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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
5
A roundup of residents and visitors with movements to and from Louisville Lexington Frankfort Winchester Cincinnati Chicago Rochester Detroit and other towns. Names include Roy G. Kern Henry Watson John Stofer Otho Kimbrough J R Estep J T McCormick Adelaide Gay Ross McGinnis Avery Wilson J D Wren and many more with weeks’ travel plans and temporary stays noted.
Birth announcements include a son born at Holt avenue to the wife of Isom Osborne and a daughter Anita Clay born to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Watson at Frankfort on April 16. Elizabeth Dudley named for paternal grandmother born to Mr. and Mrs. William Tipton Tuesday night. Allen Prewitt Sr. improves after illness. Louise Hardy recovering after tonsil surgery. Edna D Owings back to school after illness. Judge Ben R Turner confined to his room with acute indigestion. Lodema Drake had tonsils and adenoids removed by Dr. G F Doyle and is doing nicely.
Buyer offers one dollar per chick for young stock and three dollars for pullets at six months, advertised by W. E. Bean.
Mrs Ella Nickerson of this city is dangerously ill with pneumonia at her brother's home in Stamping Ground. Deputy County Clerk Lindsay Douglas suffers a bone felon on his hand but remains able to work. Carl Boyd, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Boyd, returned yesterday from Millersburg Military Institute with scarlet fever.
Jailer James H. Barr plans to convert the Louisville Falls City jail dormitory space into a temporary hotel during the spring race meeting to boost revenues, as prison receipts have declined since prohibition reduced prisoner numbers. He emphasizes this would not compete with standard hotels except during the Derby period.
The city will provide jail accommodations at $1 per night for visitors unable to find rooms. Guests receive a cot in a ventilated, electric lighted dormitory with bath facilities. Mr. Barr operates two large dormitories. Vanarsdell's advertises beef pork lamb and veal as the best line of meats.
Silk hosiery and a wide range of sport weaves ideal for spring wear. Features newest patterns in smart fabrics, including French Serge Tricotine Scotch Mixtures and fancy plaids for dresses or sport skirts. Also offers latest shades in fashionable hand bags at unusually low prices.
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