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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1912
Page
2
Mammoth Cave county schedules a three day outing with round trip fare from Winchester at 5.65 and all cave and hotel expenses totaling 12.15. The trip includes cave routes and board at Cave hotel with a 10 ticket limit, contact L. and N. agent.
An advert by Clay McKee and Sons promotes buying selling and renting real estate and offering insurance bonds and investments. It touts affordable printing equipment and mentions a positive quote about Deans Regulars while noting a local corn sale at Van Arsdell's.
After two months of strong sales W S Lloyd the druggist expands a half price offer on Dr Howard's constipation and dyspepsia remedy. The store guarantees refund if the product fails to cure and urges sufferers of digestion and liver complaints to buy now.
Carriage and transfer wagon available to meet all trains. Phone 21 or 337. Sit and let Sutton & Son furnish your home for the best quality, with higher costs elsewhere.
The city will complete a major aqueduct from the Catskills within a year, delivering pure mountain water to five million residents at an estimated cost of 161,857,000. The Ashokan reservoir requires removing seven villages and 2,000 people including 32 cemeteries with 2,800 bodies reinterred, flooding 64 miles of highway and 11 miles of railroad. The project promises perpetual supply and cheaper water. includes note on regional natural differences.
A May fish tale features Vermont Congressman Plumley claiming he lost a watch a $20 gold piece and 30 cents in a pool then later recovered them from a gold fish in the same pool. Fish Commissioner Bowers mocks the yarn linking it to thrift propaganda. The group agrees Plumley earned a plum of the season.
A light dialogue between Lulu and Willie-What as they discuss naming their expected baby. Lulu suggests waiting for the child to choose, while Willie-What proposes leaving the decision to the child’s future self.
At Belfast a match between Ireland and Scotland saw a home supporter shout Sit on em Ireland. An old Scotsman retorted that they could not sit on the thistle, the leek, or the rose, underscoring stubborn pride amid the crowd.
A child with a severe toothache sobs as her Christian Science aunt urges faith. Florence retorts that if her aunt shared the pain she would lack faith, highlighting a sharp clash of beliefs in a brief, humorous exchange.
A Mt. Sterling resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back and kidney pains, dizziness, and nervousness after a neighbor suggested the remedy. She bought from Duerson's drug store and reports feeling better in every way. For sale by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A humorous essay contrasts genuine courtesy with self serving pretense. It argues that fine appearances should please others and oneself, not win favors, and suggests discreet references for family faults. An inserted ad promotes Dr. Thomas Electric Oil and a local grocer S. E. Kelly & Co.
A publisher questions Prudence about memoirs. Senator Sorgum replies he has not written memoirs and will not. He says interviewing oneself leaves no room to claim misquotation for errors.
A comic exchange in a shoe shop shows a customer asking for number twos as she protests pinching shoes. The salesman suggests larger sizes, offering numbers three and four. The contrast highlights the shopper’s preference for a better fit.
Dialogue lines show a consoling exchange about a lost position and a small salary as the speaker comforts the other with their prior earnings.
A patient man asks if he should make an allowance for his wife. He replies he never ceases making allowances for his wife, signaling humor and a long running domestic joke.
Beautifully illustrated booklets describe Ashville Waynesville Balsam Hot Springs Black Mountain Ridgecrest Hendersonville Lake Toxaway Fairfield Brevard Tyron Saluda Flat Rock and many other delightful places. For rates and schedules contact any Southern Railway agent Evansville Indiana.
Kentucky counties across many towns announce fair dates from July through October with dozens of county fairs. An advertisement from S. E. Kelly & Co. promotes B and C om cakes at 10 15 and 20 cents as best value.
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