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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1912
Page
6
A Kansas City paper surveys trivial statutes in Kansas noting fines for ills such as failing to clean a henhouse, talking back to a policeman, throwing banana peels, and barking dogs. The piece argues many acts are minor and better left to city ordinances, urging legislatures to focus on serious matters.
Be a booster and join the Montgomery County Fish Club by signing the membership card. Read the card at S. E. Kelly & Co. to become a member and support local commerce.
Reports describe enormous clams that snap shut on divers and fishermen. They lure with luminous lures, hold fast in low tide, and can trap people until tides rise again. Some specimens weigh 20 pounds with shells over five feet long.
Five brothers and one sister totaling 444 years claim an average of 74 per person. Oldest William A. Nester of Nicetown is 88. Remaining: Joseph H. 80 Fox Chase, John J. 74 Fern Rock, Wilson 71 Tioga, George W. 69 Paulsboro New Jersey, Busan F. Sleiger 66 Nicetown.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, notes the product costs 75 cents, and invites readers to request free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Announcement that New York buyer C K G Billings purchased the champion trotting stallion The Harvester. The price disclosed as over 50000 with Joseph I Markey handling Chicago Horse Review for Billings and J T Boyd for the August Uihlein estate, owners of The Harvester. The sale makes Billings owner of three world champion trotters including Lou Dillon and Uhlan.
A fragmentary ad item notes a street encounter and a local business claim. Burdock Blood Bitters is pitched as a cleansing tonic for skin and blood. S. E. Kelly & Co promotes country produce with promise of fair treatment. Joining the Montgomery County Fish Club is urged to protect pond and stream life.
A young dramatist is urged to proceed after receiving a mayoral warning against staging a new play. The eager writer agrees to rehearse immediately and also to take on the role of press agent to promote the production.
Rice Lake Wisconsin minister Rev D Schneider credits Vinol with ending a severe stomach trouble after three months in bed. He reports four bottles restored his health and recommends the tonic. W S Lnoop a Mt Sterling druggist notes Vinol’s twelve year money back guarantee and growing popularity.
C W Mattens, Professor of Horticulture, urges timely winter pruning in Kentucky orchards. He warns against leaving trees neglected, notes danger of long stubs from ax cuts, and stresses proper cut technique, followed by spraying, fertilizing, and tillage to restore vitality and profitable bearing.
The text compares covering birds in cages with dark cloth to seeking solace in confinement. It likens birds singing under oppression to human resilience, drawing a parallel to Paul and Silas and questioning whether darkness in life serves a similar comforting purpose.
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