Personal notes from Morehead region residents
Mr. Harry Schwab of Morehead and other locals visited towns and hosted guests this week. The list includes Mary Wood Rice visiting Flemingsburg, Miss Mary King moving to Cincinnati for work, Alberta Duncan visiting Mrs. Wilson in town, and trips to Dayton Ohio and Martinsville Indiana cited for health and kin visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Duncan
la Grange
J. S. Wilson
Joshua Ewing
Owingsville
Reze ‘Owings
Leila Gillaspie
Maggie Apperson
High Street
H. C. Norton
J. P. "Ane
Carlisle
Lida Goodpaster
Stanley Brown
Charlestown
W. Va
Local residents visit and vote in nearby towns and cities
Multiple townsfolk travel for family visits and elections. Mrs Edy Shackelford of Ashland visits her mother Mrs Hattie Howell. Col Joe C Scott Capt Chas Keesee and Isaac Givens return to Pewee Valley Confederate Home to vote. Norman D Brown of Georgetown casts a ballot for Woodrow Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edy Shackelford
Ashland
Hattie, F. Howell
M. Rooney
John Carr
Nicholasville
Margaret Hadden
Danville
Mary Hadden
Joe C. Scott
Chas. F. Keesee
Isaac Givens
Pewee Valley
J. W. Vanarsdell
Washington, D. C
R. L. Vanarsdell
Norman D. Brown
Georgetown
Woodrow Wilson
Fresh Home Killed Beef Pigs Spring Lambs
Sanitary Meat Co offers home killed beef pork and lamb meats. Local customers can order fresh cuts processed at the sanitary facility.
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Sanitary Meat Co
Death of Mrs Reid in New York Suspected Spinal Meningitis
Relatives here mourn the sudden death of William H Reid at the Reid home in New York Saturday night from spinal meningitis. Mrs Reid had been in perfect health until Thursday and died Saturday night after illness that began Friday. She was active in church and charities and burial was in New Canaan cemetery after Monday funeral services. She is survived by her husband a son and two young daughters with other relatives in New York and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Reid
Reidge
New York
Entertained Epworth League at Stamper Home
The Senior Epworth League was delightfully entertained by the Misses Stamper at their East Main Street home last Friday evening. Delicious refreshments were served and the occasion was enjoyed by all present. Also notice of milk customers sought by Mrs. Ben P. Drake on Holt Avenue for guaranteed sanitary Jersey milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Stamper
East Mainystret
Jersey
Ben P. Drake
Holt Ave
Narrow escape for merchant as cornice nearly falls
Mr. Lee Orear avoided injury when a large stone cornice toppled from the A. B. Oldham & Son building last week. A colored bystander shouted to him, and he stepped aside just as the stone struck eighteen inches in front of him, narrowly missing death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Orear
A. B. Oldham & Son
Mr. Orear
Orear
Finest line of fruits in the city on display
A local fruit seller promotes a broad assortment including apples bananas grapes oranges grapefruit and box apples. P Greenwade appears as a contact or seller in the listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Greenwade
Health board speaker to address Montgomery county league
Dr. A T McCormick president of the state board of health based in Bowling Green and Mrs W H Coffman of Scott county will speak at the Baptist church this Wednesday evening in support of the Montgomery County Health and Welfare League. The public is urged to attend. New Pancake Flour Navy Beans Cracked Hominy Greenwade's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. McCormick
State Board of Health
Bowling Green
W. H. Coffman
Scott County
Baptist Church
Montgomery County Health and Welfare League
Kinsolving Brothers Enlist in Kentucky National Guard
William Kinsolving, a former local resident now living in Louisville, has joined the First Regiment of the Kentucky National Guard. His brother H. Benton Kinsolving commands Company H in the same regiment. New nuts, all kinds. Sanitary Meat Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kinsolving
Louisville
Kentucky National Guard
H. Benton Kinsolving
Camargo Methodist Holds Quarterly Meeting This Weekend
A quarterly meeting at Camargo Methodist Church will be held Saturday and Sunday with Presiding Elder Elder E G B Mann delivering sermons. The Women’s Missionary Society meets Friday November 10 at 10 30 for an all day session led by Mrs Nerbert Moss. full attendance requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camargo Methodist Church
E. G. B. Mann
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Nerbert Moss
Illness News and Recovery Noted for Local Residents
The sick condition of Dr. J. F. Lockhart is described as extremely critical. Mr. Loring Turley, formerly ill in a Lexington hospital, has sufficiently recovered to return home and friends are pleased at his near full convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Lockhart
Loring Turley
Lexington
Hallowe'en Party Readings For Thirty Young Guests
Misses Marie Kathleene and Henrietta Jacobs hosted thirty friends for a Hallowe en party last Tuesday. Games and two prizes entertained the group. An old witch read fortunes from yellow cardboard cards in a dark room, followed by refreshments and cheerful reports of a joyful evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Kathleene
Henrietta Jacobs
For Sale Metz Runabout in A-1 Condition
Mt Sterling Laundry advertises a Metz runabout in A-1 condition, with optional delivery body and delivery available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Mt. Sterling Laundry
Young couple wed after license in county
Mr. Thomas C. Cravens and Miss Eliza Walker Glover, both residents of the county, secured a marriage license and were married Friday at the officiating minister's residence on Clay Street. Reverend Clyde Darsie performed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Cravens
Eliza Walker Glover
County
Clyde Darsie
Clay Street
Mt Sterling High School Football Fund Drive
Community appeal urges support for Mt Sterling High School football jerseys stockings and gear. The note cites strong season performance with one defeat to a heavier college team and asks locals to pledge contributions. a donor offers five dollars and names will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Sterling High School
Ee Eee Advocate Publishing Co
Fresh milk prices listed at Greenwade's Store
Greenwade's Store publishes milk prices with Sweet milk at 40 cents per gallon Butter milk at 20 cents per gallon and Cream at 30 cents per quart when ordered one day ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwade’s
Fresh Fish Dressed Chickens Ducks Sanitary Meat Co
A fragmented note lists fresh fish dressed chickens ducks and reference to Sanitary Meat Co. The wording implies a market or supplier inventory item list with no clear event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Meat Co
DIES AT MOREHEAD KNAPP BUSINESSMAN DIES
Mr John F Knapp died at his home in Morehead Sunday after a lengthy illness He was a well known local businessman and had many friends in the area He is survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs J Willet and Mrs James Clay both of Rowan county The body was brought to this city and interred in Machpelah cemetery yesterday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Knapp
Morehead
J. Willet
James Clay
Rowan County
Machpelah Cemetery
Antioch School Exams Highlight Top Ninth Grade Averages
Nine pupils sat the Mid Year Examinations at Antioch School. In Eighth Grade Mae Lenith and Josephine Shackelford led with general averages of 97 percent each. Seventh Grade achievers Grace Shackelford and Bertha Stamper followed with 82.5 and 78.1 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Lenith
Josephine Shackelford
Grace Shackelford
Bertha Stamper
Fire destroys two story home of Earl Rolph at Grassy Lick
A Sunday night blaze of unknown origin destroyed Earl Rolphs two story residence at Grassy Lick Bike. He had just purchased the property and planned to move in. Nearby, R L Settles property also suffered slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rolph
Grassy Lick
Rolph
R. L. Settles
Montgomery Motor Car Company Dissolved in Buyout
Notice states the Montgomery Motor Car Company has been dissolved with Ferguson buying out Wren. All debts to be paid to Ferguson and presented to him. Dated November 6, 1916. Also a stray aged gray mare from Holt Avenue near Mt. Sterling, Ky, with a reward offered for information leading to recovery. Bea P. Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Motor Car Company
Ferguson
Wren
Holt Avenue
Bea P. Drake
Mt. Sterling
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Wivovereyé
Pte
Duerson’s Drug Store
Court Street
Harry Schwab
Mary Wood Rice
Tives
Flemingsburg
Mary King
Cincinnati
E. S. Hamilton
Mrs
Nancy Thompson
Frank Thompson
Dayton, Ohio
S. R. Adamson
Martinsville
Ind
Mrs. Samuel Boitnott
Roanloke, Va
J. H. Stephenson
T. C. McQuithy
Morefield
Chas. Rainey
Hartford, Conn
J. H. Scott
T. J. Carr
H. A. Lyter
W. T. Fitch
Robert Elford
Dayton
Mr. E. L. Gibbons
Paris
E. S. Helburn
Middlesboro
Dean Carr
Bert Olive
Elkin Station
Tommy Moore
N. D. Brown
R. T. Williams
Cordelia
Decatur, NL
Albert Homan
W. N. Anderson
J. T. Williams
Laura Williams
E. E. Offut
Spring Station
J. T. McGlothlin
Frankfort
G. B. Senff
Lowes
R. Hi. White &C
Enon
Junior Woman’s Club
Trimble’s Hall
Eastin & Harris
Vanarsdell’a
Purina Dairy Feed
Antioch School
Vanarsdell’s
The
Rogers Company
the House OF Kuppenheimer
Stein Bloch
Hamburger Kuppenheimer
Walsh’s
Walsh Co
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