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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1914
Page
8
A busy correspondence column reports a record tobacco crop ready for housing but facing storage troubles. It notes livestock gains from rain, local injuries, a threatened newspaper closure, and social visits across Owingsville, Winchester, and nearby towns, with numerous residents named.
Gladys Richardson notes William Ecton builds a new tobacco barn. The Christian Sunday School hosted the Upper Spencer group. Camp meeting attendees from Camargo include James McCromick family James Mopin Richardson and family Charles Stafford Kate Salyer and others reporting a good meeting. Relatives from Fort Wayne Indiana visit P J Daniel and family. Samuel Donaheww near Preston and P J Shackelford and family from Spencer visit. Mrs Bess Stafford has been in Lexington hospital two weeks and is reported to be improving. Stella Stafford of Camargo mentioned.
Miss Weldie Staton of near the Levee visited Dr. Dee Shultz and family Sunday as a health update notes a period of illness followed by improvement.
The Winchester jury found Red Tom Davidson not guilty in a third trial. Judge Benton then postponed other defendants, warning of future trials if trouble arises, and noted the state's spending on the trials at about $15,000. He urged caution to Dock Smith and the Denton brothers.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications because the disease is constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is presented as a reputable prescription by J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and supported by testimonials.
The narrative recounts Capt. Williams and a 60 man Kentucky volunteer company drilled by day and night, joining Gen. Scott at Veracruz then Cerro Gordo. They led a night assault, suffered 17 killed, few survivors, and Williams was promoted to Colonel for bravery. Santa Anna, defeated, fled leaving a wooden leg behind.
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