Farm Credit Plan Highlighted By Local Bank Agent
F H Engelken of Joint Stock Land Bank Lexington visited the city Monday and appointed Hoffman Insurance Agency as local representative with R G Kern as attorney. The bank loans funds to farmers on land mortgages at legal rates and uses a sinking fund to retire debts in forty years. Manager Engelken praised the system and J Miller Hoffman to handle local finances offering relief to farmers in tight circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Stock Land Bank
F. H. Engelken
Lexington
Security Trust
Hoffman Insurance Agency
R. G. Kern
Engelken
J. Miller Hoffman
Non-Partisan Call for McHenry Rhoads for Superintendent
The text argues that a non-partisan candidate wins when both major parties declare support for Prof. McHenry Rhoads as superintendent of public instruction and he accepts. It suggests unified party backing as a genuine non-partisan act to prevent opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McHenry Rhoads
Prohibition Question Refuels Debate On State Saloon Return
The piece argues whether prohibition should prevail, noting fewer drunks and smoother business under it, while temperance supporters demand vigilance against a possible return of licensed saloons and the state’s role in this business. It frames the issue as a safety choice and calls for ongoing watchfulness by temperance advocates.
Tea Hounds and Cake Eaters in College Athletics Debate
A Northwestern Alumni Association critique argues university sports foster spineless students and warns that college athletics have become a business. It blames coaches, profit motives, and players hired to maintain teams, urging a return to amateur ideals and focus on education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Stewart
Northwestern Alumni Association
Stewart
Tlemen
Public auction for Baumont hotel on Midland Trail
The Baumont hotel property on West Main Street, Midland Trail, will be sold at 3 p.m. Monday June 19 in front of the hotel. Proceeds net a good income. with modernization 6 percent return on a $50 000 investment is possible. The sale includes a vacant east business lot and two three story west business rooms. Mr Laughlin the current lessee can show the property.
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The
Advocate
Baumont
Midland Trail
Laughlin
Maysville and
Locust Street
Kentucky Crop Report Shows Above Average Yields
The June crop report from the U S Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates, with State Agriculture Commissioner W C Hanna, notes Kentucky crops 11.6 percent above the 10 year average. Wheat 8,644,000 bu. oats 6,550,000 bu. apples 3,943,000 bu. peaches 1,102,000 bu. hay 1,222,00 tons. Tobacco and corn reports due July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
United States Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
W. C. Hanna
Cornwell’s Grocery Advertises Fresh Produce and More
Cornwell's Grocery features raspberries in red and black caps, fine dewberries, new apples, and a full vegetable selection. Weekend meats include baby beef veal lamb and pork. Lemons are scarce but available. Light weight union suits for men and younger men in B D style priced at 1, 1.50 and 2 dollars. The Walsh Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vessar Union
Walsh
Mrs Alien Kline Correspondent Visits and Local Gatherings
Mrs Alien Kline reports Mrs Harrison Gilvin visiting her daughter Mrs Ora Shrout. Mr and Mrs W L Potts and son Charles were guests of Mr and Mrs George Kerns. Nellie and Neema Gilvin visited their grandfather J C Arnold near Sharpsburg. Revival underway with all invited. Noah Gilvin visited Mt Sterling. Martha Moss of Mt Sterling visiting sister Mrs Richard Eubank.
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Mrs. Harrison Gilvin
Ora Shrout
W. L. Potts
Charles
George Kerns
Mary Lizare Shrout
Edward
Nellie Gilvin
Clarien Leggett
North Middletown
Noah Gilvin
Mt. Sterling
Martha Moss
Richard Eubank
Walter Wrights Saturday Court Day Bargains
Bargains advertised for Saturday at Walter Wrights include potatoes canned fruits and vegetables glassware tin ware queensware graniteware and all table wares at special prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wright's
Social Notes From Sewell’s Shop
Mrs. John Carpenter spent Friday with her sister Mrs B Misses Linnie and Elizabeth Hoskins stayed with their aunt Mrs Bettie Hoskins Thursday night Holly Eubank and Philip Green attended the ball game at Maysville on Sunday Elizabeth Casquy and Mrs Mary Moss are visiting in Richmond Mr and Mrs William Ioseman and Mrs John Bradley were visitors in Clay City Monday Mrs E D Jones spent Tuesday with her daughter Mrs Thompson Johnson whose two children Mattie Clay and Grace Jones are ill with whooping cough Mrs G W Calvert spent Sunday with her daughter Mrs Fred Curry Mr and Mrs Charles Dean spent Sunday in Winchester Mr and Mrs Virgil Markland spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Claude Day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carpenter
Misses Linnie
Elizabeth Hoskins
Bettie Hoskins
Holly Eubank
Philip Green
Maysville
Elizabeth Casquy
Mary Moss
Richmond
William Ioseman
John Bradley
Clay City
E. D. Jones
Thompson Johnson
Mattie Clay
Grace Jones
G. W. Calvert
Fred Curry
Charles Dean
Winchester
Virgil Markland
Claude Day
Local residents and visitors noted in city
Mrs J W Riley of Morehead shopped in the city today. Miss Mary J Elizabeth Thomas, niece of Gilbert and Tom Thomas, graduated from Winchester high school. The Morris family, headed by Judge G J Morris, will move to Tennessee next week to join him for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Riley
Morehead
Mary J Elizabeth Thomas
Gilbert and
Tom Thomas
Winchester High School
G. J. Morris
Tennessee
Big Court Stocks Cattle Flood Mt Sterling and Pieratt Yards
The Mt Sterling and Pieratt yards are packed with cattle as stock movements surge from Eastern Kentucky. Buyers are plentiful and several cars of cows and horses are en route, with local leaders calling for workers to handle the influx.
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Mt. Sterling
Pieratt Yards
Kentucky
Fugazzi Business College Graduates in High Demand
Kentucky graduates from Fugazzi Business College receive numerous job placements throughout the state. Kathryn Fusselman to Hazard with Powell Hackney Grocery. Blanche Cottle and Mabel Thacker placed with Swift and Company. Lake Salyer to Whitesburg for a local attorney. Katherine Buckley to King Swope in Fayette Bank Building. Elizabeth Bruen with Mr. Breckinridge at the Herald. Blanche Dickerson Edna Rose and Ethel Barnes assigned to Graft, who runs Margaret College campaign in Versailles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Brothers
Fugazzi School
Kentucky
Kathryn Fusselman
Hazard
Powell, Hackney Grocery Company
Blanche Cottle
Swift and Company
Mabel Thacker
Lake Salyer
Whitesburg
Katherine Buckley
King Swope
Fayette Bank
Blanche Dickerson
Edna Rose
Ethel Barnes
Mr. Graft
Margaret College
Versailles
Piano for sale and wry social remark
New mahogany upright piano with bench for sale by Mrs Ollie Sanderson. It would never do for a man to be as polite to his wife as to another man's wife and her shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Sanderson
Local Stock Market Transactions at Mt Sterling Yard
At Mt Sterling stock yards T B Hill bought 12 850 pound steers from D E Murphy at 61-4c. A B Wells departed for Indiana to buy a mixed car of horses and ponies for court day. A B Wills sold a car of mining ponies to Billy Webb Williamson priced 40 to 76 dollars per head. Wills also sold 10 ponies to A B Stanley at 60 dollars each and moved a gray saddle horse for 175 dollars.
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T. B. Hill
D. E. Murphy
A. B. Wells
Indiana
A. B. Wills
Billy Webb
Williamson
A. B. Stanley
This will be a big sport shoe season
An advertisement notes a large upcoming sporting shoe season urging readers to buy before sizes run out. It mentions R. E. Punch Co Inc as the supplier and adds a stray proverb about fairness in judgment.
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R. E. Punch Co., Inc
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Advocate Publishing Company
MT. Sterling Advocate
Aciuesiaienieciaat
J. W. Hedden
Bator
J. W. Hedden, JR
Mary C. Ayres
Ieee EE
H. C. Duffy
Harrison County
Congress
Hinth
W. J. Fields
Democratic Party
New York
Redpath Chautauqua
Walsh Co
Kentucky Crop Report
Cornwell’'S
Loudon Army Goods
Donaldson
Alien Kline
Dren
Nellie
Neema
J. C. Arnold
Sharpsburg
J. C. Turpin
East Union
Bethel
Mary Lizzie Shrout
Lucille Kerns
Sewell’s Shop
Martha Jones
Knox
Hopking
Fugazzi Business College
Elizabeth Bruen
Mr. Breckinridge
the Herald
Bath CO
Bartlett Tours CO
Cincinnati
MT. Sterling Stock Yards
Suices
Jersey Milk & Ice Cream Co
High Street
Mt. Sterling, Ky
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