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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
5
A stylish new line of lighting fixtures arrives, inviting customers to call and inspect the collection. Explore modern designs, ask about pricing, and see how these pieces could illuminate homes and spaces.
Prof. R I Cord of Cynthiana visits relatives. Mrs Charlton Evans of Columbus MS visits relatives here. I F Tabb depart for White Sulphur Springs. John Speer returns from Frankfort to see Aunt Mrs Sherman Goodpastor. Mary C Glover returns from Cincinnati. Mrs Josh Owings returns from Hancock MD. E W May of Downers Grove IL visiting her parents Dr and Mrs J F Lockhart. F W Bassett returns from Washington DC visiting niece Miss Dorothy Peed. Pauline Hopkins of Bourbon County visits Mr and Mrs D W Estill. Thomas Heinrich visits Mr and Mrs George Heinrich at Neola KY. Ruth Darsie to Hiram OH for Ramam College Women. J C McNeal C A Lindsay and Anderson Bogie in Lexington. Humbert Sandifer of Canton OH and James Baumstark of Georgetown visit Mr and Mrs C K Oldham. Margaret Turley to Danville to reenter Kentucky Women’s College. Frank L Stephenson and daughter Charlotte to Brooklyn NY to visit relatives. Harry G Hoffman returns from New York to meet son Tom Hoffman who spent summer in Europe. E R Sherley and Miss Elizabeth Sherley of Nashville TN and Elizabeth Snyder of Louisville return home after visiting George R Snyder. Mary and Marjorie Barnes, guests of A H Judy, depart for Charleston WV.
Mrs. Jack Owings visited her father W. J. Reese in Lexington. Miss Nell Hollearn Phil Hollearn and Joe Hollearn returned from Brooksville after attending the wedding of their uncle Lack Cook to Miss Mary E. Woodruff in Brooksville on Monday.
Mrs. Robert I. Settles hosted a surprise dinner yesterday in honor of her husband’s birthday. The meal featured a delicious menu and a beautifully decorated table for the guests, who were employees of the R I Settles Co.
Mrs Stewart Caldwell Sharp issued invitations for a tea on Tuesday from 3 to 5 p.m. honoring her sister Mrs Ernest Ward May of Downers Grove Illinois. Mrs May was formerly Miss Nancy Lockhart of this city.
Mrs. Robert Collier hosted the Women’s Missionary Society of the Christian church at her suburban home. After the business meeting Miss Elizabeth Sherley of Nashville Tennessee sang two numbers with accompaniment by Mrs. C W Kirkpatrick. A plate lunch followed during the social hour.
Local bulletin notes ill health updates for Allen Prewitt and George Everette, and Margaret Nesbitt's throat operation in Lexington. It praises Mt Sterling and Montgomery County’s Chamber activity, reports on Secretary Sharp's Louisville trip, and mentions Tom Hoffman’s return with the Boy Scouts and a town clock remark.
A Wednesday luncheon drew unusually good attendance as President Hoffman rested after a New York trip and Vice President Bryan led the session. Many items were referred to their standing committee with reports due at the next meeting on the 22nd. Treasurer Keller serves without pay and urged attendees to arrange lunch tickets now.
A school pledge lines up with praise for Mr Sterling as the best town, best county, best state, and best country. The message extols national pride, urging readers to tell others about the town’s accolades.
Reports from Col. W. E. Bean and A. B. Setters in Indiana say they are winning races with Rhythmie Belle Sorrel Top and Peter Patchen. Bean has three wins with Rhythmie Belle and Setters has multiple wins with Sorrel Top and Peter Patchen. They will attend the State Fair next week.
Taxpayers are warned to list their property for taxes at once to avoid referral to the Board of Supervisors, emphasizing the looming time limit and urging immediate office visit.
Miss Edna Berkeley of Lancaster and a High School teacher sustained facial and hand injuries when her car skidded into a telephone pole on South Limestone street in Lexington at noon. She received stitches at Good Samaritan hospital before continuing to visit friends in this city.
A terse reflection notes that certain men’ s actions command no chatter or gossip, their rugged behavior treated as normal and unremarkable by others. The line underscores stoic toughness shaping social perception.
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