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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
5
Ohio visitor Henry C. Ledford and many residents travel on business to Lexington and nearby towns including Nicholasville Winchester Versailles and Cincinnati. Families visit relatives in Middle town Kalispell Flemingburg and more as others return from trips and store buyers plan shipments. A stray sale notice and a quip about bluffing end the column.
Ald Martin traveled to Lexington to visit Rev. B. J. Kolb who is seriously ill at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mrs. Fred Hynson was in Louisville yesterday and Mrs. Robert Mason shopped in Lexington yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whitsett of Clark county were in town Tuesday. Mrs. C. H. Petry and Mrs. Lee Crear leave tomorrow for Martinsville Indiana. Miss Mattie Carpenter and Lilly McClain stayed with Miss Ollie Helwig in Winchester. R. C. Baker and family moved from Reynolds residence on West High street and sold their home to Warner Hinson who moved in last week.
A son was born to the wife of Odie Orme, marking the 13th heir in the lineage.
A quirky observation highlights how one bore despises being bored by fellow bores, turning a dull moment into a humorous dig at social fatigue. The remark underscores a shared craving for novelty amid predictable chatter.
At the Waldorf Hotel New York the Classic Art Pose Contest awarded Clara Kimball Young the top honors as Queen of Beauty. The contest, run by the Art Students League and the American Classic Art Club, required classic pose beauty and measurement accuracy with eligibility for American born entrants. Young led in both counts and was named the most perfect model, following her prior win at a Los Angeles event.
Suffering illness at Randolph-Macon College Virginia improves for Finley Cisco as reports say he is convalescent and nearing a return to classes. Special sale notes on lard from Our Own Honest Meat Co.
The document lists bank figures including deposits total 720 161 09, notes outstanding, and profits. It records loans and salaries for January 1921, with J H Conner as cashier sworn notary verification by Nell Pangburn on March 2 1921, with district directors attesting.
Miss Mary Lee Warmer visits relatives in Mt. Sterling. J. J. Thomas travels to Morehead for relief telegraph work. Mrs. A. W. Walden visits sister in Indianapolis. Ed Garner and wife relocate to Marion. Everett Everman and family move to Slate Valley. Mrs. J. L. Vice visits Kentucky College for Women in Danville. Mrs. 0. B. Brother takes a Chicago job at Carson, Pirie & Scott. Mrs. W. T. Havens returns home from visiting sisters. Misses Crockett and Tyler visit Miss Micha Martin. Mrs. Mary Metcalfe to Lexington for goitre treatment. Charles P. Stephens family moves to Weston, Missouri. Robert Hiatt family moves from near Harper’s Schoolhouse to Fleming County.
Fire department responded at midnight Sunday to extinguish a blaze in Engine 265 on the K S A railroad. Damage estimated at 500 dollars. quick department action saved other equipment and buildings.
A brief aphorism notes that only a small number of people recognize ignorance as a form of happiness. The saying contrasts wisdom with contentment and suggests restraint in seeking knowledge.
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