Fine Blue Grass Farm Sale and Local Humorous Notes
A 167 acre farm with brick residence and outbuildings on Prewitt and Grassy Lick pikes near Mt. Sterling Ky will be sold at public sale at the courthouse. Local items include church meetings, new geese from China, Emma Allen selling cows for bees, a suction fly trap, post office dog antics, Dr Huff’s hi life joke, and various local anecdotes and whimsical remarks from Peavine Ridge and Rag Valley.
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Prewitt and
Grassy Lick Pike
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Court House
Mt. Sterling
Coon Holler
Possum Ridge Baptist Church
al Gunther
Dell Hogaboom
China
Emma Allen
George Schneck
Huff
Jack Goodine
Peavine Ridge
R. T. Cook
Jack Davis
J. H. Berry
Rag Valley
John Dashner
Ralph Lynch
Opera House
Desirable Kentucky Farm for Division Among Heirs
Monday October 18 1915 a well watered grass farm described as desirable will be sold by the Master Commissioner of the Montgomery Circuit Court for division among the heirs of the late Richard Conner. Prospective bidders may view the property on site and for further details contact H R Prewitt attorney Sterling Ky or the undersigned Winchester Ky.
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Montgomery Circuit Court
Richard Conner
H. R. Prewitt
Sterling
Winchester
Summers Loosen Social Grasp in Snagtown
Dr. Rider pursues social climber schemes to win J. Z. McCullough with a gilt-edged fan and perfume. The Red Gulch store owner plans to keep his heating business running as loafers frequent warmer days. Postmaster Goodine refuses mail holds due to workload while Old B Houghton signals deliveries. Local trustees Dick Morris and Walter Ebel visit Wild Onion school and are treated, while pioneer hunter John Sumpter abandons old hunting and plans to wait for game. Train service trims stops in heat. J F Cross prescribes horseback riding for Miss Margaret Twigg. Mayor McClendon reports a fifteen foot fish sighting in Gan der creek last week.
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J. Z. McCullough
Pink Sox
Red Gulch
Jack Goodine
Old B. Houghton
Rattlesnake Ridge
Dick Morris
Walter Ebel
Wild Onion
John Sumpter
Yom Kippur Observed In City For Sacred Fast
Yom Kippur was observed by Jewish residents over Friday and Saturday. The observance began Friday night and centers on self-searching reflection, humility, and communal worship during one of the year’s most impressive seasonal observances.
Trade Drifts Away From the Advertiser Merchant
A reflective note compares careful advertising to sand slipping through fingers, suggesting merchants who never advertise lose trade over time. The passage uses a metaphor to warn merchants that visibility drives sales, while silent absence invites decline.
Poverty Teaches A Lesson Yet Education Still Needed
A terse, local reflection notes that poverty tests character but insists education remains essential for improving prospects. The piece highlights the tough choice between informal learning and formal schooling as a path forward.
Menefee Builds First Turnpike in County
The Good Roads movement pushes forward in Menefee county with the start of the first turnpike. Six thousand dollars funds from State Roads Department Fiscal Court and private subscriptions support a five mile Frenchburg to Rothwell road with heavy rock bed gravel surfacing and steam rolling.
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Menefee County
State Roads Department
Frenchburg
Rothwell
Fiscal Court
Montgomery
Jeffersonville
Menefee Line
Mt. Sterling
Menefee
Wolfe County
Blue Grass
Mountain
Kentucky
Mrs Overton Jones Rent A Suburban Home Near City
Mrs Overton M Jones of Grassy Lick rents Dr David H Bushs suburban residence just outside the city limits and plans to move by October first Her son Henry L Jones will live on the vacated farm after the wedding in a few weeks. Community booster note ends the item.
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Overton M. Jones
Grassy Lick
David H. Bush
Kentucky Carlsbad Springs Famous Mineral Water
Water pumped from 1100 feet claims medicinal benefits for Bright's Disease kidney liver bladder stomach and female ailments. Hundreds report improvement after two weeks and a money back guarantee if not benefitted. Orders shipped nationwide with option to request a booklet containing water analysis.
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United States
South Carolina Votes Statewide Prohibition Adopts Measure
South Carolina adopted statewide prohibition last week with unofficial returns showing 33 104 for prohibition to 14 157 against from most counties. The total vote was not expected to exceed 60 000, and all dry counties under local option appeared to vote for prohibition.
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South Carolina
Readership Delinquent Claims Never Ordered Papers
A quote-laden note criticizes a longtime reader who never pays for his home newspaper yet swears he did not order it, highlighting the recurring issue of unpaid subscriptions and the stubborn denial.
Dean Carr & Co Fresh Dairy Offer
Houskeepers notice states we now supply fresh milk skim milk butter milk cream butter and cottage cheese. We invite the public to give us a trial at Dean Carr & Co 7 tf Phone 693 R.
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Dean Carr & Co
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John St. Clair
John
Zack Conner
Dr. Rider
Snagtown
J. F Cross
Margaret Twigg
Mayor McClendon
Hot Water Springs
Gander Creek
Rexall
R. H. White & Co
Fike and Torotadoo
Ena Na
Traders Ietionel Bank Building
Straw
Panama
Stockton Electric Dry Cleaning Company
Ino
North
Maysville Street
the Good Roads Movement
Carlsbad Springs
Democratic
A. 0. Stanley
Henderson
James D. Black
Barbourville
Barksdale Hamlett
Hopkinsville
M. M. Logan
Brownsville
Robert L. Greene
Frankfort
Sherman Goodpaster
Owingsville
Rodman W. Keenan
Harrodsburg
W. 0. Gilbert
Bowling Green
Matt S. Cohen
Lexington
Wm. A. Young
Morehead
W. C. Hamilton
John H. Blount
A. B. Pieratt
Democratic Municipal
OF Police
James C. Tipton
R. A. Chiles
H. M. Ringo
C. B. Patterson
W. T. Fitzpatrick
A. R. Robertson
Lee Crear
Dr. W. B. Robinson
Pierce Winn
W. R. McKee
W. P. Apperson
Woodrow Wilson
State Railroad Commission
R. R
C.C. Mengel & Bro. Co. Inc
Louisville, Ky
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