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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1912

Page

7

Restocking With Hogs After Cholera Decline

Hog cholera did its worst last year but with serum and marketing aid the disease waned. Breeders with access to safe semen and restocking efforts expect gains as markets shrink pig top inventories. Early buyers may face less competition and potential higher remuneration next year. Vanarsdale's claims to offer the best hog market supplies.

A Friend of Men Poem Reflects Shared Humanity

A reflective piece portrays a poet passing through life as others rise for a child and find kinship in shared humanity. It speaks of grace seen in shy faces, dreamlike love in creation, and a life given to the disinherited. Through anger and sorrow, a quiet radiance humbles and consoles.

Vinci tonic praised by run-down resident in Greensboro

A testimonial from K Allsbrook of Greensboro endorses Vinci liver and blood tonic for restoring appetite and sleep. The letter claims the tonic improved strength and well being after years of debility and urges others to try it with a free bottle offer.

Greensboro N. C Vinci K. Allsbrook Mr. Allsbrook

Spanking Machine Promises Comfort at 1911 Exposition

Reported at the Grand Central Palace the 1911 electrical exposition will showcase a spanking machine. The device, electric operated, is pitched as a time saving aid for exhausted mothers, running while chores continue, as described by the New York Evening Telegram.

New York New Grand Central Palace Lexington Avenue Forty-seventh Street New York Evening Telegram

Mrs Flick-How She Cured Johnny of Running to Ball Games

Mrs Flick explains she deterred Johnny from fleeing to attend games by applying a timely disciplinary stick intervention. The exchange reflects a harsh method for correcting a child’s habit, framed as practical parental guidance.

Flick Johnny Slick

Death Sentence for Richeson in 1912 case

The Rev Clarence V T Richeson pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Superior Court and was sentenced by Judge Sanderson to death by electrocution during the week of May 19 1912. He had initially pleaded not guilty to poisoning Avis Linnell of Hyannis Mass his former fiancee but retracted after a written confession was made public. A petition to commute to life imprisonment may be considered by Gov Foss and the Executive Council.

Clarence V. T. Richeson Sanderson Richeson Avis Linnell Hyannis Mass Gov. Foss Executive Council

Fire destroys Equitable Life Insurance Building on Broadway

A ten million dollar blaze razed the Equitable Life Assurance Society building at 120 Broadway last week. Three men died by leaping from the roof as the marble nine story structure burned. cash and securities in vaults were spared from the flames.

Equitable Life Assurance Society Broadway Mercantile Trust Company Equitable Trust Company Kroutze Brothers Mercantile Safe Deposit Company Harriman Lines Assurance Society Banking and Trust Companies

China chains gangs seen as reform in prisons

A North China Daily News correspondent reports a first street display of a Chinese prison chain gang. Sixteen men and two boys in red garments with ankle chains perform useful labor under a police sergeant, seen as a humane reform contrasting past horrors.

North China Daily News

Patented Swiss process yields sterile milk powder

The process reduces water content by about 85 percent at 50 to 60 degrees C, then a four second exposure on a surface at 105 degrees heats to remove 9 to 10 percent more water. The milk powder becomes sterile and the albumen remains uncooked.

Stars and a Dipper Shine in a Quiet Night

A speaker remarks on the beauty of the stars with a distant Great Dipper visible. The other person affirms the moment as the sky offers a simple, shared wonder under clear night air.

Moral Distinction on Hush Money Question

A dialogue contrasts ethics of hush money with a remark that a man giving his wife poker winnings may not be wicked. No date or location given, presenting a moral inquiry in a witty exchange.

Pop Son

Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed by Mt Sterling Residents

Best of Mt Sterling endorses Doan s Kidney Pills for kidney woes and back pain. Mrs Hazzard Trimble of 4 Jamison Street Mt Sterling Ky reports relief from dropsy and kidney pain after using the pills from F C Duerson s Drug Store. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan s. 28-36

Mt. Sterling Dean F. C. Duerson Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States

Following the Crowd In Production

History of the live stock trade shows how producers chase trends as prices rise and fall. Hog markets peaked in 1910 after prior lows, leading to large pig crops and cheaper costs for packers. The piece warns against following the crowd and stresses steady, long term risk management in livestock ventures.

Chicago

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