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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
5
A long list of residents and visitors is reported from Lexington Morehead Winchester Frankfort and surrounding areas. Names include Lucy Randal J W Hedden Jr Vitula Kinselying B Frank McCormick Nancy Berkley Sophia Burgin and many others with trips to New York Louisville Chicago Nashville and Lancaster. Local figures Judge Lewis Apperson W J White and Dr W B Robinson appear among travel and professional updates.
Gate City Camp No 414 Woodmen of the World organized here by C F Nelligan of Louisville will stage a minstrel at the Table Opera House on April 8. N D Brown P K McKenna and John M Gatewood lead the event with Saxton Trost orchestra from Lexington providing music. A dance follows at Trimble Hall.
Good Old Negro Dead. Uncle Hart Sanders, a well known colored man in the county, died at his home last Friday aged 72. He had worked for many families and was regarded as reliable and honest, a type rapidly disappearing.
The Presbyterian Church calls for next Sunday morning and evening worship with a fall attendance goal. A church rally at the Baptist Church on March 17 at 11 o'clock will read the covenant, call the roll, and include a special sermon. St Patrick's plans a Lent lecture by Rev. Father O Dwyer on The Eight Beatitudes and an 8 o'clock St Patrick's oration Monday evening with 25 cent admission. A musical program of Irish songs accompanies events as the Patronal Feast Day is observed Sunday.
Largippe confines Mrs L Mccormick to her room for days. Mrs George Gast remains seriously ill after weeks of illness. Mrs Henry Maher is in a dying condition after weeks of serious illness. Mr J D Hazelrigg shows some improvement from last week. Mrs G Egbert Coons relapses after a period of improvement and remains seriously ill.
Advertises ladies footwear in three price ranges 3.00 4.00 and 5.00 with a sale price of 1.98 at Punch and Graves.
Bargains run March 14 to 16 featuring Naomi Sugar Corn at 90c per dozen, New Cans Tomatoes at 10c each, large California Peaches 18c a can, White Navy Beans 5c per pound, Snider’s Catsup 25c, 18c bottle, and fresh catches including Bass White Perch and Brim. Also lettuce, Flor Ida tomatoes Radishes Spring onions Kale celery and salt mackerel 3 for 25c. Seed potatoes coming next week. Rentals and services advertised by local merchants.
The Montgomery County Republican Committee met Saturday with full attendance. Hon. Ben W. Hall was elected acting chairman and Harry W. Lockridge secretary in the absence of R. H White. A mass convention at the Court House on April 6 will elect delegates to the State Convention and the Tenth District Convention. Resolutions endorse President Taft and his renomination.
New spring goods now being sold at cut prices. 35 26. The Laughlin Co advertises discounted merchandise as part of a seasonal sale.
No reserve or by bid. Highest bidder secures this handsome home and 210 acre tract 190 acres of Bluegrass sod on tobacco land. Eight room residence barns and outbuildings. Sale at 10 30 AM Tuesday March 19 1912 on the premises. One half cash balance yearly payments. Call or write for details.
Clarence L. Osborne of Frenchburg Menifee county wed Kate Griggs of Olympia Bath county last week. Osborne 29, a prominent school teacher, and Griggs 28, an attractive popular young woman.
The Florence area Boudoir of Princess Ambalesk Lasaren displays Cupid motifs in furnishings and art. Cherubs kiss on chairs, doves adorn chandeliers, and the table bell rings only when lips touch. The room features romantic scenes from history and Medici era treasures.
Master Commissioner Judy announces sittings in the Montgomery Circuit Court for the estate of William H Cord. The hearings run March 21 to April 6 1912 at Mt. Sterling Kentucky. Creditors must present proven claims within the period.
A witness explains that the flooding of bottom lands is caused by rain. The exchange notes the speaker’s opinion mirrors the general view of the looslits at es ape ctive overflow and underscores the rainfall as the contributing factor.
A Seville day school master perished when a building collapsed soon after he guided pupils to safety. He returned to fetch students, including a boy still holding a lesson book, as the interior fell in a heap. The brave act left him and several children trapped.
A witty exchange centers on a militant suffragette daughter who keeps her father busy with bail duties, highlighting early 20th century social tensions around women's rights.
A man proclaims the cards are marked while a woman cowers. The scene ends without tragedy as a baby’s lead pencil marks the euchre deck, turning suspense into a domestic vignette.
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