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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
3
A witty echo declares love at any age with lines about a sixteen year old, a thirty year old, and a forty year old. The verse mocks social norms and gender roles while celebrating desire across generations.
A reflective piece frames human grumbling as universal across society from hunger to politics and daily life. It notes grievances toward teachers, preachers, merchants, and even animals, ending with a hope that paradise contains no grunters. The tone surveys public life and personal vexations with a wary, ironic edge.
A. Hoffman & Son advertise multiple loans on farm or city property. Offers include $5,000 for three years, $3,000 on farm or city property with immediate funds, $2,500 on farm property available by November 1, and $1,000 on farm or city property also by November 1.
The Middlesboro Three States notes editors from both parties complain about how they were treated in the recent primary. It suggests editors are an unpopular lot due to lingering grudges and perpetual criticism through papers.
Brick residence parsonage occupied by Rev. J.S. Wilson. The house is in thorough repair and highly desirable. Apply to W. A. Sutton or W. T. Tyler.
The Castleton Cup, a free-for-all trotters race, begins the sulumn meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association. Contenders include Peter Vole, Lee Axworthy, Etawah, Margaret Druien, Ruthmell, Star Winter, and Joan with times around 2 minutes. The starter field is valued at over a quarter of a million dollars.
The piece urges readers to note their Brand or Trade Mark as a reflection of character. It cites Honest Abe Lincoln and various personified brands like Thoughtful Charlie and Shiftless Sam to urge living in line with one's best ideals and advertising a worthwhile Brand through actions.
One hundred dollar reward promise for catarrh cures and a testimonial from the National Bank of Commerce endorsing F. J. Cheney & Co. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy affecting blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available and price set at 75 cents per bottle. Also suggests Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A writer argues that children should be paid for home duties and that no child should be a slave. It questions who pays the head of the family for home labor and notes wives may receive housekeeping allowances. It discusses economic strains, unpaid work by fathers, and the ideal of mutual service in family life.
A reflective line notes that praise after a man’s death often returns too late to be appreciated. The sentiment comments on how memories of a person change after death and how kindness is perceived posthumously.
Volga the world fastest two year old trotting filly and sister to Peter Volo 2:02 will run in the two year old division of the Kentucky Futurity at Lexington during the Grand Circuit meet October 4 16. Owners Pastime stable value her highly and would not take $50 000 for the mare.
A reflective note urges individuals to fix personal faults to meet communal expectations. It emphasizes self-improvement as the foundation of shared responsibility and social harmony.
A Cardui testimonial from Catron Kentucky recounts Bettie Bullock suffering years of severe womanly troubles before her husband provided a bottle of Cardus. She reports she could walk two miles now and does her work. The letter urges other women to try Cardui.
Will conduct sales of all kinds anywhere and unless satisfaction is given there will be no charge for my services. Graduate of Missouri School terms and dates can be secured at Advocate office. Phone 74 Mt. Sterling Ky. Allie W McCormick RR No 6 Mt Sterling Ky.
A sharp remark about character and self scrutiny. The speaker suggests honesty may coincide with harsh judgment, and warns against overreaction to accusations. The tone hints at a broader call for self examination over public panic or defensive posturing.
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