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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
7
The passage laments ongoing divorce suits among respectable families and church members. It notes couples who lived together for years parting after discord, hoping for reconciliation in the afterlife, but acknowledging unhappy marriages may not reunite in this life or the next. It ends with a quotation about the sacred bond of marriage.
Local dealer C. P. Pierce invites customers to compare prices before buying pumps and filters. He promises potential savings and lists phone contact as 706.
The Kentucky Democratic State Central and Executive Committees meet at the Seelbach Hotel to name J. Campbell Cantrill campaign chairman. T. B. Parnell becomes campaign secretary, and an advisory committee is formed including Governor Stanley and U S Senators James and Beckham among others. The group aims to carry the state for Wilson Marshall and the Democratic ticket.
A brief notice highlights plain and mixed pickles available at J. B. White's store. The item signals a local grocery offering a variety of pickle selections to shoppers.
Thomas M. Greene buys his mother Mrs. W B. Greene's suburban home on Lexington Avenue with five acres for 5500 dollars and other considerations.
The piece asks what actions Charles Evans Hughes would take as president if elected and contrasts his possible policies with Woodrow Wilson’s record. It frames the 1916 campaign rhetoric around leadership choices and future plans.
A long question hour lays out numerous hypothetical actions for Charles Evans Hughes if elected president in 1916. The text compares his potential responses to President Woodrow Wilson’s wartime diplomacy on Belgium, submarine warfare, Lusitania, the German alliance, and ambassadorial recalls. The notice also covers Mt Sterling Kentucky bidding for public works on July 5 1916 with bid conditions and filing details.
The Montgomery County Farmers Institute event scheduled for Saturday June 24 is postponed indefinitely due to illness of local officials.
Mrs. D. E. Hooker of Richmond visits the White House to press the suffrage plank. The President reportedly said the issue should be decided by the states and he would not urge the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the Constitution. Spring lamb and country ham at Greenwade's.
A reflective piece discusses the habit of knocking or punching at others in town. It argues knocking is a survival game where the strongest often do the most harm. The author admits participating in the pastime and notes its pervasive social role.
Elizabethtown News hints that Justice Hughes of New York and a cold Indiana figure are connected to a weather themed matter in June. The remark frames a humorous take on ice and snow as a courtroom cue.
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