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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1913
Page
3
A New York banker recalls a depositor who kept a tattered bank book spanning years and wedding day hopes. When a new book was issued the bank insisted on taking the old one, sparking the depositor’s appeal that the book was a Bible to their plans. The tale ends with a Cabinet-ink note urging diplomacy over rigid rules.
A column catalogs French women as the nation’s backbone, noting bourgeoise households run shops and manage finances while husbands act as nominal heads. It describes shop courtesies for foreigners and contrasts with male proprietors in hardware stores and butcher shops.
A fragment notes a stout man behaving foolishly and speculates on his desire to match his fame in Baltimore, America, with humorous tone.
A letter from Lronard W. A. Gazelow of Mill Valley California appeals to Mt Sterling Kentucky girls. He is 23, a former college editor and athlete seeking a pen pal from high school or college educated in Kentucky. He describes himself as sane, physically fit, affectionate, and eager for a local young woman to respond.
To the Ladies. I have rented the front room upstairs in the Jordan building and am prepared to do all kinds of stamping work. Embroidery lessons. Miss Julia Clark. 27-31.
The Bonanza trail from Fort Laramie to Virginia City Montana spurred vast gold finds near Alder Gulch and Last Chance Gulch yielding over 500 million dollars in a decade. Immense lawlessness, fast fortunes, and booming camps followed as thousands flocked seeking El Dorado with steep prices for food lodging and entertainment.
A partial timetable shows departure and arrival times between Louisville Lexington and Norfolk Richmond with notes on day and night trains. It mentions sleeping dining and parlor cars on express trains and directs to consult agents for details.
Company notice announces timetable change effective December 29 1912 for the Lexington and Eastern Railway. East bound service details are provided to inform passengers and agents of the schedule adjustment.
Train No 4 arrives at Quicksand at 11 25 a m and No 3 departs for Jackson at 1 25 p m. No 1 connects at Lexington with L N for Louisville. No 3 connects with L N at Winchester for Cincinnati. JUNCTIONS link Camp ton Beattyville Cannes City and other O K stations with Mountain Central Ky lines.
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