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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1916
Page
5
A long list of visitors and residents, including Mr. Kress Eskridge in Louisville and Miss Bessie Shackelford visiting Tennessee, crosses county lines. Names from Bourbon, Winchester, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Jacksonville appear with brief mentions of visits, hosting, and travels over the weekend and into Monday.
Chicago visitor McMWobert Stbner and Indianapolis guests Mr. and Mrs. Thos J Townsend travel to relatives here. Winchester resident Ms F A McCormick visits friends, Dayton native Mrs. Robert Elford stays with her parents on Richmond avenue, Nell Pangburn heads to Cincinnati Conservatory, Winchester and Georgetown guests attend Montgomery County Fair, Misses Carson and Leach visit Miss Elizabeth Lockridge for the Fair. Trow's Perfection Flour offered by U K Barnes & Sons with special weekly prices.
A Barnes hosted swimming youths at Fin and Feather camp on Slate creek last Tuesday with Emily Hazelrigg Mary Anderson Margaret Nesbitt Louise Barnes Lillian Crail Elizabeth Coleman Mattie Pinney Ben Turner Russell French and George Yeaman present. James Y Rogers were honored guests at a seven o'clock tea hosted by John Stofer on the Winchester pike last Tuesday evening. Guests included A T Bassett Gee R Snyder Harry B Ringo Percy D Bryan H Van Antwerp Amanda T Howell and C B Patterson.
Lexington residents will attend the Montgomery County Fair opening on Lexington Day. Secretary H L Burch plans a large delegation by automobile from Lexington to Mt Sterling, departing 11 a m and returning about 6 30 p m. A dinner on the grounds will be provided and banners will be given to the group.
Florence Amelia Drake four months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Drake died at a Parkersburg hospital last week. Mrs. Drake is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren and formerly lived here where she has many friends and relatives who extend sympathy. This is her second infant death, the first at three months.
A brisk note on shirts offered in fine patterns at bargain prices. Compared with other retailers, the items retail around a dollar to a dollar fifty, with Bute the Brunner Shoe Co. stocking similar fashion at lower prices.
The sick Mr. Robert Young has been at Middlesboro for several months and is now ill at his home in the city with typhoid fever.
Religious services call for Sunday evening at the Baptist church with Rev. Darsie as preacher. Preaching from 10 30 to 11 30 during summer months. music expected. Union meetings at local churches feature Rev J S Wilson and Rev M V P Yeaman delivering thoughtful sermons and musical programs.
Reese Bryant and W J Dennis, prominent Menefee citizens, were fired on from ambush while traveling a public road near the county seat. Dennis was wounded with an arm break and Bryant had a bullet pass through his hat. Dennis notes a prior murder of his brother at a nearby locale months earlier.
A reader from Stanton Kentucky reports back pain and kidney issues improved by Dean’s Kidney Pills bought at Duerson's Drug Store. The ad promotes the 50 cent remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and urges others to try it for quick lasting relief.
The North Park school in Clark county was closed by Health Board order as a precaution against infantile paralysis. Health Officer I. H. Brown notified County Superintendent Prof. J. E. Lanter, who ordered the school shut until further notice. The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin is improving.
During the four days of the Fair beginning Wednesday July 19 the Montgomery County Health and Welfare League will run a rest tent with Miss Frost in charge. The tent will care for the sick and fatigued and welcome all. City and county physicians are invited to use it as their headquarters.
Local couple Miss Nedia Branham and Strother Tipton were married Wednesday July 12 in the county. Rev Clyde Darsie performed the ceremony with a small circle of intimate friends in attendance. Both parties are well regarded by many friends who extend best wishes.
Mr and Mrs Almanzor Allen of Pairfield Kentucky announce the birth of a son on July 9 1916 named Warren Hughes Allen weight nine pounds Mrs Allen before marriage was Miss Jessie Louise Hughes of Montgomery county Both mother and baby are reported doing nicely.
The city requires a $15 annual occupation tax for anyone acting as an agent or solicitor for accident insurance companies. Applicants must obtain a license from the City Clerk, pay the license fee, and the city treasurer directs the funds to current running expenses. The ordinance takes effect after passage and publication, with licenses prorated to year start and due each January. Violations follow additional provisos.
The measure states violators are guilty of a misdemeanor with fines between 10 and 20 dollars per offense, each day of violation counting as a separate offense. Exemption exists for agents or solicitors paying annual occupation tax for life insurance firms. The ordinance becomes effective upon passage and publication, repealing conflicting laws.
A subscription dance will be given at the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse on Thursday evening by the young men of the city. Music will be provided by Smith's Saxophone Trio and the young people look forward to a most delightful evening.
An old fashioned locket pin engraved with the monogram L. B. H. is missing from the Mt. Sterling area or along the Grassy Lick Pike between Gras sy Lick and Mt. Sterling. Return to Advocate office for reward or call Mrs. Will Mason at phone 641 W-2.
The tent meeting at Howard's Mill draws large crowds as W. B. Wall and W. F. Chappel announce the gathering will continue until further notice.
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