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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1914
Page
1
The city designates Friday and Saturday as Clean-Up Days to remove rubbish. Residents are urged to burn trash and place the rest in boxes or barrels for wagons to collect free of charge. Leaders appeal to all citizens to join the effort to keep Mt Sterling healthy and beautiful.
Six keys found on a city street Saturday afternoon should be picked up at Montgomery National Bank by their owner.
The U. S. Government has purchased a complete road outfit and will ship it here. Construction of the Maysville pike will start soon with a large force of men and the work rushed to completion.
The Grand Jury adjourned after filing with Circuit Judge William A. Young an exhaustive five-page report. It commends public record handling and the jail and courthouse conditions, and harshly arraigns those responsible for the deplorable city street state. It urges the next Grand Jury to confirm or absolve accountability for proposed improvements.
Distinguish visitors include Judge Rufus H. Vansant of Ashland Kentucky, chairman of the Democratic State Central and Executive Committees. He refused to confirm any candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor next year, saying only that he was here on private business.
Mr Elmer Downs and Miss May Breeding, popular locals, were quietly married in the city on Wednesday evening. Rev J S Wilson of the Baptist church officiated.
About 1,000 cattle traded in cold raw weather with high prices and slow trade. Buyers from Ohio Indiana and Central Kentucky participated. Notable sales included Sanford Helton 6 1000 lb oxen at 7c per lb and Mike Wilson 12 calves at 28 per head. Trade brisked in afternoon with satisfactory prices.
Mt Sterling hosts a Friday April 24 high school auditorium program by notable reader and elocutionist Mrs Jeanette Jewell Kellogg. The Chautauqua style performance promises dramatic and humorous selections with broad appeal and high character content. Admission is 35 cents under the Boys High School Club auspices.
The Winchester pike is being repaired by the city and county with rock shipments on the switch. The city has five carloads on hand and bought twenty cars from Atlas Stone Co. Olive Hill Ky. The county has two carloads and will receive three cars weekly for months from the same supplier. Mayor Oldham oversees city work, County Engineer Wyatt handles county work.
Cold damp Monday kept many horse owners from bringing mounts to the April court day show. Emerald Ray owned by Ray Moss drew attention alongside Star Emerald and McDonald's Choice. Percherons Prince Albert and Rollo were shown. many breeders favor the breed now. Peter Montgomery and Jackdaw drew crowds as gait and lineage noted. Notable absences included J Malcolm Forbes and Mainleaf, while Sterling Chief and several draft horses were mentioned without full names.
President Henry S. Barker of State University will deliver the annual commencement address to Mt Sterling High School graduates on the evening of June 5. The distinguished educator is noted as an eloquent speaker and leading academic figure.
The House passes a joint resolution declaring the President may use armed force to enforce demands on Huerta for amending his government. President Wilson warns against war with a weaker nation but signals a show of strength. An initial $50 million appropriation is proposed to empower Wilson as Commander in Chief. Estimates place Huerta loyalists totaling around 40,000 across Mexican provinces with troops concentrated in Mexico City Saltillo Jalisco Zacatecas Vera Cruz and other states.
The State Sunday School Board sets May 3 as Sunday School Day and aims for one million attendees across Kentucky. Superintendents urge outreach to nonattenders and visitation to encourage participation in any local school. Brunner advertises Red Cross footwear as a side note.
Nettie Reid, aged twenty one months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo R Snyder, died Friday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. The Snyders receive many expressions of sympathy from friends.
William Wallace Senff, infant son of Mr and Mrs Earl W Senff, died Wednesday morning. The couple and their many friends share in the bereavement and extend sympathy to the family.
A coal range is offered for sale at a cheap price by Mrs Jennie Robinson. Contact via phone 222 to arrange purchase.
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