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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1921

Page

8

Classified Tobacco Letter And Farm Trade Offers

Classified ad fragment listing for sale good condition tobacco letter from Reid Prewitt with phone number 72 64 11. Also notices for farmers buying poultry eggs hides furs scrap metal and rubber with contact E T Reis. Memorials from Murray and Thomas Co Paris Ky offer discount on monuments. Real estate and insurance services from Foster Rogers and Adams Sons Marble. Pianos and talking machines offered by J H Templeman Piano Co Lexington. John Deere wagons saddles and harness sold by J R Lyons.

Reid Prewitt

Church to pause Sunday evenings for two months

At a Baptist church meeting it was decided to suspend Sunday evening services for two months to participate in a mid summer community service.

The Baptist Church

Mrs. Hamilton Ill in Memphis Home

Mrs. George G. Hamilton is reported seriously ill at her Memphis Tennessee home.

George G. Hamilton Memphis, Tenn

G W Hodge Opens Furniture and Musical Repair Shop

G W Hodge has rented the business room at the corner of Bank and Locust streets and opened a furniture and musical instrument repair shop. This enterprise is welcome and Hodge, an experienced workman, may expect liberal patronage from the community.

G. W. Hodge Bank and Locust Streets Hodge

Local Dairy Rates and Orders Offered

Fresh milk priced at 5e per pint and cream at 25e per pint. Cottage cheese with cream 20c per pound. Butter at 45c per pound. Orders accepted through Mrs. J W Barnes, phone 832, for Mrs. W E Jones.

J. W. Barnes W. E._ JONES

Local notes reflect church events and community arrivals

Levee miss Nellie Witt spent Saturday evening with Ethel and Bessie West. Stanton visitor Miss Mary Holbrook returned home Friday. A Saturday pie supper benefited the Sunday school. Mrs. James W. Barnett is improving after illness. Nancye Ellen Parker died at her brother James A. Martin's near Ware's Chapel. Kiddville Sunday school attendance, arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Zimmerman from Mt. Sterling to live with Dr. Sherman Lee. Tobacco work continues. all-day Macedonia services attended. Mr. and Mrs. Pasley and family visited Rice, with West and Riessinger families visiting Sterling. Johnnie Witt improving. For sale: one self-binder in first-class condition.

Nellie Witt Ethel Bessie West Mary Holbrook Stanton James W. Barnett Nancye Ellen Parker James A. Martin Ware’s Kiddville Guy Zimmerman Mt. Sterling Zimmerman Sherman Lee Macedonia Thomas Pasley Walter Rice Chas. West W. M. Riessinger Osborne Sterling Johnnie Witt

Aunt Maria Haydon Dies in City Community

Maria Haydon known as Aunt Maria died Monday at her home on Tenny Hill in her eightieth year. A lifelong resident of the county she was highly respected in the colored community. Funeral services were held at the colored M. E. Church and burial followed in Olive Hill Cemetery.

Maria Haydon Tenny Hill Maria M. E. Church Olive Hill Cemetery

Building Contractor Offers Personal Attention

Local contractor J C Shoemaker advertises new and repair work with guaranteed satisfaction. Call 699 for services in city or county.

J. C. Shoemaker

Aunt Kate Ware dies at nearly ninety in Shelby County

The Advocate notes the death of Mrs Catherine Ware aunt to editors, wife of the late Shelby Ware of Waddy Kentucky. She passed at 6 am reaching her ninetieth year. Survived by two children Charles Ware and Mrs William Wright. Known for cheery disposition and religious faith as a Predestinarian Baptist.

The Advocate Catherine Ware Shelby Ware Waddy Shelby County Kate Charles Ware William Wright Joseph Hackworth

Social Roundup and Local Visits Across Mt Sterling Area

Miss Minnie Fizer of Missouri and Miss Lizzie Williams of Mt Sterling visited Mr and Mrs R C Oldson last week. Mr and Mrs Wm Armstrong of Middletown Ohio stayed with Mr and Mrs W C Laughlin last Wednesday. Miss Mattie Lee and Mr Stanley Laughlin attended the commencement at Owingsville. Mr and Mrs Abram Oldson attended protracted meetings at Donaldson. A rain and hail storm passed Saturday causing no damage. Mr and Mrs Potts Laughlin spent the weekend with relatives at Stepstone. Miss Lida Lou and Marguerite Crouch shopped in Mt Sterling Saturday. Miss Fannie Mae Kendall returned home from school in Mt Sterling. Miss Mary Elizabeth Steele of Flat Creek visits Mr and Mrs Clarence Steele. Born last Friday to the wife of J Laughlin a daughter Anna B.

Minnie Fizer Missouri Lizzie Williams Mt. Sterling R. C. Oldson Wm. Armstrong Middletown Ohio W. C. Laughlin Mattie Lee Stanley Laughlin Owingsville Abram Oldson Donaldson

Two Suspects Cleared After Salt Lick Assault Case

The case involves Emmett Carter and Clarence Crockett or Badge Holly. Roy Sexton identified Crockett, while a later lineup identified Nathan Redmond, a local respected man, casting doubt on the main suspects. After exhaustive examination both Crockett and Carter were dismissed by Judge Atchison's court.

Emmett Carter Roy Sexton Salt Lick Clarence Crockett Badge Holly Mt. Sterling Midland Trail Sexton Crockett Carter Lothair

Trimble Will Case Continues to Fall Term

The Trimble will case, slated for Circuit Court in the county, was adjourned to the next term due to illness of a party.

Trimble

Beetle Mort Plant Food Poison Bug Killer

Beetle Mort is a plant food and bug worm killer marketed by Chenault and Orear. Advertises as superior to Paris Green for pest control.

Paris Green Chenault & Orear

Oil land suit heard in Lee Circuit Court

Oral arguments were heard yesterday in the Ollie Lovelace et al v Eastern Gulf Oil Co case in the Lee Circuit Court Lexington session by Judge J. C. Layman. Plaintiffs seek an undivided one half interest in 100 acres of Aph Angle lease oil land on Big Sinking Creek, valued at about 1 million dollars. The suit hinges on a Millers Creek Lumber Co deed to John S. Robinson, claimed as conveyance. defendants call it a release. The matter was taken under advisement with a decision anticipated in one to two weeks.

Ollie Lovelace Eastern Gulf Oil Company Lee Lexington J. C. Layman Elizabethtown Layman Big Sinking Creek Lee County Beattyville J. Will Clay Mt. Sterling M. C. Clay

Cynthiana All Stars Edge Mt. Sterling In Close Victory

The Cynthiana All Stars defeated the Mt. Sterling Outlaws colored 7 to 6 in a Sunday game at Riddles Park.

Cynthiana All Stars Mt. Sterling Outlaws Riddle’s Park

For Rent Clover Land Grazing Property Ad

For rent Clover land suitable for grazing. Contact Mrs. 8 D Hall by phone at 635 1 2 for details.

D. Hall

Judge O'Rear Returns for Frankfort Legal Business

Judge Edward C. O'Rear of Frankfort is in the city on legal matters. J Green Trimble of Cincinnati is visiting relatives here.

Edward C. O’rear Frankfort J. Green Trimble Cincinnati

Birth of Nelson Runyon Boise in Kansas City

Mr and Mrs Nelson Runyon Boice of Kansas City Missouri announce the birth of Nelson Runyon Boise on May 22 1921 Mrs Boice is a niece of Judge H Clay McKee and has been a frequent visitor here She will be remembered as Miss Susie Smoke.

Nelson Runyon Boice Kansas City Nelson Runyon Boise

Beautiful string of lights spans South Bank street

An illuminated display runs along South Bank from Judge H. Clay McKee’s office and the Electric Shop to Strother Motors Company garage at the firms’ expense. The feature is described as progressive advertising by the enterprising businesses.

South Bank Street H. Clay McKee Strother Motors Company

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Donald Wickens E. T. Reis Murray & Thomas CO Paris T. Foster Rogers General Agt WM. Adams & Son West Main Street Bank St J. H. Brown J. H. Templeman Piano Co North Broadway Lexington, Ky John Deere J. R. Lyons Emerson Ide Katherine McDonald Pathe News Elaine Hammerstein Jack Hoxie Man From Nowhere Snookie the Humanzee George Walsh Dynamite Allen the Hope Fox News Dolores Caseninelli Anita Stewart Pola Negri C. B. Patterson Maria” Haydon Lucy Wilson Michler Bros. CO Allen Electric Co Kentucky Negroes Perry County Boyd and Estill Crockett and Carter Owingsville Outlook Exide Batteries Ragan-Gay Motor Co Bruaa
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