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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
4
The Post Office at Mt Sterling returns second class mail matter for the Local News Editor. A subscription notice states two dollars per year must be paid for an announcement to be inserted. Cash with order required.
An analysis of how Western media and leaders distort Russia’s trade offer by focusing on Bolshevik propaganda. It argues most opposition targeted Bolshevik agents spreading terror and civil war rather than Soviet beliefs, and questions the shock over foreign revolutionary influence.
The piece denounces misapplied primary election laws and threats political accountability. It warns that those involved will face retribution from the people and calls for focus on the national campaign to restore a traditional Democratic majority in Kentucky.
The Poster Advertising Association protests an article arguing political parties should favor country newspapers over billboards. A editor notes ads influence readers best when they read while sitting, urging Harding and Cox campaigns to target publishers of small weeklies and local dailies for genuine reach.
Mt Sterling and Montgomery merchants rally behind President Hoffman and officers as the chamber plans to publish a member list. The piece urges local cooperation, outlines luncheon benefits, introduces a new board index system, and invites members to propose business priorities and engage with city papers and street-cleaning plans.
A writer urges organized approaches to protect consumers from out-of-town merchants. The letter proposes including a clause in contracts requiring shipments to go through an ideal firm to ensure refunds or benefits, urging readers to craft concrete plans.
The Henry Ford interests reportedly offered 2 million dollars for Creech coal operations on Wallin Creek in Harlan County Kentucky, signaling deeper coal investments to support new iron and steel ventures. The Creech mines lie near the Banner Ford operation bought for 1.5 million, with plans for five blast furnaces to be powered by their coal.
The Banner Fork operation is said to produce only twenty per cent of the coal needed for Henry Ford's vast industries. The Creech Coal Company mines and the Ajax mine in the Hazard field are under consideration, with most Harlan County mines reportedly under option to large utilities and by product corporations.
A reflection on newspapers printing honest portrayals of local talent shows and the risk to other business, noting that some individuals rise from poverty to prosperity and may need larger hats than average.
The State Highway Commission will let contracts Tuesday August 31 for 11.4 miles of grading and drainage on the Barbourville Pineville road in Knox county 1.13 miles on the West Liberty Frenchburg road in a county 5.7 miles of macadam rock asphalt or bituminous macadam on the Greenville Central City road in Muhlenberg county 5.6 miles of grading and drainage on the Dixon Henderson road in Webster county 4.5 miles of rock asphalt water bound macadam or macadam surface treated on the Beattyville Irvine road 1.35 miles in Williams Town of rock asphalt reinforced cement or bituminous macadam and three miles between Williamstown and Dry Ridge.
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