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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
18
A reader shares a cooling method for hot nights using a half full cold water bottle with air squeezed out and wrapped in a towel or pillowcase placed at the back of the neck for quick sleep. The technique is recommended for the sick and claimed to bring rapid comfort.
Five year old pony offered for sale. Suitable for riding or driving, safe for children. Apply at this office. There is also a light verse about a man from Perth ending with death on his last day on earth.
Announcement from Paris confirms the July 24 wedding of Miss Bettie Smith to Mr. Frank Skillman of Paris. The bride, a niece of Mrs. L. E. Griggs and Miss Lucy Smith, has taught in local schools. Skillman is the son of Mr. Andy Skillman and a prosperous Paris businessman.
The article extols shopping ads as a proven guide for careful buyers. Advertising benefits merchants by moving goods at fair profits, while buyers save time and secure desired items at lower prices. It urges readers to monitor the paper's advertising pages weekly for bargains and success through economical buying.
Mrs. Mary F. Henson of Mount Sterling Kentucky credits Doan's Kidney Pills with rapid relief from severe back pains nervous spells headaches dizziness and swollen body. She reports sustained improvement over three years and endorses the product. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY Adv 3 2. Home killed meats at Vanarsdell's and a note on self judgment and business focus follow.
A local column blends light notes and humor from Snagtown. items include Miss Twigg’s singing promise, Emma Allen’s lawn fete solo, Leonard Boulton's hog exhibition plans, a misdirected mail stop at the post office, weather musings, and a preacher's corn patch parable about faithful members versus latecomers.
The Advocate urges every man to show good traits by speaking well of others and giving a good word for the home town, suggesting this quality guides a person rightly in public regard.
A Catron reader recounts a four year battle with womanly troubles. After failed treatments, her husband bought Cardus, a tonic marketed as Cardui, and she recovered enough to walk two miles and resume duties. The letter urges others to seek Cardui through their druggist and contact Chattanooga Medicine Co. for guidance and a 64 page book.
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