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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1916
Page
3
Mark Hendrix offers grass furnished at ten cents per day with payment on cost. Stock may be moved or bred to other stock only with consent. Not responsible for accidents or escapes. care taken. No service on Sunday. In charge of William Terry. Mt. Sterling Ky.
Two breeding listings advertise R C Todd a 16 hand 1150 lb brown stallion at Fair Grounds with 30 second quarter trots and pedigree from Todd Allie Tee Umpire and Cynthia Wilkes. Also Montgomery King Jr a high quality jack bred from Sampson Jack Old George Yelberton Jr. Season fees due at foal birth. liability stated. contact E R Little Mt Sterling Ky.
A large citizen turnout questioned paved streets at a special session. A citizen committee was named to study macadam streets and report, with the council expected to act tonight. Opposition appeared strong, but most counter proposals were deemed unsatisfactory and no sidewalk plans were hinted.
C. P. Pierce urges readers to obtain new pump or filter prices from him claiming savings. The note questions the sincerity of his offers, suggesting he asks about others’ sincerity.
C and O offers new All Steel trains from Cincinnati via Mt. Sterling to St. Louis with direct connections to West Southwest and Northwest. Trains depart at 9:00 am 12:00 noon 9:15 pm and 2:15 am daily. Cars are electric lighted with sleeping cars having berth lights and parlor and dining car service. See Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern for fares and details.
The record traces Russian Prince's lineage from Bourbon King 1788 to Bourbon Chief 976, then to Harrison Chief 1606 and Clark Chief 89. It lists first dam Amanda Bogie 5095 with Forest Denmark 153 and Mambrino Forest by Ned Forest Jr. The second dam shows Blue Jeans 3 and Phillips' Black Horse as names in the line.
A Polish girl in a public school wrote a definition of home describing it as where people live and where a man returns to find others and eats. The passage suggests home is centered on food preparation and the act of eating for many men and women.
The piece argues many so called homes lack true comfort. It urges replacing elaborate items with genuine homely things. It stresses usable, everyday enjoyment in all living spaces rather than showcase quality.
The Mt Sterling census of white school age children, led by G. E. Goons, shows 644 in 1916 versus 601 in 1915, a seven percent gain. Analysts note minimal legal violations in Montgomery county, suggesting population stability despite liquor-traffic concerns.
The note recalls Elbert Hubbard as dead while his aphorisms endure. It quotes a line about responsibility and power and invites readers to consider the Essay on Silence for further reflection.
A brief, philosophical meditation notes that some men boast without action while asserting everyone holds a creed, yet many adhere to self-serving beliefs. The lines contrast talk with deeds and hint at universal yet varied moral compacts.
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