Week of Feb 13th 1925

Submitted By: Anne Sprentz 
asprentz@buckeye-express.com

  

"Playing in the Street Breaks Legs"

Clay Howard, 9 yrs old was rushed to the Harlan Hospital Tuesday at 1 o'clock after having broken his leg near the school house. Young Howard is the son of John Howard and the nephew of George Howard, County Clerk, of this place. <cut>

Chronic Hobo's Foot Cut Off

Roy Wilson, age 14, son of Mr and Mrs Wm. Wilson of Wallins, had his foot cut off Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock while trying to catch a freight train at Tremont, a station below Wallins. Several who saw the attempt to catch the moving train say that the lad missed the step of the car he was trying to catch and that he was thrown underneath the car. The wheels of the gondola crushed his left foot off. <cut>

People who knew the boy say that he is a chronic hobo and that he had ridden a northbound train to Tremont and had started back to Wallins on a southbound train when the accident occurred. This method of free rides back and forth between different stations near there, they say, is practiced by several youths of Wallins.

The latest report from the hospital is that the boys condition is not serious and that a fast improvement is expected unless complications alter the course of nature.

Feb 13, 1925

Mrs. Lee Saylor, 19 yrs old, of Kitts, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:05 at a local hospital from an abscess of the lungs. Mrs. Saylor was ill for more than a month and was low at the time her illness attacked her. She is survived by her husband and a one month old baby.
 
 

Announcement Week of Feb 13, 1925

To the people of Harlan County, Ky.

Greetings:

This is to certify that I hereby make my announcement for Jailer of Harlan Co. to be voted for at the Aug. Primary, Aug 1, 1925.

Ladies and Gentleman:

I was born and reared in Harlan County by humble parents. Jack Forrester was my father, present Circuit Court Judge and J.S. Forester, ex-county Attorney. I come before the people with this platform. I believe in Law and Order, Peace and Goodwill, to all men. <cut> B. Forester

   

 
 
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