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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1917
Page
2
The article proclaims a current profit sharing sale with deep price cuts, noting foresight in early buying allows substantial reductions similar to past sales and suggesting prices may not fall so deeply again for years.
Local merchant notes a sharp drop in prices as buyers rush to stock up. the piece highlights bargains at Graves & Company with emphasis on value and ample stock for customers during the low water mark period.
Mrs. Everett Bedinger of Anchorage Kentucky announces engagement of Sally Lucas Bedinger to Thomas Henry Hopkins of Demopolis Alabama. Hopkins, a Bath county native, formerly lived in Sharpsburg Owingsville and Mt Sterling Kentucky before moving to Alabama, with many old friends here awaiting details.
A suburban housewife recalls a conversation between her maid Hilda and the cook next door. Hilda explains a hoosit as a bell that rings when you put a thing to your ear and hear someone say hello. The exchange highlights a playful mispronunciation in a Victorian tone.
A short, playful note advising good cheer at meals. It claims laughter aids digestion and grumbling should be avoided while eating.
The notice lists G D Sullivan and Company located on W Locust Street with office phone 474 in Mt. Sterling Kentucky. It identifies the business address and contact method for the local firm.
Mrs Sue Ireland longtime local resident died January 4 after a protracted arterial hardening illness at her daughter Mrs Edith Cord’s Holt Avenue home. Born Susan Black in Bourbon County November 4 1833 she was 73. She was modern widow of Thomas Ireland of Owen County and a devout Christian and temperance advocate with the W C T U. Survived by daughter Mrs Cord and another daughter Mrs Sallie Neal of Eldorado Springs Missouri. Grandmother of Prof Robt I Cord of Cynthiana. Funeral at the Cord residence Tuesday at 10:30 conducted by Rev Clyde Darsie and Rev B W Trimble. Burial in Machpelah Cord lot.
The Montgomery Fiscal Court will spend $1,000 on Court House upgrades. Two rear iron stairways will be replaced by a single rear stairway from the ground floor hall. A lawyer consultation room, relocated jury box, and new clerks desks for the Clerk and Sheriff are planned. Work has begun.
Bernard Skidmore sells the Charlton Evans place of 143 acres on the Winchester pike to John H. Wyatt of this city for 150 dollars per acre. Possession will be given March 1. Skidmore family to move to Indiana for a new home.
A reflective note on bygone economic times when the dollar afforded a full measure of goods. The author laments current purchasing power and recalls simpler prices and stronger buying parity.
Mrs D W Kerns of Cumberland Maryland endorses Vinci as a remedy for nervous breakdowns. She reports improved appetite and sleep after using Vinci and urges other weak run-down women to try it. Bassett Drug Co Mt Sterling Kentucky advertises the product with the guarantee it builds appetite aids digestion and supports various age groups.
Master Commissioner M C C announces sittings in the estate of Green Osborn deceased at Mt Sterling Kentucky from January 15 to January 20 1917 at 9 am. Creditors and interested parties must present claims and evidence within the allotted period.
January 17 to 20 Bowling Green Kentucky will host a statewide meeting of County Road Engineers. Delegates travel free and reduced rail rates apply from January 16 to 19. Fiscal Courts may appropriate funds to cover expenses and attendance aims to improve road work efficiency with practical discussions involving State Department officials and contractors.
The group will choose a meeting site next year with towns over three thousand invited to present claims in person. Written invitations by letters or telegrams will not be accepted. a town delegation must appear to present their case.
The speaker asserts enduring hope and the belief that another Christmas will come, expressing resilient spirit despite present hardship and gloom.
A concise remark notes that many married men are kept at a distance by their wives and feel neglected, with the sense of missing companionship even when the couple is together.
A wry remark on a man who claims all knowledge and travels by his own wind rather than machines, implying vain certainty and aimless progress. The line suggests folly in overconfidence and self-reliance.
A local resident jokes about hiding money in a safety deposit box, then discarding the key and failing to recover it. The commentary notes there was not a single nerve reported in the whole community and dismisses Leap Year as irrelevant.
A local laundry ad warns readers about disease germs in wool blankets and promises washing and sterilization services. MT Sterling Laundry Co invites inquiries via phone 15 for details on their scientific cleaning methods.
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