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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1916
Page
8
A Saturday night box supper at the school house raised 42 dollars in clear proceeds. Visitors included Oscar Jacobs and wife from Denver and families of Jim Sco be and others. Church and reunion attenders are named among local residents and guests.
For Rent cheap a good house on Holt avenue listing 9 rooms. Includes stable and garden. Greene Heirs. 16 tf
Fourth Grade Linnie Hoskins Pear Breeding Ella Leach Violet Langford. Fifth Grade Bessie Little Gertrude Letcher Sylvia Henry Cecil Brambler George Kern Leona May Warren. Sixth Grade Elsie Skidmore Price Calk Lillie Breeding Susie Leach Lloyd Garrison. Seventh Grade Lena Clay Foley Maggie Little Kyle Bryan Caudill Frances Drennon William Campbell Viola Hinson Faris Humphries Alma Humphries. Eighth Grade Jameson Jones Ida Calk Amelia Lee William Lee Anna Laura McCracken Annie Belle Lowry William Cord.
Prices on coal will advance in the coming weeks because of a car shortage and high demand from manufacturers. Those who rely on coal for fuel should stock up now, as dealers have limited supplies and cannot say when more will be available.
For the first time this season the local High School football team was scored against and defeated Friday. Kentucky Wesleyan College weighs more but won 13 to 0. The lads deserve credit for a strong showing. Next game is Friday at the local park against Frankfort High School. A hot game is expected.
Oysters and celery emerge as daily specialties at Greenwade’s, offering fresh seafood and produce to local patrons. The market emphasizes quality and consistent daily availability, drawing shoppers seeking dependable staples.
Stella Douglas twenty died from injuries after stepping in front of a moving C. & M. train in Ashland last Tuesday night. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Douglas of lodges. The body was sent home for burial at Bethlehem churchyard. The death comes with deep sorrow for the bereaved parents and their many friends.
A meeting of local tobacco dealers announced the first sale will be held in Mt. Sterling on December 4. The Robertson house, Farmers, and Whitehall will host successive sales, with a reportedly good crop and promising prices. Farmers urged to bring tobacco, with assurances of fair dealing and expert warehouse staff.
A note from Mt. Sterling Laundry Co seeks a suitable horse to service its needs through the winter. The ad requests a reliable animal able to endure cold storage and daily work for household or laundry duties.
Freshman Elizabeth Barnes Louise Cecil Clara Foley Hobart Grooms Eunice Holley Marian Hastie Edna Hastie Myrtle Holder Lucille Payne Lyda Riley Elsie Stephens Nellie Steele Ida Steele Georgie Wyatt. Sophomores Joseph Boone Mary Campbell Russell Summay Fannie Turley Mary Maupin Wyatt Sallie Webster George West. Juniors Orville Alfrey Della Clark Willie Foley Stella Garrett William Garrett Nellie Holbarn Donald Quisenberry Ethel West. Seniors Mattie Baker Carrie Cecil Gerald Cecil Bernice Holley Nancye Johnson Neville Martin.
About twenty stray turkeys on the owner's property, ownership proof required and costs to be paid by the owner. Advertisement placed by Mrs. Mary Prewitt of Mt. Sterling Kentucky R. R. No. 5.
Mr. 8. B. Carrington the local Standard Oil agent received a new White automobile tank wagon last week to distribute John D. Rockefeller’s product from this point. Heyers Baltimore Oysters Frying and Stewing fresh daily. Sanitary Meat Co.
The Episcopal church ladies host a Silver Tea at the Tea Cup Inn on Wednesday from three to five in the afternoon. Attendees are warmly invited to join the event.
Mr. Charles Wilson, son of Mrs. Lucy Wilson, has accepted a position with the National Hotel barber shop. He returns after years away and old friends welcome him home.
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