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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
8
Store crowds filled Saturday and Monday as bargain hunters secured deeply discounted goods. Punch Graves & Co assure customers their bonafide sale offers unheard of bargains while promising FIRST COME FIRST SERVED and continued confidence from the public.
Correspondence notes farmers struggle with weed control and slow wheat and clover hay harvest. Oat crop shows strong promise after a rough period. Local visits include Oscar Foley of Sharpsburg and J. T. Roberson family. The Reed children improve after illness. Chas Heaton returns home.
A Frankfort Kentucky notice urges residents not to call the telephone operator out of curiosity during large fires. It warns curious calls to summon physicians or ambulance services may delay emergency response and risk lives.
Memphis Tennessee reports Jas. O. Spratt and Sherman Hamilton were at Sharpsburg Monday on business.
Mrs Charles Buchanan returned home after a ten day Lexington visit. Old Slate Creek caused damage to farmers last Monday. A young man with a new rubber tire horse and bob-tail buggy promises a future report. Mrs Joe Pennybaker and Edith of Mr Sterling visited Mr and Mrs Walter Carr. Mrs Wm Turley remains ill with kidney trouble. Mrs Doc Carter returned from Lexington. Elder W F Chappel of Camargo preached at the schoolhouse. Mr and Mrs Abijah Wyatt visited Mrs Alice Clark. Miss Hazel Mallory of Mt Sterling visited relatives here. Miss Mary Lee of Lexington called on friends.
Miss Smythe and Gibbs of Trenchburg visited Miss Mary Lockridge last week. Mrs. Atkinson celebrates a new baby boy named John Henry William Eli. Our minister Mrs. B T Battinfeld has resigned until September. Illinois notes appear sparse with incomplete text.
Local notes report a Baptist meeting to begin July 9 led by Mr Kingsberry from Australia. The community welcomes visitors as rains have damaged crops, oil men anticipate activity near Pilot Knob, and the Sunday school at the place shows good progress. Births, visits, and local movements fill the rest of the notes.
Local shopper notes fresh tea cakes and home grown berries available at J B White’s store. Items highlighted include assorted berries and baked treats likely from the market or neighborhood garden.
T. F. Rogers real estate agency sold a Locust street business house to Miss Decia Scott formerly of Lexington. The heirs of B. H. Coyle owned the property which is used as a furniture store. Possession was given immediately. Price about $2,400. Scott bought as an investment and rents to Thomas Coyle for the coming year.
A marketing note advertises Waukesha Ginger Ale made from the finest mineral water, produced at Greenwade's. The claim highlights quality ingredients and the brewer’s name as the source.
Grant Davis, a resident of this city, was arrested Friday by Deputy Marshal Porter C. Eubank on a warrant accusing him of violating internal revenue laws. Before United States Commissioner Hoffman Wood he was held for trial and granted bond to appear on September 2. Davis is serving a city jail sentence after Police Court conviction for bootlegging, with a $100 fine and forty days in jail.
A local buyer is urged to inspect ice cream freezers at J. B. White’s before making a purchase. The notice suggests comparing models and features to ensure a suitable choice.
An advertisement touts strong backs and hard work as lifelong defenses, warning that a bad spine leads to disease. It promotes spinal adjustments at a chiropractor on West Main, stressing back health for longevity and warning of death's grip if the spine is neglected.
In good running order and priced reasonably. For demonstration call Strother Motors Co or Walter Hancock at Bank Street stable. 522t
Representatives of the Lexington Advertising Club led by Samuel H. McCormick depart for Philadelphia to attend the annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. McCormick will also visit Atlantic City New York and Washington during the trip.
Mr. Frank P. Allen and Miss Eliza Shouse both of Montgomery county married in Winchester on Thursday after obtaining a license. Judge Lee Evans officiated. The bride is 36 and the groom 62.
A fragment notes a claim that one small jar of peanut butter equals twelve eggs in food value and mentions Fresh made at Greenwade's. The text provides no date or location beyond Greenwade's name.
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