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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1912
Page
3
The last meeting in Oklahoma drew 6,000 teachers while Kentucky’s session topped at 800. Louisville session set for June 25 aims to break records with officers predicting 2 500 teachers attending.
The 18 foot high by 400 foot long painting by Sartorio now finished in Rome depicts Italy's deliverance history. It features 285 figures averaging about nine feet nine inches and surpasses the Pantheon paneling in length after thirty one months of work.
Courteous treatment and prompt delivery are requested by S. E. Kelly & Co. in a brief notice. The advertisement thanks customers for past trade and expresses appreciation for continued business.
213 acre farm for sale six miles east of Mt Sterling on Howard's Mill Pike. Mostly blue grass and high cultivation with 30 to 40 acres of strong tobacco land and a good orchard. Features a six room residence, tobacco barn, outbuildings, and Slate creek watering. Quick sale on easy terms. W N Anderson R F D No 4.
Two large unfurnished rooms available at the Marshall property on Clay Street. Contact E. D. Marshall by phone at 625. Also advertisement listing Vanarsdell's top butter and egg prices and Dean's Ointment for piles available at drug stores.
County court days listed for Bath Owingsville Bourbon Paris Clark Winchester Fayette Lexington Fleming Flemingsburg Cynthiana Richmond Mt Sterling with each county on specific Mondays. Shows court dates and locations in the Mt Sterling region.
The passage urges individuals to recognize the influence they hold from infancy onward and warns that vice wastes a strong man’s energy. It emphasizes that everyone carries energy of love and life that can comfort, encourage, and inspire others when kept in daily exercise and used for good, yielding rich rewards.
The Christian World advises readers to avoid contradicting others and avoid prying into friends affairs. It urges tempering jealousy, resisting gossip, respecting beliefs, and concealing pain with a smile. It promotes attending to one own business and living as a true gentleman or gentlewoman guided by the Golden Rule.
In Hillsville Carroll Virginia the courthouse shooting by the Allen gang killed Circuit Judge Thornton L Massie Commonwealth Attorney William Foster and Sheriff Lewis Webb. Three jurors and three bystanders were wounded along with defendant Floyd Allen. The murderers escaped.
W. S. Lloyd advertises a fifty cent package for Dr Howard's specific to cure constipation and dyspepsia. He guarantees a refund if relief is not achieved and invites payments by mail. Limited supply, act today to obtain the treatment.
Monsieur de Tarde, famed sociologist and occasional judge at Sarlac, encounters a ragged tramp who claims to be a poet. After reading verses about love of country, the judge dismisses him with a hundred sou and declares the open road his dining room and the sky his home.
The London Daily Mirror reports higher costs for war and sporting cartridges as lead nickel brass and other base metals climb. Manufacturers warn new contracts will reflect the price increases, pushing cartridge prices up 5 to 7 percent with a range from 8s to 16s per hundred.
Fragmentary timetable lines show connections among Louisville Lexington Rothwell and Norfolk Richmond with multiple times listed. cryptic notes include New York Washington routes and implied early morning and evening departures, but the exact destinations and services are unclear.
Quote from F W Stack urges teaching children to study wild flowers in their natural haunts. It highlights pleasure, recreation, direct contact with nature, and benefits to health and character, promoting outdoor life and wholesome homes.
A reader puzzles a dispatch about a prominent man who bought Angora bitters. The dialogue suggests Angostura bitters or a possible typo for Angora butters, hinting the item may refer to Angora goats rather than a beverage.
Train timetable notice listing West Bound schedule effective May 28 1911 for Lexington and Eastern line. Provides routing and stop pattern details in concise form for passengers and agents.
A witty exchange mocks editors as a war correspondent brags about staging a scoop on a city fire near the Tzegang river to reach the telegraph office first.
An aviator known for short flights attacked a bystander, nearly beating him to death, after being called a fall guy by the bystander. The incident raises questions about motive and public perception.
Train No 1 at Lexington connects with Louisville via L N. No 3 links with Cincinnati via L N. at Winchester. Campton Junction trains 1 2 3 4 connect with Mountain Central Ky to Campton Ky. Beattyville Junction trains 1 2 3 connect with L A Railway to Beattyville Ky. O K Junction trains 2 3 4 connect with Ohio & Kentucky Ry to Cannes City Ky and O K stations.
A newcomer arrives and, within a day, earns widespread respect after securing a contract. The town watches as this rapid ascent unfolds at the flagstaff of the tallest structure, marking a notable early impact.
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