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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
6
A broad slate of Lexington leaders and professionals endorse the Miller School of Business for its modern instruction in bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting. The testimonial notes the school’s faculty, equipment and growing number of graduates in banks corporations and mercantile offices across Kentucky and surrounding states.
A long list details names and titles including city assessor, physicians, hotel officials, railway agents, consuls, company managers, editors, and merchants. The compiled roster covers public safety, transportation, utilities, media, retail, and entertainment roles in Lexington and surrounding areas.
The piece notes tests in northern states favor vitrified brick for durability but cites double the cost of concrete. A 6.75 mile brick project at 220000 compares with 108000 for concrete, with brick using a five inch concrete base. Indiana critics call the contract experimental while Indianapolis News cautions mixed performance of concrete roads.
The Dead Letter Office highlights the need for complete addresses with street numbers. It notes historic examples from Ben Franklin’s era and urges readers to include number and street to ensure delivery.
The guidance asks postal clerks to spell out state names in full to avoid confusion between similarly named towns such as Trinidad California and Trinidad Colorado. It stresses clear addressing practices to distinguish locations and ensure accurate delivery.
President Harding’s first message to Congress stresses more business in government and highlights postal management. Postmasters, as local branch managers of the world’s largest business, are urged to efficiency and prudent administration.
A plea urges farmers and rural residents to straighten letter boxes and tidy areas as a first impression measure. The note suggests residents might attract future benefits and hints at a campaign date May 14.
Postmaster General Hubert Work stresses that there are no unimportant people in the postal service and that duties are acts of neighborly accommodation performed for friends, not just tasks for an absentee employer. He emphasizes total cooperation as key to success.
The Lexington Herald argues maintenance drives road economics. Brick, concrete, and asphalt each have pros and cons, with bricks costing more upfront and asphalt showing promise per dollar if laid properly. Long lifespans depend on foundation and upkeep, making maintenance cost the key to determining the wisest choice.
John Brandley ex convict and Dr A S Vermillion push new inquiry into the 1922 murder of Pine Mountain teacher Miss Lura Parsons near Harlan They report a bloody skirt found in a hollow tree after sending it to a chemist for tests They target Jerry Reed as a possible suspect but authorities doubt a solution is near
A playful remark praises sweaters as extremely elastic clothing. The author notes a corn fed girl filling one to illustrate the point.
From Owingsville the report lists Omar Botts Fassett Botts Clell Denton Brooks Byron C BE Byron James Arnold Mark Virgil Thompson and others who attended a Paris dance Friday. Miss Grace Crooks Virgaline Byron Ed Thompson joined a Danville dance. Several locals visited Paris Winchester Richmond Lexington Carlisle Boone county Catlettsburg and Mt. Sterling for weekends and illness concerns.
The piece invites reflection on character and virtue as rooted in common sense and upright conduct. It uses a backyard tree as a metaphor for steadfast roots and steady growth, urging individuals to test their own foundations and gentleness under life’s winds.
A poetical aside asks if the branches reach out to aid the downtrodden and the heat burdened. It imagines the old tree as a talkative figure ready to listen if prompted.
A reflective note questions the fate of the old fashioned girl known for a rat and then pivots to a thought that a pessimist is someone who trusts fiction over truth, implying skepticism about honesty and practicality.
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