew these
were for soldlersl"
The girl answered quite as sharply !:
well, didn't you know he was one?
He's In the trenches in France now"
NO" said Vera, II didn't know"
Ills mother has come back from
California, aud she's heartbroken over
it"
w