Weather Wit: Gratitude For All Seasons
A brief reflection notes gratitude for varied weather and the cycle of melt and freeze. The author muses on how summer warmth and winter cold remind readers to value nature's changes and endure seasonal shifts.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1916
Page
6
A brief reflection notes gratitude for varied weather and the cycle of melt and freeze. The author muses on how summer warmth and winter cold remind readers to value nature's changes and endure seasonal shifts.
Notice of sale in equity under a 1916 Montgomery Circuit Court judgment. On March 20 1916 at 1 pm a public auction will offer a house and lot in Mt Sterling Kentucky at Harrison avenue and Mary street. Bond for purchase money with six months credit and a retained lien on sale is required. Master Commissioner WM A Samuels will conduct the sale.
W idow Pigie Green near Levee killed herself by leaping into an old well. She had faced hardship since her husband Thomas Greene died and cared for an invalid daughter. Neighbors found her and buried her at Levee. A second daughter, whereabouts unknown, survives. The death drew deep sympathy.
Notice to all creditors of R. H. Swaffield deceased to present their claims to Iva D. Swaffield administrator with will annexed or to attorney R A Chiles, proven, within thirty days. Proceedings listed as 34-41.
A poem asserting that home should be the most beloved, influential space on earth. It envisions home as a civilizing center that touches the soul, inspires virtue, and remains the place where mothers are honored and loved above all.
Mrs. Byrd, native of Virginia and longtime county resident since after the Civil War, died last week at home with burial in Machpelah cemetery. She was 83 or 84, joined the Methodist church in girlhood, and survived by her son W. F. Byrd and several siblings in Virginia, Ohio and Tennessee. Her husband died more than twenty five years ago.
Miss Marian Williamson representing the State Tuberculosis Commission and Dr. W R Thompson urged a $300 annual appropriation to combat the disease in the county. The council refused, citing budget strain from street and other improvements for the coming year. Aside from routine settlements, little other business was conducted.
Public notice from Mrs. T. H. McCarty offering board and room to applicants. Terms upon application. The message notes a derisive local description and a humorous aside about soldiers and youths.
A speaker extols the dog as man’s only truly selfless friend. The passage lauds the faithful hound’s constant love in wealth or poverty, health or sickness, and even in death, guarding and comforting its master when all others fail.
Incubator in first class condition offered for 10 dollars. Contact Mrs. M. A. Prewitt at 36-21 phone W-1 for details or to purchase it.
W R Maupin reports the death of Mrs Lily McIntosh Gilbert aged about 29 in Los Angeles following a brief illness. She formerly lived in Mt Sterling with the Maupins, later moved to Kansas City and then married Edwin Gilbert. Survived by husband and three children, including a three week old daughter.
The Kentucky fair circuit was organized at Winchester with 25 to 30 fair officers and horsemen present. A. W. Young was elected president and A. W. Shirley secretary. Nine fairs joined, with plans for eleven. the circuit opens July 19 at Mt. Sterling and travels to Winchester, Berea, Sanders, Eminence, Ewing, Shelbyville, Falmouth and Grayson. A committee will draft a uniform racing program and report by April 1.
Poignant meditation on what home means, urging memory and familial ties to define belonging and significance with emotional reverie. The excerpt contrasts light and shadow of heart and reunion, framing home as the four-letter totality of life.
All persons having claims against the estate of Jno R Thomas deceased are notified to file same at once proven as required by law with the undersigned or with R G Kern Attorney Co F Thomas Stanley R Thomas 33th Executor of Jno R Thomas
Master Commissioner M C announces a court ordered sale of a Mt Sterling Montgomery County property on March 20 1916 at 1 PM. The land lies on the south side of West High Street and is described by metes and bounds with a $605.08 bond and a lien to secure payment. Bidders must meet terms and bond payable to the commissioner.
Mr A J Bray and Mr William Hussey, well known local auctioneers, will return next season after signing contracts for another year. Bray has officiated at the Whitehall and Robertson houses while Hussey worked at the Farmers. Both have lengthy local periods and plan to continue their services amid tobacco trade interest.
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