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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
8
News is scarce but lively in Howard's Mill and Grassy Lick with visits, church events, local trades, and births. A white wash brigade forms as 1912 politics stir, while Rev W A Hopkins prepares an initiatory sermon at Springfield. locals invited to attend.
The text notes good prospects for a fine oat crop and that farmers have over half of the corn crop to plant. It mentions tobacco beds abandoned due to weeds and health, with Dr. R. E. May on the sick list. Local visits include D. L. Goodan to Owingsville and Mrs. John Robbins from Sharpsburg, plus James Griffin and wife planning a trip to Paris. Several residents attended court in Owingsville.
Plants for sale including tomato cabbage and pepper plants. Contact Roy L Morris at phone 147. Also ads for a Dustless Mop 60 cents from W A Sutton and Son. Grocery line at S E Kelly and Co. Best roast and chops at Van Arsdell’s.
City of Mt Sterling Kentucky enacts an ordinance forbidding keeping swine within city limits except while in transit from May 1 to October 1. Violators face fines ranging from five to twenty dollars per offense. The measure becomes effective upon passage and publication. conflicting laws are repealed.
A crowded town hall watches a fair heroine endure a string of calamities including near misses with a mad horse and a drowning mill race. She faces a taunting villain and a gorilla in a cave, as the audience erupts when a man shouts for a nut to be tossed.
A New York lower West Side merchant touts a thermometer on a dark brass plate as an antique from distant ages and places. He claims it was used by the Apostle Paul in Panama and sells it for 7.85 dollars, provoking the professor’s incredulous reply about early apostle thermometers.
A tall man with a black bag meets a shorter man at a traction station in Indianapolis. The taller man insists he is not the famous Doc and claims to be his double. He declines to explain further as his car departs, leaving the startled man with a raised hand and a puzzled expression.
An old custom has the bride throw her shoe to bystanders to reveal a future marriage, and a superstition says a bride must enter the house under two drawn swords for good fortune. Other beliefs warn against walking under a ladder, and a younger daughter marrying first forces all sisters to dance barefoot to seek husbands.
A brief humorous exchange portrays Mrs Gramercy lamenting jealous husbands and Mrs Park remarking that an unjealous husband is even worse, as the judge weighs the quip in a social vignette.
A column suggests a drastic measure in a humorous exchange about hair loss. The remark proposes incineration as a response to falling hair, reflecting a satirical or cynical tone.
Poem recounts the sinking of the Titanic on April 15 1912. It honors courage of both officers and passengers, notes life boat ordeals and the rescue by Carpathia, and laments loss while affirming faith that God doeth all things well.
Advertises Jack Rabbit work shirts by Punch and Graves and promotes best line bulk and package coffee at Vanarsdell's. The note highlights available products and local shop offerings.
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