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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
1
Three loose leaf tobacco warehouses in Mt Sterling announce preparations for the year’s first sale to be held Monday, December 6. Farmers are urged to bring in crops any time and are told selling fees will be unchanged from last year.
Mr and Mrs Nelson Prewitt Van Meter of Clark County announce the engagement of their daughter Martha Chandler to Mr William Savage Duty proprietor of the Duty drug store in Winchester Both are prominent in social circles The wedding is planned for January Mr Duty formerly lived in this city with many relatives and friends looking forward to the news
Mr. Fred Strother will sing at The Paramount Theatre Thursday night. The performer has a splendid voice and this added attraction is sure to be appreciated.
An analysis of six months after May 25 1915 local option in Mt. Sterling cites a drop in drunkenness convictions and a decline in disorderly conduct, while business adjusted with eleven saloons closing and new types of commerce filling vacant spaces. It claims most liquor proceeds previously funded broad spending and public debt, estimating eleven saloons generated about 1650000 annually, much of which flowed to legitimate trade.
In line with Governor McCreary’s proclamation Tuberculosis Sunday will be observed in Mt Sterling on December 5. Churches will unite at the Christian church at seven o’clock for a lecture by Dr. W R Thompson of the Board of Health on the Great White Plague, its evils, preventives, and how laymen may help stamp out this preventable disease costing Kentucky thousands of lives yearly.
Messrs Y. M. Hainline and J. Peters have formed a partnership by combining their interests in the dry cleaning trade. The move concentrates what may be the largest such establishment in the section. Both gentlemen are popular and expected to attract substantial business. Hainline's equipment has been moved to the Fizer building where Peters has operated for some time.
Seventeen dance numbers fill the program in When Dreams Come True performed by William Pruett Jr and Mr Pe at the Table Theatre on Monday December 6.
Mrs. Mary Stephens longtime resident and beloved member of the community died after a lengthy illness. She was twice married, survived by two children and four stepchildren, with many relatives. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. at her home, conducted by Rev. Southgate, burial at Machpelah cemetery.
Heirs-at-law successfully assailed the Greene will in county court with probate refused by Judge Chenault on grounds of lack of testamentary capacity. An appeal to the circuit court will be pursued by the propounders of the will. ARR black cake material all new goods ea a & Co.
Miss Lucy Randal of this city traveled to Louisville last week to take the state examination for trained nurses. She passed the test with a creditable mark.
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