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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1914
Page
2
A Kansas City Star writer urges consumers to scrutinize how flour sugar and other foods are packed and handled. Sanitary packaging protects products from dust and germs though it may raise costs as manufacturers push clean handling and shipment methods. The trend replaces bulk sales, but gaps remain in bread wrapping and some flour packages.
The campaign of William Gustavis Boult for prosecuting attorney faltered as he courted farmers, facing a tough path through hostile voters and a harsh political landscape labeled a Rocky Road to Nowhere by critics.
Six men including Harry W. Lockridge Richard P. Winn Edward E. Bogie Chas W Howe Robi M Trimble Jr and William B Woodford were initiated into the Elks at their last meeting. The lodge pledges a special push in the coming year to grow Mt Sterling Lodge No 723 and strengthen its community presence.
The piece notes that improving city water supplies cut typhoid cases, citing the Washington Star on a filtration plant reducing city cases and linking remaining infections to out of town sources or unconnected wells. It contrasts old pumps with modern mains and urges abandoning pumps as Louisville progresses from village days.
Kentucky led the nation in hemp production, but farmers shift to tobacco. Prof. Garman of the State Experiment Station argues hemp seed, at five dollars a bushel, is a profitable, soil-friendly crop and urges revival of hemp growing to meet seed demand, noting hemp acreage has fallen while tobacco has risen.
A compiled list of upcoming and newly available titles including Apache Gold Altcheler The Texan Triumph Altcheler The Crim son Sweater Barbour The American Nobility DeCoutevain Betty at Home Dex The King s Blue Rib and Ollis Seeing Europe with Famous Authors Ten volumes illustrated Halsey The Holliotts of Red mary Harker The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson Helmar The Argylelease Horn blow Toya The Unlike Kelly The Taste of Apples Lee Me Smith Lockhart The End of Her Honeymoon Lowndes The Witness for the Defense Mason The Treasure Norris Pierre and His People Parker From the Angle of Seventeen Philpots Miss Billy Porter The Burden of a Woman Pryce Americans and Others Repplier Victory Law War wick Daddy Longer ys Webster It Happens In Egypt The Williamsons
At the Nicholas County Fiscal Court meeting on Tuesday a 10,000 dollar appropriation was made to build a model road from the Bath county line to Millersburg via Carlisle. The grant is conditional on local citizens raising an equal amount for the work along a 14 mile route through the county’s richest area.
Laundry office advertises a pair of wagon or stock scales for sale with contact phone 15 40 21 for inquiries.
This notice lists county court days near Mount Sterling. Bath Owingsville 2nd Monday Bourbon Paris 1st Monday Clark Winchester 4th Monday Fayette Lexington 2nd Monday Fleming Flemingsburg 4th Monday Harrison Cynthiana 4th Monday Madison Richmond 1st Monday Montgomery Mount Sterling 3rd Monday Nicholas Carlisle 2nd Monday.
The city health department has long condemned and destroyed old pumps for public welfare. Despite these efforts, frequent opposition persists, while a century ago Louisville and the nation faced better water conditions overall.
Judge H. Clay McKee filed suit in Montgomery Circuit Court against Geo W Anderson Jr to stop placing buggies on Bank Street and washing vehicles there as a nuisance. Trial set for the present term. McKee, a Bank Street property owner, cites Anderson’s livery yard. City officials reportedly took no action.
Help wanted advertisement seeks a young woman to train as a nurse at Robbins Hospital Salt Lick Kentucky. Offers room board and six dollars per month for room and pay while training.
Local resident M. P. Lowry of 23 Taylor Ave Winchester Ky commends Doans Kidney Pills for relief from backache headaches and dizziness. He cites personal satisfaction and urges readers to ask for Doans by name, noting availability in 50 local stores and sponsoring company Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An unusual note references Huylers chocolate served at a fountain with a stray line about Geiger's Pharmacy. The fragment suggests a local promotional or mention involving two established brands.
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