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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1917
Page
5
Removal notice mentions tines sundries school s school supplies paints M46 building near Exchange Bank with offer to serve ads and customers and provide best service.
A stream of visitors and residents share travels and homecomings. Names include David Howell, Mrs Gay Shrout of Bath, V V Sewell from Camp Taylor, Ella Trimble, Mrs John Withrow, Hattie F Howell, Nancy McCann, Mrs Lee, Mrs G B Senff, Lawrence Jones and family headed to Los Angeles, BE Warren Hatton on a Mor counties trip, A S Erdman of Louisville, Garnett D Ripley of Louis, Mrs Maggie Gait and friends, Mr and Mrs J W Rankin moving to Harrison, Mrs Naret M White and baby from burg, and the Hunt and Cardwell households among others. Esther Wilson returns from Memphis after summer stay. Several university and local ties noted with Lexington, University of Kentucky, and Poughkeepsie.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Tus Honwner Fork North Carolina with unclear political context and a reference to a Democratic paper. Names, dates, places, and concrete actions are not readable enough to confirm specifics.
Judge C. C. Turner of Frankfort visited the city earlier this week. Jack Owings and wife from Ashland stayed a few days. Norman D. Brown of Georgetown spent a few hours today. J. C. McNeal travels to Ashland to visit his hospitalized father. Paris residents visited Griggs. Gatewoods and Leila Owings plan Nazareth College trip. Rev J S Wilson and others toured Lexington to see Mrs Bridgforth in hospital.
Dr W R Dye preaches at Episcopal church Sunday at 11 oclock Reverend K B Bower of Bexington conducts services at Somerset church Sunday morning with Sunday School at 10 am Everyone invited The Woman s Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets Friday November 9 at Mrs Anna Tipton s home beginning at 1020 oclock Owing to the Methodist meeting ongoing the Measuring Party by the Ladies Society of the Presbyterian church is postponed until further notice
Leach announces a sale on November 10 at his Levee Pike location including livestock household goods and farming implements for cash terms.
An advertisement for the Ramsey sale promises extra good stock farming implements and household goods to be sold. Read the ad carefully for details and terms.
For sale or rent a nearly new two story house on a large 50 by 230 foot lot with seven rooms and bath. Gas heating and lighting, plus a stable poultry house and large garden in a pleasant neighborhood. Quick sale price $2,850 or rent $20 per month. Contact W Hoffman Wood, Real Estate Agent.
A man seeks a buyer for stock condition powder using a horse and buggy in Montgomery county. The advertisement offers $90 per month and lists a contact at 9 Industrial Bldg Indianapolis Ind.
Local seller P. Greenwade offers a cash only sale at cost for winter supply of canned goods. Cope with rising prices by buying now and paying cash to lock in low costs.
A folksy poem laments wartime rationing under Hoover and Keiser Bill. It urges thrift on breakfast, bacon, waffles, and butter while predicting government limits and hunger if aid is not sought. The piece ends with a political nudge and a call for help.
The report lists several residents with illnesses and recoveries. Edward Bogie is out again. Kathleen McCabe remains ill. W A Sutton and L L Bridgeforth show little change. Caldwell Clay and John Walsh improve from recent sickness. Mary Ann Gaitskill and Mary Rooney are on the sick list or recovering. Mrs J L McCormick seeks treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Mrs Tom Greene hosted Sewing Circle on Winchester pike Saturday afternoon. City High School seniors and faculty were invited to a Halloween mask party hosted by Miss Leota Henderson on Holt Avenue last Wednesday evening. Games fortune telling and dancing filled the night. An elaborate supper of substantials and pies was served as ghosts and goblins stirred at midnight.
The Mt. Sterling Garage sold and delivered last week a six cylinder Buick roadster to Harvey Rocks and a four cylinder touring car to Mr and Mrs John White both of Bath County.
The Measuring Party event set for Friday evening at the Presbyterian Parish House is postponed until further notice.
Maj Murphy dispatches Washington to ship millions of Red Cross dressings at once to aid soldiers. Women volunteers urged to return to workrooms, as cases require whole boxes per patient. Room over Duerson's Drug Store hosts training. come help Uncle Sam.
A suite of two rooms and one single room is available for rent in the Jordan Building. The single room is furnished with office furniture. Tele phone 284.
The youthful prodigy William Irvine Fayssoux is billed for a two night engagement at The Table on Monday November 12 and 13. Promoters claim tests prove his psychic art is genuine beyond doubt and audiences will witness astonishing mind reading demonstrations.
Two connected rooms and a single room available in the Jordan building. Describes splendid office spaces and provides contact telephone number 284 for inquiries.
Messrs Virgil and Henry Sullivan two sailors in the battleship Wyoming visited their parents Mr and Mrs Joe P Sullivan in this town last week. Both boys appeared well and were greeted with a hearty welcome by numerous friends.
Advertises a limited sale of canned goods at cost from P. Greenwade urging customers to inspect the setup and take advantage of the bargain.
Milk dealers raise the price to 60 cents per gallon starting November 1. The previous raise to 48 cents on October 1 shows a rapid 12 cent monthly increase, and residents fear prices may force households to consider dairy cows at home. The Advocate notes the local price exceeds rates in large cities.
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