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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
5
Local ad offers oils varnishes japalac varnish enamel paints and baths tubs enamel products. Includes Neale carriage paint wires screens and related paint line items for home projects and repairs. This short classified reads as a general hardware paint supplier notice.
Local notes show numerous residents traveling to Lexington and Winchester for visits and business. Several named individuals from Ashland Cincinnati and Indianapolis were guests or travelers, with trips to Indianapolis for automobile races and to Cincinnati for leisure.
Multiple residents and visitors including Miss Sophia Myers of Winchester and Miss Manetta Ginn of Lexington are guests or travelers. legal and professional trips noted for John A. Judy and R. L. Spratt. several groups attend court, associations, and reunions in Winchester Lexington Ohio Indiana and Chattanooga with various attendees and dates.
Dr. C. W. Compton welcomes a ten pound daughter named Mary Christine born Wednesday May 21 at his home. He receives many congratulations.
The bulletin lists Mrs. C. B. Fizer as still seriously ill, John L. McCormick improving, M. Brown Sr. better, Eliza D. Marshall better, Wm. Clark in serious condition, P. B. Turner unchanged, Mary Stephens stable, and Robert Fletcher recovering from a nine week old arm fracture and now very ill at home on Richmond Avenue.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Kentucky convenes June 9 to 12 in Mt Sterling. Send delegates to Mrs R L Vanarsdell at 34 East High Street. Grassy Lick Church hosts Children’s Day Sunday with services at eleven, and Methodist Church observes Children’s Day next Sunday June 1 starting 10 45 am with a children’s program. Rev Clarence Walker of Wilmore Ky preaches at the Baptist Church Sunday at eleven and again at seven with a full congregation invited.
Rogers Co launches a major sale inviting customers to hurry in for limited time offers and big savings on select items. Shoppers are urged to visit the store to take advantage of the event as stocks last.
Mrs Catesby Woodford Jr hosted a Wednesday afternoon tea at her Harrods Creek pike home in Bourbon County. Guests arrived greeted by Mrs Warren Rogers and were guided to the sun parlor where iced tea was served. The table featured Spanish iris with cheese straws and cake, followed by a meat course and chocolate nuts on lace mats.
See the window at The Fair Store for special bargains in granite ware. Choice pieces are offered at 10c each.
Members of Miss Nell Pangburns class will present a piano recital next Friday at eight in the High School auditorium. The public is invited to attend. Also note F G Morriss ad for creams and ices.
The advertisement touts bulk and packaged garden seed as the best on the market offered by a Bank Street shop. It notes printing for private clients is not its specialty but remains part of its everyday business.
This week at the Fair a special sale lists over 100 music selections priced at five cents each. F. G. Morris advertises fancy creams and ices with Sunday orders receiving special attention and prompt delivery.
Rudolfo, a four-year-old colt ridden by Loftus, won the Kentucky Handicap setting a track record for 1 1/4 miles at Douglas Park. The field of eleven included strong three-year-olds, but the elder horse prevailed on opening day as Ten Point finished second and Any Port was third.
Greenwade offers a curious dish featuring steak derived from silage fed red cattle. The unusual menu combines rural feeding practices with a restaurant style cut, showcasing local farming methods and culinary experimentation.
A Monday night fire in Versailles damaged or destroyed several structures including a livery stable owned by W. L. Chapman which was a total loss, a two story brick building used by a negro physician, the negro Odd Fellows hall, a pool hall, grocery, and John H. Berryman’s residence occupied by W. H. Montague. Insurance partly covered the loss and horses were saved.
The famous Holliday will case, once set for May 26 in Clark Circuit Court, has been continued to June 27. The estate is valued at about $100,000 and the proceedings draw wide attention. Greenwade's features a note on home-grown fancy berries.
R Z Wharton, formerly editor of the Winchester Sun, returns to the Herald staff to fill a vacancy left by James G Juett. Wharton is described as an able young newspaper man who helped build the Winchester Sun into a prominent paper.
Mr. G. Egbert Coons has been named local attorney for the White Slave Commission and has started his duties. A good lawyer and popular gentleman, his selection is expected to meet general approval.
The navy reduces hardtack in favor of canned beans as rations for active service. Several tons have been sent toward Cuba and a few gross of bean cases rushed in to replace old navy beans that require long cooking. Canned beans are deemed sturdy for marching and sustenance.
A critic notes an alienist doubts the peacetime capacity of a great man and questions the sanity of each defendant he testifies for, while expressing a low opinion of the jury's intelligence.
A fragmentary dialogue questions the nature of the figures faced, wondering if they are Predatory Interests or Character Assassins. The cryptic exchange hints at looming pressure from unseen foes and the moral cost of confronting them.
A brief catalog note lists initial stationery from Advocate Pub Co and a line describing “Nothing but the best meats” from Green Wade, indicating available stock and quality emphasis.
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