Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-15
WEST LIBERTY MORGAN
K ENTUCKY
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Items of Interest From
All Sections of the State

Georgetown.-George Busby, a prom.
inent farmer, while riding horseback,
was thrown. striking his head and
sustaining deep cash across the fore
head.
Stanford.-John Cooper, aged about
Is, living in Darstown, was shot in the
leg. The wound is painful one, but
is not considered of a serious nature
He claims that another boy shot him.
Georgetown.-At the meeting Of the
Board of Education Harlan Muntz was
elected principal Of the Georgetown
high school at salary of 5000 to sue
ceed j. Price Gaines. who resigned to
enter the ensign school.
Mt. Sterling.-Mrs. William High
land, this city, was notified that her
father, ]. Monroe Armstrong, was kill
ed by train at Knoxville, Tenn. He
was about 10 years old, and formerly
resided in this county. He is survived
by his widow and five children.
Ashland.-Two persons were injured
here in automobile accidents. Fred
Queen, the S-year-old son of Frank
Queen, was hit by jitney and serious
ly injured. Miss Hazel Eifert was
knocked down and dragged fifteen feet
when she was hit by a machine driven
by Miss Florence O'Neal
Winchester-Mrs Kate Brown,
mother of Mrs. c. X. S. Clinkenbeard,
is in a very critical condition. Mrs.
Brown fell on July at her home and
broke her hip. Since that time her
condition has been considered serious.
Mrs. Brown is s ye"rs old and was a
resident of Mt. Sterling after her mar.
riage.
Whitesburg-A serious collision oc-
CURED on the L. & N. at Typho, below
here, in the coal fiel1s, when two long
coal trains came together All traffic
was delayed Louisville and Lexington
trains were delayed several hours. Sew.
eral cars were demolished Transfer
Of express passenger and mail service
was necessary.
3. Mt Sterling.-Qurlag the terrMn
thunderstorm lightning struck and
burned to the ground the large tobacco
and feed barn on the Spencer pike. be-
longing TO Elijah Coons, together with
silo grainery and a large amount of
hay and other fee stuff, as we'll as
some farming machinery. Loss partly
covered by insurance.
Princeton.-At social gathering at
the home Of SAINT Young, in the Buck
Snort section, this county, twenty.
three persons were rendered i'll by
ptomaine poisoning as the result OF
/ having eaten tainted ice cream. Ply
sicians were summoned to attend the
victims, and for several hours many
of them were violently i'll.
Somerset.-Georgc Simms, % years
old, died at the Somerset Sanitarium
from wounds received while guarding
cut near Eubar''. He was found
near the right of way of the railroad
with is skull crushed and was rushed
here to the hospital. 1t is supposed
that he was struck by a passing train.
His widow is only lf years old
Maysville.-M. r. HirshReld, who
came from Germany about twenty
years ago bringing with him a power.
ful telescope and several spyglasses.
has received q letter from the Secre.
tary of the Navy expressing his appre-
citation for his generous and patriotic
response to the Nays call for binocu.
lars which he had loaned the navy.
7 Harrodsburg-Prof. ]. T. Rynear.
son has been removed by the School
Board from the principalship of the
Salyisa High School In THE county
for alleged disloyalty and pro.German
tendencies, His resignation was ask.
ed by the Mercer County Council OF
Defense after the BOARD Of Trustpea