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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
7
The September 1 crop condition in Kentucky shows poor yields across staples. Corn at 58.4 percent, tobacco down, alfalfa 70 percent, pastures poor, livestock stressed by shortages. Rainfall July–August insufficient to lift prospects. moisture now risks harming late crops and fall seeding while water supplies fail in towns.
Sig Sauterle and His Aids present a vaudeville style parade at the Mt Sterling fair grounds on Friday September 19 with open animal cages parade chariots and exotic beasts. Four bands and clowns join the spectacle promising golden age showmanship and crowd excitement for all ages.
A dispatch from Owingsville reports a six mile rail line to Olympia will connect with the C Q at Olympia and cross paths with the Olympia Springs road. Salt Lick seeks a link at Olympia. Contractor Hubbard has started work with a sizable crew and aims to finish before winter.
Farm on Plum Lick Pike three miles west of Judy offers 15 acres for tobacco 50 acres for wheat or rye this fall 20 acres for corn with good water tobacco barn and outbuildings includes 11 room house and tenant house money rent apply to L A Stith Mt Sterling RR No 3.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports that in 1913 thirty states enacted tuberculosis laws and thirty-four considered bills on prevention. Over 5 million dollars were appropriated for treatment and prevention, mainly for state sanatoria, with 39 sanatoria in 31 states. Congress may add nearly 1 million for federal hospitals and DC TB facilities. Notable gains include Colorado's registration law, subsidies for Minnesota and Wisconsin hospitals, and county Indian hospitals.
For Sale Privately. The Mrs Mary A McClure residence and adjoining vacant lot on W High Street in Md Sterling Ky. Both parcels measure 150 feet frontage and about 300 feet depth. Will sell together or separately. Residence new with modern conveniences and desirable. Apply to Robt H Winn or the undersigned 46-1f. Pierce Winn Trustee.
A humorous exchange recalls a child’s plea to call a horse doctor as a family joke about treating Willie who feigns illness after eating horse radish. The line highlights rural speech and playful misunderstanding in a domestic moment.
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