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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1911
Page
7
A column discusses how a neat looking girl secretly wins with careful wardrobe habits. It praises orderly storage, routine care of ribbons gloves and handkerchiefs, and proper dressing technique as the core to appearing smart on a small budget. It urges parents to teach children early to care for clothing.
A brief item notes an exception case where a starkly simple expression stands out, prompting reflection on how plain language can underscore meaning more effectively than florid wording. The phrase hints at a larger discussion on style and interpretation.
The piece argues death is a natural part of life and urges courage over grief. It cites Louise Collier Willcox and a poem that comforts the dying, saying there is no permanent stoppage in the procession of life and one should greet departure with solemn gladness.
A St. Louis man won a 1911 verdict after suing the Inside Inn at the World's Fair in 1904 for hundreds of dollars. A St. Louis woman earned a 1911 verdict in a 1905 real estate dispute, with possible further appeal. The author decries seven year delays as perverse, eroding respect for law and provoking anarchic views.
A stern warning hung at a residence declares rent is due and the bailiff will levy on all assets, signaling strong measures to deter further trouble. The message suggests authorities may intervene to seize property if obligations are not met.
A society woman credits ethine double strength from W S Lloyd's Drug Store with clearing freckles. She says top dermatologists doubted results, but nightly applications fade remaining freckles by morning. One ounce suffices even for stubborn cases under a money back guarantee.
A Life magazine excerpt notes a speaker saying they spent the week training a waitress for the family she now serves. The exchange frames a charitable or supportive act directed at a domestic worker's new role.
In Lewis County Kentucky around 1861 Thomas Tarry married three times to Miss Staggs and Miss Tarry, each wife bearing him children. After each wife died he married another from the Stagg family while his daughter by his first wife later marries Mr Staggs who then dies. The question asks the kinship relation between Tarry’s children by the second and third wives and Staggs’ third wife’s children.
Mt. Sterling resident L. G. Howard describes ten years of backache then severe kidney distress. After using Doan s Kidney Pills his symptoms vanished and he keeps a supply on hand. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan s.
A customer asks for a faith book while the clerk states the shop’s policy is strictly cash. The exchange mirrors a terse transaction in a bookstore setting with emphasis on payment terms and customer request.
A Yonkers Statesman humorous note questions what the klepto maniac did in court and answers with a joke about taking the witness stand.
Jesse M. Alverson formerly of Stanford and recent Frankfort resident has purchased the Anderson News, a weekly at Lawrenceburg. He becomes sole owner editor and manager with charge to take effect immediately. Alverson brings years of newspaper experience and is expected to elevate the paper to one of the state's best.
The line playfully cautions against grandiose ego and rash actions while urging steady judgment. It uses a rural wisdom tone to remind readers that some challenges cannot be forced or dramatic gestures cannot solve them.
A reflective line advises that success in Life depends more on how you play the cards you hold than on the cards themselves.
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as the cheapest accident insurance offering pain relief and wound healing. It states the product is available at all druggists.
Readable fragments show times listed as 12 39 p m 9 37 p m 9 20 a m 7 05 p m 2 05 p m and 7 19 4 m indicating a garbled line of schedule or log entries with no clear events or subjects attached.
Effective May 28 1911 northeast bound schedule note appears from the Lexington and Eastern timetable listing.
Train No. 1 connects at Lexington with the Louisville and Nashville for Louisville Kentucky. Train No. 3 connects at Lexington with L N for Cincinnati Ohio. Campton Junction trains 1 2 3 4 connect with Mountain Central Kentucky to and from Campton Kentucky. Beattyville Junction trains 1 2 3 connect with L A Railway for Beattyville. O K Junction trains 1 and 4 connect with Ohio and Kentucky Railway for Cannel City Kentucky and O K stations.
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