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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1922
Page
3
A playful dialogue recalls shared summers and a clumsy lunch. The joke centers on a hammock incident and a comic misfit with animal crackers, ending with a shrug about fading clothes and simple misadventure.
Review notes unseasonable weather keeps poultry butter and eggs markets firm. Live and dressed poultry demand remains nominal with receipts near normal for the period. Butter production should rise, demand is strong but prices likely ease. May storage eggs show weaker demand than April, signaling a price dip by May first, with production influencing outcomes.
The Morehead Commercial Club plans a water works and sewerage system with a city bond issue to fund it. The effort supports locating the state normal school in Morehead despite the utilities gap. Death of Captain A G Simms removes a respected local leader. Bootlegging cases and trials in the circuit court are noted, along with school progress under Prof Brammel and student recognitions.
A lighthearted quip contrasts a dog’s silence with human voice, noting a dog’s nonverbal wit. The remark shifts to love, suggesting a girl may love a man without necessarily approving of him.
Mrs W R Knight and others attended a Mt Sterling reception hosted by Mrs John Roberts. Ed Wnight entertained the rock club. Families from Mt Sterling Lexington Bourbon county and Millersburg visited relatives here and in Lexington. Masonic Lodge to perform third degree May 11 with Carlisle team conferring. Baptist church bought a piano to replace an organ over 40 years old.
President James C. Stone of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association reports improved general tobacco conditions in the burley section. He notes 1921 crop totals around 175 million pounds with 120 million handled by the association and 55 to 60 million sold to manufacturers at good prices.
Mrs James Crabens advertises eggs for hatching purebred Barred Plymouth Rocks and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Contact via phone 232 W-1. The notice ends with a quip about divorce and money, referencing The Advocate for printing.
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