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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1920
Page
4
Advocate Publishing Company in Mt Sterling announces its Mt Sterling Advocate issues published Tuesday and Thursday weekly. J W Hedden Sr editor J W Hedden Jr associate editor and business manager Mrs Mary C Ayres local news editor. mail matter second class. Subscription one dollar fifty cents per wrap. cash required with order.
Editorial praises local business leaders for their interest in improving county roads. It notes legal debt limits at 2 percent of taxable property and suggests a plan to fund two state road projects locally with state reimbursement after completion. The piece ends with a call to continue advocating for permanently constructed roads.
Mrs. J. E. Curtiss of Remington Typewriter's employment department cites punctuality sincerity frankness cheerfulness and optimism as essential traits for business success. She emphasizes that simple accessible habits drive results and that human nature is straightforward and first steps matter.
A growing need is shown by the large number of invalids being sent to the Lexington hospital now under construction. The piece argues the city requires a larger facility to serve the ill and injured.
Residents and relatives from Mt Sterling, Paris, Shawhan, and nearby towns traveled for visits and family time. Families including Shrout, Carmichael, Lane, Denton, Ha Roy Crouch, Sorrill, Brother, McKee, Byron, Henderson, and Jones were mentioned along with gatherings at homes, business trips, and a rock party hosted by Mrs. Mattie Thompson for departing locals Charles Crain and Amy Wilson Haldeman.
Mt. Sterling Storage Co advertises coal with ample on hand and ready delivery any amount. Call phone 2 for orders. P. Greenwade is the proprietor.
A notice invites patrons to see Tommy's Wife, a high school attraction at the Table Theatre on Thursday night April 8. The event promotes student performing arts and announces the show date.
Pinney and Mr Sterling visited friends on Saturday. James Steele couple spent Monday in Lexington. Mrs Byron returned from Indianapolis. Mrs Denton and son James Edgar join Dr Adeline Bell in Paris hospital then visit in Cynthiana. Dawson Brother and Claude Kilpatrick with Mr Sterling visited Mrs Sallie Brother. Major J M Brother left to visit daughter in Mt Sterling. Mrs Goodpaster returned from Martinsville. J W Hall and Miss Pearl Crouch traveled. Lowrys from Lexington attended a funeral. Dr Scott Goodpaster of Dayton spent weekend with his parents. Local clergy Rev C D Lear visited. Mrs Jennie Shrout will leave soon.
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