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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1922
Page
5
Miss Laura Hart returned from a visit to friends in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Lois Thompson and their children left country life to stay in town for several months, leasing the Clay cottage on Clay street. Call 74 for the Society Editor.
The column lists residents and guests visiting or traveling from Millersburg including J. M. Hutsell, Mrs. Judy, Mrs. Turley, Mrs. Denton, Miss Feehan, Attorney Judy, Rep. Lane, and families visiting or relocating to towns like Louisville Lexington North Middletown Eustis Fla Carlisle Meltosh McIntosh Pia. The notes also mention illness of Mrs. Lipscomb’s mother and other short visits and relocations relevant to local society.
Mrs. Carl Webster Robinson of Washington DC attends a bridge club meeting hosted by Miss Frances Kennedy this afternoon at her Lexington avenue home. The receiving party includes Mrs. Thomas Kennedy and a list of guests: Mrs. Robinson Miss Anna B. Pinney Miss Mary Crail Miss Mary Vansant Robertson Miss Martha Mae Robinson Miss Katherine Howell Miss Laura Hart Miss Jenmel Gatewood Mrs. Leo Hombs Mrs. Lester Tharp and Mrs. William May.
Mrs. Jno Speer hosted her card club and substitutes Friday night at her West Main street home. Mrs. A J Gatewood led with the highest score and won an embroidered card table cover. Supper followed the game with a large guest list including Mrs Gatewood Mrs Coleman Mrs Kirkpatrick and many others.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Bassett relocate from Woodland avenue to The Colonial Apartment at 179 Market street Flat 1 and begin housekeeping. Mr Bassett serves as a special salesman for W. T. Sistrunk & Co. Mrs Bassett works as hostess at the Ladies Rest Room in the courthouse.
Program for Friday afternoon at two o'clock includes a business session piano selections and reading by Miss Marguerite Newmeyer.
Rev Olas Hamilton will preach at Howards Mill Baptist Sunday at 2 pm. YW A meeting with Miss Margaret Guthrie Friday at 7 15 pm. Methodist services Sunday School 9 15 worship 10 45 with theme Buying Up Time Epworth League 6 15. Nazarene revival on Bank street led by Rev J W Montgomery grows, many converted, meetings run to Sunday night.
Be sure to attend the big cut price sale at Newmeyer's starting Saturday January 21. Bar gains in dry goods shoes ready to wear etc. Everything reduced. Bring your friends. S. M. Newmeyer.
The butter market faces a notable drop this week due to a surge in domestic production and imports. Australia and New Zealand shipments totaling about 2 million pounds arrived, with Denmark also supplying butter and more New Zealand shipments expected mid month. Eggs in cold storage rose from 408000 to 904000 cases year over year, while favorable weather boosted production and kept prices low. poultry supplies remained ample as demand shifted away from roosters and fowls with many producers withholding stock amid high egg output.
Mr T Badger Robertson places with me for sale privately a central Clay street frame residence. It sits on 4 lots with 86 feet frontage and about 125 feet depth, with a stable garage and ample rooms including reception hall parlor dining room kitchen porches cellar and a full second floor with four bedrooms and bath. The home features electricity gas open coal grate, good roof and cistern close to rear porch, near business center. Agent W Hoffman presents the property.
The list shows per page and per column advertising rates for numerous publications. Notable figures include Saturday Evening Post page at 5000 dollars and column 1250, Ladies' Home Journal page 6000 and column 1000, Cosmopolitan page 1750 and column 643.50, Good Housekeeping page 1000 and column 375.50, and Woman's Home Companion page 3800 and column 1000 across various titles.
County teachers including Miss June Barnes Mrs Nancy Keller and Mr J O Wills enrolled in the ten week extension course for teachers led by Supt H A Babb at the city high school. Classes meet Saturdays with credit from Eastern Normal and enrollment closes next Saturday.
The first term ends January 20 with exams this week and a larger enrollment than ever. Grammar school has 528 students. 262 boys and 266 girls. High School totals 144 students with 53 boys and 91 girls. Combined total 672. Three Edison school films from the State University at Lexington will be shown at Table Theatre Friday afternoon and evening. Local club women support censored films for school children. High School baseball schedule near completion with games at Mt Sterling against Cynthiana Lexington High and Louisville Male High.
Money invested in the Farm and Home Convention program at the College of Agriculture in Lexington February 1 2 3 offers something for every family member. Write to the college or ask your county agent for details.
A sale is set at Newmeyer's Key on January 2 with notices to watch the paper for advertisement details. The item list and terms will be announced in forthcoming notices.
The notice lists Alberta Coleman, Mrs. William Maupin and daughter Flora, Mrs. Sarah Winn, and Mrs. Effie Tharp as ill at or near their homes. Mrs. Winn has improved after a paralytic stroke. the others are improving and expected to recover soon. A university agriculture extension note discusses grain or produce price impacts on production costs.
The article argues seed testing is rarely done, attributing higher labor and costs to the lack of forethought. It warns that neglecting seed quality leads to wasted effort and inefficiency in farming practices.
Miss Margaret Whittemore, state leader of home demonstration agents at the College of Agriculture, notes that prosperity at home hinges on farm prosperity and that individuals rarely rise above their household conditions.
Union county farmers will focus on farm records and accounts to run farms on a business basis next year. County Agent A. M. Allen reports fifteen farmers have already taken inventories and started farm accounts.
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