Local notes and sports from Stoops area week
The week brings a severe tobacco season and a predicted record corn crop. Mrs Hood Thompson and daughter visit Stoops relatives. A large Sunday crowd passes through Stoops. Dr E O Guerrant to preach at Springfield. Hinkston Bridge baptisms draw 22. Stoops beats Levee 9 to 8 in 11 innings. Sherman Hamilton Recovering in Lexington hospital. Lucy Smathers and Lida Mark plan Lexington move after term ends.
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Hood Thompson
Salt Lick
E. O. Guerrant
Springfield
Hinkston Bridge
Horace Kingsbury
Lucy A. Smathers
Lida Mark
Lexington
Stoops
Levee
Barnard
McDonald
Still
Johnson and Crockett
Residence for Sale Baptist parsonage on West High Street
Brick residence known as the Baptist parsonage currently occupied by Rev. J. B. Wilson. The house is in thorough repair and desirable. Apply to W. A. Sutton or W. T. Tyler.
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Baptist Parsonage
West High Street
J. 8. Wilson
W. A. Sutton
W. T. Tyler
Keep right on smiling
A brief cheerful note encourages a steady smile and confidence, praising the reader’s appearance and stating that a smile looks good to observers. It keeps a light, positive tone suitable for a friendly newspaper snippet.
Advices Against Fodder Pulling From South Farmers
The South Carolina Experiment Station at Clemson College warns fodder pulling reduces corn yield and harms next year’s seed vitality. Darlington county experiments show when bottoms leaves turn the yield drops at least 24 percent, and when three fourths of leaves are dry the drop is about 10 percent. Farmers shift to other methods to save corn stover after maturity.
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South Carolina Experiment Station
Clemson College
Darlington County
D. D
South
For Sale Modern two story house corner West Main
For sale a modern two story house at the corner of West Main street and Samuels avenue. It has six rooms a hall a bathroom and four large closets on brick street with a low price. For price and terms contact O W McCormick Mt Sterling Ky or L C McCormick Lexington Ky.
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West Main Street
Samuels Avenue
Brick Street
O. W. McCormick
Mt. Sterling
L. C. McCormick
Lexington
Speech as a tool to reveal or conceal thoughts
The sentence discusses how speech can both express and mask inner beliefs, illustrating that language often serves as a cover for true intentions rather than a direct mirror of thoughts. It notes the dual role of speech in communication and perception.
Slender tongues inflame slanders and itching ears mock truth
A compact proverb notes that a slanderous listener breeds a slanderous talker and warns that eager ears for gossip are as harmful as a forked tongue, underscoring moral cautions about speech and reception.
Calf love and cautious hearts in aging romance
A Pittsburgh Post view warns that many mistake early feelings for true love. It compares calf love to a learning stage, notes dangers of money as motive, and cites examples from Dickens, Johnson, Borrow, and More. The piece favors a humdrum path to stable affection.
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Pittsburgh Post
David Copperfield
Miss Larkins
Mr. Marks
Munny
Sammy
George Borrow
Borrow
Johnson
Porter
Dante
Beatrice
Abelard
Heloise
Sir Thomas More
Night terrors in children linked to neurotic parenting
Dr. Adolph Stern in the New York Medical Journal argues night terrors in children stem from neurotic mothers who receive excessive attention and dependence. He cites common causes and prescribes independence through play with others and self-care like dressing, bathing, and bedtime alone to curb the fear.
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Adolph Stern
New York Medical Journal
Doctor Stern
Daylight Saving Debated Across Canada
Canadian interest grows in a daylight saving plan with Halifax leading local talks. Meetings nationwide aim to persuade the federal parliament to adopt turning clocks back one hour on April 1 yearly through autumn. The Halifax committee includes city council, labor, and merchant representatives.
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Canada
Halifax
Dominion
Trades and Labor Council
Commerce
Destructive 19th Century Famines Compared
The worst famines of modern times include Ireland 1846 47 with about 1 million deaths India 1866 with about 1.46 million victims India 1877 with about 500000 deaths and China 1878 with about 9.5 million deaths.
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Ireland
China
Prominent Winchester Man John M Day Dead at 68
Mr John M Day an influential figure in railroad coal and timber circles of Eastern Kentucky died Wednesday morning after a long illness from Brights disease. Survived by wife Melvin of Hazel Green and four children William Kelly Mary and Katherine Day all of Winchester. Also three brothers and one sister living in Winchester Hazel Green Breathitt county and Breathitt. The late Judge Nathan Day was a noted Breathitt resident. Day aged 68 helped develop timber and mineral interests in the region.
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John ©. M. Day
Winchester
Kentucky
Bright
Mr. Day
Miss Melvin
Hazel Green
William
Kelly
Mary
Katherine Day
Floyd Day
J. Taylor Day
William Day
Breathitt County
Lou Ellen Hargis
Breathitt
Nathan Day
Day
Miss Jessie Hughes to Wed Mr J A Allen in Winchester
The marriage of Miss Jessie Louise Hughes of North Middleton, daughter of Mrs Minta Hughes, and Mr J A Allen of Fairfield, will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Lewis Hagan in Winchester on Wednesday, Sept 1 at 3 30 pm. After the ceremony they will depart for a bridal tour and later reside near Bardstown.
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Jessie Louise Hughes
North Middletown
Minta Hughes
J. A. Allen
Fairfield
Lewis Hagan
Winchester
Bardstown
Sanitary Meat Market Beef and Veal Offerings
Sanitary Meat Market announced a selection of lamb pork beef and veal available for purchase. The brief notice highlights meat varieties and emphasizes quality or safety standards.
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Sanitary Meat Market
Rural Carriers Ordered Off Cars Until Sept 1 1915
The Post Office Department bans automobile delivery for rural carriers until September 1 1915. Two local carriers already with cars were forced to switch back to horse and buggy for the rest of the month.
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Post Office Department
Pergram Captured After Parole For Kentucky Murder
A telegram to Sheriff Manly of Bath County says Cleveland Pergram, recently pardoned after eight years for killing Thomas J. Jones, is arrested in Danville Illinois and on the way to Kentucky for the murder of James Harris.
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Manly
Bath County
Cleveland Pergram
Thomas J. Jones
James Harris
Danville
Kentucky
Oats in sanitary packages 10c advertised
Carlsbad Springs Co of Dry Ridge Kentucky promotes fresh water and offers oats in sanitary packages priced at 10 cents each. The note credits 8 P Greenwade.
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Carlsbad Springs Co
Dry Ridge
P. Greenwade
Good Woman Dead at Home in County
Mrs. Sue Hardman aged 75 wife of James Hardman died at their home late Tuesday evening. She was born and lived in the local area. Survived by husband and two brothers Thomas Moore of Clark county and Geo Moore of Fayette county. Funeral services held at the residence with burial in the family burying ground near Wade's Mill.
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Sue Hardman
Ud James Hardman
This County
Thomas Moore
Clark County
Geo. Moore
Fayette County
Wade's Mill
Painter Thomas Biggers Dies After Lexington Fall
Thomas Biggers, once a city resident, died from injuries after falling from a scaffold while painting the Union Station in Lexington last Thursday. He had many friends in this city who regret his death.
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Thomas Biggers
Lexington
Biggers
Floods devastate Galveston and St Louis losses rise
Floods last week caused extensive property destruction in Galveston with many lives lost. In St Louis severe property damage was reported and fifteen drownings. A spring lamb and country dam at Greenwade's is noted.
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Galveston
St. Louis
Greenwade’s
County Assessor to Start Montgomery Property Appraisals
Reany County Assessor James T. Barnes will begin assessing Montgomery county properties on September 1. He asks all taxpayers to be ready to furnish the necessary information.
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James T. Barnes
Montgomery County
Nature's great remedy Carlsbad Spring Water sale
Carlsbad Spring Water offered at Greenwade's Store claims to aid rheumatism kidney bladder liver Bright's disease catarrh bowels and many female troubles. Advertisement notes health benefits and availability at local shop.
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Carlsbad
Bright
Greenwade
Joyful Workmen Sing At Their Benches
A lyrical meditation on contentment as workers at their benches sing while their best desires are fulfilled and unrest subsides, described as a grand sweet song by a noble writer.
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