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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
3
A Collier's meditation argues that justice must guide mercy, urging individuals and societies to face consequences of actions. Mercy should accompany justice, not replace it, and law remains immutable with rewards or punishment.
Roy L. Monris advertises tomato cabbage and pepper plants for sale with a contact phone.
A brief note highlights courteous service in delivering treatment and prompt handling of trade inquiries. It underscores appreciation for timely communication, professional conduct, and reliable assistance in product exchanges.
A ten cent tract from the Bible and Tract Society of Brooklyn argues that Hell is the Grave not eternal torment. It claims redemption comes from Jesus life and death and asserts a resurrection hope for church and world. Order from 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn.
Napoleon Bonaparte praised high tragedy as a school of great men and a means to preserve moral standards. He argued sovereigns should encourage and diffuse it, noting one need not be a poet to judge tragedy, only to know men and things and to be a statesman. He admired Corneille and imagined making him a prince.
A promotional notice claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages, describing it as a constitutional treatment that acts through the blood and mucous surfaces. The text includes a dubious promise of one hundred dollars for proof of cure and mentions other products like Hall's Pills.
An advertisement promotes B and O cakes priced at 10 15 and 20 cents. It claims the cakes are the best value for the money and urges readers to try them, mentioning B Kelly and Co as the sellers.
A note on Spoonerisms explains they are involuntary word inversions, with British usage illustrating the humor. Examples include rambling up the Alps and a vicar leaving his rags and a bag, then a bath of milk and a glass gun, and a Piedmont flock following a hunting leopard.
Martha corrects her mother on subtraction proving arithmetic ease with four from fourteen equals ten and three from eight leaves five while four from five yields one, prompting a gentle parental concession from Lipiecott’s anecdote.
The American zone police, tall bronzed former cavalry troopers in khaki, Negro brigandage is curtailed and Panamanians vote with ballots not machetes. Two hundred of this mounted constabulary guard 400 square miles, keeping the canal zone calm like a New England village.
The Swiss capital Berne considers a cat collar rule after Munich's tax and a call to curb roaming felines. Proponents say many cats roam with no means of subsistence, harming wild birds prized in Switzerland.
In a narrated exchange from Harper's Weekly, Dobbleigh asserts consistency is a jewel while Sinnickus questions a lingering rule. Sinnickus suggests women are fond of jewels, prompting further witty back and forth about truth and habit.
A fragment shows a humorous pair discussing sweeping, with a woman remarking on horiggn and a companion answering with a quick retort about sweeping. The lines suggest playful banter and a social moment.
A religious study contrasts Christ teachings with the era's religious leaders. It warns against swearing and urges honesty, gentleness, and self control of the tongue. It emphasizes transformation of the heart, warns about the harm of boastful or sarcastic words, and cites authorities on speech.
A compiled schedule lists numerous Kentucky county and city fairs with dates ranging July through October. The piece also advertises Red Cross fashion pumps in satin patent kid tan gun metal and Nubuck priced at 3.50 and 4 dollars from J. H. Brunner the Shoe Man.
An editorial urges Mt. Sterling merchants to embrace advertising as essential for growth. It argues advertising builds towns, outpaces rivals, and attracts both local and foreign customers, warning that neglect leads to missed sales and fading fortunes.
Advertisement from J. 3. Kerns of Mt. Sterling offering large tobacco plants for sale. Contact details not fully legible but indicates availability for immediate purchase.
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