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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
2
The writer cautions readers against copying outfits seen on others in media or friends. A streetcar encounter with a stylish black taffeta dress and turbans prompts the reflection that similar garments can appear on different people, sometimes leading to mismatched personal style.
A fashion and social behavior piece urges women to choose long waisted dark dresses and medium hats, avoid short sweaters and overbearing headpieces, and consider facial features when combing hair. It critiques vanity and gossip, warning that self-centered talk and ridicule erode charm and politeness.
Donald earns a birch bark canoe by mowing the yard well enough to please Uncle Henry. The tale notes the craft is a real North made Indian canoe, sewn and bound neatly, and Donald finally receives it after completing the job. Read Advocate Classified ads.
Ken Walker reports costs have risen broadly except the Blue Grass Fair admission, which remains fixed at 50 cents. The Advocate notes the twice weekly publication cadence.
There is widespread catarrh and it is deemed incurable by locals. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is advertised as a constitutional remedy taken internally and affecting mucous surfaces through the blood. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
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