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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1919
Page
6
A commentator notes men may admire bare legs on stage and discusses letter volume from October political circulars. The piece also uses a joke linking driver caution to horse sense and references auto accidents.
Special election results show Lexington approving the 20 cent road tax by 878 votes while the county rejects it by 18. Total turnout was 2,908 with city results 1,471 in favor and 6,531 against, producing an overall majority of 860 for the tax. precinct-level splits favored the tax in most city precincts.
The Advocate for Printing presents a witty exchange: “Would you leave your home for me?” and the reply, “I’d leave a baseball game in the ninth inning with the score a tie.” This quip reflects playful rhetoric about loyalty and priority.
The article advises smokers to judge tobacco by odor rather than use in pipes. It notes flavorings can alter burning and taste and claims the nose detects differences in tobaccos. It mentions chocolate flavoring as universally liked and encourages trying a sample to compare.
The Mt Sterling community faces a housing shortage as new residents arrive and boarding houses fill up. The Advocate notes daily requests from people willing to pay normal rents and urges local business leaders to promote plans to build more homes, aligning Mt Sterling with broader efforts in the Blue Grass region.
Hamilton county grand jurors in Cincinnati refused to indict Frank Munson of Hutchison Kentucky for the murder of Charles Foley who shot Foley after he found Foley with Munson's wife Hannah in a rooming house. Foley's home was Mt Sterling Kentucky. Munson's claim of unwritten law led to no indictment and his release.
A Galveston widow reports a Houston life insurance agent proposed after her late husband allegedly swindled $10 000 from the company. A local clerk quips about squeaky shoes while noting dew on the porch at two in the morning.
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