Married women suspect husbands hide earnings on paydays
The text suggests wives believe husbands conceal income and withhold pay details, implying tension over hidden earnings and financial transparency within marriages.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1917
Page
6
The text suggests wives believe husbands conceal income and withhold pay details, implying tension over hidden earnings and financial transparency within marriages.
A compact aphorism notes that prudence vanishes with love’s birth, declaring that even a philosopher in love becomes a fool. The saying captures a playful tension between reason and romance.
Henry has accepted a saleslady position at the Novelty Store succeeding Miss Paulina Judy who resigned to join Hazelvigg's. Mrs Henry plans to make the store helpful and invites friends to visit at the new location.
The fragmentary text offers sharp quips on crime and illness, fashion fakery, safe lending, and humorous musings on labor and sharks. It presents a collage of era speech with satirical tones and pointed social commentary.
Glenn, well known in Blue Grass circles and allied with H G Hoffman, leaves tobacco to enter life insurance. He will open an office in Paris as Special Agent for Pacific Mutual, with headquarters there. A North Carolina native, he plans to settle in Kentucky and build a strong local presence.
A nostalgic note expresses hope that after wartime clouds clear editors will remain posting editorial squibs at a rate of $1.50 per item, signaling continuity and value to readers.
Montgomery Circuit Court orders sale of two Mt Sterling Kentucky lots known as the National Hotel property. Auction March 19 1917 at 1 pm at the courthouse Mt Sterling with credit terms one third in six twelve and eighteen months and bonds with security required. Property includes hotel fixtures and furnishings totaling beds dining tables chairs ranges and equipment.
The article argues for farmer cooperation to share costly implements rather than individual ownership. Citing USDA figures, it shows low annual use days for many tools, making cooperative ownership a practical solution to reduce expenses and increase yields. It suggests pooled purchases, prearranged tool sharing, and phased investments to minimize dead capital among small and medium farms.
A 200 year old oak is described as fully grown and vastly ahead of much younger people in development, implying maturity and longevity as defining traits of ancient trees.
A San Francisco letter notes Pancho Villa’s enduring activity in northern Mexico as U S authorities spent about two hundred million dollars pursuing him, yet he remains at large and readiness to be captured persists.
Notices offer rooms for rent and a barn on Harrison Avenue, with brief remarks on spring relief for coal and ice trades, plus a promotion to take old shoes to J. H. Brunner for hand repair.
A crude editorial tone asserts a Corn Fed girl enjoys practical confidence in her clothing as she navigates icy slips. The piece ends with a broader jab at headstrong men and weak intellects.
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