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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1920
Page
7
Victor Berger and Trem H Newberry were convicted of violating a federal statute and sentenced to prison. Both men are appealing their cases in hopes of reversal. Berger was elected to national office before his conviction.
News notes explain the C and O line offering the shortest through route via Pullman sleepers to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York with through trains to Richmond Old Point Norfolk and North Carolina as part of a broader rail service overview. It contrasts political corruption cases with a separate legal matter involving Truman H Newberry, noting conviction and sentencing in a U S court for criminal conspiracy aimed at debauching a sacred law.
The piece argues Tinericika holds a Senate seat despite conviction to sustain a Republican majority. It notes Newberry’s conviction and questions whether the Senate will permit the defeated to participate in lawmaking, stressing indecency and political stake.
A Kentucky man from Olympia reports a severe cold settled on his kidneys and caused back pain and irregular kidney function. After using Doan's Kidney Pills, dizziness stopped, kidneys regulated, and back strengthened, leading to a strong recommendation. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Mfrs Buffalo NY.
A speaker questions why women push for equal rights while noting that some husbands grant simple freedoms like tending the furnace and mowing the lawn. The remark frames domestic roles as sufficient for equality in a provocative tone.
Governor Morrow took office vowing tax cuts but made no changes to existing laws. The Stanley-era taxes remain, with added levies: whiskey in bond 50 cents per gallon, tobacco for manufacture 40 cents per hundred dollars, county school tax up to 50 cents maximum and 25 cents minimum, gasoline tax one cent per gallon, automobile tax sixty cents per horsepower, and hotel or tavern tax 50 cents per room with a nonzero minimum.
An old advertisement promises a hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to work through the blood system. It touts thirty five years of use and urges readers to start now and send testimonials to W J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
A city notice outlines taxes for traders from cigarette dealers to real estate agents, theatres, and auto dealers. It states charges like $50 for soft drink bottlers, $25 for restaurants, $10 for real estate agents, 20 cents per theatre seat with $10 minimum, and $5 for each car used for hire, totaling over $5,000,000 annually.
An advertisement extols Pepto-Mangan as a powerful blood tonic to cure sluggish blood in spring. It claims modern life leaves blood clogged with poisons and lacking vitality, urging readers to restore vigor, alacrity, and seasonal happiness by using the product.
A Florida woman recounts severe weakness and numbness in hands arms and limbs and says after using Cardui her strength returns and mobility improves. She reports no bad after effects and urges others with similar symptoms to try the medicine successfully.
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