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Readable pieces show a truncated local notice with scattered names and dates. The fragmentary text hints at official actions or deadlines but lacks coherent details for a full summary.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1914
Page
2
Readable pieces show a truncated local notice with scattered names and dates. The fragmentary text hints at official actions or deadlines but lacks coherent details for a full summary.
A fragmentary OCR line hints at a local page item mentioning a person or place with possible community relevance. Details are unclear but preserve the observable names and context for future clarification.
Court orders an election for the Third Ward Precinct C of Mt Sterling to take the sense of legal voters on the sale of spirituous liquors. Sheriff Harry F. Howell is to open a poll on September 2, 1914 at the regular voting place for County Officers. Voters must be registered and meet the 25 percent signature requirement from the last general election.
Montgomery County leads in Moonlight School effort with every white teacher pledging to join. Superintendent Georgia Sledd and supervisors G. Goothwin and ORear enlist in the program. Moonlight Schools start in September and teachers will visit districts on Labor Day to secure attendance.
A quoted admonition warns against a woman cheapening herself as a trap for male interest. The caution reflects social attitudes on gender and dating permeating the era.
Act quickly in danger of kidney trouble as Doan’s Kidney Pills prove effective. R. M. Freeland of Stanton Kentucky reports back pain and kidney issues from rough roads and finds quick lasting relief after using Doan’s Kidney Pills bought at Duerson’s Drug Store. Price shown at dealers.
Historic notice records 1914 Montgomery County Kentucky court order calling a special election in Mt Sterling Fourth Ward Precinct D. on September 26 1914 to measure whether spirituous vinous or malt liquors may be sold within ward limits. Harry F Howell sheriff directs polling at the regular voting place from 2 to 4 pm with voters listed as eligible county officers election participants.
Hardin County launches a week long campaign with speaking in every schoolhouse. Moonlight Schools will open soon with fifty volunteer teachers after an address by Col. Harry A. Sommers. The Hardin Board of Education and Elizabethtown Woman's Club back the effort to wipe illiteracy from the county.
A reflective line about learning lessons in life after leaving the familiar, noting that real education continues beyond formal training as people move forward and gain distance.
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