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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
7
Composed verse outlines Judge O'Rear's political run at Phoenix Hill and Lexington with Caleb Powers Bill Bradley and McCreary cited. The narrator satirizes the election as a flawed event, comparing O'Rear to Casey Jones and suggesting political fame through questionable means.
The city tax books are in my hands and taxes are due. Settlement available by visiting the City Building office. B. J. McDonap, City Tax Collector, 10-31.
A prominent farmer told the Danville Messenger that hay and corn will be cheap next spring. He argues current high prices will prompt careful feeding, reduce waste, and increase on hand stock, forcing a price drop as supplies grow.
The Kentucky Trots hosts a gathering of world champions from Oct 3 to 14 led by Uhlan. Champions include Lou Dillon the mare, Harvester the stallion, Joan the four year old, Native Belle the two year old, Miss Stokes the yearling, plus Peter Thompson and Justice Brooke. The program features the $21,000 Kentucky Futurity and top pacing races.
An advertisement for H. Clay McKee & Sons highlights buying selling and renting real estate loans and money handling services. It also touts best insurance bonds investments and autos. The note adds a remark about political candidate selection.
Wealthy clients revive interest in pleasure and racing horses as entries surge in events from racing to polo. Breeders anticipate a rising market for very young stock and finished racehorses, with farms like Patchen Wilkes Training 70 yearlings for fall sales and futurities.
A terse reflection suggests madness equals perceiving hidden truths that others overlook. It frames such insight as a defining, destabilizing experience.
At 10 o clock a.m. a sale lists two brood mares two yearling fillies mule colt eighty ewes four yearling ewes four Southdown rams seven sows with pigs dry sows a Poland China boar and forty or so hogs plus farm implements two buggies wagons hay tools a square piano Chambers encyclopedia and various outbuildings. The 260 acre farm with eight room house and tenant house highlights water features wheat seeding and potential tract division or whole sale.
The terms specify cash up to $20 with six month credit for amounts over that. Purchaser to give a note with approved security at six percent interest from date. For real estate, require one third cash and balance in three equal annual payments at six percent interest per year. A lien on the land secures deferred payments.
J. S. Butler, administrator, and J. B. Chambers, auctioneer, announce an estate sale date of October 21. Auction details appear in county records and invite bids from interested parties. Proceeds benefit the Butler estate and claimants.
The article traces the badge of three feathers and the motto Ich dien Hou mont placed on the Black Prince tomb. It notes uncertain origins linking to King John of Bohemia and shows the symbol appearing on York and Lancaster seals. It discusses the motto meaning and Gull’s 1871 augmentation bearing the prince’s feather on a canton.
Mrs Tub questions her husband being appointed census enumerator. Mrs Rub confirms and jokes about learning ages of all town women, highlighting curiosity over local demographics.
The Berlin police department uses an extensive typewriter telegraph network with about 200 receiving stations. A keyboard on the sending instrument prints messages simultaneously at both ends, aiming to eliminate Morse code confusion and transcription delays for officers in the field.
Pennsylvania clubwomen form an Educational Alliance to unify attitudes on state educational issues. The alliance aims to provide simple means for representative organizations and institutions in the state to compare positions and foster unity of action for the year.
A woman questions Tufford Knott about his trade as he eats. He replies he works 14 hours daily and aims to think up a substitute for injuries, claiming his mind, like great inventors, is at work.
A whimsical remark from a grandchild at a farm prompts the judge to note the country is fine but the boy would trade grass peace for a cold ice cream soda.
Advertising copy notes sleeping dining and parlor cars on express trains with a prompt to consult agents for particulars and mentions daily weekday service.
Effective May 21, 1991 West Bounds notation appears in a timetable entry for Lexington and Eastern routes, indicating a schedule change and service guidance for westbound travel. The note implies transportation context and date specificity within a transit timetable.
Train No 1 connects at Lexington with L N for Louisville Ky Train No 3 connects at Lexington for Cincinnati Ohio Campton Junction trains 1 2 3 4 connect with Mountain Central Ky to and from Campton Ky Beattyville Junction trains 1 2 3 connect with L A Railway for Beattyville O K Junction trains 7 and 4 connect with Ohio and Kentucky Ry for Cannel City Ky and O K stations
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