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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1920

Page

12

Personal Notices From Cincinnati to Winchester

J H Keller visits Cincinnati on business. Many Kentucky residents travel to Lexington, Winchester, Morehead, Owingsville, and Louisville for visits, relatives, or shopping. Several names appear: Miss Florence Anderson, Miss Nell Cassity, Miss Elizabeth Mehan, Mrs. Blanch Brasheard, and others visiting family or making trips across the state.

Blanch Brasheard Lexington Florence Anderson Winchester Nell Cassity Morehead Elizabeth Mehan Danville R. C. Goldsmith W. C. Jennings Georgetown Tts Acnes Pgy M. V. P. Yeaman Charles Highland Lester Lee Louisville C. W. Duerson Effie Eubank

Remarkable Y M C A service record of Lewis A Judy

A letter dated December 30 1919 from Rev Clyde Darsie in Sterling Kentucky praises Lewis A Judy Mt Sterling Ky for an excellent Y M C A service overseas in France during World War I. Judy served at Paris headquarters in the Warehouse Department and later in the Salvage Warehouse conveying gratitude for his war work.

Lewis A. Judy France Clyde Darsie Judy Mt. Sterling Paris

Ada Allen's Turkey Pen Continues Strong Start

Ada O. Allen began 1919 with ten turkeys in her pen and at year end G. D. Sullivan & Co. paid her 108.80 dollars for her raising efforts. She starts the new year with the same pen size.

Ada O. Allen G. D. Sullivan & Co

Samuels Resigns to Join Family Oil Firm in Texas

Stockwell Samuels resigns from Mitchell Baker and Smith Lexington to join his brother and mother in the oil business in Texas.

Stockwell Samuels Mitchell, Baker and Smith Lexington Texas

Defended Use of Poison Sparks English Inquiry

Dated 1717, agents urged customs to curb aqua tofani poison imported into Italy and distributed widely in Naples and Genoa. Reports claim 600 deaths at Naples with many executed for selling and administering. Perpetrators cite religious motives to excuse selling the poison for ridding troublesome spouses and enemies.

Sec. Arienateien Commissioners of Customs England Naples Genoa Italy

Helen Learns the Flu Hits a Family Hard

A family endures influenza suffering across generations with hair loss and changing attitudes. Nine year old Helen discovers a baby brother but asks why a used one was bought, sparking a comic moment about the flu.

Father Grandfather Mother Grandpa Helen

Child Victim of Eagles Near Maranges Frontier

A three month search for a missing baby from Maranges near the Spanish border ends when villagers on Cancardus mountain uncover infant bones, linen scraps, and tiny sabots beside an eagle nest. The parents identify the sabots as their child’s, suggesting an eagle carried the child away while he played.

Maranges Cancardus

Moonshine Discrimination Claim Cited by Uncle Bottletop

In a vivid exchange, Uncle Bill Bottletop says a law-abiding man notices the only people who get liquor are those with no business with any at all, reflecting a satire on bootlegging and prohibition era tensions.

Uncle Bill Bottletop

Recruit for New Club in London Answers

A brief item notes a literary recruiting pitch from London Answers inviting readers to join a dwindling club after asking applicants about writing a book. The exchange highlights enthusiasm and scarcity as a tongue in cheek call to participation.

George London

Modern Artists Embrace Time Saving Inventions

In a witty exchange, Dauber jokes about painting Father Time with a mowing machine, while another artist defends progress and aims to stay current with new techniques.

Dauber

Little Mamie Frizzlepate Delivers Daily Apple to Teacher

Readers remark on Little Mamie Frizzlepate's daily habit of presenting the teacher with a large red apple and speculate on the Frizzlepate family's wealth.

The Substitute Laughs Through Sugar Scarcity

A brief exchange reveals a concern over scarce raw sugar and a humorous remark that they will continue using the cooked variety, underscoring resource limits and adaptability in daily life.

Missionary Society Meets and Sermon Series Planned

The Baptist church Missionary Society met Tuesday at 2 30 in the parlor and teachers and workers are urged to attend Thursday at 7 in the church reception rooms with Pastor West. Dr G W Cameron presiding elder spoke at Morehead Sunday. salaries paid to date. Next Sunday the pastor begins a sermon series on the Church Covenant covering Bible Covenants, Covenant Life in the Church, Family and World with dates January 11 18 25 and February 1.

Missionary Society of the Baptist Church The Baptist Sunday School G. W. Cameron Lexington M. E. Church Morehead Pastor West

Spencer Agents Sell Queen Street House to Fitzgerald

Cravens and Turpin acting for John A. Spencer sold a house and lot on Queen street to Harry Fitzgerald for 1000 dollars with possession on March 1.

Cravens and Turpin John A. Spencer Queen Street Harry Fitzgerald

French Turley to Undergo Mastoid Operation

French Turley of this city is at the Good Samaritan Hospital where he underwent a mastoid operation today. Late reports from his bedside indicate he is progressing nicely.

Turley Good Samaritan Hospital

Ills and recoveries reported in local notes

Ernest Lee Baird remains confined to his apartment with a severe tonsillitis attack. Florence Wilkerson, daughter of Mr and Mrs N A Wilkerson, shows improvement after a week at home. Mrs Elmer Duncan of Wade’s Mill was hospitalized at Clark County Hospital for surgical treatment.

Ernest Lee Baird Florence Wilkerson Elmer Duncan Wade’s Mill Clark County Hospital

Birth Announcement for Elizabeth Jean Rogers in Louisville

To the wife of Wesley J. Rogers nee Miss Margaret Ragan at their home in Louisville Sunday a daughter Elizabeth Jean.

Wesley J. Rogers Margaret Ragan Louisville Sunday Elizabeth Jean

Evangelist Dr Dew in Winchester Meeting

Gospel preacher Dr J H Dew, a leading Southern evangelist, conducts a Winchester First Baptist gathering with Dr C M Thompson as pastor. His 1919 labors brought 1341 additions to southern Baptist churches, and talks aim to start a Mt Sterling meeting soon with a plea to pray daily for Winchester.

J. H. Dew South First Baptist Church Winchester C. M. Thompson Southern Baptiste Dew Mt. Sterling Baptist Church Mt. Sterling

Art Studio Opens January 8 By Dorothy Tyler

Miss Dorothy Tyler opens her art studio January 8 at her Sycamore Street home. She will teach crayon charcoal pen and ink sketching oil watercolor and design painting basketry poster work and more inviting children under 16 to enroll.

Dorothy Tyler Sycamore Street

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J. H. Keller Cincinnati Minnie Sue Graves Huntington Claude Paxton Ashland W. L. Kilpatrick Leo Schlegel Detroit Mary Schlegel Susan Fisher Woods Stanford Grover C. Anderson Scott Goodpastor Tda Belle Owingsville Mary Ann Young Mary Storer Lula Henry Middletown Ohio R. A. Brooks May Daugherty Mrs. W. L. Kilpatrick Robert Covington Frances Ann W. R. Thompson Bessie Cohen Marguerite Newmeyer Chicago Elsie Henry Charles Neal Bessie Lane Robert McConnell Hunter Bailey Frank Robbins Cley’ind Relas Hot Springs Ark Hattie Owings Mise Flo Shirley Prof W. C. Hopper Sallie Eubank Bethany College Mary Hadden Mary McClure Naret White Prestonsburg Steve Pieratt Esther Wilson Memphis Howell Reese Canton Leah Reese Edna Berkele Lancaster D. T. Moss Sturgeon Ray N. O E. H. Moss Bruce Robbins Bridgeport Ill Carrie Mary Anderson T. D. Bentleys North Dudley W. Hunter Bernice Clarke Washington C. B. Clarke Charles James Leonard Bayes W. C. Cooper N. H. Fletchers B. F. Thomson Birmingham Mary Kendall Arthur Bybee Long Beach Cal Lucey Turner Bessie Bybee Anna B. Pinney Washington, D. C Fannie Maybeth Pinney Roger Turney Patton Rebecca Nell Cynthiana John Scott Hamilton College Will Ratliff Sharpsburg Badger Robertson Mary J Hughes Atkinson Jentol Gatewood West Virginia Lewis Carrol Jones Knoxville B. E. Jones William B. Woodford Paul Strother Motor Florida Mary Beall Owensboro J. W. Hedaoaty John H. Mason Winter Park, Fla Mrs. C. D. Powell C. B. Stephens C. E Opera House Elizabeth Miller Lockwidge L. G. Cannon Irene McNamara State University P. McNamara Thomas Clarke Pittsburgh Kate C. Clarke Margaret Ramsey J. C. Ramsay Mary Lawless Gatewood Mildred Gatewood Margaret Turley William King Willy and J. M. Conroy Elsie Stephens Torrent Kentucky Normal City East Main Street Georgette Ourya the Rogetw Co. Ince
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