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Newspaper

Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1912

Page

5

Local social notes list visitors and guests across Kentucky towns

A long roster of residents and guests is recorded with visitors in Richmond Winchester Flemingsburg New Port Louisville Spring Station Oxford Cincinnati and other places. People include Mrs G B Senff Earl Senff Miss Laura Williams Miss Amelia Van Meter and many others visiting relatives and friends as summer plans unfold. Public figures and horse experts also appear with Rev Harry Rogers and family arriving from Kansas City and Matlack and Shropshire overseeing a show string.

Laura Williams Spring Station G. B. Senff

Montgomery County Fair Returns This July Week

The Montgomery County Fair announces a five day run from July 23 to 27 featuring the state’s best exhibits and community events. Local groups invite families to enjoy rides shows and competitions.

Montgomery County Vine

Health Notes From Local Happenings

Mrs. Geo W Anderson Sr shows slight improvement this week. Dick Robinson remains quite ill at his Winchester Pike home. Richard Storer, recently ill, is able to be out again. Anna Mary Triplett, previously sick, is much improved after several days of illness.

Geo. W. Anderson, Sr Dick Robinson Winchester Pike Richard Storer Anna Mary Triplett

Riding the Seville Bells

The Youth's Companion describes bell ringers in Seville who ride the great bells from the belfry. Young men climb to the bell and straddle its shoulder to press the bell with their feet, swinging as the hammer strikes. The daring display includes the bell swinging outward over the city while the rider leans and balances above the street.

Giralda Seville

Simple weddings shift from grand pageantry to quiet gatherings

The piece notes a rise in simple weddings across classes, with fewer bridesmaids and spectators. It contrasts lavish ceremonies with modest rites, observing that even fashionable churches see more intimate gatherings of relatives.

Great Southern Projects

The article notes new southern water power ventures with $225 million in capital, plans for more than 1.5 million horsepower, and financiers from London New York and Pittsburgh controlling key sites. It argues southern streams could power mills trains and cities and shift industrial leadership from the east.

London New York Pittsburg

Frohman condemns Oriental dancer at New York club dinner

At a Metropolitan Club dinner in New York Charles Frohman denounced an Oriental dancer as immodest calling her mind nasty. A playwright urged leniency noting the dancer may be young or at least a stripling while Frohman disputed the youth claim.

Charles Frohman Metropolitan Club New York Mr. Frohman

Unlucky Number Mystery Challenging the Visitor

The Prisoner claims to be victim of unlucky number 18 in a cryptic exchange with the Visitor. Twelve jurors and one judge reputedly feature in a tense scene labeled by Sporting Times.

Dance at Trimble's Hall Honors Miss Mary Ray Trimble

A large crowd attended the Tuesday evening dance at Trimble's Hall in honor of Miss Mary Ray Trimble. The hall was decorated by Clar ence Leach of Lexington. Weber's ten piece orchestra from Cincinnati provided music. A bountiful intermission plate lunch featured ham croquettes sandwiches chicken salad chips biscuits coffee ices and cakes. The event was praised as one of the swellest social functions in the city.

Mary Ray Trimble Clarence Leach Lexington Weber Cincinnati Magowan

Birth Announcement for George Louis Kirkpatrick Jr

On Sunday morning to the wife of Charley W. Kirkpatrick a fine boy George Louis Kirkpatrick Jr was born.

Charley W. Kirkpatrick George Louis Kirkpatrick, Jr

Simplicity and the Growth of Virtue in Self-Control

A concise excerpt from William George Jordan’s Self-Control arguing that simplicity eliminates the non essential to strengthen life. It claims simplicity trims needs and waste, concentrates power, and allows virtue to flourish by replacing vice with disciplined effort.

William George Jordan

High-Class Printing Quick and Affordable by Advocate Publishing

Advocate Publishing Co offers fast high quality printing at reasonable prices. Services emphasize efficient turnaround, reliable work, and competitive rates for newspapers, advertisements, and business materials.

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Duerson’s Drug Store Court St Mr. Lindsay Douglas Richmond J. W. Helden, Jr Winchester Arnold Hart Flemingsburg Clarence Ader New Port Earl W. Senff Mary McClure Fogg Dede Robson Louisville George Kerns W.oenault Amelia van Meter Aliee Young Ray Clark Oxford, C Elizabeth Lockridge Wmlry Mrs. Henry Barnes Blue Fields W. Va Thomas Jefferson Jenny Judy Ratliff Katherine Spence Herriott Mrs John Tyler Atlanta, Ga Mr.Tyler H. V. Kemper Millersburg Marguerite Clark County John Scott Mrs. Chenault Cockrell and Baby Middlesboro Earl King Woodford County Edward Bogie Nettie Wood Carlisle Stamper LeRoy Link Newport Earl Senff Emma Thompson Calk Paul K. McKenna Capt J. T. Williams Gilbert Satterwhite Mayme Satterwhite Richard Appperson W. P. Apperson J. W. Hedden, Sr Shelbyville Helen Hedden Tandy Chenault This C. T. Evans Harry Harry Brann Ladoga, Ind Edward M. Proctor Indianapolis Ind F. A. Ramsey Jeffersonville This County Wm. Shropshire Matlack Shropshire Billy Walter C. Metcalfe Ottawa Kan Kerr’s Na Ae Kerr's MR. Tabb Great Southern Projects Oriental Dancer Igc Trust Silver Trust Laurel Bank Street MT. Sterling, KY Trimble’s Hall J. R. Magowan Advocate Publishing Co Vanars Dell’s Reno Lakeside State Mutual, Life Assurance Company Worcester Massachusetts H. G. Hoffman
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