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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
7
A 1914 exhortation urges self reliance and hard work to unlock latent talents. It argues fortune favors the prepared, discourages excuses about education or duties, and motivates readers to act with persistence. It encourages belief in self, practical effort, and setting out to realize ambitions in the new year.
Townsend Young of Royersford claims Vinci cured his three month bronchial trouble and chest soreness. The advertisement touts fresh cod liver extracts and tonic, promising relief and taste satisfaction. Saxo Salve is also advertised with a guaranteed claim.
A brief poetic year farewell reflects on 1913 as it ends and the dark tide of time shifts, bidding a final goodbye. The verse urges readers to wave away the old year while acknowledging it might have offered more yet now must fade.
The Hazelrigg Bible Class of the Christian church organized a Clarke Christmas to help the city’s poor instead of a memorial service for Rev. H. D. Clarke. Their slogan was No Empty Stockings in Mt. Sterling, with committees securing names of every child and family needing Christmas assistance. The deaconess Miss McCoy collaborated with the class, and gifts were given as memorials to Rev. Clarke.
Montgomery County High students presented The Birds Christmas Carol in the chapel on Tuesday evening December 23 before a large crowd. Miss Nell Whaley directed the comedy and the proceeds of about 27 dollars will help pay for a recently purchased piano. The musical program was praised and each participant performed well.
A terse adage notes envy as the source of slander and a dirty tongue as the instrument of a disappointed heart, highlighting the link between envy and harmful words.
An advertisement urges buyers not to trust fruit tree agents, claiming some are unreliable. It promotes direct purchase from a nursery offering Winchester trees and a general line of nursery stock with no second or third class trees available.
Police engage five Hendrickson clan members after a deputy sheriff is wounded and another man killed. The barricaded group hid in a cabin near Pineville Four Mile as officers opened fire and ended with two deaths and three injuries.
A concise adage suggests that wealth is only a source of happiness to people who lack it readers of the era note. The saying reflects social attitudes toward money and contentment in moments of scarcity.
The agreement between American Telephone & Telegraph and Attorney General McReynolds for reorganizing the telephone company prompts numerous requests from other so called trusts about possible similar accords.
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