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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1920
Page
8
Classified notices list music shop E C Christian Music Co and Lloyd's Drug Store school supplies. W. M. Parrish offers home sales and rentals. Misc ads promote Capital Flour, welding shop, taxi service, poultry and farm supplies, tire credit, and rental up East Clay street. Includes a public table night free admission for Miss Anna McMahan.
Classified notice seeking a boy to carry a route with easy work and good pay. Also invites readers to inspect new samples of Christmas and New Year cards at Advocate Publishing Co. Includes a sale pitch for furniture pets stoves and other items at The Market Place.
Additional personal note states Mrs John Frazer has returned after a several days stay in Louisville.
John W Redmond died on Thursday October 21 at age eighty. A native of this county he endured paralysis for years and left a wife in this city and daughter Lizzie Cheatham of Oklahoma. He was a just neighbor and Christian church member whose life served as a model for generations and a standard of upright conduct.
Thomas N. Coons of this city purchased the Wilburn Berry farm, 480 acres near Sharpsburg in Bath county, at a public sale attended by bidders from six counties. The 480 acres brought $165 per acre, totaling $79,200. The sale was cited by MA Bond and drew wide local attendance.
An advertisement from G. D. Sullivan & Co. urges readers that the firm is ready to receive turkeys and guarantees the highest market price, as printed in The Advocate on June 31.
Miss Mary Lucille Hamilton and Miss Elizabeth Strossman hosted a Halloween party and dance Saturday evening at Miss Hamiltons home on West High street. Guests wore costumes and masks. refreshments of cream and cake were served. Attendees included Virginia Ayres Roberta Dale Elise Derickson Virginia Darsie Susan Gatewood Indianola Highland Henrietta Howell Georgia Kerns Martha Moss Edna Dee Owings Mary C. Redmond Frances Scobee Gladys Tabor Frances Turner N. T. Benton Mack Carrington John Coleman Robert Collier Edwin Clark Sam Kerns Carroll Crear Billy Reed Sam Russell Tabor Charles Sanderson Laurence Shropshire Jimmie Shropshire Sue Barnes Elizabeth Thompson Prewitt Eugene Bishop Virginia Conroy Clara Fassett Martha Frances Rice Mary Bridgforth Mary Lucille Hamilton and Elizabeth Strossman.
Mrs. B F Chenault gave an afternoon tea at her Versailles home last week. Decorations featured Hallowe en colors and yellow chrysanthemums with candles. Guests from Lexington included Mrs Andrew Bowman Mrs Coleman of Chicago and several McCormicks and Bowmars.
Fresh eggs remain in demand though many receipts are not pure fresh and fetch top prices. Storage eggs are drawn from warehouses to cover production gaps, with exports and domestic use likely to absorb the light supply. Poultry receipts are lighter while country prices rise in major markets. Butter shows weekly gains as production outpaces last year but demand stays solid, tempering fears of a drop.
Mrs Lewis A Ecton and children express heartfelt thanks for kindness and sympathy after the loss of husband and father. They appreciate floral offerings and support from friends and neighbors during the past few days.
Farm for sale ten miles from Shelbyville and three miles from Waidy, with 100 acres of woodland and remaining cultivated. Includes tenant house and barns for stock and a large tobacco lot. Close to three good schools. Fair price and flexible terms. Inquiries at this office.
A telegram from Finley Cisco a student at Randolph-Macon College in Bedford Virginia reports that one wing of the dormitory burned completely last night. He escaped unharmed with all his belongings and is safe.
Turkeys sought for November 3rd intake. Thomas Heinrich & Son invites agents to represent them in the sale and distribution arrangement.
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