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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
6
A large crowd attended the auction of the brick business house on South Main Street owned by the Gibbons heirs. After spirited bidding, the building sold to D N Young of this city for 5600 dollars, the purchase described as a wise investment.
J. W. Jones Jr offers a house and lot for sale on North Sycamore Street. The note ends with a fragment about moss and a rolling stone.
A humorous verse laments criticizing others while neglecting personal faults. An estate notice offers a modern nine room residence for rent on West High Street, signed by M R Hamning.
The column reports dry weather delaying tobacco stripping and increased plowing. It notes Frank Bell and George Sanders returning from Illinois to stay in Kentucky, Halley Gillaspie at Lyndon home for holidays, Roxie Warner from Dayton visiting relatives, and general farmer satisfaction with tobacco prices. It mentions local movers and visitors Richard Wells, Carroll Cassidy, Fred Cassidy, Ben Copher, James Scott, Rolla Royse and family, and Stella Cophens’ students enjoying a Christmas tree.
In gratitude for relief from back aches and kidney distress thousands endorse Doan's Kidney Pills. Mt Sterling resident John Forman recalls prior back strain and kidney trouble, credits Doan's from Duerson's Drug Store for recovery, and confirms earlier statements. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan's.
A reflective remark contrasts private insight with public scrutiny. It warns that aiding the public to see through others ends friendships and narrows personal trust. The point emphasizes boundaries between private and communal exposure.
The fragment quotes a line about love from the Little Rock Democrat, noting a playful reading that love is two fools following one another. The brief reflects a casual sentiment rather than a full article.
In Houston a reader named Mrs. S C Burton praises Cardui the woman’s tonic for curing her womanly trouble. After three weeks in bed and months of illness she says two bottles restored her health she gained weight and now does all housework. The ad asserts Cardui is vegetable and has helped many for over 50 years with no risk at the dealer.
Elizabeth Ingram, a sixteen year old wife of George Ingram, is recovering at home after a self harm attempt ten days ago. Doctors Willis and Simrall report she is regaining strength and now walking about the house, expressing regret over the act.
Charles L. Simon succeeds John Corbitt as Florist with contact at 435 19 tf.
Panic erupted after a shout of fire at a Caumet Michigan hall during a Christmas event for copper mine strikers. An exit stairway bottleneck trapped attendees, leaving 37 girls, 19 boys, 13 women and 5 men dead as bodies filled the stairwell.
From day laborer to president of a massive mail order firm, Montgomery Ward built a fortune and an empire. He died at 70, leaving an estate valued at 15 million dollars, a testament to a life of hard work and perseverance in a land of opportunity.
Mrs Verelzy Clem a longtime county resident dies at her son Charles Clem's home near Jeffersonville at age 69. Widow of Jefferson Clem she was a devout Christian for forty years and regarded as an excellent and highly respected woman.
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