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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
3
Thomas B. Robinson a candidate for Lancaster Kentucky postmaster was taken from a train at Huntington West Virginia after a knife wound in the throat. His condition is not critical.
Charles L Simon takes over as florist successor to John Corbitt with contact at 435 19 tf.
At a Chicago poet banquet one speaker urged poets to be humble and simple. The gag line notes some poets already seem to suffer from excessive plainness in tone and approach.
The State Board of Prison Commissioners will parole 422 prisoners 190 from Eddyville and 232 from Frankfort Reformatory. The move follows the John De Moss decision holding inmates with indeterminate sentences are entitled to parole after minimum service and good parole conduct.
The Advocate Pub Co promotes its circulation and ad value with a half price sale on a top selling medicine at W. S. Lloyd's Drug Store for readers who cut out the coupon and present it.
Advertisement urges readers to mail 25 cents with a cut-out coupon to W. S. Lloyd's store for a 50 cent box of the remedy. Charges paid and a call to act now. The slogan One to-day is worth two to-morrows accompanies the offer.
For sale a stationary engine and boiler rated at thirty three horsepower with a double duplex pump. Listed by Sar Plaining Mill Co. 34-41.
A brief advertisement notes ladies shoes priced as low as 1.98 with selections at 3.00 3.50 and 4.00. It also promotes fresh green vegetables at Greenwade’s daily and provides a contact phone reference.
The Frost bill replaces section 2554 with a process for local option votes on spirituous, vinous, or malt liquor sales, requiring 25 percent of last election voters to petition and set a county court election. It also repeals section 2557, enforcing prohibitions after sixty days with license refunds and fines for violations.
The text states fines for selling or loaning liquor and notes that if a majority votes for sale, no license shall be granted for sixty days after election, delaying licensing where prohibited by law. It also repeals conflicting laws and parts thereof.
A vintage grocery notice lists Buckwheat and Pancake Flour Maple Syrup and Huyler's candies sold at Geiger's Pharmacy, Sole Agent, Greenwade's products advertised for customers.
Fragmentary timetable details show departure and arrival hints between Louisville Lexington Rothwell New York Washington Nortol Richmond with times like 7 12 a m and 3 47 p m and 12 46 a m. Mentions Hinton Sleeping Dining and Parlor Cars on Express Trains and requests consulting agents for particulars.
The Outlook urges an all out war on tuberculosis alcohol and related social plagues. It promotes the Neal Treatment at the Cincinnati Neal Institute offering a three day program that allegedly cures drink cravings and boosts health and productivity. It advertises the Neal Institute at 601 Maple Ave Cincinnati Ohio and promises high returns in happiness and social renewal.
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