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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1914
Page
8
A historical note explains the hesitation waltz and its variants the twinkle and the wave. It details open formation steps for the twinkle with two forward one back motions and cautions dancers to stay in time. The wave requires space and shows a three foot drift with shifts on the balls of the feet.
Correspondence reports several farmers will start housing tobacco this week. Last week, crops suffered another severe setback with losses nearly wiping out gains from the prior week. Attendance at school rises, though the building is cramped. Various locals travel or visit relatives across Kansas and Tennessee as travel on nearby pikes remains busy.
Saturday afternoon Russell Heaton tried to catch a rogue horse. It wheeled and kicked him on the leg, badly breaking it before physicians set the bone. Heaton is progressing fairly well. Later, the Stepstone baseball team played the Stoops, with Stoops winning 18 to 8. Stepstone batters were Stull and Carpenter. Stoops batsmen Willoughby and Clark.
Three prime Mt. Sterling building lots offered for sale with buyer friendly terms. Interested parties should apply to Stanley Brown.
The state enforces a eugenic marriage law that cut marriages by 1424 compared to last year after five months in effect. Voters now face a ballot decision to repeal the statute.
Advertisement note listing an anthracite stove for sale in good condition with application directed to R. P. Walsh at 8-21.
Perry S. Hinson aged 45 died last Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs. Matilda Case after a long illness from Brights disease. Former city resident and occasional special police officer, he is survived by two sisters and two brothers Mrs. Milton Phillipps Miss Lee Hinson ex policeman W F Hinson and M F Hinson all of the county. The body was brought in Wednesday and interred in Machpelah cemetery.
Sanitary Meat Market announces a new modern bone grinding machine. Ground bone is pitched as the best chicken feed for laying fowls and especially good for fattening chickens.
If you cannot escape the wilds, the forest offers a fitting start for those entering the timber trade. The note frames wilderness as a suitable launching point for timber industry ventures and craftsmanship.
Master Commissioner Judy announces sittings in the case Commissioner's Sittings Montgomery Circuit Court. The session starts August 27 1914 and closes September 9 1914 at Mt. Sterling Kentucky. Creditors must present proven claims within these dates.
A compact editorial notes that wisdom lies in capping foolish behavior to a single streak, urging restraint and measured action for consistent prudence. The piece frames folly as a pattern to break with discipline and self awareness.
An Advocate for Printing advertisement lists 10 000 tobacco sticks pine and oak 300 tier polls and promotes Chiles Thompson Gro Co alongside David M Stewart with a contact phone 90s.
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