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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1916
Page
6
Stanton resident R M Freeland reports severe back pains and kidney issues eased by Dean's Kidney Pills from Duerson's Drug Store. Published as a testimonial ad, 50 cents per package, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Also notes homely shop offerings and broad public press presence.
A mixed reading of pithy quotes and bargains appears in the page. The Brunner Shoe Co advertises Ris All oxford shoes cut to 3.45 and shirts praised for patterns and value. The Advocate office invites job work while a line about Missouri attitudes and Heekins Orange Pekin Tea appears among short notes.
Train employees across railroads vote to empower leaders to shut down commerce if demands for a hundred million dollar wage increase are not met. The public funds rail transportation and workers claim 44 cents of every dollar pays wages.
Fashion observers note widespread French influence this summer with Latin styling and inexpensive copies of haute couture. Shops in New York and other cities stock abundant satin dresses and lighter fabrics to suit slender budgets, offering fashionable options without high Paris prices.
Fashion notes point to satin replacing taffeta for day wear while satin endures for evening. Dark-blue and stone-gray charmeuse morning frocks feature simple lines, front satin buttons, and white organdie sleeve cuffs. Cheruit trimming and a popular motor cap illustration mark the era.
A playful guide describes summer toilet goods for girls including bags cushions parasols and walking sticks. New invention features a striped poplin parasol with a matching shopping bag and belt. For evening events a smart cane with wrist strap and coordinating handkerchief bag completes the set in select color palettes.
Plans are completed for a large meeting at Kavanaugh Camp Grounds near Louisville to organize the Kentucky Wesley Bible Class Federation. The event features prominent speakers and invites all county Wesley Bible classes to attend, with a prize pennant for the class traveling the most miles.
A labeled 1-pound can of Sincerity Coffee is offered with price points of 30 and 35 cents per pound. The ad notes the product and cost in a concise shopper’s listing.
A collage of ad slogans and aphorisms appears, promoting thrift and lifestyle choices. Featured lines tease values, fashion discounts, fresh produce, and rural wisdom, with a bold shoe sale from Brunner Shoe Co and farm-fresh meats and produce imagery.
A light banter about marriage and social status centers on a man claiming a title a colonel on the governor's staff his fiancee questions the feasibility and seriousness of such a title and the implied proposal becomes a playful test of worth and wit
For rent two tobacco barns with sticks furnished. Contact L. C. Bays at R. R. 6, phone number 914 F.06. Apply to L. C. Bays.
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