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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1911
Page
8
John D. Rockefeller Jr. tells Fifth Avenue Baptist bible class to forget past failures and begin 1911 with hope. He urges transforming defeats into foundations for success, pursuing a definite purpose, self mastery, and avoiding harm with diet and drink.
Advertising note urges ladies to buy high grade initial stationery from Advarate Pub Co Inc at 50 cents per box. The brief, promotional item highlights a bulk discount and ongoing sale.
The past month of bad weather has left Mt. Sterling streets in the worst possible condition following the completion of the local sewer system project.
A roster of major donors for 1910 includes Andrew Carnegie 19016000 John D. Rockefeller 17000000 Isaac C. Wyman 10000000 United States Steel Corporation 8000000 Mrs Russell Sage 3570000 David Ranken Jr 3000000 J P Morgan 2500000 Thomas Murdock 3500000 Mrs Mary Harriman 2200000 Charles Francis Wright 2100000 Mrs Amanda W Reid 2000000 Anonymous 2000000 Henry Curtiss 2000000 Thomas Forsythe 2000000 George L Fox 1500000 Mrs End D Harkness 1500000 Dr Thomas W Evans 1250000 Mrs Mary H Loomis 1250000 Henry Dexter 1200000 Thomas F Ryan 1025000 John A Kasson 1025000 Martin A Ryerson 1000000 Frank B Cotton 1000000 Horace B Stillman 1000000 Anonymous to Metropolitan Insurance Co 1000000 Goldwin Smith 1000000 Mrs Flora L Dottger 1000000 Mrs Harriet Coles 1000000
James West, a Black man charged with detaining a young white girl, was taken to Louisville jail for safekeeping Monday by Shelby County officers due to inflamed public feeling. He maintains his innocence.
A Concord washer rushes to hear Mr. Emerson speak and admires his demotic air. Phillips Brooks offers a similar portrait, a scrubwoman asks to marry in the chapel and is told the church is for the likes of all.
In a humorous social note, Jinks and Winks decline to be introduced, sparking a light exchange about etiquette and manners at a gathering.
The Joliet Journal notes Washington has adopted the woodpecker as the state emblem and conservation ally. It eats tree-damaging insects, harms nothing useful, and debunks rumors that it damages telegraphs, calling critics “knockers.”
The Senior Senator questions Easler’s push for higher tariffs while the Junior Senator jokes that Easler favors protection for his infant industries including spring chickens squabs calves and suckling pigs. The exchange underscores a light political quip about agricultural business interests.
A passerby recounts a brief street conversation in which a very thin girl with a large pompadour recalls a man she met at the beach. He allegedly told her his remarks comparing her arms to the Venus de Milo's.
A fragmentary text hints at a dialogue about pride in ancestors and a garbled query about their deeds. The lines suggest a cultural or linguistic puzzle rather than a complete news item.
Column reflecting on the origins of the doctor of laws and trained lawyers in Europe. It questions whether lawyers have fulfilled the nobility of their mandate to untangle legal confusion and guide society, citing the need for decisive insight like Alexander the Great and Judge Gaynor.
Gardeners with old fashioned plots face bare ragged patches after bloom and leaf dieback. Thinning perennials helps, so fillers like nasturtiums Japanese mallows annual coreopsis provide continuous color without deep roots. Second crop of annual poppies from seed pods takes long and may be spindly.
A rural exchange features a critic urging against reelec tion of a man described as unfit to represent locals. The critic mocks fancy habits noting he ate pie with a knife while among plain citizens. Farmer Corntessel weighs in comparing manners to common folks.
A Chicago Record-Herald brief recounts a beauty warning an old fiancé that she wed him for his wealth. He responds he can teach her to love, as a near loss underscores the fragile engagement.
In a far north scene a polar bear asks what the white men are doing nearby and learns they seek the north pole. A brown seal responds with relief, joking that the men might be recruiting for a zoo rather than a mission.
A busy merchant advertised for a porter and hired a strong applicant who answered that he previously carved spring chickens in a downtown restaurant. The merchant tested him on the spot, telling him to remove his coat and begin work.
Grogan argues he must rest after meals to help his dyspepsia, despite a bet. Hogan taunts him as the doctor advised a full hour of rest, while Grogan jokes about needing time to rest like the devil.
Lewis J Wools, a Black man from Howard's Mill, committed suicide last week by hanging. A halter strap was thrown over a tree limb and Coroner Eastin notes he appeared determined to end his life, lifting his legs to avoid touching the ground. He was well liked and regarded as a respectable elder.
Farmers are urged to read the sale advertisement by A L Tipton agent. The paper hints another page may contain the exact items farmers seek.
An advertisement extols MI-DNA as a blood tonic boosting vigor and brain nourishment, and MI O-NA as a stomach remedy and general tonic. It promises relief from indigestion and sleeplessness, with a 50 cent price and a free trial offer via Booth's Mio-na in Buffalo.
Promises a lifetime opportunity to see Buffalo Bill as the greatest Indian fighter, suitable for mothers daughters and sweethearts. At Taber Opera House Friday and Saturday January 6 and 7 with a Saturday matinee at 3 pm. Admission ten cents.
Edwin Milton Boyle's romantic drama The Squaw Man stars William Faversham in a London to Arizona tale of two suitors, a brother's guilt, a child, and a clash of ambition and duty. Diana, an English lord’s daughter, and the final curtain offers a hopeful ending. Advance seating at White's Drug Store. Lower floor 50 75 100 cents. Balcony 35 50 cents.
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