Stoops and Crop News From the County
The column notes early sown wheat and rye look fine while cribbing corn advances. Tobacco yields are expected light and wheat fields show generally light output. Several local people are mentioned including Mrs. Roy Byrd improving, Jesse Pendleton back from pleurisy, Newt Norris's death near Owingsville, and George Foley Jr. with typhoid. Henry C Gillaspie surveys land. Henry Orme sells 50 barrels of corn. Albert Martin sells tobacco at 12 14 cents to Thos N Coons. Delaney family visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Byrd
Jesse Pendleton
George Foley, Jr
Flat Creek
Margaret Thompson
Marie
Salt Lick
H. A. Lyter
Owingsville
Henry Orme
Mason Botts
Bi Delaney and
Howard's Mill community notes and local sales
Visitors from Stoops include Mr and Mrs Buford Gooden at Mrs Goodens brother Walter Carr. Walter Anderson family moved to Mt Sterling. Box and pie supper at Howard's Mill school house this Saturday night. Wm Anderson sold a herd of heifers to Thomas Green for 十四 tents. Mrs J P Keller listed as sick. G W Staton bought a call from Wm Turley for 18.00. Tobacco crops sold locally at 13 cents per pound to Robertson of Mt Sterling. Writer and wife returned from eight day visit to Fleming county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Gooden
Stoops
J. W. Mallory
Ruben Dale
Dan Maupen
John Caustigan
Robertson
Mt. Sterling
Walter Anderson
Howard’s Mill School House
Wm. Anderson
Thomas Green
Clippings From Snagtown Torchlight Notice
Notices from Snagtown Torchlight recount quirky local events and oddball happenings around Cliff Roost House, Plankville and surrounding towns. It mentions a pool table boot rule, a goat running the Plankville Patriot, trades and gadgets, a whitewashed church front, a monkey wrench invention, a mail carrier’s forgetful run, a buried money mystery, a deacons meeting plan, and a lecture at Poison Ivy School House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord” Barron
Plankville
H. C. Denton
Wild Cat
George Bean
Bounding Forks
Forrest Pace
Pigeon Gulch
Harry Meyers
White Horse Church
Archie Ledgerwood
Howard Shelton
Guy Howard
Arthur Walsh
McGee Williams
John Phillip Sausage Goodine
Poison Ivy School
Gander Creek
Local Market Notes and Visit Highlights
A report mentions price details with hogs at 81 percent of a pound and corn sold at 3.50 per barrel. Robt Wade and wife from Mt Sterling visited Wm Turley on Sunday. Hedge Thompson sold several barrels of corn to Robt Gatewood at 3.50 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt
Wade
Mt. Sterling
Wm. Turley
Hedge Thompson
Gatewood
Punch Graves Co Offers Ladies Shoes With Snap Styles
Ladies shoes priced at 3.50 and 4.00 dollars are offered by Punch Graves and Co featuring snap fastenings and fashionable styling as part of their current stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch, Graves & Co
Seed Company Wins Suit Over Bluegrass Seed Contract
In a Kentucky Circuit Court ruling Judge William A. Young held for the Seed Co in the D. S. Gay et al vs Kentucky Bluegrass Seed Co case. The contract to furnish a specific bluegrass seed quality was voided as restraining trade under federal and state anti trust laws. Plaintiffs sought about 10000 dollars in expected profits. outcome under appeal not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Gay, Etc
Kentucky Bluegrass Sedd Co
William A. Young
Young
Paper crisis looms as print costs spike nationwide
J B Clark of Cincinnati warned the Bluegrass Publishers and Printing Association in Lexington that many U S newspapers may suspend within months due to scarcer higher priced paper. He projected print paper as high as 10 cents a pound before February 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Clark
Cincinnati
Western Newspaper Union
Bluegrass Publishers and Printing Association
Lexington
Clark
Owen McIntire
Danville Advocate
J. M. Allen
Cynthiana Democrat
Guy Johnson
Guy Johnson Printing Company
D. M. Hutton
Harrodsburg Herald
R. L. Elkin
Lancaster Record
Dennis Spraguns
Georetown Times
Clinton Ricketts
Nicholasville News
G. B. Senff
Mr. Sterling Advocate
J. M. Alverson
Georgetown Times
S. M. Saufley
Stanford Interior Journal
C. C. Robbins
Winchester Sun
W. J. Shonert
Falmouth Outlook
C. B. Nelson
Winchester Democrat
J. C. Alcock
Jeffersontown
Jeffersonian
Grant E. Lilly
Richmond Climax-Madisonian
J. T. Wilson
Cynthiana Log Cabin
Harry McCarty
Jessamine Journal
A. A. Bowman
Versailles Sun
I. McGoodwin
Danville Messenger
T. C. Bell
Lawrenceburg News
HH. Giovannoli
Lexington Leader
Charles I. Stewart
Lexington Herald
A. W. Timothy
Harrodsburg Democrat
J. M. Hutton
Eden Shelbyville Record
Thomas Owsley
Transylvania Printing Co
F. L. Byron
A.J. McFadden
Master Printers
C. H. W . Berea
Propagating Climbing Roses by Hardwood Cuttings
Climbing and many cut flower roses are best propagated from hardwood cuttings taken from dormant winter wood. Cuttings should be 5 to 6 inches long, end above a bud, labeled, buried in moist sand, and stored cool until spring planting. Plant in open ground with one to two eyes above ground, four to five inches below, providing protection from frost and possible partial shade for better results.
Box Supper by Howards Mill P T A
The Howards Mill Parent Teachers Club invites the community to a box supper on Saturday November 4. Everyone is welcome to attend this social event hosted by local families and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers’ Club
Howards’ Mill
The Ladies New Plum Brown Shoes For
The item notes Plum Brown shoes for ladies likely describing a new footwear style or inventory listing. No additional context or sourcing details are provided.
Lexington Burley Tobacco Show Announces Three Day Event
Tobacco growers are invited to Lexington Kentucky for a three day show on November 23 to 25 with prizes up to one thousand dollars. The event focuses on tobacco alone and draws backing from the Agricultural Experiment Station Lexington Board of Commerce Rotary Club and local trade groups. The show includes exhibits of 1916 crop tobacco and will host a convention to discuss improved production curing and marketing. A.R. Robertson of Lexington will serve as a judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Lexington Board of Commerce
Lexington Rotary Club
Lexington Tobacco Board of Trade
Bluegrass
A.R. Robertson
Drake couple relocate to city and rent Barnes property
Mr and Mrs Ben P Drake move from the Howard's Mill area to the city and have rented the Barnes residence on Hol avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben. P. Drake
Howard’s Mill
Barnes
Hol Avenue
Punch Graves & Co Shoes Promise Style and Comfort
The advertisement promotes Punch Graves & Co offering stylish and comfortable footwear. It highlights the store as the destination for quality shoes and confident wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch, Graves & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry C. Gillaspie
Clark County
Newton Norris
Newt
Cowan
Fleming County
Chas. Delaney
Isha
Rose
Thos, Warner and Son Lieutrell
Albert Martin
Thos. N. Coons
Howard's Mill
L. W. Mallory
J. P. Keller
G. W. Staton
Flemingsburg
Ewing and
Cqayrightt
Che House of
Royal Baking Powder
Royal Baking Powder Co
New York
United States
Paper Union
L. K. Oppenheimer
The
Victrolas
Bryan & Robinson
Jewelers
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