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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
5
The Advocate asks readers to send local news about family events visits and club activities or call 74 to relay notices when writing time is short.
Lexington residents Jesse Shuff and S. D. Gay visited Carlisle Danville and Lexington while visitors from Bethel Huntington Winchester and Jackson were noted with relatives and friends. Legal official Judge C W Goodpaster and attorneys Earl Senff John Judy also appeared in town for business during the week.
Mrs. W H Wyatt and son came back Monday from Covington while Miss Lucy Smith returns from Houston. Mrs Daugherty of Lexington visits Mrs John Roberts then leaves. Walter Nunnelly of Winchester travels to Rochester Minn for appendectomy. Thos Bowden of Flemingsburg visits the city. Several residents join Caldwell Clay to Lexington in an automobile. Martha Pieratt goes to West Liberty to summer with grandmother. Charlton Evans returns from the Southwest with improved health. R H Winn and R H White head to Louisville to run O Rea r headquarters for a month. Dr J D Masengill buys horses in Bristol Tenn. Rev E E Dawson returns from Hartford City Ind after a revival with 23 conversions. Warren Stoner and brothers fish Red River, gig frogs. Mrs Samuel A Smoke of Columbia Mo visits sister Mrs H C McKee. daughter Susan Smoke attends Washington College and will join Anna polis and West Point commencements. Advocate Pub Co invites job printing.
Mr and Mrs Ephriam Pennington Woods invite friends to the Baptist Church in Stanford Kentucky on Thursday afternoon June 8 1911 at 3 o clock to witness the marriage of their daughter Sallie Taylor to Mr Grover Anderson at home after June 18 Mt Sterling Kentucky Arabella Bogie entertained about twenty five friends at her country home last Thursday afternoon in honor of her sister Mrs Frank C Duerson.
The sick BTHE SICK Travis Wyatt is ill at his mother s home on Holt Avenue. The condition of Jas C Elam is unchanged since our last issue.
The ceremony will occur Thursday afternoon at the bride's mother's home on East Main street with Dr. J. W. Porter officiating. Attendant will be Ida Reed Cohen of Charleston as flower girl. Rogers, a leading local insurer and real estate man, receives warm wishes for happiness.
The item weighs opinions on Parker Scribbles as a gifted poet and notes Barker’s contrasting view that his merit is reinforced by recent marriage to a milliner with a lucrative business.
S P Greenwade proclaims a motto of freshness and prompt delivery for services offered. The statement emphasizes reliable timing and cleanliness as core values of the business.
Sealed bids will be received until 1 p.m. Thursday June 15 1911 for grading and construction of a turnpike along the dirt road from Antioch Church to Walker's Crossing in Montgomery County Kentucky. Bids may cover all work or in half mile sections. The committee reserves right to reject any bid. See W E Mart Wells or F M Fortune for details.
Decoration Day was observed with banks, the post office, and several businesses closing part of the day. Work paused on the new government building while cemeteries were beautifully decorated by friends of those interred in the city.
Advertisement from Heim at 11 Bank Street Mt Sterling Kentucky urges residents to install a pressure water system for fire protection and home fixtures. He markets the service to farmers and country residents, noting a contact phone 344 and a home visit option.
County Clerk issued license for Leroy Roberts and Katherine Cassidy of Montgomery County. They were married in this city Sunday. both had previous marriages. Lost diamond ring on Mt Sterling streets or between Mt Sterling and Sharpsburg. liberal reward offered by Adams Express Co.
Mrs L Whiteacre of Buffalo New York endorses Dr Thomas Electric Oil as the best remedy for croup a disease often fatal noting eight years of family use with success and recommending it to others.
The Post Office Department claims to have wiped out its deficit and shows a seven million dollar surplus in the current fiscal year. A lost gold watch fob engraved J. W. H. is sought with a reward offered for its return to the office.
The Merlet quality is highlighted as Vanarsdell's carries the finest meats. Shoppers are urged to choose from the top cuts available.
R H Winn and Robt H White of this city have gone to Louwisville to take charge of the headquarters of Judge Ed C O'Rear Republican candidate for Governor. Both gentlemen are well known statewide and expected to render val uable service to Judge O'Rear.
A terse note directs readers to call 74 for printing services. No additional context or names are provided.
Daily offering of fresh beans peas and tomatoes at Vanarsdell's market. Local shoppers are invited to browse the new produce selection each day.
Home grown strawberries are delivered daily at Vanarsdell's market offering fresh harvests for shoppers. The note emphasizes daily arrivals and local produce.
W C Landrum of Hedges Kentucky lists 175 acres of cleared grassland for sale. The notice includes contact via East Tenn and Pilot View Exchange and a reference 47 21.
The John Howard Industrial Home in Boston marks its twentieth anniversary as it continues to reform discharged prisoners. Since 1890 founder Albert Arnold leads an effort that has cared for about 21,000 men, placing many in positions and offering a reset from crime with encouragement and support.
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