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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
5
Miss Nettie Richardson visits West Liberty friends while many others travel to Lexington Louisville and Columbus. Local residents from Frankfort St Louis and Richmond socialize visit relatives in Winchester Covington Paris and Eminence as Rogers Co purchases stock in New York and Miss Tipton resumes work after rest.
Complete stocks of initial paper and correspondence cards are available now. Call today to secure the full range before depletion.
Commissioner Newman reports rainless conditions since August 1. The western region is severely parched while central areas fared only slightly better. eastern Kentucky is less affected. Corn stands at 63.6 percent statewide with some crops cut up to 90 percent. Tobacco, pastures, and hay shows broad declines.
exTAt SICK Mr. R. B. McGuire remains seriously ill at his home near the city. Judge Allie W. Young is ill at his Morehead home and faces typhoid fever threat. Mrs. J. M. Bigstaff sick at Mrs. Tharp's boarding house after returning from the East. Harry Campbell shows progress after a long sickness. Judge G. A. McCormick departs to undergo skull surgery for an unhealed fracture.
Mrs. Pierce Winn hosted a Five Hundred afternoon on North Maysville street in honor of Miss Dorothy Deering of Cleveland Ohio with refreshments. Anna Laura Ratliff hosted a gathering the following Thursday at the Paris pike home of her parents with games and treats for many young friends.
The Methodist Church invites citizens of the town and county to hear next Sunday's sermon on a law and scripture study of vote buying and selling. The talk aims to examine the theme and educate attendees.
The S. F. McCormick Lumber Company won a large Lexington contract to supply half a million feet of lumber for a new Independent tobacco warehouse at South Limestone and South Upper streets opposite the State University campus. The building’s foundation is nearly finished and will be rushed so it opens with the tobacco market in late fall. The firm, established about three years ago on East Seventh Street, also secured multiple barn projects in the county including a 15 acre barn for William Tipton, a 12 acre barn for Cloud Bosworth, and a 10 acre barn for Ray Tucker. Sam McCormick, son of County Judge G. Allen McCormick, is connected with the company.
The Sanitary Meat Market urges customers to pay cash to maximize value, promising better meat for money.
Emerald Ray the stallion owned by Mr. Ray Moss of Green Briar Stock Farm has won the Saddle Stallion Class at Harrodsburg and the Stallion and Combined Stallion Classes at Danville. He placed second in stakes to Mary Yandell Fox in both venues, with five Stallion Class wins and two stakes runner ups overall. Emerald Ray is set to be shown at Lexington Thursday, drawing praise from Moss and friends.
The American adding machine will add subtract and multiply for 35 dollars. Thomas Kennedy, a local druggist, has the agency for the area and offers demonstrations to potential buyers before ordering.
The Blue Grass Fair opened in Lexington on Monday with a large crowd in attendance. Show rings are well filled and indications point to this year’s fair eclipsing all previous in Lexington as crowds from the city are expected daily.
424 acre farm on Donaldson seven miles from Mt Sterling features two houses and solid outbuildings. Well watered and in a good neighborhood. Bargain price if sold promptly. 626
Notice is hereby given that I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife Nan nie Asburry. John E. Asburry.
Grateful note thanking friends for untiring efforts in the Democratic nominating race for County Judge. Leadership pledges impartial enforcement of the law if elected. Gratefully yours, W O Cuenartrt Sr.
Prices listed include $3.50 and $4.00 for ladies slippers with a sale tag at Punch, Graves and Co showing a $1.98 sale price option.
Mr and Mrs des Cognets announce the marriage of their daughter Miss des Cognets to Mr Hogan Lowndes Yancey on Wednesday August 6 1913 in Lexington Kentucky. The ceremony took place at the bride's parents home on East Main Street at 7 pm with Rev Mark Collis of the Broadway Christian Church officiating. Only the two immediate families attended and many friends in Mr Sterling take interest.
The Sanitary Meat Market announces a cash only policy for deliveries with drivers instructed to collect upon delivery to improve weights and service. The notice urges customers to pay cash.
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