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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
6
A Louisville mechanic visits a Kentucky Tuberculosis Commission exhibit and recounts a doctor’s nonmedical cure he followed for three weeks. He credits outdoor air, proper diet, and rest for his recovery and notes his eight-year-old son’s health after feared inheritance of consumption.
A compact essay argues publicity drives business and culture from ancient times to modern politics. It notes advertisers, entertainers, health resorts, and churches rely on buzz, while public figures like Barnum and Roosevelt shaped the era. It cautions that valuable exposure often costs.
Notice that I will begin sittings in the case of Piff vs McClain at my Mt Sterling office on August 13 1913 and close August 36 1913. Creditors of L H McClain must present proven claims by that date.
In Montgomery Circuit Court L C Ogg administrator Florence Anderson defendants require all persons with claims against Killa Freeland to file them properly proven by August 30 1913 in Mt Sterling Kentucky Master Commissioner John A Judy issues the notice for creditors to present claims before the deadline.
The piece argues that newspapers are the key channel for political influence and voter reach. It notes candidates rely on ads to win sympathy and attention, stressing printed word endurance and wide circulation over direct campaigning.
Walter B. Nichols, 57, a Lexington printer and former Danville Tribune editor, died of heart failure after indigestion in his office. He helped run a large Lexington printing establishment and previously owned parts of the Winchester Sun. He leaves a wife Julia Bush, and five children Julian Leah Tillie Margaret Jane. Nichols once edited the Danville Tribune and worked for Lexington Leader before entering job printing. He was connected to Winchester Sun and had ties to Danville and Winchester families.
Classified notice offering a used phaeton in cheno condition for sale. Contact 8, P. Hunt, 3-36 for details and negotiation.
A descriptive feature from The Watchmaker describing several novelty clocks. It highlights a glass hour-glass clock with painted hours, a “The School” clock showing arithmetic as time, and “La Mappenmonde” a globe clock with an interior locomotive marking hours.
The study shows a soft steel disk cutting hard steel by heating at the contact point to fuse the material and brush it away. Heat remains confined to a narrow zone, creating a thin groove as the disk’s surface area prevents overall temperature rise. The contact area continually shifts while energy concentrates on a tiny locus.
An elderly man erupts at a waiter over a single egg order in a National Food Magazine vignette. He orders the egg be removed and loudly demands it be wrung by the neck, showcasing a comic clash of dining etiquette.
A Civil War era anecdote attributes a blunt remark to Stonewall Jackson at a generals council. The remark concerns a wounded Major and questions whether he could be discharged to perform a suggested task.
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt quotes a manager explaining sales strategy. The dialogue centers on presenting a Shake at $100 and then offering tent corkscrews at 15 cents if customers hesitate.
A New York political note reports that the Democratic primary ballot for the Twenty third Assembly district will span eighteen feet, requiring printing in six foot sections due to its length. The boast about large ballots echoes past ridicule of oversized ballots.
The Ascot gold cup winner Prince Palatine fetched a record 250000 pounds in a sale to J B Joel, a South African millionaire. A condition from former owner T Pilkington bounded the horse to stay in Great Britain, with Flying Fox’s 196875 record noted as the previous mark. Opportunities to most men are like train rear lamps seen only after they are gone.
A snake seeking food at East St Kilda near Melbourne swallowed an egg then another through a knot hole in a henroost wall. The second egg became stuck in the snake’s tail, leaving it immobile and leading to its demise from its own greed.
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