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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
6
An advertisement touts Vinci as a tonic to restore strength, improve digestion, and enrich blood. It claims rival nostrums are bloated with useless acids and urges trial with money-back assurance if results are not seen.
The article argues rural prosperity comes from business like farming. It urges farmers to keep detailed books tracking costs and income by crop stock and rotation. It states ambition, not just competition, drives profit and that some crops rotations and feeding methods are more profitable.
Advertising claims burdock blood bitters cleanse the body. The pitch asserts impure blood causes skin eruptions and rashes, and promises clearer eyes, mind, and skin by using the tonic.
Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission show total compensation to railway employes on lines over 500 miles at 1 005 277 249 for 1911. Despite 2 108 more miles operated, payrolls fell by 31 037 from 1910, yet total pay rose by 49 976 216 while net railway revenues declined by 10 988 539.
Kidney sufferers urged to use Doan's Kidney Pills citing Mt Sterling testimony from John W Forman. He credits relief from back pain and kidney trouble after purchasing at F C Duerson's drug store with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sale agents. Price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
An awakening in rural education sees better buildings lighted for comfort, attractive grounds, and practical gardens. The shift spans the East to the South with modern architecture, sanitary interiors, and play areas enhancing student life and community pride.
Local ad from 8. B. Kelly and Co at 121f inviting farmers to bring country produce for favorable treatment. It emphasizes fair handling and customer service in a concise mercantile notice.
An essay on loneliness and the necessity of human connection across sex and companionship. It argues that sharing confidences eases isolation, that only living exchange with others brings release, and that mutual support between genders enables frank conversation and shared purpose. Large fat mackerel offer remains to close.
The Laughlin Co offers new spring goods now at reduced prices with emphasis on affordable apparel and home items. Customers are invited to browse seasonal selections and savings across cataloged lines.
At the regular meeting the Street Paryin Commission was ordered to select and employ an engineer to oversee brick street construction by Hancock & Company of Louisville. The company bond for 6500 dollars was accepted and filed. Ordinances passed to build sidewalks by the Christian church parsonage and named heirs and residents including Mrs E D Marshall R H Dale E Y Nelson Mrs Ann Arnold Lewis Apperson William Hurst and the heirs of Mrs Lucy Ogg.
An advertisement outlines deafness as caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and promotes a constitutional cure. It claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh, with a solution involving removing obstructions and restoring normal hearing. The product is sold for 75 cents by F J Cheney Co, Toledo Ohio, via druggists, and encourages Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The 131 acre Johnson farm, near Bourbon County, sold to Bennett Hughes for $114.10 per acre. Purchases included a dairy and stock farm setup with a sorrel driving horse, hay mare, sorrel mare, sow and 9 shoats, Plymouth chickens, a manure spreader, baled timothy hay, and various household and farm tools fetching high prices.
S. E. Kelly & Co. 121f offers courteous treatment and prompt delivery for beef pork lamb and veal. Home killed meats are available at Vanarsdell's with reliable service and steady supply.
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