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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1912

Page

5

Personal social notes from the city

Mrs Strother Mitchell visits relatives. Mrs M C Clay stayed in Louisville last week. Hon H Greene Garrett of Winchester visits the city. Judge Lewis Apperson attends legal business in Maysville. Miss Angela Bering of Cincinnati guests Miss Ida McKee. Scott Harkins of Prestonburg visits J M Pieratt. William French of Fort spend Sunday with his parents. D T Apperson of Cincinnati visits relatives. Miss Lillian Wood visiting grandparents in Louisville. Mrs Turney Patton of Carlisle guests of her mother Mrs Susan Lane. Hulan and Clark Kemper of Bourbon county in town. L Tipton Young of Louisville visits. Earl Harris, former Mt Sterling base ball manager, in city Saturday. Miss Sue Woods of Stanford returns home. Mr and Mrs J S Bogie and Ed leave for Hot Springs Ark for winter. R D Kidd and wife of Lexington spend weekend here. Misses Sophia Burgin and Louise McCanathy of Lexington visit. G B Pieratt of St Louis has been here at his father J M Pieratt’s bedside.

Local News and Visits Include Travel and Illness

Mr G H Strother returns from Columbus Kansas where he was called to his brother's bedside and reports improvement. Mrs M McKee and daughter Ada of Georgetown stayed with J W Hedden family briefly. Mr W R Nunnelley of Louisville worked with Germania Life Insurance in town. Mrs T D Jones returns from five week Hazel Green trip and visits relatives before leaving for Florida.

G. H. Strother Columbus Kansas Mrs. M. ©. McKee Ada Georgetown J. W. Hedden W. R. Nunnelley Louisville Germania Life Insurance Co

All wool blue serge suit a dandy at ten dollars

United Clothing Stores offers an all wool blue serge suit described as a dandy for ten dollars. Vanarsdell's advertises home made pure pork sausage.

United Clothing Stores Vanarsdell’s

Fearful Rat Bite Endangers Leading Citizen Pieratt

The illness of Mr. J. Morton Pieratt is grave after a rat bite weeks ago. Physicians fear he cannot survive as the wound developed blood poisoning. Pieratt is a prominent local resident and his critical condition is widely mourned.

J. Morton Pieratt Mr. Pieratt

For Rent Cottage on Harrison Avenue

Classified rental notice for a five room cottage on Harrison Avenue. Desirable neighborhood. Apply to 1711 Vanarsdell & Co.

Harrison Avenue Vanarsdell & Co

United Clothing Stores Promises Low Suit Prices

United Clothing Stores specializes in suits and overcoats priced at 10, 13.50, and 16.50, claiming to defy competition on these goods with low price points.

United Clothing Stores

W C T U Meeting Set At West High Street Home

The November business meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held at Mrs. W. D. Van Antwerp's West High street home Thursday at 2 o'clock. All new members are urged to attend this gathering. W. P. Guthrie with United Clothing Stores. Sorosis shoes. W. H. Berry & Co.

W. D. VanAntwerp West High Street

Old Glasses Belonging to Grandmother Found

Mr R J Setties of this city possesses a pair of eye glasses that belonged to his grandmother and are said to be over a century old. The frames are heavy silver and the lenses are small and nearly round in shape.

R. J. Setties

Walsh Co. Presents Corduroy Suits in Fine Range

Walsh Co. highlights corduroy suits in a new line aimed at value and style. The collection emphasizes durable fabrics and classic tailoring suitable for formal and business wear.

Walsh Co

Sheep for sale 60 animals by C B Hainline

58 Western ewes and 2 bucks offered by C B Hainline. Phone 645x 17tf. New sweaters available at Walshs.

C. B. Hainline

Marriages in Avon and Montgomery county scenes

The afternoon wedding at David's Fork Church unites Miss Sarah Weathers of Avon Kentucky with Cecil S. Greene of the city. Guests include Mr. Thos. Greene and Mt. Sterling and Cincinnati friends. A two week South trip follows. Also Mary Cobb Stofer and Harrison Bowman Ringo wed at the Stofer home with large reception and festive green and white decor.

Sarah Weathers Avon Cecil S. Greene David’s Fork Howard Weathers Thos. P. Sutton Mt. Sterling Thos. Greene Cincinnati Wilmott Prewitt Kellar Greene Hunt Priest Miss Weathers Montgomery County Mr. Greene W. B. Greene South W. R. McKee Claude Halley G. B. Senff Mary Cobb Stofer Harrison Bowman Ringo Stofer Sycamore Street A. H. Hirshman Presbyterian Church Grella Rebecca Kendall Jane Darnall Flemingsburg John Storer Agnes Stofer Jackson D. Stofer Henry M. Ringo Silas Storer John A. Judy Dan Priest Fort Worth Texas Walter Meng North Middletown

Social Events Highlight Six O Clock Dinners

Lexington social pages note a six o clock dinner at the home of Mr. J G Trimble honoring his daughter Mrs Thos D Jones of Tampa Fla. A separate event shows Mr and Mrs Thomas Henton hosting a yellow and white party for Miss Sarah Weathers of Avon and Mr Cecil Greene of Mt Sterling ahead of their marriage. A Halloween luncheon honors Miss Garnette Robinson with cider ginger bread and creative hat making using crepe paper.

J. G. Trimble Thos. D. Jones Tampa Fla Thomas Henton Sarah Weathers Avon Cecil Greene Mt. Sterling Madison Place Mrs. Henton Miss Weathers Mr. Greene Mattie Weathers Helen Nellie Hammon Eva Nennelley T. P. Sutton Keller Greene William Dunn Mr. Tallaferro Lexington Herald W. R. Thompson High Street Garnette Robinson Marcia Hoffman

Young couple wed after reception travels to Lexington

In the dining room guests included Mrs. Grover Anderson Mrs. Percy Bryan and Miss Sue Woods of Stanford. A register sat in the music room with Mrs. Hirshman Frazer and Miss Nell How of Cincinnati. Coffee was served by several young women. After the reception Mr and Mrs Ringo left by automobile for Lexington to begin their wedding journey.

Ya Young Grover ©. Anderson Percy Bryan Sue Woods Stanford A. H. Hirshman John 8. Frazer Nell How Cincinnati Paulina Judy Stella Robinson Lodema Wood Louise Lloyd Mary Kemper Darnall Emily Lloyd Alice Young Jean Kendall

October Social in Honor of Bride-to-Be

A festive dining room display features jack o lanterns pumpkins and corn stalks with a central pumpkin fruit and nut arrangement. Guests include Garnette Robinson Stella Robinson Paulina Judy Louise Crawford Lloyd Flo Shirley Alpha Enoch Julia Morris and others.

J. O. Greene Mrs. Thompson Garnette Robinson Stella Robinson Paulina Judy Louise Mary Crawford Lloyd Flo Shirley Alpha Enoch Julia Morris Louise Morris Anne Caswell Prewitt Nell Tipton Estelle Kennard Nettie Horton Sue Fisher Woods Lodema Wood Rebecca Kendall

Xtra good trousers offered by United Clothing Stores

An advertisement notes $2.50 trousers from United Clothing Stores and S. E. Kelly & Co with a message inviting customers to bring country produce and promising fair treatment.

Xtra United Clothing Stores S. E. Kelly & Co Taf

The Cockrell Sale Auction Totals Prices Declared

A large crowd attended M. O. Cockrell estate sale. Auctioneer Cravens listed prices for assets including 38-year-old mare mules at 200 to 325 per pair, 3-year-old horse mules at 280 per pair, a 6-year-old horse mule at 130, bay mare by Temple Bar at 122.50, Jersey cows and calf at 50 and 56, Jersey heifer 38, 175 sheep 2.10 to 3.60 each, grass seed strippers 50 to 55 each, with farm implements and lumber selling well and all prices fixed.

M. O. Cockrell Cravens Temple Bar

The Famous Chicago Trance Medium Prof Sewell

A sensational promotion touts Prof Harry A. Sewell as a trance medium who reunites lovers settles quarrels aids marriages and helps with financial and legal troubles. It claims no fee upfront and cites multiple psychic group memberships to enhance credibility.

The Chicago Tribune Sewell Psychic Organization of America British Medium Union Yorkshire Union National Union of Spiritalists England

Spiritualistic Church Organizer Seeks Engagements

Organizer of the First Spiritualistic Church of Chicago born in Berlin in 1884. Prof Sewell, seventh son with the veil, offers mediumship development open for engagements at churches societies or at trumpet and materializing circles and private residences by appointment.

Prof. Sewell Berlin Germany

Mrs. Rices Personal Sale Attracts Large Crowd

At the personal sale of Mrs. Rice and B Holman Rice a large crowd gathered and bidding was active. Auctioneer Walter Boyd lists prices for stock and farm implements with sheep $2.50 to $3.65 per head mules $75 to $125 hogs $5.50 to $7.10 per hundred pounds heifers 4c per pound and steers $5 to $5.85 per hundred pounds.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Duerson’s Drug Store Court St M. C. Clay H. Greene Garrett Winchester Lewis Apperson Maysville Angela Bering Ida McKee Scott Harkins Prestonburg J. M. Pieratt William French Frankfort D. T. Apperson Lillian Wood Mas Mrs A. T. Wood Messrs Hulan and Clark Kemper Bourbon County L. Tipton Young Earl Harris G. C. Anderson R. D. Kidd Lexington Sophia Burgin Louise McCanathy G. B. Pieratt St. Louis T. D. Jones Hazel Green Florida W. Ge Ted Walsh’s W. P. Guthrie Sorosis America W. H. Berry & Co Ringo Hallowe’en Cockrell Sale Harry A. Sewell Chicago James O’connell Government Building First Spiritualistic Church of Mrs. Rice Gorman Oe Stonling
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