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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
7
The article argues most human diseases come from food quality and quantity not infections. It weighs vegetarian vs meat diets, notes teeth and digestion suit meat as well as plants, warns against excess of any food, and cites slow chewing as key to digestion. It references the Continental breakfast and Horace Fletcher.
The United American Insurance Company debuts in Frankfort with Chas W. Bell as president and Ed O Rear as general counsel. Directors include R Ford H M Froman W E Williams L L Dorsey and W F Grayot. The firm plans fire life and casualty business under one management.
S. E. Kelly & Co. announces fresh and cured meats available for shoppers. The notice highlights meat selections and retail availability from the local store.
Prof T H Morgan at Columbia University reports that exposing fruit flies to radium rays produced a beaded wing form. Through breeding, a stock now yields beaded wings in all offspring, with other traits including shortened wings and wingless forms. Additional changes affect wing color, markings, and eye color, sparking questions about broader insect experiments.
Census figures show U S potato land rising from 2.939 million acres in 1899 to 3.669 million in 1909, a 24.8 percent gain, with production up 42.4 percent to 389.195 million bushels and crop value climbing to 166.424 million dollars, while per bushel value grows to 43 cents. The North Central and Middle Atlantic regions hold most land, with notable gains in Minnesota and the South, and a push for better rural housing sparked by observations on home conditions.
Warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments and endorsing Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Advises purchasing only Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials available and drugstore sales.
Lloyd's stable can arrange baggage carriage for Will Bean by calling 281. A carriage will meet all trains at a rate of 25 cents each way.
Mt Sterling residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy. Mrs Hazzard Trimble of 4 Jamison Street reports relief from left side pains and edema after using pills from F C Duerson's Drug Store. She notes improved health and urges others to try the product sold nationwide at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. as sole US agents.
Jim Rice, the coach of the Columbia crew, extols a stalwart freshman calling him young and tender. He notes ribbing at the barber shop as the student asks if he'll have a strong beard, joking that he seems to take after his mother.
A humorous quip features Mr. Chuggins comparing cars with a neighbor. He admits his vehicle may not be faster but boasts a louder danger signal as a suppose distinction.
A customer asks if tipping the waiter is usual and, after a long wait, requests the tip. The waiter confirms tipping practice and the interaction unfolds in a stark black and white frame.
Guests at a meal share a playful exchange about watermelons. Uma and Ab boast fondness for the fruit while Sister Lizef and Jane joke about appetite and ears getting wet, signaling a lighthearted regional dialect moment.
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