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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
7
Governor McCreary urges all Kentucky counties to mobilize on Friday and Saturday October 24 and 25 from 8 am to 5 pm for road work. County officials to recruit workers. sheriffs may organize where engineers are absent. Good roads aid farming markets rural schools churches and farm land values.
A young woman in apparent good health recalls being the first pay patient at Hazelwood Sanitarium Louisville. She describes a long battle with tuberculosis, exposure to cold verandas, and months of recovery to a fully cured state. She urges counties to provide local sanatoriums for consumptive citizens.
A catalog notes engraved cards wedding stationery and embossing from special dies. A promotional line emphasizes personal effort shaping one’s role in work and life.
An advertisement warns of grippe danger this season and urges rapid clearance of lingering illness. It touts Vincl cod liver and iron without oil as a tonic to restore strength, citing Mrs. A. A. Grabill of Strasburg Virginia who reports a long lasting cough improved after using Vincl and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit.
An analysis of 2000 business letters shows 2001 distinct words used and 751 appearing only once. Forty three words dominate half of written English, while most words are rare or technical. The average farm laborer uses about 300 words, making the rest largely useless for daily life. It is wiser to stay silent than speak uncertainly.
Enclosed is a hog cured of cholera using Nice Cholera Remedy from Here’s The Hog Bourbon Remedy Co. Lexington. The hog, nearly dead, recovered fully. the note invites buyers and mentions posts owned by someone and a Bowling Green distributor for further sales.
The 48th Kentucky Sunday School Association convention begins October 7 in Louisville with low rail fares and a strong program. Marion Lawrence and Rev M B McNutt headline, with topics on evangelism institutes temperance and educational value of missionary instruction.
During convention hours conferences will cover all Sunday school divisions from elementary to adult. Sessions include Sunday school executives such as pastors superintendents secretaries librarians and choristers. A banner will honor the county with most registered delegates and greatest travel distance. Marion Lawrence leads a large outdoor mass meeting in a park with classic hymns.
Winchester Nursery boasts a nationwide reputation with a general line of fruit trees and nursery stock but warns that second and third class trees are out of stock, emphasizing their wide United States recognition.
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