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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1912

Page

5

Personal notes of visiting relatives and college plans

The clippings list numerous social visits and travel. J. C. Trimble Jr of Cincinnati visits relatives here. Laura Clay of Lexington stays with Mrs. R. P. Thomas. Vitula Kinsolving leaves for Sweetbriar College Virginia. Other residents host or travel to Columbia Mo Tulsa Okla Converse College and Elizabethtown.

J. C. Trimble, Jr Cincinnati Laura Clay Lexington R. P. Thomas Vitula Kinsolving Sweetbriar College Virginia George H. Gearhart Dearfield Geo. Coleman

Social visits and travels of Woodford county residents

Mrs G B Senff and her son Earl King plan to return home this week after visiting relatives in Woodford county. Mrs William B Whitrock and sister Miss Marie of Norwood Ohio stayed with Mr and Mrs W Hord Tipton. Miss Virginia Tuggle returned home to Winchester after visiting Mrs R D Parsons and relatives. John McCormick and Chas Bean went to Columbus for races. Bean will drive Peter McCormick. Mrs David Howell and children and Mr Si Gaitskill and Master Nelson Jones returned to Florida. Minnie Heilman, Rogers Co saleswoman, visits Lexington. Anna Mary Triplett fills her role in her absence. Mrs Frank Warren and daughter Amelia of Parkersburg West Virginia visit relatives. Hoylan Warren of Parkersburg also in town earlier in the week.

G.B. Senff Earl King Woodford County William B. Whitrock Marie Norwood, O W. Hord Tipton Virginia Tuggle R. D. Parsons Winchester John McCormick Chas. Bean Columbus Mr. Bean Peter McCormick David Howell Si. Gaitskill Nelson Jones Florida Minnie Heilman Rogers Co Lexington Anna Mary Triplett Frank Warren Amelia Parkersburg W. Va Hoylan Warren

Voter registration urged for Presidential election

Notice urges residents to register by Tuesday October 1 for the upcoming Presidential election. A public sale of registered saddle horses by Montgomery County Breeders is set at the Fair Grounds in Mt. Sterling on Thursday October 17.

Montgomery County Fair Grounds Mt. Sterling

Reverend Northcutt to preach at Grassy Lick

The Rev H C Northcutt of Newport will preach at Grassy Lick Sunday morning September 29. He is 93 and once pastor at Grassy Lick Church for fifty three years, with many friends expecting to give the grand old gentleman a royal welcome.

H. C. Northcutt Newport Grassy Lick

Farewell and memories at the Place of Memories and Tears

A reflective poem-like piece recalls Summer and Autumn, love lost and life’s dreamlike nature, ending with a benediction of light. The text then briefly advertises pure pork sausage from Vanarsdell’s, and a fragmentary line about Dawg.

Learth Vanarsdell’s

Winter Savings at Sror Casu Grocery

Bargain list from Sror Casu Grocery notes granulated sugar 17 lbs for 1.00, Lenox soap 8 bars 0.25, best matches 3 boxes 0.10, pickling vinegar 0.25 a gallon, apple vinegar 0.30 a gallon, jar rubbers 3 dozen 0.10, Mason jar tops 0.15 per dozen, brooms 0.50 at 0.38, music 0.05 each, New Orleans molasses 0.45 a gallon, Jumbo toilet paper 0.15 per roll, blue boxes 2 for 0.05, corn starch 0.07 per 10, table glasses 6 for 0.15, china sets 0.45 per set.

New Orleans Sror

Best Home Killed roasts and steaks at Vanarsdell's

Local ad notes Vanarsdell's offers roast and steak cuts marketed as best home choices. Shop highlights include fresh roasts and steaks for family meals and entertaining.

Best Home Vanarsdell’s

Lectures and Contests Highlight W. C. T. U Convention

The W. C. T. U. marks its convention with Clinton Howard known as the Little Giant delivering A Ride on the Water Wagon at the Christian Church Sunday afternoon. Marie Brehm and Mrs. Florence Loomis appear as noted speakers with a Declamatory Contest Thursday at the Baptist Church featuring a gold medal prize with admission 25 cents and children 10 cents.

Clinton Howard Christian Church Marie ©. Brehm Baptist Church Florence Loomis Indianapolis

Insurance payout acknowledged for Booth policy 5485

A September 21 1912 note from Louisa Booru to Indiana National Life Insurance Co of Indianapolis acknowledges receipt of a $5000 check in full payment of policy 5485 held by her late husband Theodore Parker Booth. She commends the prompt payment and courteous service.

Indiana National Life Ins. Company Indianapolis Theodore Parker Booth

Lost Dog on Camargo Pike

White female bird dog with liver colored spots and tip of tail cut off last seen on Camargo pike. Finder urged to return to Phone 83. Join Turley.

Camargo Pike Turley

For Sale: Three Hogs and Tobacco Sticks

Classified note offers three hogs weighing 100 to 250 pounds and 3000 tobacco sticks for sale. Contact phone 611 at W. H. Wyatt location for details.

W. H. Wyatt

Pie Supper Dominates Bourbon County News

A rural Kentucky record notes a lively pie supper raising 42.85 for library and Children’s Home Society. Darting events include auctions for two colts, community visits, church boxes, and a Wag-borne discussion. A local man, Thomas Wilson, dies aged 62 after rheumatic illness. a pantherlike animal sighting spurs a county mood of vigilance.

Children’s Home Society Louisville Actioneer W. A. Boyd Sharpsburg

Grassy Lick Social Notes Mention Local Visits

Mrs A H Robbins and Miss Mae Mason are at Swango Springs this week. Cliff Greene of Nevada visits his uncle Wm Cravens and family, first Kentucky visit in six years. T J Carr and wife and T Atkins spend Sunday with Thos Hamilton and sisters at Stoops, Bruce Robbins attending.

S. T. Atkins Lebanon Ind T. J. Carr A. H. Robbins Mae Mason Swango Springs Cliff Greene Nevada Wm. Cravens Kentucky T. Atkins Thos. Hamilton Stoops

Fresh oysters and celery offered on regular registration day

Tuesday October 1 marks regular registration day with reminders to register. The note mentions fresh oysters and celery at Van as part of the event.

Insurance Rates Cut for Farm and City Dwellings

The State Insurance Board has published a new schedule reducing fire insurance rates on farm property and city dwellings by about 25 percent after months of study and talks with insurers.

State Insurance Board Rating Board

Sixteen Year Old Girl Shoots Self in Personal Crisis

Anna Hipshire, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Hipshire of Fayette county near the Bourbon line, is in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Doctors fear blindness even if she survives, the result of a brain wound and severed optical nerve. A love affair is cited as the motive. Fresh oysters advertised at Vanarsdell's.

Anna Hipshire Lee Hipshire Fayette County Bourbon County Good Samaritan Hospital

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