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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
6
A camping party from Ashland headed for a two week trip to the Mt. Sterling Fishing Club Camp on the Cumberland River near Williamsburg Kentucky. Chaperones Mr and Mrs B Paxton of Ashland accompany the group.
The Kentucky Utilities Co. raises ice prices again amid months of steady increases. The Mayor and Council are urged to investigate. Paris considers citizens building an ice plant. Mt. Sterling is urged to follow with a similar plan.
Seth Botts a early Mr Sterling veteran was discharged last week and returns to his hometown amid a warm reception from friends and admirers in the city.
Hughes Atkinson bought three fine Southdown sheep from Jesse R. Letton of Lettonia Stock Farm for 100 dollars. Charles E. Duff bought two head from the same seller at 35 dollars each.
N Windsor, a farmer, relates how rat poison nearly killed his water dog and how neighbors advised RAT SNAP. The ad promotes three sizes priced at 25c 59c and $1.00 with a 60 day guarantee by Chenault.
The text compares teachers’ wages with other occupations from 1915 to 1918 and finds teachers far underpaid. It argues that even a $543 to $30 stipend rise covers little of living costs and urges immediate enactment of higher pay to attract and sustain educators who shape citizens.
Kentucky will play a prominent role in the Pure Food Show in Cincinnati August 5 to 16. The event will highlight milk as food and involve Northern Kentucky milk producers. The Extension Home Demonstration Department of the College of Agriculture at Lexington will demonstrate milk based dishes to Cincinnati housekeepers twice daily for the full two weeks.
The piece warns that poisons accumulate in the body from neglect and that auto intoxication causes sleepiness after meals flushed face and a long list of ailments. It prescribes castor oil or Dr Pierce Pellets as a remedy.
Meetings to discuss farming issues were held or scheduled in Rockcastle Whitley Bell Knox Mercer Lincoln McCreary Wayne Pulaski Marion Taylor and Green counties this week and next. Additional sessions are planned in Nelson Washington Bullitt Oldham Henry Carroll Kenton Boone and possibly Owen. The schedule then extends toward Mason Lewis Fleming Lawrence Johnson and Pike along the Ohio and Big Sandy river basins.
RAT SNAP is advertised as a reliable rodent destroyer sold by Chenault and Orear. It offers cake portions sized 1 2 and 5 cakes with a money back guarantee and claims effectiveness in pantries kitchens cellars chicken houses and farm buildings.
A quotation from Lord Rosebery extols thrift as the indispensable base of a lasting empire. It asserts thrift ensures strength and longevity, declaring no nation can endure without disciplined frugality and prudent finance.
50 cents on the dollar savings highlight Joe Rosenberg established 1896 offers bargains in Elgin and Waltham watches. Located at 141 Water Street near Upper and Lexington, Kentucky. Four decades of trade noted.
A local quip casts Bill Marks as Easy Mark with a motto Easy come easy go. The speaker notes saving the first dollar from pay into Sayings Stamps reflects thrift and humor in everyday life.
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