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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1911
Page
3
The piece discusses the origin of the phrase the new woman, credits Tennyson with shaping the idea in The Princess, and argues the poem’s stance is not radical. It stresses gender difference, mutual elevation, growth beyond past standards, and a call to change while preserving core virtues.
Due to ill health J. Roger Gatewood offers a 109 acre farm on the Spencer pike about 24 miles from Mt. Sterling. The land is mostly grass and tobacco land with a good new house, a top stock barn, outbuildings, and proximity to church, school, and a railroad station at the gate. A rare opportunity for buyers.
Bemidji correspondence reports bulldog flies plaguing moose near the Rapid River east fork and at a lumber camp. Two moose were killed last week, many animals distressed, some drowned while seeking water, while deer suffer lighter impact.
A Presbyterian minister with very conservative ideas visits a Methodist revival and resists vocal exhortation. A Methodist brother named Smith urges him to join the workers, noting the Lord will look after the temple as they blast rock rather than build with saw and hammer.
At a Baltimore dinner Senator Rayner recounted a traveler’s humorous South tale. A northerner finds Taliaferros in every town from doctors to undertakers and even a Hotel Taliaferro, then discovers a vast mill bearing the Taliaferro Manufacturing Company name and jokes they are produced by steam.
A soft foldable cretonne slipper with no heel is described as a new traveler friendly item. A woman made a pair without a pattern using crocheted sole scraps and cretonne over the instep to bend and sew the edges, promising ease for use in sleeper cars.
The Rev. Robert Hugh Benson, noted novelist, is promoted by Pope Pius X to Monsignore. His father was an Anglican archbishop. he is the first archbishop’s son to join the Roman Catholic Church since 1606.
ITS QUALITY. A conversation hints at a new flytrap being developed to boost performance, with optimism that the device will make operations hum. The exchange suggests confidence in the project's potential impact.
Proposal seeks amendment to permit a classified tax with flexible statewide levies. Four committees would advance education highway agriculture and tax reform. Supports state aid for roads and employing convicts in road work. Normal school expansion plus agricultural and vocational teaching. Endorses Kentucky Fire Prevention Association and a Mammoth Cave forestry reserve. Calls for larger State Fair funding.
Sealed proposals for purchase of sixty four hundred ten and 6410.96 96-100 dollars in Street Paving Bonds to be issued by the City of Mt. Sterling Kentucky will be received by H M Ringo City Clerk Mt Sterling Ky up to noon of December 5th 1911 sixty of which will be for one hundred dollars each and five for eighty two dollars and twenty cents each all bearing six percent interest payable semi annually with coupons attached designated as Series A Bonds mature September 20 1913 1915 1917 1919 1921 No bid for less than par plus accrued interest. certified check 2 of bid amount required. right to reject all bids reserved. W A Samuels Mayor C B Patterson City Treasurer H M Ringo City Clerk 1931.
Hunters are notified they will be prosecuted for hunting on lands of listed landowners including T. J. Pergrim Rob Hartgrove Turner Recraft Reid Donahew Walker Young Jones Tapp Scott Staton Shackell Marshi Gibbs Johnson Hall Phelps Wingate Bruton McCormick Spensor Baxter Ford Coburn and others.
Fred Emery meets an old mountaineer in Vermont who asks about Seth Anderson Cy Southbridge and Cy's daughter Mary. The punch line reveals Mary is married to a "mighty wealthy man" whose worth is stated as one hundred dollars, delivering a humorous misdirection.
A woman rejects a marriage proposal after hearing a generous but self centered plea. He asks her to introduce him to Mollie Jones to win happiness, but she condemns him as the meanest, sneakiest man on earth and vows never to speak to him again.
The piece argues America requires a capable satirical novelist to sharpen national humor and expose inflated self judgment. It praises satire as more than seriousness, demanding proportion, wit, and a tonic sting to counter complacency and misguided introspection.
An advertisement for a durable comfortable Army shoe by J. H. Brunner The Shoe Man. It notes wisdom fades quickly in some settlements before locals get acquainted.
The firm Hon Skidmore and Company incorporated dissolves and ceases to do business. All persons are notified to govern accordingly. 1921 Hon Skidmore and Company By D B Skidmore Secretary.
In the Dead River region last season William Ledguard of Boston and Albert Leavering of New York, while guests at Round Mountain camps, tried to capture an eagle. The bird attacked, leaving the men to subdue it by holding it underwater until it drowned to prove none were its captives. Maine Woods.
A correspondence reveals a plan to obtain a plain cook by informing the intelligence office, noting that the target is described as an ugly woman who frightened a baby. The exchange implies manipulation of staff for a domestic hire.
Meat hogs around 300 pounds offered for sale by A W Hamilton. Phone 554. Sale information appears in a local classified notices column.
A quirky note suggests a marriage occurred in a professor’s laboratory with the professor only able to spare half an hour, leaving the rest to imagination. The remark plays on a scholarly setting as the punchline.
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