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Newspaper

Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1912

Page

6

Free Scholarship In Agricultural College By Southern Railway

President Finley of the Southern Railway along with Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway to establish a four year scholarship at the State Agricultural College of Kentucky. The award targets a resident of a county served by the railways who could not otherwise afford college training. Details to follow after coordination with the college president. Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil advertises quick pain relief and wound healing.

Finley Southern Railway Company Southern Railway Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway State Agricultural College of Kentucky Agricultural College

Carriage to Meet Trains at Local Stable

Lloyd's stable offers baggage calls by telephone 281 for Will Bean and a carriage service that meets all trains at 25 cents each way. This notice appears in a local transportation listing.

Lloyd’s Stable Will Bean

Clay McKee and Sons Real Estate Firm Promotes Services

Local real estate and loan services firm Clay McKee and Sons advertises buy sell and rent real estate and insurance bonds as well as mortgage and auto financing. The notice emphasizes their role in securing investments and offering motor vehicles to clients.

Ozark Anthem Wins Popularity in Missouri Banquets

Missouri paid 500 dollars for a state song but could not find a fitting tune. Meanwhile an Ozark tune about a dog and packing hounds becomes a regional favorite at banquets and reunions. The playful verses repeat with the same first line and a lively dogtroterino tempo.

Missouri Ozarks Maryland

Modern Woodmen Rates to be Increased

The head camp of the Modern Woodmen of America approved a readjustment plan raising life insurance rates. Passed 460 to 207 after states adopted a uniform fraternal insurance bill. The plan, effective in a year, raises rates for members under 54 by 50 to 100 percent, while those 54 and older face limited assessments.

Chicago Woodmen of America Mobile Ala

Laundry at Home Beats Outsourced Service

A short note argues to do laundry locally rather than sending it away, claiming comparable quality and cost. It highlights convenience and savings by using nearby services or in-house options.

Real Education Examines True Values and Compassion

A University professor asks pupils to define educated by their actions and character. He ponders sympathy for good causes, public spirit, kindness to the weak, friendships, honesty, love for children, loyalty to animals, humility in work, happiness without wealth, and spiritual relation to the Creator. Kansas City Star.

University of Kaneas City

Daughter Confronts Kiss After Tom’s Prodding

A brief dialogue reveals a mother urging resistance while the daughter confesses she could not resist Tom’s kiss, implying emotional tension and possible conflict within a romantic triangle.

Sealed Proposals For Brick Street Construction In Mt Sterling

Sealed proposals will be received for paving West Main East High and Locust streets with vitrified block on concrete, curb and gutter. Bids marked Bids for Street Paving must be sent to the City Clerk Mt. Sterling Kentucky with a $1000 certified check. Bids opened 7 p m February 14 1912 in the council chamber. Territory to be paved about 12000 square yards. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

West Main Street Bank Street Mary Meguire East High Street Maysville Street Queen Street Locust Street Wilson Street Mt. Sterling Kentucky National Bank Board of Council W. A. Samuels C. B. Parkerson H. M. Riveo

Notice on parole application and objections warning

Notice is given that an undesigned, convicted of murder in April term 1910 of the Montgomery Circuit Court, will apply to the Board of Prison Commissioners for a parole. Objections must be written to the Board. Clark Rash. Also: local ad for sparerios backbone country sausage and a discussion on cotton boll weevil impact and southern agriculture urging diversification and better cultivation with input from the Alabama experiment station.

Montgomery Board of Prison Commissioners Clark Rash South Alabama Experiment Station

New Method Claims Wine-Feeds Boost Hens Egg Yield

Professor M Joubert of Fontainebleau France reports a simple technique to make hens lay more by adding bread soaked in wine to their diet. In six trials with two groups of twelve hens the wine-fed birds produced about twenty eggs per month versus fewer in the control.

M. Joubert Agricultural College Fontainebleau France

Relics of Burns Placed in Alloway Museum

Burns Cottage and Monument trustees place a Dumfries Volunteers cairngorm brooch and an old wooden snuff box in the Burns Monument museum at Alloway. The items, once belonging to the poet, came from Miss Grace Haugh via her nephew William Pearce to Mrs. S R Hunter of Winnipeg before their acquisition by the trustees.

Burns Cottage Burns Monument Alloway Dumfries Burns Grace Haugh S. R. Hunter Winnipeg Canada London Globe

Financial embarrassment cited in car ride plan failure

A dialogue reveals Patience promised a car ride but canceled today. Patrice says Patience appeared embarrassed, and Patrice notes the trouble was financial embarrassment.

Patrice

Train connections listed for Lexington and regional junctions

Train No 1 connects in Lexington with L N for Louisville Kentucky and No 3 connects in Lexington for Cincinnati Ohio. Campton Junction trains 1 2 3 and 4 connect at Mountain Central Ky to Camp Ton Ky. Beattyville Junction trains 1 2 3 connect with L A Railway for Beattyville Ohio and Kentucky. O K Junction trains 2 2 and 4 connect with Ohio and Kentucky Ry for Cannes City Ky and O K stations.

A.M P.M Quicksand Jackson O. & E. Junction Athol Beattyville Junction Campton Junction Clay City L. & E. Junction Winchester Lexington Bearoe Junction Jackson Ae Louisville Cincinnati Mountain Central Campton, Ky O. & K. Junction Ohio & Kentucky Ry Cannes City

Dress Spotting Question Goes Unclear

A woman asks how easily a dress can be spotted and a gentlemanly reply hints at distance or discretion, leaving the exchange open to interpretation.

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