Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Mount Sterling Advocate in Mount Sterling, Kentucky

We have 925,920 pages in Kentucky

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1911

Page

6

Do Not Be a Fretter Prose Reflection

A reflective meditation on fretting as a common, unhelpful habit. It argues little value in complaint and urges focus on the brighter side as autumn and September inspire poetic effort. The piece comments on mood, perception, and the recurring urge to complain in daily life.

Holy Writ

Eavesdropping and Society Satires by Marion Brunot

A collection of wry social sketches exploring marriage expectations and debutante culture. It lampoons widowhood formulas flirtation risks and the vanity of social climbers with witty vignettes on lovers careers and gender dynamics.

Not Bad Reading Directory Counts Drinks and Dwellers

The Trow Directory of Manhattan and the Bronx lists numerous drinks and social terms alongside a population note. It shows Manhattan Bronx totals with 2 736 572 in 1910 and an estimate of 2 822 853 based on 825 995 names.

Trow Manhattan Bronx

The Dairy Openers for Modern Dairy Farming

The note stresses modern dairy practices to avoid business ruin. Key tips include keeping dogs away from cows, using three essential tools a cream separator, a silo, and a manure spreader, weighing milk and testing butterfat, maintaining individual animal records, and ensuring cows have constant access to clean water.

Local Gas Rates Reported by Press Agents

Colonist rate details list E. D. Stratton D P A Evansville A R Cook D P A Louisville Ky and J C Beam Jr A G P A St Louis Mo among travel and distribution staffers. The note names indicate regional agents and offices in Indiana Kentucky and Missouri.

J. C. Beam, Jr St. Louis E. D. Stratton Evansville A. R. Cook Louisville J.C. Beam, JR

Flagging Ducks Described As Red Cloth Sport

Percy M. Cushing in Outing extols flagging ducks as a sport requiring patience perseverance and grit. He humorously advises eccentric fashion a red lined cap worn inside out and concealment behind beach grass or cedars. The piece contrasts coastal and interior ducking and notes frequent misses despite effort.

Percy M. Cushing

UPS AND DOWNS

A light exchange about judging women. A husband and wife debate who can best size up another woman with joking barbs and playful skepticism.

Man Spies Possum Family Crossing Road Near Rome NY

Mr G Y Parker on Black Bluff road near Rome NY spotted an animal like a possum. He chased it from his buggy and captured an old mother possum with ten young on its back. The mother and her brood held tight as he brought the curious trio to town. Parker considers possum raising if no more arise.

Variant spellings in a 1578 Raleigh deed spellings of Raleigh family

A 1578 Raleigh deed shows signature variants by Raleigh senior and his two sons with early Sir Walter signatures. The father signs Ralegh the elder Rawlegh, Sir Walter Rauleygh, Queen Elizabeth Rawley. The name also appeared Rawlye in Walter’s lifetime.

Raleigh Sir Walter Ralegh Rawlegh Rauleygh Elizabeth Rawley Rawlye

Happiness and pursuit versus chasing an owl car

A philosophical quip contrasts happiness as pursuit with a plain citizen’s counterexample about chasing an owl car on a rainy night. The exchange playfully questions whether satisfaction comes from the chase or the catch.

How came you to advertise that tenor barcarole as a howl

A terse exchange hints at a publicity misstep involving a tenor. A critic questions the claim that a barcarole would attract crowds, noting the performer’s venture failed in a rough neighborhood. The dialogue implies skepticism about sensationalizing art.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hoffman's Insurance Agency Hoffman TVULC Sue Prue Geraldine Knoxville, Tennessee Southern Railway Lexington UHLAN Wits Tennessee McDowell Transylvania Weber Marion Brunot Lady Willer Toupee VIA Paris Paris Green Mt. Sterling Drug Co Bank Street Strother & Frazer Mt. Sterling Kentucky Lanudry Co Bath County Owingsville, Ky A. F. Martin
Search Courier

Search the Mount Sterling Advocate Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Mount Sterling Advocate?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication