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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1916
Page
8
The column notes many small town moves and visits including N Coons going to Martinsville Ind for rheumatism treatment. It mentions lawmakers slow to settle Ground Hog Day business and reports on illnesses and improvements. Death of Clay Cassity at Stepstone brings condolences to his family.
A severe North Sea storm breaches dikes around Marken Edam Volendam Monnikendam and other areas flooding miles of land. Dozens die or go missing as cattle drown and homes are carried away while residents seek higher ground in attics and upper rooms.
A historic shopper note states a pound of Cheer Up Coffee priced at 30¢ per package available at Vanarsdell’s store. The brief item highlights a daily shopping detail from the period.
L. R. Rayborn as executor of Thomas J. Rayborn's estate sold a 90 acre tract seven miles from the city on the Kidd ville pike to Newton Hoskins. Price was 80 dollars per acre. The virgin timber and tobacco ground noted as valuable.
Sanitary Meat Market advertises fresh fish from Reelfoot Lake and a display of ging ham and tissues, highlighting daily deliveries and a general store catalog.
J. W. Baber advertises on Bank Street promising high quality items priced affordably. The notice highlights value and savings for shoppers in the local area.
The article notes that there are more than 1300 Esperanto societies around the world, reflecting broad international interest in the language and its cultural clubs.
W O Chenault Jr and associates plan to open a telegraphy school this week in the McKee building above The Rogers Company with modern gear and potential stenographic work later. Dissolution sale to begin March 1 1916 offers entire stock at actual cost for cash with big sale bills promised.
Dr W B Triplett osteopath lists office in the Jordan Building with two contact numbers 230 for residence and 287 for office. The notice is brief and uses postal style formatting.
A lost item notice requests the return of an automobile chain found on Maysville pike with a reward offered by Montgomery Motor Co. The notice also advertises Sanitary Meat Market and its cured meats in the city.
The children of Mrs. J W Prewitt hosted a Washington Birthday celebration for relatives and friends at the school last Tuesday evening. After the program, refreshments were served.
A poem extols integrity in competition. It contrasts losing with a clear conscience to winning by cheating, urging that true glory avoids a living lie. The lines warn that cheaters regret their prize once crowds disperse, while honest effort preserves self respect.
A sale ad offers several registered Jersey cows and heifers, some fresh and others soon to be. Also listed are four large rooms for rent on Iron Avenue with water and gas. Contact Mrs OC T Wilson.
A reflective musing on the necessity of personal exploration to truly grasp the world beyond descriptions. The author stresses experiential understanding over secondhand accounts.
In Philadelphia a noted loud sleeper, dubbed the meanest man on earth, lives in an apartment hotel near a court with strong acoustics. As spring arrived, he opened his window and began snoring into a megaphone aimed into the court, keeping fellow tenants awake all night.
A succinct note on habit defining it as an internal rule guiding repeated actions. It explains habit directs easy, natural, and more certain behavior through frequent practice.
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart proposes an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars for the Illiteracy Commission which the Elizabethtown News says would carry by the largest margin in state history if submitted to voters. Governor Sta ley's fifty thousand dollar plan would fail to secure a quorum of support.
Notice of equity sale by Montgomery Circuit Court judge to be held March 20 1916 at Mt Sterling Kentucky. The parcel lies on east Harrison avenue and north Mary street 108 feet to a Coleman Reid corner 50 feet to MacMahan line 104 feet to Harrison avenue 50 feet to start, conveyed to Mary EB Adams January 16 1911. Purchaser must post bond with security for payment and lien remains until full price is paid.
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