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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1916
Page
7
Clippings from Snagtown Torchlight describe editors delivering a Winchester to its owner, debtors paying long overdue sums, a hay and corn haul, and praise for Miss Margaret Isley a rising singer whose fame grows beyond the voting precinct. Garnett Eisele noted as a pioneer Excelsior Fiddling Band member.
A Rexall pharmacist of Fall River, Mr. J. C. Brady, emphasizes how trust in a drugstore builds customer friendship. He notes Rexall Orderlies provide effective relief for constipation and related issues, offering them in pleasant candy tablet form suitable for all ages at home.
R. H. White & Co. announces exclusive selling rights for a new laxative product claimed to provide fast relief. The Rexall Store promotes the item as a leading remedy available through its pharmacy network.
A musician of rare ability will play for a barn raising on Wildcat Ridge next week. Gar nett performs by ear and on request. A grayish bullet pierced the office yesterday, but no injury reported. Local notes report masked robbery, social visits, footwashing, and community rumors along Gimlet Creek and Peavine Ridge.
Rev. W. R. Dye rector of Episcopal churches in Winchester and Mt. Sterling declined the offered pastorate at the Ashland Episcopal church. He had considered the call seriously since it was tendered and his friends here are pleased by his decision.
The quote presents a humorous proverb about someone attempting dual goals failing, noting both targets become burdens or setbacks, with a wry observation on overambition and misfortune.
Manitoba votes two to one for prohibition and will close bars and clubs by May 31, 1916. National votes urge support for the Prohibition Resolution. 840 American English papers reject liquor advertising. Portland reports one OUI arrest in February and thirteen last December with two deaths. Kansas savings reach 232 974 254 98,000,000 more than prior records. Mondays see peak factory accidents, and building trades show higher Monday injuries.
The piece argues alcohol harms society citing G Sims Woodhead and compares five year periods in Maine prohibition to Massachusetts high license local option and Kansas. It notes 33 murders in Maine, 424 in Massachusetts, and higher per population murder rates in Maine and Kansas. It cites liquor tax payments from New Jersey versus Maine and Kansas combined and claims beer drinkers’ lives shorten by 40 to 60 percent per life insurance calculations.
The Western Electric Plant of Chicago bans beer on its grounds after noticing many accidents occur post lunch. In almost every case the injured worker had beer with lunch, prompting the rule to forbid beer during work hours.
The article notes that 88 percent of US manufacturers demand total abstinence from workers, while two thirds of drinkers begin the habit before 21. It cites annual expenditures of churches 175 million, public education 325 million, missions 21 million, tobacco 850 million, and intoxicating liquors 2 billion.
A reflective note observes happiness as a temporary presence, often rare to seize when it appears quietly in everyday moments and routines. It suggests a skeptical view of lasting contentment while acknowledging its ephemeral charm.
The Carlisle Mercury notes clean streets and well kept homes, yards, schools, and churches reflecting strong civic pride. It warns suffrage supporters threaten Mr Fields and other officials, citing Mr Cantrill’s Ashland District remarks as hopeful yet cautionary.
Elizabeth town News notes that some whisky newspapers label criticism of Gov. Stanley as treason yet previously censured Gov. McCreary to the limit four years ago.
For Rent Nice new cottage on Holt avenue with all conveniences. Apply to L. W. Lee. (39-21) Phone 660-1. This notice combines two duplicate rental items.
The saying suggests that prosperity and opportunity in the United States are widely recognized by tailors and grocers as a defining national identity. It reflects common perceptions of American abundance and potential across trades.
A pithy adage contrasts a wise man who reads handwritten signs with a fool who sees only a blank wall, signaling insight over ignorance in perceiving unseen cues.
A sentimental verse by W. D. Nesbitt describes an old motto found in the attic. The perforated cardboard motto reads God Bless Our Home and features green and red design amid dust and a spider web on a carved oak frame. The poem reflects on the hands that helped and the benevolent blessing tied to home and daily life.
Students at the local high school plan to form a rifle team to represent the school with regular practices. The War Department supports school rifle clubs with free rifle patterns and ammunition on proper application. An army officer will be assigned to teach rifle basics and target practice.
Mr James Leach and his family have rented the Mc Clure place a 52 acre tract on the Grassy Lick pike near the city and have taken possession. Neighbors say they are excellent people and will be welcomed back to Montgomery.
J. B. White advertises apples at 40 cents per pack. The note adds a humorous aside about a boy opening and closing the icebox door, urging to take him to a specialist for being not human.
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