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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
3
J. M. Adams, formerly of this city and recently in Harlan county, spent last week returning from prospecting trips to Ohio. He may relocate there and likely purchase a farm. The local editorial note adds a humorous line about keeping a husband content by doing his washing.
By order of the Montgomery Circuit Court the October 16 1916 sale at Mt Sterling Ky offers for auction one bay horse named Fred or enough of the property to total 83 85. Purchaser must post bonds and pay interest as a replevin bond with lien retained until full payment. Master Commissioner WM A Samuels advises bidders to meet terms.
The speaker contrasts preserving childhood innocence with the weight of adult duties. It urges guiding children in their natural mirth while adults guard their own journey to avoid dampening joy as age brings gravity.
Fragmentary text mentions 75 rooms and 50 rooms with private front rooms likely describing lodging capacity or options. No clear event or entities identified.
Executor and administrator with will annexed announce a public auction at the decedent's residence on the Owingsville Mt Sterling pike five miles from Mt Sterling. Properties include farm implements livestock hay corn and farm equipment plus a 3736 acre blue grass farm offered in two tracts and as a whole with residence improvements and tobacco warehouse stock. Sale begins 10 a m with terms to be announced.
W. A. Taulbee will return to Kentucky and rent the Rankin farm near Hinkston bridge on the Maysville pike. The 60 acre tract, priced at $400 for the rental, will be possessed March 1.
A prominent female author calls for severe measures against flirting and social advances, proposing a radical solution to merge humanity into a single sex as the only viable path forward.
Three people were slightly wounded in a Winchester pistol duel last Wednesday as J M Thomas and Everett Oliver exchanged fire. Thomas and his wife Edna Thomas were injured, along with bystander Pat Kearns. Oliver was released at examining trial, a warrant issued for Thomas on malicious shooting and wounding.
Mt. Sterling resident testifies to relief from back and kidney pains after using Doan’s Kidney Pills bought at Duerson’s Drug Store. The remedy, priced at 50 cents, is from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Ringling Brothers circus opens Thursday October 5 in Lexington with Cinderella staged by 1666 performers and 400 entrants. The main tent features new acts, trained animals, and European stars escaped by war, plus the ill new street parade on show day morning.
The piece argues art and beauty raise minds and are open to all, then dismisses European front reporting as unreliable, urging readers to group lies to fit their purposes and concluding with a surrender of the effort.
A reflective note suggests people strive to be good yet fear missing out on enjoyable experiences. It weighs self restraint against social fun and hints at finding a middle path where moral actions coexist with personal happiness.
The piece notes Sears Roebuck's vast mail order reach with annual sales near 100 million and high profits from catalog advertising. It contrasts with home merchants offering better quality goods and favorable terms. It urges readers to stay upbeat and consider positive, sunny living while promoting a plan to spread joy.
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