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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1919
Page
9
Creditors are asked to present accounts for prompt settlement and all persons with claims to file proven claims with executors Ed. L. and John W. William. Executors urge dispatch in settling the estate and request prompt attention.
A concise guide urges careful choice of exterior paint as one would select a personal coat. It compares protecting a house from weather to dressing a body, stressing material quality, construction, appearance, and wear.
Dutch Boy Anchor White-Lead mixed with pure linseed oil yields a well made handsome coat for houses. It defies wind rain sun and snow and any color is obtainable. The aim is customer satisfaction, not just sales.
Wet weather delays corn planting as tobacco setting begins. Birth announces a daughter to Hoyt and wife on May 5. Local residents travel to relatives in Rothwell Owingsville and Frankfort while others visit kin. Shoats sold at Bert Carl for 8 dollars each. Oil prospects quiet, political tax talk and peace treaty stir little. Several residents attend Owingsville Court and visit family near Owingsville.
Winchester announces Fair Week for July 31 August 1 and 2 following Mt. Sterling fair held July 23 24 25 and 26.
The Rev M V P Yeaman will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon at the Presbyterian Church Sunday evening. Graduation events run June 4 to 5 with caps and gowns, class day at the Auditorium, and High School Commencement led by Dr Thomas B Terhune of New Albany Indiana. The School Orchestra under Miss Florence Shirley will provide music. Alumni Banquet plans are pending.
The Kentucky State Board of Health, meeting in Louisville in 1919, adopted rules to regulate egg quality and sale. Rules require heat and storage standards, cooling during warm months, proper candling certificates, and denial of sale for eggs unfit for human food. Violations incur penalties under existing statutes.
In Clark County supporters win a levy vote by a favorable margin. The approved funds will support a local trail project and related community improvements.
An old advertisement promotes a Catarrh Medicine that claims to cure the disease with a foundation of patient strength. The proponent offers a cure for one hundred dollars and invites readers to send for a product list, with Ohio contact F. J. Chen and notes it being sold by all druggists.
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