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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1920
Page
5
Judge B F Day returns from Stanton business trip. Mrs M V P Yeaman visits Louisville with friends. Many residents guests with relatives in Little Rock Winchester Versailles Lexington and Danville. A long list of visits, trips, and attendances at weddings funerals and games across Kentucky.
Howell Hunt Claude Kilpatrick Gus Shimfessel Robert M. Trimble J White Trimble Jere Coleman R P Wing 0 P Henry L T Chiles John Stofer Mr and Mrs A N Crooks Miss Mary Robinson Crooks and J Burton Prewitt appear in a society notes roundup reflecting community ties and social engagements.
Mr and Mrs J C Graves and the Misses Graves host a noon dinner at their country home with Rev R C Goldsmith Rev De Garmo and Sam A Elsey as guests. Mrs John Stofer plans two bridge parties this week at her Winchester pike country home one Wednesday afternoon and a second on Saturday. Mrs D C Fox invites guests to a luncheon bridge Thursday at her Owingsville pike home in honor of Miss Clara E Nelson of Kansas the guest of Mrs Harry G Hoffman.
Mrs J Howard Grubbs issues invitations for a Saturday afternoon tea from 2 to 5 at her Winchester home. Receiving with her will be Mrs G R Armstrong of HuntingtonMrs Harry G Heefman of this city and her guest Miss Clara Nelson of Kansas. A number of Mrs Grubbs friends in this city plan to attend.
Miss Clara Nelson of Kansas City received attention at a Friday bridge gathering hosted by Miss Laura Williams at her country home with fall flowers and a luncheon. Assist ed by Mrs. R C Gatewood, guests included H G Hoffman and Pierce Winn among many others. A separate Thursday afternoon bridge at Mrs John M Barnes on Holt avenue featured chrysanthemums in yellow and white and a luncheon. Guests included John Winn and Elizabeth Apperson, plus numerous local residents and relatives.
Auction listing announces Friday November 19 at 1 P M for the Mrs Sarah B Drake estate on Holt Avenue Mt Sterling Kentucky. Includes building lot fine furniture and household goods with sale bills to be read and attendance urged. Fleet C Howell formation
A reflective line notes the inevitability of change as life keeps moving, suggesting steadiness amid shifting circumstances and urging resilience without panic.
The article notes Eliza Dudley daughter of Dr and Mrs P K McKenna has been ill for several days. Duke Duty at Clark County Hospital is suffering typhoid fever and unimproved. M R Hainline has returned home from Lexington and Indianapolis hospitals and shows improvement on the road to recovery.
A short notice advertises buying 5,000 turkeys at top price. H Gordon is the contact, telephone 460, and the line includes the notation (8-3t) indicating ad timing.
The list shows courtship and marriage timings by counties with Monday schedules for Bath Owensville Bourbon Paris Boyle Danville Breathitt Jackson Clark Winchester Estill Irvine Fayette Lexington Fleming Flemingsburg Garrard Lancaster Henry Newcastle Jessamine Nicholasville Grant Williamstown Harrison Cynthiana Lee Beattyville Lincoln Stanford Madison Richmond Mason Maysville Mercer Harrodsburg Montgomery Mt Sterling Nicholas Carlisle Oldham LaGrange Owen Owenton Pendleton Falmouth Powell Stanton Pulaski Somerset Scott Georgetown Shelby Shelbyville Woodford Versailles. The piece ends with a quip that marrying quickly delays paying for furniture bought on credit.
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