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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
7
A New York woman reports Saxo Salve cured her tender red scaly eczema in a week. The ad claims all forms of eczema respond well and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Readable text offers a promotional line urging customers to purchase parts with an emphasis on green or eco friendly options from a store identified as ariety, implying an emphasis on sustainability in product sourcing.
Henry Judy offers metal roofing materials at low prices. Visit or contact for savings on various roofing products and installation details.
H. B. Hendrick of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station recommends rye as the principal cover crop to prevent soil washing on Kentucky’s rolling hills. Rye sown September 15 to October 15 provides late fall and winter pasture, with vetch added for nitrogen, sown together at two to three pecks of rye and about twenty pounds of vetch per acre.
Property on Richmond avenue is for sale featuring a six room house kitchen bathroom and large back porch. Gas waterworks and lighting plus a large barn corn crib meat house and hen houses on about two acres with a fine garden and pasture. Trade for downtown property considered call Advocate office 603 OC B Siemens.
Classified notice shows advertised services including real estate buying selling and renting, loan offerings, insurance, bonds, and auto sales by Warre Motor Car. Mentions aim to place customers near top investments and services.
Advocate Publishing Company announces availability of a full stock of initial paper and correspondence cards. Call now to secure complete lines for correspondence needs.
A local notice states that sizes in bos s suits are four off and attributed to Punch Graves & Co. indicating a pricing or inventory adjustment.
Seventeen blue-blooded monarchs compete for a record 2000 stake in the five gaited saddle horse event at Louisville’s Kentucky State Fair September 15 to 20. Entries include notable names from Kentucky and nearby states, with premiums boosting the purse to around 680 after add ons.
The Restusky State Fair previews a baby health contest modeled after Iowa programs begun in 1911 by Mrs. Mary P. Watts and a panel of doctors. Kentucky organizers emphasize uniform exam scoring, warn against large prizes, and note advisory roles for the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs and local health committees ahead of the Kentucky State Fair in September.
A Life magazine critique laments the narrow word choice of youths reliant on simple exclamations like Sure, Dandy, and Wonderful. It argues college study fails to broaden girls vocabularies, despite extensive Latin, French, German, literature, and philosophy courses, and urges targeted adjective classes in English education.
Wide World Magazine notes licorice root mainly comes from Syria. The root is dried in stacks, shipped to factories, and used in confections beer and tobacco. Annual exports include 8000 tons from Aleppo 6000 from Bagdad 4000 from Antioch and 500 from Damascus with one firm dominating the trade.
A reader critiques a young playwright's script saying modern stars would not stay off stage. He insists a twentieth century actor-manager must appear in the second act to visit the box office and count the money.
Dr. R. C. Benner links smoky factory emissions to plant and animal harm. Tar and free acid corrode and block plant transpiration while soot reduces sunlight and damages Scotch fir rings. Vegetables in smoky towns show stunted growth.
A hobo muses that easy street must be nice to live on while a second traveler counters that the alley behind offers no extra victuals or perks, highlighting stark urban survival logic and humor through pared down dialogue.
A brief quote from the piece notes a Chinese oath of brotherhood taken by breaking a cup. It contrasts this with an American custom suggesting a cook would be sealed to a group for life if that method worked here.
Mrs Exe accuses Mrs Wye of overstepping limits in a sharp exchange about a new girl. The encounter centers on personal tension and professional boundaries amid reported attempts to influence hiring.
A quip notes that the Colosseum crowds lacked baseball umpires. The line contrasts ancient spectacle with modern sports officiating, implying crowd energy was high but officials were scarce.
1913 Kentucky football schedule lists games at Lexington with opponents Illinois at Urbana Ohio Northern at Lexington Cincinnati Earlham Wilmington College Marshall College Louisville and a Thanksgiving clash with Tennessee at Lexington. Dates include September 20 September 27 and November 27 with open dates on September 27 and October 11.
For rent in 1914 a 90 acre Montgomery County farm on Plum Lick Pike three miles west of Judy. Fifteen acres for tobacco, 50 acres for sowing in wheat or rye this Fall. Includes an 11 room main house and tenant house, 20 acres for corn, well watered with tobacco barn and other outbuildings. Money rent. Apply to L A Stith Mt Sterling R R No 3.
A short poem about a cherished small friend who brings music to the world and comfort when life turns difficult. The speaker expresses enduring affection and a wish for continued warmth even beyond this world if no welcome remains.
Charles L Simon takes over as florist successor to John Corbett. Phone 435. A reflective line notes that when a man becomes good he may become proud or a hog of himself and too good.
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