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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1921
Page
8
Local Lexington ads promote real estate, tires, poultry and produce, printing, and farm supplies. Notices offer free theater tickets for readers, and classifieds for wagons, saddles, and motor accessories.
Mr and Mrs Ira W Simmons of Halls Tennessee welcomed a ten pound son named Billie Reed Simmons at their home Friday May 13 Mrs Simmons before marriage was Miss Martha Frances Reed, daughter of Mrs Isa Reed of this city.
Candidates are urged to start campaigns by speaking with friends or mailing letters. Nomination forms are available through the Campaign Manager at The Advocate, with extra votes offered for early entries. The plan awards free votes on new or renewed subscriptions, back issues, rentals, and store purchases, with a cash prize if a winner isn’t chosen.
The latest standings as of 10 AM Tuesday show numerous names with vote totals or nominee status across districts. Several entries include district codes and varied scores from Miss Ethel Baker to Miss Nell Holbarn and Miss Marion Cockrell, reflecting a broad field and possible write ins.
Readable fragment shows several individuals listed with amounts or designations at Sharpsburg, including Miss Carolyne Bascom, Miss Lou B. Sharp, Miss Lucy T. Ratliff, and Miss Lillian Barnaby. No explicit event, outcome, or dates are provided.
Votes will be given free with purchases at Keller's Land & Priest, Bryan & Robinson, W. A. Sutton & Son, L. M. Redmond Novelty Store, May & Coleman, Hombs & Co., Vanarsdell & Co., The Tabb Theatre. Ask for votes at time of purchase to support your favorite.
Police probe two safes looted in the McClelland Building Lexington yielding 23700 in Liberty Bonds War Savings Stamps and other securities. Attorney Bailey Berry lost 11000 in negotiable securities and 200 in stamps. Dr J S Goodrich lost 12000 in securities and 500 in stamps. Efforts target stopping payments while robbers unidentified.
Col Huntington praises Earthbound as the highest tribute of motion pictures to spiritual life. He calls it a study of immortality through modern science, noting it is non offensive to orthodox faith and urged for philosophers moralists and preachers seeking hope beyond the grave.
Miss Sallie J. Rogers died at her Lexington home after a long illness. She was a sister of Mrs. W. H. Prewitt of this county and had many local ties. She leaves brothers Warren and Louis Rogers of Paris. Funeral services were held at Warren Rogers’s Bourbon county home and burial followed at Cane Ridge Cemetery.
A concise line urges fair treatment and cautions against denying opportunity purely due to wealth. It hints at broad social judgment without detailing specific cases or figures.
A small May court auction saw 1,000 to 1,500 cattle on hand with prices higher than last court. Seven steers hit $20 per head, 18 at $32, twenty good steers $36, and other steers around $24. Horses sold well with a mare at $90 and a pair of draft horses at $275. G W Maze emerged as a leading buyer, targeting saddle stock and cattle. Ponies sold from $70 to $90.
Messrs. C L Leahy F J Schafer Lonnie Barnard Emmett Guilfoile John Guilfoile T J Wilson Louis Utz Philip Holbarn and SL C Mc Donald were in Lexington Sunday to be present at the initiation of Messrs. Dan Welsh Donald Martin Eddie Foley and Ed McFadden into the Knights of Columbus.
The Sick Mrs Emma Chenault worsened with pneumonia Saturday and remains quite ill with two daughters at her bedside in Charleston Tl and Indianapolis Ind. Mrs O V Jones, ill for weeks, grew worse Saturday and was moved to a Lexington hospital.
Mrs T Lee granddaughter Mary Elkin Hall spent Sunday with Rupard’s brother at Pilot View. Miss Pearl Pieratt visited Miss Bernice Conlee in Winchester Tuesday and Wednesday. Eleanor Bowen spent the week with Mrs James Swope at Indian Fields. Lyle Butler injured his foot with a nail and remains in pain. Georgia Baird returns from Stanton Ky visit. Win Moss and Mrs Frank Monroe spent Sunday with the Monroes. Emerson Conlee ill but improving. Alvin Pasley and family visited Mrs S P Pasley. Mrs Jim Niblack ill Sunday night but improving. Henry Williams visited his father J W Williams in Stanton.
The first American women's magazine was led for half a century by editor Sarah J Hale who retired at age ninety from the editorial chair.
A London woman seeks a maid servant offering high wages a wrist watch after three months and a diamond ring after twelve months of service.
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