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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1911
Page
8
A collection of old-time maxims with playful claims about luck, wealth, love, and fate. The verses mention bread to lure visitors, goose on Michaelmas to predict money, oak apples, wooden legs, broken strings, foot irritations, and frogs foretelling tears and ponds.
A playful pun fills this note asking if a good young man dares to pursue the good young woman. Witty inquiry echoes cautious courtship themes in a light, humorous tone.
At a London women’s congress presided by Lady Loee s it was noted that England offers openings for young women as tin gardeners. A two year college course is required and entrants must be at least twenty. retirees on pensions have given way to younger women managing kitchen and show gardens and overseeing under gardeners.
Two men discuss cheap meals near the narrator's office. The thin man touts Clap ham's as a 25 cent dinner option and the stout man recalls eating four of them in one day, illustrating frugal eating in a humorous exchange from Youth's Companion.
A man entered an office with a prospectus and asked for a moment of time. The gray-haired business owner invited him to sit. The caller then fainted and had to be carried out by ambulance.
Jeffersonville neighbors report public school to begin Monday July 17 with Miss Bays as teacher. Many residents return home or visit family, crops improve after dry May June, and local development includes new hotel contract, real estate office, and plans to attract citizens from Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
Mr Holladay and family fished Saturday at Stoner and brought in a fine flot of fish. Mrs BR Mee visits her father in Bourbon county while J E Henry and wife return from Swango Springs. Prayers and pro tracted meetings planned at High Top. Nellie P Henry visits Dollie Hall in Sharpsburg. J W Mee buys a load of corn from W B Flanders at 3.50. The Davies sisters spend Saturday with Mrs Stanley Henry.
Wheat yields came in weaker than expected while old corn remains in high demand at four to five dollars per barrel. Most wheat growers refuse to sell at current offered prices. notable sales include E. L. Fassett selling hogs for 5.75 ewt to W. B. Greene. Miss Lennieg Hall of Camargo visits uncle H. C. Ficklin, and Wm. Copher buys a cow and calf from Henry Turner for sixty dollars. James Wells improves after illness. CE. L. Fassett and wife visited Bethel. A large crowd attended the Somerset entertainment Saturday.
Night reports $37.75 received. Dr. R. E. May of Judy cruises in a new automobile. Lewis Young and wife of Owingsville visited Lee Young and wife Sunday. Miss Clell McGlosson and Vella Cannon of Olympia spent time with the Johnson family.
The unpunctual guest disturbs the hostess who fears domestic crises if not well served. Impoverished travelers prompt rebellion and lazy breakfasts as delays reveal the strain on servants. A refrain of guilt and excuses follows as departures loom and the routine suffers.
An old advertisement notes a sale to run until after the fair offering Red Cross Oxford Silk Hose pairs and $30 suits discounted to 22.50 at Pench & Graves, with J. H. Brunner listed as a contact.
Dr Woods Hutchinson in World's Work notes a decade drop in TB deaths by 10 percent and infant mortality falling. annual saving of 15 000 to 20 000 lives and 20 000 babies. He links progress to housing, play, food, wages, and health education. emphasizes breaking transmission in crowded tenement houses.
Advocate Pub. Co. advertises high grade job work and pants priced at $6 with $4.48 options, highlighting low cost for quality garments and services. The note implies a shopping sale or catalog entry from Punch & Graves.
An ad notes Greenwade's offers best line of meats in the city with pants priced at three dollars and meats at two dollars and twenty five cents.
James C. Fagan in the Atlantic argues over 25 years of railroad and industrial growth transformed society. He notes vast production shares, abolition of slavery through mechanization, and the democratic ideal fostering individual competition and liberty.
Punch and Graves offer discounts on men’s clothing and accessories. Local shoppers encouraged to visit for reduced prices on suits, shirts, and outerwear. Store hours and location details not provided in readable text.
A Woman's Home Companion article explains using a steel writing pen as a makeshift tool to pit cherries. By turning the pen’s point into a scoop it removes the stone cleanly without bruising the fruit.
Archaeologists found a tiny wooden doll in a 3000 year old Egyptian tomb. A seven year old princess died with her doll in her arms, a poignant sight now displayed in a glass case at the British Museum drawing many children.
A New York correspondent cites Job Hedges on winning politics by persistent repetition. An office boy stages a sea tale about a dock whale to stir crowds, then moves to the best seat as the crowd shifts, only to find the lure collapses when the truth is tested.
James Dennis an Australian hotel keeper shows presence of mind when a robber demanded his surrender. As the man aimed a revolver at him Dennis raised his hands and then drew a second revolver, foiling the attack and ending the threat.
Thomas S. Abernathy aged 54 of 2127 Jefferson Street lost his left hand after tripping on a shoestring while walking in the St. Louis and San Francisco yard. His hand was caught by passing boxcars and was amputated at the general hospital.
A report notes a French duelist fought bareheaded and incurred sunstroke, while a companion named Hit or Friend-You faced the incident and a fine in an A.M. Amusa journal entry.
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