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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
2
Mt Sterling Kentucky county attorney states willingness to take new civil matters while serving in office. The stance limits practice to civil work and clarifies funding and conflict expectations for potential clients.
Dr C W Compton operates as a dentist in the Mt Sterling area. The entry notes his office at the Mt Sterling National Bank Building and provides the contact phone number 525.
Hinton offers sleeping dining and parlor cars on express trains. Consult agents for particulars with service daily on weekdays.
Antique will from 1788 discloses Mary Washington of Fredericksburg nameing Gen. George Washington her son as executor and gifting lands slaves and household goods to family members including Charles Bettie Lewis Hannah Washington Fielding Lewis Lydia Betty Carter Milly Washington and others with final direction to appoint George Washington as executor and divide assets with minimal fuss.
United Sales Company promotes FRE London Tango necklace and Evelyn Thaw bracelet as fashionable jewelry for New York society. The ad offers a free set with 50 cents and 100 to cover shipping for a box of Spearmint Chewing Gum, limited to two orders per party, Dayton, Ohio.
The Mt. Sterling Drug Co local agency offers Merital Hair Tonic with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. The druggist, authorized by the American Drug & Press Association, promotes confidence in the preparation with prices of 50 cents and 1.00.
A single line hints at rising fortunes as a man shifts from paddling a canoe to owning a steam yacht, illustrating dramatic wealth growth or ambitious lifestyle change.
The ad claims Newbro's Herpicide stops hair loss and dandruff, improves scalp health, and prevents baldness. It asserts wide professional use by hairdressers and barbers, offers 50c and 1.00 sizes, guarantees satisfaction, with refunds if not satisfied, signed by W. S. Lloyd as special agent.
Bay mare about 15.1 hands found near Howard's Mill. Owner may reclaim by proving ownership and paying expenses. Also home-grown asparagus and rhubarb available at Vanarsdell's Prosni See.
A moral exhortation urging boys to hold fast to virtue, truth, temper, good name, and self restraint in the face of temptation and peer pressure. Emphasizes guarding words, actions, and heart against vice and impropriety.
William Warren aged eighty four of Lexington died at his home after a long illness. Native of England he came to Kentucky in 1854. He is survived by ten children including Frank Warren of Parkersburg West Virginia and W F Warren cashier Fayette National Bank Lexington. Local people mourn his death.
H N Horton former Wolfe county school superintendent and prominent farmer died Monday at home near Campton after a stroke. He was brother of Frank Horton of Mt Sterling and uncle of Senator Thomas A Combs of Lexington.
A promotional notice for a widely advertised sex education book by Winfield Scott Hall. It touts comprehensive guidance on sex, marriage happiness, sexual health, abuses, and social issues, aimed at professionals and lay readers, with endorsements and a price of one dollar plus postage.
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