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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
5
Residents and visitors gather in Lexington, Nicholasville, Ashland, and nearby areas. Numerous names from New Orleans to New York visit, host, or travel for illness, weddings, schooling, or business while Miss Mary Helen Jones joins Akron Typist School and Rev R M Reynolds moves to Nicholas county.
Mr and Mrs L E Griggs hosted a dinner honoring Mr Griggs birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Howard Hampton Newt Powell Miss Mattie Grinstefd from Winchester Miss Mary Frances McKinney from Richmond Professor Lewis and Messrs W L Killpatrick and Paul Essex presenting a notable social gathering.
Katherine Redmond, daughter of Mr and Mrs Luther M Redmond, entertained Friday night at her Main Street apartments with a tacky party. Guests wore ridiculous costumes, games were played, and ice cream and cake were served. Attendees included Nora Highland Elizabeth Strossman Virginia Ayres Edna D Owings Virginia Conroy Davie Parrish Georgia Kerns Frances Scobee Elise Der rickson Martha Frances Rice Mary Lucile Hamilton Martha Moss Mary Simrall Blevins Tennie Blevins and Suzanne Gatewood.
Mr and Mrs Jess P Highland entertained many friends at a rock party Friday night at their country home. Yellow and white spring flowers brightened the rooms and a small tables supper followed by more rock music marked the event. Guests included Mr and Mrs F P Boyd Mr and Mrs C E Wulf Mr and Mrs Fisher Mark Mr and Mrs W K Prewitt Mr and Mrs B P Jeffries Mr and Mrs Will Highland Mr and Mrs Loring Turley Miss Ada Henry Mrs S D Hall Miss Annie Clay Miss Salle Clay Mr and Mrs W P Oldham.
The Sick Mrs Nesbitt has been ill for several days. C P Pierze is convalescent from a severe flu attack. J W Chenault can be out after several days illness. Clarence Stephens Linotype operator is ill with flu. Mr and Mrs J W Hedden Sr have been ill with flu for ten days and are improving rapidly. Miss Margaret Nesbitt remains confined to bed for several weeks.
Dr C B Cornell of the University of Kentucky lectured Friday at the Women History Club rooms under the Civics Department. A note from the talk mentions a curious fact that a turtle has no appendix.
A taxpayer notice from the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors urges a uniform 2 percent raise on all farm land assessments to comply with the State Tax Commission. Hearings are set for March 30, 1920, at the Mt. Sterling Court House, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rex Hall chairs with Keller Greene as secretary. Cravens and Turpin announce the sale of 40 acres on Wades Mill Pike to Robert Haydon for 197 dollars per acre.
The ladies of the church plan an exchange at the old Duerson stand on Broadway the Saturday before Easter. Everything good for the Easter dinner will be sold.
A concise inventory style notice lists coal hay straw ship stuff mixed horse feed cement and lime with a contact phone 2 for inquiries or orders. It reads like a compact 1920s era shop listing.
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