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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1911

Page

8

Double Header At High Top Ball Park Here

The Ca margo and Levee teams play the High Top rounders in a Saturday game at High Top ball park. Admission 15 cents, ladies and children free. Lineup includes Wilson Henry Ford Ishmal Bryant Ishmal Henry Ford Henry McCray umpire Crouch Gillaspie bought hogs for 5 cents and cattle for 4 cents Oscar Hedge bought a $45 bull. Wheat and tobacco crops look poor with farmers sowing millet to compensate.

High Top Ball Park Wilson Henry R. F Ford Ishmal Bryant S. S McCray

Visitors and farm notes from Winchester and vicinity

Misses Mary Dean and Lizzie Casset visited in Winchester last week. Sheilds Hamilton of Portsmouth Ohio is visiting relatives here. Mrs T J Carr sold three cows to James McDonald at 3c per pound. The shower here has benefited the crops. Blackberries have been plentiful but small. Mr Henry Turner and wife visited relatives at Kiddville last week. Earle Wilkerson and wife and twin boys of Cynthiana visited the family of Dr A H Robbins.

Mary Dean Lizzie Casset Winchester Sheilds Hamilton Portsmouth, Ohio T. J. Carr James McDonald Henry Turner Kiddville Earle Wilkerson Cynthiana A. H. Robbins

Quarles Enchiridion quote on charity and bees

A paraphrase from Quarles Enchiridion presents a poetic analogy where the child embodies charity, giving honey to a bee without wings. The text links tenderness, labor, and helplessness to moral obligation, noting harm if one refuses or favours others.

Texas snow delay interrupted by singular strawberry treat

Great State Texas spans snow to summer as a stalled train blocks a line while in Houston readers note wanderers from the frozen north savor strawberry shortcake and cream at five a throw and yard eggs at fifteen a dozen in a vivid city scene.

Texas Houston Houston Post

Primitive Burmese Courtship Traditions

In Burmah girls initiate marriage by offering a stick of sweetmeat to a man they deem suitable. If he accepts and eats the sweet, they are instantly considered husband and wife.

Burmah

Guernsey Coast Receives New Lighthouse With Fog Siren

A new lighthouse on Guernsey’s coast features a powerful fog siren and an acetylene light. Lighthouse keepers are stationed at an electrical plant on the shore over a mile away from the light.

Guernsey Channel Islands

American Brains in Demand in Victoria Projects

Victoria contracts lure American expertise to boost beet sugar production and to build an electric plant at a newly founded township near the state coal mine. The state has awarded a $130,000 contract to an American company for the power project.

Victoria

Wasted Lives Cited In Cost Of Living Critique

A Life magazine writer notes an acquaintance spends ten thousand dollars yearly, prompting discussion on why the money is used so foolishly. The remark accompanies a broader meditation on waste and values.

Hair Clippings Feed European Barbers 1.2 Million Pound Crop

European barbers collect about 1 200 000 pounds of hair annually to supply mills and industries. Strong demand drives a growing trade as shops across the continent contribute clippings for processing into products.

Barbers Europe

Criminal Instinct In Forger And Firebug Minds

A compact aphorism notes that criminals harbor the same traits whether forging papers or setting fires, arguing the same impulse explains both forgers and incendiaries in one line. Burke austere reflection on criminal psychology links two crimes by shared motive and capability.

Burke

White Mavis Sighted at Glen Tower Dunoon

A white mavis has been seen in the woods at Glen Tower Dunoon. The albino bird is viewed with caution by other birds, which hop at a distance as if wary of a foreign intruder.

Glen Tower Dunoon

Good Arithmetic Bad Morals: Cost of Single vs Double Life

An expert notes in Boston that living alone costs a man 838 dollars annually while maintaining a double life costs about 1675 dollars per year, highlighting moral concerns and financial impact.

Boston

Bachelor’s Misfortune Explained by Husband Insight

A humorous reflection contrasts the bachelor’s lack of candid criticism with the husband’s ability to speak plainly about faults, implying domestic life offers honest critique the bachelor misses.

Ancient Arizona city hints at ten thousand year bloom

Archaeologists report findings in Arizona suggesting an ancient city that appeared to flourish about ten thousand years ago. The discovery centers on artifacts and settlement patterns indicating a structured habitation long before modern cities.

Arizona

Phonograph Popularity Wanes in U S Exports

The article notes a decline in United States exports of phonographs and records over the past two years as demand abroad diminishes.

United States

Danish Scientist Invents Instrument for Night Heat

A Danish scientist has invented an instrument to measure nocturnal terrestrial radiation of heat. The device aims to quantify heat emitted by the ground at night, improving understanding of heat balances and atmospheric interactions.

Scien Tist

Roast Meat Call Numbers at Greenwade’s

For a nice pork veal lamb or beef roast call phone 85 or 100 at Greenwade's offering meat selection and home delivery options.

Greenwade’s

Emotions in the Sexes disputed by European authority

An essay challenges the old view that women are more emotional than men, citing a European authority. An unrelated ad copy touts low prices on high grade job work. A cryptic judge quote compares three men’s actions to a poker game. Gasoline sales pitch with a phone number follows.

Europe

Absence Raises Questions About Trusted Employee

A tarnished rumor spreads as colleagues question a long trusted worker’s fate. An unnamed speaker asks if he is dead or has fled, highlighting concern over his whereabouts and status.

Nova Scotia Boasts Built More Bridges Than Any Province

The Nova Scotia bridge commissioner asserts the province has constructed more permanent bridges than all other Canadian provinces, highlighting a regional infrastructure achievement.

Nova Scotia Province of Provinces Canada

Wade engagement announced in Clark county Kentucky

Mr and Mrs James E Wade announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Russia Gay Wade on August 21 1911 at seven forty five She is the daughter of Jas E Wade of Donaldson Kentucky a practical Clark county farmer and merchant The article also mentions T H Staggs son of W P Staggs of Side View Kentucky Involves notes on lightning conductor business and a brief lifestyle line about Herman Staggs and Staggs as a meat dealer farmer and stock raiser The piece ends with an ad for Nice Celery Plants at Spot Cash Grocery.

James E. Wade Russia Gay Wade Miss Wade Jas. E. Wade Donaldson, Ky Clark County T. H. Staggs W. P. Staggs Side View Herman Staggs Staggs

Best Farm in the South Offers 1300 Acres for Sale

1300 acres with 750 cultivated and remaining timber, seven houses and barns, two steamboat landings, 2% tiles from railroad, level river bottom soil, cane brake. Historic yield 300 bales cotton and 10,000 bushels corn per year, valued at about 33009 dollars. Price 30 dollars per acre. inquiries at this office.

For Sale Pure Bred Collie Puppies in Kentucky

For sale is an advertisement offering high grade pure bred collie puppies eligible for registration. Contact S. P. Greenwade at phone 100, Mr. Sterling, Kentucky. Also notes a printing business offering job printing services with a promise of something new at the same price and a trial invitation.

S. P. Greenwade

Nose Painting Hobby Costs Men's Purses

A column humorously claims nose painting drains wallets as men invest heavily in cosmetic colors and methods to color their noses, leaving purses lighter and pockets bare.

Also Mentioned on This Page

J. W. Mee George Flanders Bourbon J. E. Henry Ernest Nancy Jones Millersburg Grace May Hinkston Bridge Crouch & Gillaspie Jim Workman James Kendall Oscar Hedge Wim Bryant Stoops Jus. Robbins Robi Gatewood Lutie Quisenberry Chas. Heaton Leitchfield, Ky Roy McClain Bourbon County M. D. Cockrell E. A. Groves Ashland John Oakley Rees Run T. C. Hunt St. Helens Springfield Matt Ryan Spencer Roy Byrd D. L. Goodan Mrs. H. C. Ficklin Owingsville Michaels-Stern & Co Rochester, N.Y WES the Manres Michaels-Stern Fine Clothing Weste Mr. Sterling’s Leading Advocate Pub. Co., Inc Spot Cash Grocery Mr. Theddore Herman Stagas N. Middletown Christian Church MISS Theodore Herman Staggs Best Farm Nan
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