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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
6
A business announces it will relocate its stock of drugs patent medicines sundries school books school supplies paints and related items to the Rogers Building one door below Exchange Bank. The owner promises friendly service and the best prices and invites customers to visit.
A long list of residents and guests visiting Louisville, Lexington, Stanford, and nearby towns is noted. Notable names include Mrs. J. S. Wilson, Rev. and Mrs. Clyde Darsie, Miss Joan Mount, Mr. Henry R. Bright, and Mrs. Catherine Hopper among others, with several returning from trips to Akron, Cincinnati, Tennessee, and Atlanta. The Home Economics Department of the History Club set for its first meeting at 2 30 Saturday at the Rest Rooms.
An unclear scan notes a publication described as the hottest Democratic paper in the United States for a year, mentioning Tux Honnet in Fork, N.
The Chautauqua Circle will meet at the home of Mrs. B W Trimble on Friday afternoon at 2 oclock. The new French minister of foreign missions is named Bouillon.
The Sick Mrs. A. B. Johnson is improving and will soon be able to go out. Mrs. Alice Turner, previously ill for weeks, is now able to be out again. Mrs. L. L. Bridgforth shows no improvement. Elizabeth Chenault, ill with pneumonia, is reportedly out of danger. James B. Clarke recovers and will move to his home near Bunker Hill. Haydon Reynolds' son, injured by a horse, is recovering well. W. A. Sutton, treated in Lexington for a hip issue, shows encouraging progress after X rays.
The Mt. Sterling Business Men's Club resolves to back the 1917 statewide constitutional amendment allowing consolidation of rival telephone systems. It urges voters to approve to improve service and reduce costs where multiple systems exist.
Mrs. Sophia D. Hendrick died at her daughter Mrs. EB C Adair’s home in Lexington last Wednesday after a long illness tied to advanced age. She was 85 and a sister of Mrs. B F Thomson and Mrs. Silas Storer of this city, beloved by many relatives and friends.
Miss Emily Lloyd has accepted the agency for the Saturday Evening Post Ladies Home Journal and Country Gentleman with some issues to be on sale at Lloyd's Cafe.
A silver mesh bag with monogram A L Y and a small purse inside was lost. A reward is offered for the return to Miss Aliee Young in Mt. Sterling Kentucky.
Judge Wm. A. Young convened the Montgomery Circuit Court in the city Monday. The session is expected to last ten days to two weeks with few important cases on the docket.
An office advertises short term loans offering a few hundred dollars on good security. Apply at the stated office.
If you need new shoes buy them or take worn footwear to O Connell s Shoe Laboratory on Maysville Street opposite Lloyd s Cafe for repairs. Call 845.
Mr Richard Eubank hosted a formal dinner at his parents home on Monday then attends a gathering and plans to depart for Arkansas for a new position. Guests included Martha Coleman Mattie Judy Botts Carolyn Ratliff Frances Samuels Emma Cooper Marcella Chiles Lucretia Little Leila Owings Elizabeth McCaun Bernice Moore Laura Hart Russell French Glover Crouch Harold Blevins Robert Mason Prof Barnes Jack Owings Philip Greene Duke Duty Porter Hull Holley Gillaspie and Richard Eubank.
Milk and cream offered by J. C. Gaitskill Jr at phone 724. Customer contact for purchase.
Dr and Mrs Paul K McKenna celebrate the birth at their home last Wednesday of a daughter named Eliza Dudley. To Mrs Pearly Cairnes at Pineville on October 17 a daughter born. she was formerly Miss Rebecca Calk.
Dr. W. R. Dye will preach at the Episcopal church Sunday morning at 11 oclock and again the second and fourth Sundays each month.
Deputy County Court Clerk L R Douglas rents the residence formerly occupied by Perry Flora on Sycamore Street and will move in November 1. Douglas and his family have lived at the Levee in the county for the past year.
At the Holt avenue sale of T. M. Ricketts Dr. J. I. Shultz of Camargo purchased the residence property and adjoining lot for just over 2500 dollars, described as a bargain. Household effects sold very cheap. Insurance ad appears from B Frank Perry Co Julian Building.
Robert Fitzsimmons once renowned heavyweight champion died in a Chicago hospital after a five day illness. He was among the era’s most popular figures in boxing.
For sale 10 000 heads of cabbage at prices that will reduce the high cost of living. Come and get them patch opposite the residence of Chas. E. Duff on Paris pike. Phone 639 J-2. (pd.) John Beedle.
Registration for Democrats continues on October 29 30 and 31 with special days for those who missed regular registration. Officials urge eligible voters to sign up and participate in upcoming elections during these additional dates.
Two nicely furnished rooms for rent in a central location. Men preferred. Phone 281.
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