Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad in Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling resident Mrs. Enoch Bruton testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her family member’s kidney and back pain after a single box. She later confirms the relief and recommends the medicine, noting price and availability at Duer son's Drug Store. Industrial note: tour headlines mention a $250,000 automobile speedway project planned near Douglas Park race track by Louisville Indianapolis Cincinnati financiers.
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Enoch Bruton
Harrison St
Sterling
Doan
Duerson's
Dean
Louisville
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Douglas Park Race Track
Record Crop Prospects For American Harvest Marked By Large Totals
The Department of Agriculture projects three billion bushels of corn one and a half billion oats and one billion wheat this year. Rye Irish potato and sweet potato tobacco rice and hay also expected to exceed last year. Total planted area up by ten million acres with the wheat crop set to be the greatest ever and worth over a million dollars, corn potentially about two and a half million.
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Department of Agriculture
Mosquitoes Prompt Resort Postcard Humble Brag
A postcard from a summer resort notes they sleep under blankets every night to keep off the mosquitoes. The line hints at the common pest issue and the playful boast reflects resort life.
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An advertisement argues deafness stems from an inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local methods, only constitutional remedies. It offers 100 dollars for any deafness from catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promises free circulars from J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney
Toledo
Ohio
Known Bourbon county arrestee linked to old county crimes
Jesse Burns, the man arrested in Bourbon county for killing a man at a Little Rock colored picnic, is noted as the same person who carried out a hatchet attack on Deputy Jailer Charles Sledd and was imprisoned here years ago. Also includes local photo pricing and a Weathered ad line about Joy's whistle.
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Jesse Burns
Bourbon County
Little Rock
Burns
Chas. Sledd
H. C. Denton
Poison Ivy School
Peavine Ridge
Woodrow Wilson
Snagtown Torchlight Clippings Spotlight Local Quirks
Snagtown reports a string of small town vignettes with residents like Miss Rosa Henstep Mrs Myrtle and Willie Howe. notes on doors windows birds and a mink track. Denton ventriloquism shows. Charley Bryan buying stamps and letters. Deputy Walz backing Woodrow Wilson. lighthearted mischief and local color.
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Rosa Henstep
Bob Houghton
Myrtle
Willie Howe
John Dashner
Punkin Center
John
H. C. Denton
Ralph Lynch
J. F. Cross
Bull Bayou
W. C. Herman
Jack Goodine
Doc Wait
Panther Creek
Charley Bryan
Plankville Patriot
Patriot
Mules Prove A Farmer’s Profits In Three Years
A farmer touts mules as his best crop and sells eight mule colts bought for 80 dollars each. After a year of grazing and winter care, four are sold in summer and four at fall public sale for an average of 101.50 dollars per head, demonstrating substantial profit.
Four room flat for rent near center with bath
Short ad offers a nice four room flat with a bath centrally located and asks applicants to apply to 43-tf through H. Strother.
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H. Strother
Bring Your Job Work to the Advocate Offices
A brief notice invites workers to submit job-related documents to the Advocate offices for processing. It stresses timely delivery and specifies where to file applications and inquiries. The item emphasizes official handling and procedural steps for job referrals.
Kentucky Fair Dates for 1915 Statewide Schedule
The following list fixes fair dates across Kentucky for 1915 with starts and durations for each county town. London Laurel Aug 24 four days Elizabethtown Hardin Aug 24 three days Shelbyville Shelby Aug Germantown Bracken Aug 25 four days Falmouth Pendleton Sep 29 four days Erlanger Kenton Aug 18 four days Nicholasville Jessamine Florence Boone Aug 46 three days Somerset Pulaski Aug 381 four days Barboursville Knox Sept 1 three days Grayson Carter Sept 1 four days Mayfield Graves Sept 1 three days Bardstown Nelson Sept 1 four days Tompkinsville Monroe Sept 2 three days Monticello Wayne Sept 7 four days Hodgenville Larue Sept Henderson Sept 7 five days Fulton Fulton Sept 7 four days Louisville State Fair Sept 13 six days Owensboro Daviess Sept 21 five days Horse Cave Hart Sept 22 four days Hopkinsville Christian Sept 27 six days Glasgow Barren Sept1,? four days Adairville Logan Sept 30 three days Cave City Barren Oct 1 six days Murray Calloway Oct 6 four days
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Falmouth
Pendleton County
Erlanger
Kenton County
Nicholasville
Jessamine County
Florence
Boone County
Somerset
Pulaski County
Barboursville
Knox County
Grayson
Carter County
Mayfield
Graves County
Bardstown
Nelson County
Tompkinsville
Monroe County
Monticello
Wayne County
Hodgenville
Larue County
Henderson
Henderson County
Fulton
Fulton County
Louisville
Owensboro
Daviess County
Horse Cave
Hart County
Hopkinsville
Christian County
Glasgow
Barren County
Adairville
Logan County
Cave City
Murray
Calloway County
Sure Things and oversized shoes for a girl
A quotable line notes that any girl will wear shoes that are at least two sizes too large unless she takes charge. The remark frames confidence and choices in fashion.
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Missouri School
Advocate Office
Mt. Sterling
Altle W. McCormick
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Fair Exchange
Mount Sterling
Cleopatra
G. D. Sullivan & Co
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Omice
Parker
Joy
Cgxchange Bank of Kentucky
H. BR. Prewett
B. Frank Perry
Kentucky State Fair
Routh Law
L. Dent
Paul Jones
Loutaville
Jack Cashner
Fluzie Tootsie
Rebecca Hitthepipe
Hunt Spring
Brussels
Aso
J. W. Baber
Rexall
R. H. White & Co
Vocate Offes
Kentucky
London
Laurel County
Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Germantown
Bracken County
Earl W. Senff
C. W. Compton
Mt. Sterling National Bank
Letters
E. Stamler
Fayette Nat’! Bank Bldg
Lexington
Bourbon Remedy Co
Bassett Drug Co
Albert Bondurant
The
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