Return to Labor and Civic Progress for Mt. Sterling
The editorial urges citizens to move past yesterday’s bitterness and reengage in civic duties. It notes 1022 registered voters plus absent ballots, predicts population growth and widespread building, credits the sewer system and brick streets, and calls for more brick streets and pavements. It envisions Mt. Sterling reaching 8000 residents in 1915 if unity continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
High Street
Maysville
Queen
West Main Street
Mt. Sterling
Tuberculosis Health Car Visits City For Lectures
The Tuberculosis Society health car toured the city on Monday and Tuesday with an illustrated lecture at the courthouse. Citizens visited in large numbers and learned that fresh air is the key remedy for tuberculosis.
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Tuberculosis Society
Court House
James T Pleak Dies at 50 in Local Home
Jas. T. Pleak died at his home on the Paris pike Wednesday morning and was buried Thursday in the Coons burying ground on Spencer. He was about 50 and a prominent citizen, survived by his wife and several children.
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Jas. T. Pleak
Paris Pike
Coons
Spencer
Mr. Pleak
Bridgforth Victim of Apoplexy in Home
Brief obituary recounts W. M. Bridgforth passing away at 8 pm after a brief illness at his home 156 North Maysville street. Born 1837 in Mechlenburg County Virginia, he served in the Civil War, later farmed in Kentucky, and was a Mt. Sterling Baptist Church trustee. Survived by wife Nannie Chenault, son Lucien L., daughters and other relatives. funeral at his residence with burial Machpelah Cemetery.
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W. M. Bridgforth
Mr. Bridgforth
L. L. Bridgforth
Mechenberg County
Virginia
Holmes County
Mississippi
Georgetown Baptist College
Nannie Chenault
Lucien
James
Kentucky
North
Maysville Street
Mt. Sterling
R. M. Bridgforth
William
Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks for Sale
Advertisement lists early hatched pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock chickens for sale by Mrs. Jas Cravens for 50 cockerels at five cents each and five dozen pallets at ten dollars per dozen with home delivery. Contact 559 A. Walsh Bros promote corduroy suits noting good fitters and style.
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Plymouth Rock
Walsh Bros
James F Hood Dies in 90th Year at Willard Ky
James F Hood aged about ninety died at his son Asa Hood home in Willard Carter county on November 1 1911. He was senior deacon at Mt Sterling Baptist Church and left two children Jennie V Istead and Asa Hood plus two nieces Leah Reese and Roger Gatewood. He was a noted historian whose finds enriched many lives and he will be greatly missed.
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James F. Hood
William Hood
John B. Hood
Asa Hood
Willard
Carter County
George Kennard
Machpelah
Hood
Mt. Sterling Baptist Church
Willard, Ky
Jennie V. Istead
Tacoma
Wash
Leah Reese
Roger Gatewood
Sale of 109 acre farm near Mt. Sterling
On account of bad health I offer for sale a 109 acre farm on the Spencer pike about 24 miles from Mt. Sterling. It features grass and tobacco land, a good new house, one of the county’s best stock barns, ample outbuildings, and proximity to church school and a railroad station at the gate. 1811 J Roger Gatewood.
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Spencer Pike
Mt. Sterling
J. Roger Gatewood
Jno
John Conley
Land for sale between Mt Sterling and Owingsville Kentucky
Two hundred acres, half improved, well watered and nearly all in grass. Two sets of improvements. For information write or see John Stofer, R. F. D. No. 1, Mt. Sterling, Ky. Also notice: best steaks and roasts at Vanarsdell's and extra heavy cassimere pants for cold weather from Walsh Bros.
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Mt. Sterling
Owingsville
John Stofer
Walsh Bros
Beautiful Wedding at Sleepy Hill Ends in New York Move
Miss Eula Perry and Neal Trimble McKee wed in a private ceremony at Sleepy Hill with family and close friends. The bride wore white satin and orange blossoms. Rev H D Clark officiated. Afterward the couple traveled by 9 46 C O train to the east, planning to settle in New York.
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Eula Perry
Ben F. Perry
Neal Trimble McKee
H. Clay McKee
Lexington U Colleges
Elizabeth Perry
Charles W. Kirkpatrick
H. D. Clark
Sleepy Hill
East
New York
McKee
Hunters Warned Against Trespass on Private Lands
A notice lists numerous landowners including T. J. Pergrim and Lee Gibbs Roth warning that anyone hunting on their properties will face prosecution. The names cover Hartgrove, Turner, Phelps, Reid, Wingate, Donahue, Blankenship, Crooks, Stamper, Myers, Hudson, Walker, Young, Shackelford and others. The public directive emphasizes enforcement.
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T. J. Pergrim Lee Gibbs Roth
Hartgrove
J. C. B. Johnson
John McIlvain
John Hart Turner
Recraft
Lit Phelps
Chas. B. Reid
J. H. Wingate
Sam Donahew
John Blankenship
R. B. Crooks
Ben Stamper
R. T. Myers
W. B. Hudson
S. M. Walker
Young Press
Jones M. K. Tapp
John Scott
Mrs
Amanda Botts
T. W. Staton
J. W. Ford
Will Stephens
George Ford
P. J. Shackelford
Jays Coburn
E. D. Marshall
New Groceries and Clothing Featured at Local Stores
S. E. Kelly & Co, at 1211 introduces a fresh line of staple and fancy groceries. Vanarsdell's adds new macaroni and spaghetti. Corduroy suits by Sweet Orr, and Punch Graves items also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Orr
Punch & Graves
S. E. Kelly & Co
Vanarsdell’s
Sweet Orr Make
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Advocate Publishing Company
Sutton-Eastin Co
Gmébalmers
Wight
Montgomery County
The
Mt. Sterling National Bank
C. B. Patterson
Jas. Cravens
Willard, By
Heaven
Mr. N. T. McKee
Martin Simrall
Miss Perry
Mr. McKee
Advocate
Harris & Johnson
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Graser & Flumphreys
Greenhouse
Wey
Greenwade’s
Ogg
Earl Patch
Good Jack
Lad For Me
Cravens
Auc
B. F. Day & Son
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