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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
5
Mr Clay Cecil of Hazel Green and Miss Mattie Prather of the county wed in a Thursday ceremony conducted by Rev H D Clark at his city residence. The bride is a well known Montgomery County girl and the groom a prosperous Hazel Green farmer.
Everett Stafford has accepted a position as bookkeeper with The Berea Bank and Trust Co in Berea Kentucky. The move adds experienced financial staff to the Berea institution as it expands services.
Marion B French of this county reports the death of Sam Twister a pace colt once a national sensation with a 2 184 mile record and a half mile in 594 seconds. The obituary notes his era of speed and influence alongside local references to markets and unrelated commentary about living costs and stock.
Sargeant McQueeney and several residents are reported improving after illnesses. Sam Turley and Estelle Kennard are sick but recovering at home while Frances Louise Enoch remains critically ill. John Turley sprained his wrist, and Rev. Guerrant is recovering in Florida. John D Henry recovers from appendectomy and expects to go home later this week.
Squire Turner spent Sunday in Ashland. William Fletcher of Lexington was in the city Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Trimble visited relatives in Winchester last week. May Kincaid of Owingsville was in the city Monday shopping. Harry Campbell spent Sunday to Tuesday in Cincinnati on business. Mrs. R. C. Gatewood left for Hot Springs Arkansas for a week's stay. Mrs. Henry P. Reid left for Versailles to visit Mrs. James Weeland for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. John W. William returned from Florida after a several week visit. Fred W. Schafer of Chicago is here to supervise the roof on the new Government building. J. Roger Gatewood left Sunday for San Antonio Texas for stomach trouble treatment. Mrs. G. B. Senff, visiting her parents, returned home Saturday. Will Jenkins of Cynthiana spent Saturday night and Sunday with brother Rodney Jenkins. Benton Kinsolving, with duties at VMI, spent several days with his parents. Mamye Osborn, Greenwade Grocery Co. bookkeeper, spent Sunday to Wednesday with her parents in Winchester. Anna Pomroy was called home to Elizabeth West Virginia due to her father's illness. she left on the noon train Tuesday.
An advertisement touts eight dollars worth of wares for nothing and urges readers to inspect the paper’s large ad. Chenault and Crcar and Greenwade are cited, with Greenwade offering a full line of meats described as the best.
An item lists Apples For Sale with contact phone 4564 by J. T. Coons. The clippings include political commentary on Cuba and government, a Majestic Range sale offer limited to Jan 24–27, and local business mentions from Chenault & Crear Greenwade packing hogs and spare ribs.
S E Kelly and Co thanks customers for courteous treatment and prompt delivery. A playful line touts homemade pies, claiming only family cooking can rival a mother’s pie, while warning Dr Wiley battles fake mince meat.
Eliza M. Jordan advertises three rooms on the first floor for rent. The notice also lists a local market offer of pork chops and roasts at 12 cents per unit with cash payment. Contact via phone numbers 85 or 100 at Greenwade's.
Aeolian Co. veteran H B Tremaine urges constant advertising investment “to increase our advertising to the advantage of the business.” October to December 1911 saw a large, profitable campaign despite pessimism. The piece urges perpetual advertising, then lists notices from Courier-Journal and local items about deaths, school, and local business changes.
(By Stanly Henry) Mrs. Dullie Stockdale gave a delightful party last Thursday night. John D. Henry, who was operated on for appendicitis, is now improving. Mr. Barker, of near here, will move to Salsburg, Tenn., the first of February. Stanley Henry sold to C. C. Boyd 110 shocks of fodder at 30.
Miss Elizabeth Carr reports grippe lingerings as news scatters. Gano Caywood will take his tobacco to Lexington this week to be sold. Nell Ramsey stayed with her parents from Saturday to Monday. Nellie Vice of Mt Sterling visited the Carrs midweek. Nettie and Lizzie Prewitt of Somerset stayed with Lillie Cravens. James P. Soper, who had been visiting his mother, left for Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Feed stores report scarce supplies as tobacco still to be stripped and stock stores wintered fairly well. Dr. R. E. May remains confined indoors. Mrs. S. F. Deal suffers rheumatism. Thos Fassett of Flat Creek ill with grippe. James Wells recovering from a fall while putting up ice. Harrison Conn family visit Bourbon county relatives. Old Man Zero out of business temporarily. Gillaspie couple visit Cook.
Joe Ficklin of Jeffersonville visited his brother H. C. Ficklin on Saturday. The ADVOCATE notes several new correspondents reporting news. No tobacco crops were sold yet as growers prepare to take crops to loose leaf markets.
Jno M Myers remains ill as of this report. Mrs Barbary Townsend visits friends and relatives at Torrent. Miss Bertie Trimble, Perry Trimble’s granddaughter, has typhoid fever. Miss Lula Byrd will teach a subscription school in Stillwater. Miss Gladys Richardson visits friends at Morehead and will stay with relatives at Olympian Springs on return. Claude Townsend moves his grist mill from Jeffersonville to Miller's Creek mouth in Lee County.
An over supplied hog market pushes Greenwade's to advertise pork at 124 cents per pound. The note urges buyers to start the year by purchasing meats from Greenwade's.
18 head of good quality mountain ewes offered by Charles W. Anderson for sale. Ewes are due to lamb in February. Contact Charles W. Anderson at 29 21.
A man identified as George Johnson tried to pass a raised one dollar bill at Montgomery National Bank Tuesday morning. He confessed that another man named Chenault supplied the bill. Chief John Gibbons arrested both men.
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