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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
3
A tongue in cheek guide humorously outlines paths to luxury and ease. It suggests becoming a renowned after-dinner speaker, raining free banquets in winter, and surviving summers on dandelion greens. It hints at marriage to a dressmaker and a rich uncle's death yielding $400000 as a lucky windfall.
Gentry Thompson and Fletcher Mann offer mules 15.1 to 16 hands high 5 to 10 years old weighing 1000 to 1200 pounds. They seek good sound rugged mules for army use and provide their Lexington Kentucky address 50 81. The rest contains opinion quips and moralizing statements.
An advertisement urges Miss Freckle Face to try a freckle remover sold by Bassett Drug Co. The double strength ethine from the dealer is guaranteed to work or money will be refunded. One ounce usually suffices for even stubborn freckles.
A collection of comic aphorisms and social quips touching on happiness, success, patriotism, marriage, optimism, debt, and politics. The quotes mix humor with moral punchlines, including lines about flags, fame, truth, mudslinging, and international finance.
The New Era quotes sharp witticisms about war and society. It notes that Europe is at war and uses humor to critique human imperfections, conflict, and ambition amid wartime sentiment. The piece frames domestic and social virtue against public upheaval and opportunity.
A list of fair start dates and durations across Kentucky towns from July through October. Cities include Harrodsburg Berea Winchester Bluegrass Fair Lexington Taylorsville Burkesville Vanceburg Brodhead Perryville Fern Creek Sanders Stanford Shepherdsville Lawrenceburg Eminence Ewing London Elizabethtown Shelbyville Germantown Falmouth Mt. Vernon Erlanger Nicholasville Florence Somerset Barboursville Grayson Mayfield Bardstown Tompkinsville Monticello Hodgenville Henderson Fulton Louisville Owensboro Horse Cave Hopkinsville Glasgow Adairville Cave City Murray with start dates ranging July 27 to October 6 and durations from 3 to 6 days.
A compact exhortation urges readers to ignore pin chasing and pursue bigger gains through ads. It touts the paper’s advertising columns as sources of larger opportunities and dollars, encouraging emphasis on available listings rather than futile searches for pins.
A subscriber argues that presidents preachers and editors are not infallible. They acknowledge great men rarely admit errors, yet they are among the few who do.
A four room flat with bath is available for rent. Centrally located with applications at 43-tf. hw. G. H. Strother needs applicants to apply.
The wage grumbler is typically compensated in proportion to the level of services he provides, reflecting a direct link between effort and pay.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for incurable catarrh claims and cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo as trusted. It notes supporters vouching for Cheney over 15 years and mentions financial reliability from a bank endorsement.
Office at Letters Livery Stable lists contact details with phone 498 and residence 24. Calls answered promptly by E. Stamler.
Allie W. McCormick of Mt Sterling Kentucky advertises general sales conducted anywhere with satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. Terms and dates available at Advocate office phone 74 Mt Sterling Ky. 12-1yr.
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