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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
9
The Midland Trail counties vote 20 cent good road levies to qualify for a $275,000,000 federal road fund. Fayette Clark and others along the route have acted, with Montgomery urged to join now to avoid being left behind in securing national aid.
The July 1 1919 financial statement shows Montgomery county in sound condition and a complete 1918 affairs report is published. The Fiscal court urges citizens to read especially the Co operation of Public and The Road Situation sections, noting truck and auto owners should read them, and praising the county's management by capable businessmen seeking public cooperation for good government.
Western Petroleum Co has leased land beside the C. & O. Railway and awaits city council permit to build a plant and erect tanks. The application goes to the next council meeting on the first Tuesday in September. The company expects rising demand and profits.
The Circuit Clerk's office undergoes painting, varnish, and linoleum flooring. Other offices could benefit from similar updates. Advertisers urged to act on price changes to keep stock moving.
Mr. H. B. Stafford of Ashland visits his son-in-law W. C. Cooper and may settle here if a favorable real estate deal is reached. Judge H. Clay McKee rents his Bank street garage to Hancock and Turley who will operate a modern garage and auto supply store.
The article argues a single goat can thrive in a suburban back garden using garden scraps and weeds as feed. It notes goats produce milk and mutton from garden greens, with proper waste handling and cleanliness.
A vivid excerpt from Exchange defines pep as the force that elevates workers and creators. It describes lambs, colts, calves, birds, frogs, insects, the milkman, blacksmith, plowman, engineer, woodman, banker, merchant, mechanic, soldier, and salesman rallying with energy, courage, and happiness.
The great rediscoverer of Nineveh is Sir Henry Layard. With Stratford Canning's backing he began excavations at Mosul in the 1840s. His work revealed palaces of Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal at Kuyajik and Nebi-Yunus. He published The first book Nineveh and Its Remains in 1848 and a second volume Nineveh and Babylon in 1853.
A concise history of Mosul tracing its peak during early caliphate decline as an independent capital. It passed to Seljuks in the 11th century and flourished under Atabegs in the 12th, notably Zenki. The pashalik governance remained hereditary in a Christian family until 19th century reforms centralized rule by the Porte.
Botanists have identified nearly two hundred rubber producing plants, mainly in the Great Basin of eastern California and Nevada. Some occur as far north as Washington and Idaho and extend east to Colorado and south to the border. Whether they will be cultivated requires years of study.
Actress Dorothy Dalton stars in Lady of Reel Butte and William Duncan appears in The Man of Might. The Friday program features both films with local theater listings and screening times.
D W Griffith presents his first dramatic offering A Romance of Happy Valley. A typical Griffith production worthy of the author producer and director. Ford Educational Weekly prices for this date 10 and 20 cents plus tax.
Louis Holmes travels on Tuesday September 2 with prices listed at 10 and 15 units. The item notes appear as a brief market or travel timetable entry for the named individual.
Clark County Clerk orders an election on the commission form after a petition with 672 names. The vote will be held on the regular election day, November 4.
Week old infant William Kerr son of Mr and Mrs James Greene died Thursday morning in Lexington. The body was brought to the city Saturday and interred in Machpelah cemetery.
Miss Lida Goodpaster arrives from Missouri and announces her music studio opening on September 15 for a class.
The Young People s Missionary Society No 2 of the Methodist church will hold a pie sale Saturday morning at Rogers Co store.
Racing fans are invited to attend the Lexington Trots event running from September 29 through October 11. The meet features thoroughbred races across multiple days in Lexington.
President Wilson rejects the shop crafts demands for 15 to 27 cent hourly raises as they would raise living costs. He proposes matching eight hour pay to ten hour standard, adding a 4 cent hour retroactive to May 1, and urges cooperation to avoid a transport tieup while noting broader wage policy limits.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindsay purchased from local agent W. R. McKee a handsome Hudson Speedster, marking a new purchase for the couple.
Kentucky reports 39 449 deaths for 1918 with a rate of 16.4 per 1 000, highest since registration began. Influenza and pneumonia sum to 12 677 deaths, 8 699 influenza and 3 978 pneumonia. Tuberculosis rate 193.5, down from 225.6 in 1911. typhoid continues to decline. The bulletin warns of lingering influenza aftermath increasing susceptibility to respiratory diseases.
Elder Alex Dougherty of Means in Menefee county, aged over 70, married widow Emma Simpson of Demossville Pendleton county after meeting there and traveling to Covington for the ceremony on the sixteenth of the month. The couple then headed to Means for their new home. J C Bailey plans a two story bungalow on his West Locust street lot from the Sam Fizer estate.
Deputy Sheriff James A. Scobee buys from local agent W. R. McKee a five passenger Essex touring car in a private transaction.
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