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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1911

Page

2

Roll of Honor First Grade to Senior Class

Long list of students across grades appears as a school roll call. The page notes motto Everything fresh and clean and prompt delivery. 5S. P. Greenwade.

P. Greenwade

Springfield News Briefs and Local Notices

Correspondence notes oats harvest and some farmers ready to plant tobacco. Mrs. Harrison Conn is seriously ill. Frank Byrd and wife visit relatives from Cincinnati. James Robbins and wife travel to Owingsville area relatives. Farmer's Union to be organized. Dr. E O Guerrant to preach June 4. S F Deal wins rock work contract on Van Thomp son pike. Frank Sanders to rebuild Duerson farm barn. Halley S Gillaspie honored by Children's Home Society for large Stoops school donation. Miss Lutie Quisenberry uncertain about teaching here. Various visits between Camargo, Winchester, and Howards Mill. Local sale of corn at 4 dollars per barrel. Families attend court in Winchester. Gillaspies visit Kentucky after 26 years in Missouri. Oscar Caywood hosts Nelson’s third birthday. Still selling baby beeves.

Texas Leads Nation in Farm Crop Value for 1910

The Department of Agriculture reports total U S farm wealth at 8 926 000 000 for 1910, up 104 000 000 from 1909 Texas with 10 million acres of cotton tops the list with 364 110 000 rising 14 9 percent Illinois falls to second at 290 295 000 Georgia climbs from tenth to fourth with 210 592 000 South Carolina leaps 28 4 percent to 140 009 000, moving from twenty first to thirteenth place.

United States Department of Agriculture Texas Illinois Union Iowa Kansas Georgia

Paris Chosen for 1912 Knights Templar Conclave

Paris was selected as the site for the 1912 Knights Templar conclave by the General Council. Retiring Grand Commander John G. Cramer received a gold medal for his services as head of the order. New beans peas and tomatoes arrive daily at Vanarsdell's.

Paris General Council John G. Cramer

The Bird Law Sparks Debate In Morganfield Sun

The Kentucky Statute 1946 bans catching killing or possessing song or insectivorous birds such as thrush mockingbird meadowlark finch swallow woodpecker flicker orioles redbird bluebird and more. The Morganfield Sun argues such birds brighten homes and should not be vandalized, urging officials to act.

Kentucky Morganfield

Lexington Trotting Track Sold to Grand Circuit Leaders

The Lexington trotting track, owned by the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association, has been acquired by a wealthy syndicate led by H. K. Devereaux and Ed A. Tipton. The purchase places the track in the Grand Circuit and resolves previous circuit-blocking issues. Also advertised are Vanarsdell's canned goods and a sale on Florsheim oxfords.

Ed A. Tipton New York Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association Lexington H. K. Devereaux

Missouri tobacco crop grows but Kentucky remains ahead

A Jeffer son City dispatch notes Missouri farmers expand White Burley production in over half of 114 counties yet 1910 yield totals 7 875 000 pounds, far below earlier hopes of 30 million and far from Kentucky leadership. Despite gains Missouri is not a major tobacco power and no immediate threat to Kentucky.

Jefferson City Missouri Kentucky

State Committee to Settle Senate Nomination Fight

Democratic State Chairman Henry R. Prewitt calls a meeting of the State Central Committee at the Louisville Hotel in Louisville Kentucky for Friday May 26 at 11 a m to decide the rightful nominee for the Third Senatorial District. Henry R Lawrence of Cadiz and Seldon R Glenn of Eddyville both consent to the committee’s ruling.

Henry R. Prewitt State Centre Committee Louisville Henry R. Lawrence Seldon R. Glenn Lawrence Cadiz Glenn Eddyville Sterling State Central Committee

New President Named for Kentucky Wesleyan College

The Board of Education of Kentucky Wesleyan College unanimously chose Rev. J. L. Clark to succeed Prof. J. J. Tigert as president. Clark, about 40, presiding Elder of the Covington District, Methodist Episcopal Church South, is a Ken tucky Wesleyan College alumnus and former Burnside Academy president. He is a leading Kentucky Conference member and a strong preacher likely to be installed at June commencement.

J. J. Tigert Board of Education Kentucky Wesleyan College J. L. Clark Covington Kentucky Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South Mr. Clark Methodist Church Clark Burnside Academy Kentucky

Clark County Democratic Primary Chooses Hunter and Aldridge

In Clark County last Wednesday the Democratic primary nominated R. D. Hunter for Representative over David Prewitt and L. C. Aldridge for Circuit Clerk over Lee S. Baldwin.

Clark County R. D. Hunter David Prewitt L. C. Aldridge Lee S. Baldwin

Best meats the market affords killed at Vanarsdell's

Vanarsdell's offers top quality meats from the market’s best selections, proudly killed and prepared for customers seeking superior cuts.

Vanarsdell’s

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Mit Sterling Graded Common School Jimmie Dragoo Clifford Holliday Chas Jones Tom Kelly Harlan Rooney John R. Tipton Floyd Stamper Wm. McClure Mitt Weedon Mary M. Cline Mabel Fassett Eula Fitch Mildred Gatewood Modie Hall Elizabeth Horton Corona Laughlin Helen Porter Lucile Stokeley Katherine E. Vanarsdell Mary Minnihan Mary Anderson Jennie Kirby Iva Shrout Stanley Conner William Hedges Allen Prewitt Sam Zellman Russell Carmichael William Pennybaker John Samuels Elizabeth Coleman Nancy Ecton Emily Hazelrigg Elizabeth Holliday Clara Igo Elizabeth McDonald Pudgie Samuels Arvilla Wade Floyd Carmichael Ennis Hainline Allen Patterson John Allen Strossman Harry Mills Ralph Wyatt Lena Glick Ruth Kelly Lillian McClure Irene McNamara Bernice Moore Florence Stamper James Nesbitt Corwin Anderson Robert Wyatt Chiles van Antwerp Georgia Darrell Jennella Fitch Willie Foley Edith Henry Hattie Haney Laura Hart Loretta Kerns Mabel Leach Jenmal Gatewood Henrietta Coleman Mary V. Robertson Dorothy Tyler Rachel Morris Anna B. Pinney Georgia Wilkerson Mattie Gaitskill Jennie Hinson Kress Eskridge Carroll Chenault Isaac Rogers Jack Owings Martha Mae Robinson Harry Reis Henry Sullivan Leo Schlegel Malcom Thompson Vivian Alfrey Ruth Barnes Mary Brunner Alexine Bigstaff Mabel Horton Julia Hazelrigg Jean Kendall Mary Laughlin Elizabeth McCaun Leila Owings Martha Reed Edith Jones Laura Rooney Mary Ragan Frances Samuels Gene Schlegel Emily Tipton Cynthia Thompson Lillian Zellman Ethel Yarmouth Brightil Grace Mattie J. Botts Russell Dehaver Kavanaugh Mannix Julia R. Rodman Warren Robertson Walker Rogers Anna Sewell Mattie Pangburn Esther Wilson Emily Lloyd J. R. Thomas Howard Vanuantwerp Emma Betts Lucile Hardin Forrest Rainey Lewis Kilpatrick Queenie Rooney Ruth Setters Stella Stephens Josephine Thomas Ruth Tharp Ray Betts Alleen Beall Mary J. Guilfoile Christina Heinrich Emerald Judy Mary Ricketts Mildred Robinson Nellie Vince Hazel Grubbs Nell Pangburn Lucy Clay Woodford Stoops Harrison Conn Frank Byrd Cincinnati James Robbins Owingsville Farmer’s Union E. O. Guerrant Wilmore Springfield S. F. Deal Frank Sanders Duerson Farm Halley S. Gillaspie The Children’s Home Society, of Stoops School Lutie Quisenberry Jess Rushford Camargo Robin Payne Stepstone Fred Rushford Winchester T. J. Carr Alfred Moore Walter Carr Little Fenton Lawrence Mallory Howards Mill Crawford Mason C. L Frank Dean C. C. McDonald Will Carr Webb Gaitskill Will Gillaspie Henry and James Gillaspie Oscar Caywood Nelson S. P. Greenwade Louisiana South Carolina State Value, Inc Alabama Mississippi Sannee B N. Carolina Arkansas Tennessee Virginia Hadden & Evans Court St Antwerp Ave Sterling, KY Lamb Florsheim Oxfords Danville Georgetown Lawrenceburg Harrodsburg Shelbyville Versailles Southern Railway H. C. King A. R. Cook J.C. Beam, JR St. Louis State Committee Senate W.H. Berry & Co Spot Cash Grocery CO Iyatta China Spot Cash
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