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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
10
Local residents return from travels and visits across Kentucky and nearby states. Names include Mr. W. Gaitskill Mrs. Hadden Lieutenant Coleman Ewing Flynn Cynthiana Mr. Tyler Winchester Rufus Knight Sharpsburg and many others. Gatherings in Lexington Louisville Indianapolis and Washington noted with travels and social calls.
The Presbyterian church begins revival services this Sunday at 11 AM after the communion. Dr. Terhune will preach and Mr. Ralph Mitchell will lead singing. Evening services run 7 30. Dr Yeaman will teach the Hazelrigg Bible Class next Sunday morning at 9 30 at the Christian Church.
The column reports several local residents improving or worsening health including Mr. R. D. Gaitskill and Mrs Cynthia Reed with serious illness while Mr. Samuel J. Rogers remains in danger and Judge Robert H. Winn recovers at home. It also describes a delightful Mt Sterling History Club recital featuring Mrs Hughes of Lexington with violin and Miss Myrtle Kesheimer as pianist, praising the performers and club standards.
A nationwide drive led by the Federal Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare Committee seeks to spare three hundred thousand American children under five from preventable deaths and protect maternal health. The program begins with a national weighing and measuring contest to guide local life-saving efforts.
A brief notice mentions the family of Mr. T Jet Ratliff in the county, as recorded by W. and S.
Miss Mary Gray Ashbrook married Lieut John Gibson at her home in Cynthiana on Friday. The ceremony was a refined affair attended by Miss Mary Beall, a former university roommate, with Ashbrook celebrated for her charm and culture among local social circles. W. B. Rags Wanted We will pay 4 cents a pound for clean rags. Pinney Griggs Co.
The Presbyterian Church invites Rev Dr Thomas B Terhune and Ralph E Mitchell to lead a two week revival starting April 21. Terhune, pastor of New Albany Indiana’s Hutchison Memorial Church, is described as a forceful Kentucky native with conservative theology. Mitchell, a choir leader and soloist, is praised for a magnetic voice and clear diction. Services run 7 30 p m daily with no afternoon sessions and welcome members of other churches and choirs.
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