Torchlight Clippings From Snagtown Mixes News And Fun
A humorous Snagtown Torchlight column reports on a macecaroni supper at Leonard Boulton’s home with Gimlet Creek String Band music. J F Cross faces a shooting charge but is acquitted after proving only three shots hit random targets. Where a bell was stolen from Dog Hill church, authorities may postpone services if not recovered by Sunday.
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Leonard Boulton
Macecaroni
Gimlet Creek String Band
J. F. Cross
Public Sale Near Howards Mill Offers Farm Goods and 85 Acre Farm
At 10 o clock a. m. sale at Howards Mill turnpike on a rented farm with bay gelding, black mare in foal, work mules, milch cows, heifers, steer, geese, turkey, chickens, plows, cultivators, wagons, rigs, cider mill, oil tanks, hay, implements, cooking and heating stoves, side meat, cider vinegar, and tobacco land. Includes 85 acre farm belonging to Charles W. Anderson with a four room dwelling, tobacco barn, and well watered fields. Terms to be announced day of sale. Robt. Myers, Auctioneer.
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Plymouth Rock
Charles W. Anderson
Pike
Howards Mill
W. N. Anderson
Robt. Myers
Odd Local Happenings Around Town
The passage lists various eccentric notes: the Wild Onion school house is mentioned as a potential hiding place for the Professor, Dr. DaCosta Walker builds a residence near an old hog pen, MsGee Williams plans to release a jay bird on Friday, Farmer Williams travels to Tickville for turnip seed, Miss Fritzie Allsop visits Rye Straw with a canary, and Sam Wexler seeks a nurse who can also serve as a stenographer to record his baby’s clever sayings.
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DaCosta Walker
Musket Ridge
MsGee Williams
Farmer Williams
Tickville
Fritzie Allsop
Rye Straw
Sam Wexler
Bazaar Bait at Allied Fair in Chicago
A local wartime era note touts an Allied bazaar in Chicago offering a kiss from a young woman in a short skirt for a dollar, bidding farewell with luck to the buyers.
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Allied Bazaar
Chicago
Town Improvement Committee Endorsement Urged
A town improvement committee is urged as a sensible profitable project for the town. Backers argue it would be a mighty fine development and worthy of consideration for local welfare and growth.
Aged Couple Credits Vinci Test for Health in Steubenville
An elderly Steubenville couple, he 79 and she 78, credit their long health to Vinci tests and a medical regimen attributed to a test creator. They mention a man named Lloyd of Mt. Sterling Kentucky in relation to their story.
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MT. Sterling
Central Kentucky
Kentucky
Rene
Steubenville
Ohio
Vinci
Matteiie
Lloyd
Short Course in Highway Engineering at University of Kentucky
Under College of Civil Engineering and State Department of Public Roads the fourth annual Short Course in Highway Engineering will be held at the University of Kentucky February 5 to 10, 1917. Lectures by federal, state, and institutional engineers cover surveying to finished roads. No cost. open to any Kentucky citizen. concurrent Municipal Engineers meeting for city officials and engineers.
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College of Civil Engineering
State Department of Public Roads
University of Kentucky
United States Office of Public Roads
State Road Engineers of
Kentucky
Bring Your Job Work To The Advocate Office
A short notice invites individuals to bring their job work to the Advocate office for processing. The reminder emphasizes timely submission and directs readers to the designated office location for assistance.
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Advocate Office
Your Boy's Chum: How Fathers Shape a Son's Life
A father should know his son's closest friends and enter his life to influence character. By earning trust and becoming the boy’s example, a father can guide and strengthen his boy’s habits, values, and future behavior for lasting good.
Cure for Deafness by Constitutional Remedies
Article explains deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It warns that relapse to total deafness occurs if inflammation remains and claims catarrh causes nine in ten cases. Offers one hundred dollars for any teaser that is foretreat free, mentions J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and a patent remedy for constipation.
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J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Dru Tbe
You Must Hang Your Governor First Farce Spars With Film Men
A Winchester Democrat notes the missing moving picture men in the satire titled You Must Hang Your Governor First. He criticizes The CJ and The Times for overlooking that element.
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Moving Picture Men
The
Times
Winchester Democrat
Dentist Office Ad Near Geigers Pharmacy
Office over Geiger's Pharmacy at Court and Maysville Streets offers dental services. Formerly occupied by Dr F A Millard. Office phone 237. Fees reasonable and work guaranteed. (27-1yr)
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Geiger’s
Court and
Maysville Sts
F. A. Millard
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Kentucky Natural
Jack Goodine
John Plunkett
Dog Hill
Seline Mattar
Sterling Chief
Stanhope
John Ht. Blount
Sloan's Liniment A/LLS
PAIYY
the Advocate For Printing
Earl W. Senff
H. M. Wright
Riner & Lapsley
Shelbyville, Ky
Shelby County
G.D. Sullivan & Co
Gelyr
J. C. Peters
Dry Cleaner
Mt. Sterling, Ky
C. Fisher
L. Fisher
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