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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
8
A few miles below the river lies Brooklyn Bridge connecting Harrodsburg area with the Jessamine county pike toward Lexington. Tobacco and corn crops in Jessamine county appear above average this season.
A 5 per cent discount is offered on monuments if the company is invited to call and show products. The Murray & Thomas Co in Paris Kentucky guarantees work and promises to save time. Also notices about loans on farms, John Deere wagons, saddles and harness, pianos, talking machines, and marble monuments are present. Milady’s heels return to prewar levels.
Mary Maupin Wyatt returns home from Lexington visit. Yocum family and Staffords spend Sunday in Winchester. Dr Ricketts plans Somerset trip for business and Methodist Conference. Hinton and daughter Ruth from Paducah visit Norris family. Local attendance at Mt Sterling tent meeting noted. Menefee coal mines report busiest trade with up to 30 wagons daily. Ray Moss linked to cattle delivery in September. Norris clan and companions enjoy a motor trip to High Bridge Shakertown in Mercer county with Quaker heritage and scenic Dix River area.
Miss Martin of Berry Ky hosts Miss Nellye Hamilton. Oscar Shields visits Stanley Laughlin in North Middletown. Olympian Springs dances draw many locals including Crooks Denton Byron Estill etc. Visitors and returns span Mt Sterling Sharpsburg Shelbyville North Dakota and Hamilton College. Big sale on women’s solid silk hose by The Walsh Co Inc. Regular $2 hose cut to $1.25.
Mrs R M Morton has been very sick. Dr A T Knox and Miss Grace Maxwell visited from Thompson Station. Miss Laura Spurr of Winchester visits Miss Mina Conlee. Maude Benningfield Aubrey Martin and Paul Faught visited Vina Benningfield. A mistaken wedding report was corrected. Church attendance and eight new joiners noted. Glenmore Daniel George M Derickson family visited. Nora Smith visiting sister at Torrent.
The Walsh Company Incorporated announces women’s solid black silk hose with a garter top in fashion tones of Kelly green burnt orange or heliotrope. Priced at $2.50, the 5 quality item is cut to fit and only a limited number of pairs will be sold.
Lula Leggett reports a large prayer meeting at Donaldson church Saturday night and a revival at Side View which closed Sunday with about 1000 attendees. Sunday school at Donaldson, camp meeting in Winchester, and visits among local families are noted. Several from the area attend Mt Sterling tent meet.
The piece recounts Robinson Crusoe using a shirt on a pole as an island advertisement to trade for a ship. It notes Crusoe kept at it despite few inquiries, changing copy as needed, and warns that giving up would erase his eventual success.
Virgil Donahue sold his East Main Street store to Lake Risner and handed possession today. Risner takes over operations and ownership of the business location.
Harlan county farmers with County Agent R T Harrison and the extension division of the College of Agriculture plan to introduce Ayshire cattle to the region. The breed suits mountain conditions and aims to develop the county into a specialized dairy area with favorable marketing conditions.
The plan aims to form a co operative sire association and purchase three purebred Ayrshire sires to maintain high herd productivity and productiveness.
Fashion notes announce fall footwear from Laird Schober and Walk Over focusing on black satin strap pumps and brown suede options. The palette emphasizes black and brown as the season’s leading colors for women’s dress shoes. R. E. Punch Co. Inc. distributes these styles.
A visiting girl surveys dry goods shops and highlights new fall hats in colors and styles described as beauties. Mrs. K. C. Clarke remarks on wardrobe completeness with a fashionable accessory.
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