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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
11
Bandits held up a Louisville and Nashville train between Columbia and Pulaski Tennessee and reportedly obtained $60,000. A woman was linked to the robbery and a posse pursues the perpetrators.
U S authorities report kidnappings and property destruction in Mexico and say cavalry is ordered to pursue Mexican outlaws who seized American aviators Lieut Davis and Peterson and hold them for a $15000 ransom.
Mr Vaughn a farmer tells how he lost all his pedigreed seed corn after storing it in a gurney sack hung from the roof rats got it all He mentions using RAT SNAP a rat killer sold by Chenault and Orear with prices 25c 50c and 1.00 The ad ends with a garbled term eigen pik.
Leaders in advertising and industry argue that higher wages must be matched by lower unit costs and prices. They plan a New Orleans convention to study how advertising speeds production and cuts selling costs, aiming for closer worker employer harmony and a shared path to higher output.
Prof Henry L Jones has returned from New York where he spent the summer taking a course at Columbia University. He is joined by his wife visiting Holly Springs Mississippi. After visiting Jones' parents they will move to Pineville where Jones will serve as principal of the city schools.
A farmer recalls long rat problems after another poison harmed a watch dog. He credits RAT SNAP as the safe, sure rat killer after neighbor recommendations. Available in three sizes 25c 0c and $1.00, sold by Overar.
Mr and Mrs John D Tash of 1229 East Marquette Road Chicago TfL announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Lucile to Paul Russell Henderson of Philadelphia son of Dr Alexander T Henderson of Ashland Ky Miss Tash was visiting an aunt here Mrs Thos F Rogers several winters ago and was noted as attractive and popular with the younger set
Julian Hill praises Goldsmiths work as a musical prose by a true poet and notes Goethe called The Vicar of Wakefield a prose idyll. The remark frames Goldsmiths novel as a landmark in literary prose.
The Senate sustained the house in passing repeal over the President's veto. The daylight saving act is repealed with effect when clocks return to standard time in October. The law had been popular in some regions but faced opposition overall.
Jewelry sale notice touts 50 cent on the dollar savings by Joe Rosenberg established 1896. Bargains offered in Elgin and Waltham watches at 141 Water Street near Upper Lexington. Farmers nationally opposed the move.
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