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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
5
Local society notes list Dr. J. K. Johnson Rev. and Mrs. Yeaman and many others visiting relatives and colleges in Lexington, Midway, Paris, Olympian Springs, and Flat Creek. Attendees include J Wells Johnson from Mississippi, Stella Stephens from Georgetown College, and a visiting group at the Kentucky Press Association event.
Mrs Elizabeth Seabee of Winchester visited relatives here last week. Miss Lucy Clay Woodford visited friends in Bristol Tennessee. Mrs Turney Patton of Paris and her daughter are visiting relatives here. Lewis Judy and Marvin Gay returned from Cincinnati. Prof and Mrs R I Cord of Cynthiana will return this week to spend the summer here. Elizabeth Matthews has returned to Joplin Missouri. Mr and Mrs J Carroll Hamilton and Mrs T E Price of St Louis visited Mr and Mrs John M Brennan and attended the silver wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Catesby Woodford at Paris. Mr and Mrs Joe Coons and others visited Mr and Mrs Matt Ryan at Spencer Sunday. Mr and Mrs T B Arthur and daughter Elizabeth and Mrs J W Hedden motored from Lexington and will stay during Mr Arthur’s Kentucky Press Association attendance at Olympian Springs.
On June 3 they decorated the graves of all Confederate soldiers buried in Machpelah Cemetery. Judge Swango, a veteran, said he will continue this act of respect as long as he lives.
Former State Senator Thomas A. Combs of Lexington announces again running for State Senate, subject to Democratic party action. He is well known locally with a large circle of relatives and friends.
The column lists residents under treatment and recovery. Rose Punch remains quite ill. J. W. Heath is seriously ill after weeks of sickness. Dr. Charles Duerson Sr. is able to leave his room. Mrs. S. B. Priest is healing from a broken arm. Mrs. H. M. Bishop returns home improved after care in Morehead. Dr. S. F. Hamilton shows slight improvement after rheumatism treatment in Martinsville. William Turley faces critical condition after Lexington examination. W. F. Crooks moves from Rochester Mayo care to Lexington with a planned minor operation before returning home.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Mrs. A. B. Stoops Friday at 10 30 am for an all day gathering. Flower Mission Day observed by the W C T U with flowers sent to the sick, shut ins, sorrowful, and prisoners. Mrs. Heinrich and Mrs. Pierce will travel to Frankfort to join state unions for a prisoners visit and a service with flowers and cake.
St Patrick’s church will host a week long mission starting Sunday June 13 and ending the following Sunday led by Rev Father Wynn. A three day Spiritual Retreat invites all parish children and city youngsters with daily sessions at 8 am and 2 pm and evening services at 7 30 pm. The Forty Hours Adoration closes the mission with music directed by Louis Lutz and organist Elizabeth Laughlin.
Local fruit stand Vanarsdell's offers home grown strawberries fresh daily by Stoops.
The author ranks Nathaniel Hawthorne as America's greatest fiction writer and highlights Longfellow Poe Whitman Emerson Lowell and Lanier as leading poets. It notes Longfellow's Evangeline as most translated in Europe and critiques Hiawatha as derivative. The piece also mentions Emerson as a preeminent essayist and cites Lord Brougham and a Times libel incident for contrast.
The London Chronicle notes Spohr used the baton at philharmonic concerts in 1820 to the astonishment of the audience. It spread to general use ten to twelve years later after a German conductor demonstrated its effective control of the orchestra. Before that time timekeeping relied on the first violinist or pianist.
A London Tatler anecdote recalls a social blunder where a guest boasted a theory about artists drawing faces like themselves. The artist replied with a sharp retort, revealing he specializes in pigs and sheep in his drawings.
A fragment discusses eighteenth century banquet carving terms. It lists actions for various dishes such as venison broached and pheasant allayed while noting the skill required to name tools and techniques. The text ends with a truncated line about the peacock.
Morehead, Rowan County. Mrs. O. L. Jackson, a prominent local woman, suffered a serious injury when an ice pick slipped during ice chopping for an entertainment. The pick penetrated her left hand but experts believe no lasting damage will result as the tool was new and lightly used.
Mt Sterling High School crushed North Mid dletown Thursday by 23 to 2. Bourbon County boys were clearly outclassed in the matchup.
Miss Cora Little skidded on the Winchester pike last Wednesday evening and struck a telephone pole in a Hupmobile. Her companion Miss Anna Laura Ratliff was severely shaken and bruised as the front of the car was badly damaged.
News from Menefee county states 15 year old Manford Elam son of Henry Elam drowned in Red River while bathing after cramps struck him. He was recovered after the incident.
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