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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
16
Duerson's Drug Store on Court Street advertises a full line of state adopted school books available for teachers and students.
Mrs E J Earp of Winchester and D T Matlack attended the Fair here last week. Numerous visitors from Lexington Lexington and Richmond spent time with local hosts. Mrs Lucy Clarke visits Charleston while Miss Julia Clarke stays in Lexington.
An ice cream social is held Friday night July 30 at Lower Spencer school house to benefit the library. Everyone is invited especially candidates to attend.
Vanarsdell promotes Mason fruit jars with competitive pricing in the Advocate for printing.
The Sick Mrs Guthrie shows improvement this week. Mr W K Jones, previously ill, is reported better. Mrs J B Wilson is able to be out after a brief illness. Mr Dillard Smith, hurt last week when a team of mules ran away and threw him before a self binder remains in critical condition and may die.
Revival services start August 8 at the Somerset Church of Christ with Rev Kingsbury inviting all. Court House services Sunday evening led by Rev J S Wilson Baptist pastor. Corineh Christian church holds Sunday August 1 with Bible School at 10 am and sermons by Rev Patterson at 11 am and 7 45 pm. Corner stone laying for the new Baptist church postponed to Monday morning with announcements to follow. Howard's Mill protracted meeting draws strong county attendance as Rev Hardin delivers engaging sermons.
The report notes that twenty one states have enacted mothers pension laws or equivalent measures to support children when fathers are dead in prison or asylum or incapacitated or deserted. These laws aim to reduce burdens on single mothers and keep families intact for better social outcomes.
In stock buggy and wagon harnesses, whips, bridles, lines, halters and other strap work offered at low cash prices. Repairs promptly completed. Located at 4-41125 W. A. Reis opposite Farmers Warehouse.
A display of voile and crepe fabrics offered at 25 cents per yard for cash. The materials range from 50 cents to a dollar in assorted rolls and lengths. Customer options include various patterns and weights.
A brisk admonition to stay ahead in a fast moving world, urging quick action and full speed ahead in daily life and work. The tone emphasizes urgency and momentum as essential in modern competition and progress.
Mrs. Walter Hiram Bridges hosted a pleasant Tuesday afternoon reception at her beautiful Stoops area home. The event honored Mrs. Samuel Webb Greene and Mrs. Lucien Dunla Greene of Louisville and Mrs. Keller Priest Greene.
Instruction on rural school suffrage outlines voting rights for women over twenty one who can read and write and reside in a sub district for sixty days. Elections run 1 to 5 pm on the first Saturday in August at each sub district school house. Requires viva voce voting and five citizen certificates for trustees. Some districts vote on local tax levies with 15 days notice. County superintendents elected in November 1917.
The Cincinnati Post notes that Americans spent about 700 million dollars on tobacco last year including 446.6 million on cigars 73 million on cigarettes 157 million on smoking and chewing tobacco and 24 million on snuff. It reports a 450 percent rise in coffin nail production despite anti-cigarette campaigns while cigars and smoking tobacco have grown slowly in ten years and snuff nearly doubles.
The Louisville Times and Winchester Democrat clash over A. O. Stanley. The Times says he will speak at Georgetown this afternoon and is expected to uncork something, while the Times itself calls him a temperance man, a claim the Winchester Democrat finds shocking.
For sale. One portable 15 horsepower Fairbanks Morse kerosene engine used very little and offered at a bargain. Listed by Sharpsburg Milling Co. in Sharpsburg Kentucky with the date 4 11.
A concise guide outlines a pathway from Inspiration to Development to Enlargement to Application, culminating in Success. It emphasizes moving from spark to structured work, applying ideas, expanding impact, and achieving practical outcomes.
The article notes Stanley gains applause when naming President Wilson, then reports a claimed rousing reception. The writer recalls applauding Stanley’s praise for Wilson but warns Stanley cannot win on Wilson’s record, asserting he is not Wilson and urging skepticism toward his honesty.
A call to unity urges residents to drop bickering and work toward shared goals for better social and commercial conditions. The speaker emphasizes facing facts and turning over a new leaf for the town's welfare.
A compact aphorism contrasts sincere moral struggle with hollow virtue. It argues that inner honesty matters more than public piety, suggesting firmness in recognizing faults over boastful virtue.
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