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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
7
A fine blue grass farm of about 167 acres with modern brick residence and necessary outbuildings will be sold at public sale at the Court House door in Mt. Sterling Kentucky. The property lies about 54 miles from Mt. Sterling and fronts the Prewitt and Grassy Lick pikes.
Monday October 18 1915 at 1 pm a Montgomery Circuit Court master commissioner sale in Winchester Kentucky of a well watered grass farm for division among heirs of the late Richard Conner. Prospective buyers may view the property before sale by visiting the farm. further information from H R Prewitt attorney Sterling Ky or the undersigned.
Deputy Collector A. D. Wells based in Parkersburg WV has been moved to this district for September to conduct special raiding duties for the U S Government. Judge Wells is noted for his knowledge of the area and is ready to serve oysters and other market fare at the Delicious Cafe.
Mr. William Randall, an expert railroad man, left Wednesday for Cincinnati likely to join the C and O Railway. He has spent the summer here with his mother Mrs Sophia Randall and leaves behind many friends sending well wishes.
An item notes The Delicious Cafe offering fresh oysters in any style. It warns against talking about a man behind his back and suggests that is the place to confront him. The fragment hints at a local dining note with casual menu and social admonition.
Involving Fannie Ballard and Jeff Ballard to Gillie Ann Ferguson for seventy acres on Slate Creek for $1. Transfers also show J W Baker and wife to A A Ramey a frame cottage on Richmond Avenue for $1. Albert Bondurant to D N Young two rent cottages on East Main Street for $1. Leander Faulkner and Sallie Faulkner to William Bonner 361 1 2 acres on Slate Creek for $1000. Harmon Barnes and others to A W Fickling interest in 150 acres on Spruce Creek for $1.
A pithy reflection notes that fools often force wise men to puzzle over motives and outcomes. The line suggests mystery, prudence, and the limits of quick judgment in human affairs.
A brief local item notes a wary line about a troubled world and mentions prunes as a humorous aside. The fragment hints at daily life concerns and small, lighthearted details.
Mr Fitzgerald of Mt Sterling endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after relief from severe kidney pains and irregular kidney action. He bought the medicine at Duerson's Drug Store and reports feeling stronger. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Props Buffalo NY.
Mrs. Anna Gay aged 75 died at her East High street home after a lingering illness. Burial was at Machpelah cemetery with brief graveside services by Rev. Dr. Yeaman. She was widow of Union veteran David Gay and left son Joe Gay, two brothers Thomas and Andrew McCarty, and sister Mrs. T. T. Hildreth.
We inform the public that we are prepared to furnish fresh milk skim milk butter milk cream butter and cottage cheese. Give us a trial call 693 A Dean Carr Co. 7 tf
Mr. Ben V. Jones returns from the Grayson Carter county Fair with top honors. He wins the free for all pace with Slippers owned by W F Byrd, places second in another race with the same mare, and wins four premiums with a two year old colt by Silent Brook owned jointly by Jones and James A H Wood. Mrs Jones also earns premiums in Floral Hall.
Classified notice offers a modern two story house on the corner of West Main street and Samuels avenue with six rooms a hall bathroom and four large closets. Brick street location and low price cited. Inquiries to O W McCormick Mt Sterling Ky or L C McCormick Lexington Ky.
Monte Fox of Danville bought two lots of cattle last week. The first lot contained 51 head from Rezin G. Owings, averaging 1522 pounds, and the second lot had 50 head from J Dunlap Gay, averaging 1500 pounds. Cattle fetched 9 cents per pound.
Phillip Honn aged about 60 died Sunday September 5 after a long illness. The Plat Rock neighborhood resident was widely known and highly respected, and his death is deeply regretted.
A Philadelphia Telegraph poem urges readers to praise living friends and colleagues. It stresses that praise benefits the recipient more than trophies or money, noting a tombstone is unread after death. The item ends with an advertisement: We are agents for Price's Farm Co all kinds of sausage Greenwade.
A newspaper item urges hard work and thrift to build a future in a hopeful town. It urges saving daily, using brains and hands, and avoiding reckless spending. It notes Smith Trimble has taken a bookkeeper role for G L Kirkpatrick, tobacco buyer, at Liggett and Myers on the local breaks.
Kentucky Carlsbad Springs offers mineral water from 1100 feet deep with claimed medicinal effects. Hundreds report relief from Brights disease and various ailments after two weeks, with a money-back guarantee if no benefit. Shipping nationwide. request booklets with water analysis and results. Dept. No. 36 Kentucky Carlsbad Springs Hotel Company. J. B. Sanders, pres.
The Montgomery County High School opened on the first Monday with an attendance over 125, up from last year. New teachers include Superintendent M. J. Goodwin teaching Latin and Mathematics, Miss Jessie Jones English and Sciences, Mrs. Mary Schlegel Freshman classes, Miss Nell Wand History and 7th–8th grade work, Miss Addie Filbin 4th–6th, and Miss Dessie Stamper 1st–3rd grades. Music is led by Mrs. Loring Z. Turley. Wand and Jones are new hires.
Four room flat with bath available for rent. Centrally located near shops and transit. Apply to 43-tf G H Strother.
Messrs. Shields Gay and David Chenault have accepted positions as weighers at the Farmers Warehouse and will oversee the scales this coming season. Mr. Gay has rented part of Mrs. Ben V. Jones’s East Main Street residence and will relocate to the city for the winter.
A public notice states J. W. Baber is transferring something, with a contact phone number 840 and a likely reference 87-tf.
Brick residence known as the Baptist parsonage on West High Street, currently occupied by Rev. J. S. Wilson. Described as in thorough repair and desirable. Apply to W. A. Sutton or W. T. Tyler.
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