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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
4
The piece mocks Republican arguments and cites a Gazette reply asserting white women in Kentucky will vote straight Democratic in November to prevent "negro domination" as in Louisville. It notes this does not oppose equal suffrage and suggests fears of street danger after 4 p.m. for decent white women.
Governor Cox faces Senate scrutiny as a $15,000,000 campaign fund for Republicans prompts charges of influence. Reed vows full investigations into every crew Cox assigns, while the public awaits the committee’s actions on the political money matters.
Governor James M. Cox tours New York Pennsylvania Connecticut and Indiana denouncing a huge funds for corruption noting the attack on voters and urging public anger at the polls.
Bel gian poet Maurice Maeterlinck says he will present scientific proofs of an immortal soul to Americans. He cites a 50 year old German discovery that could be preserved after death and argues thought predates the brain, claiming it cannot die even if the brain perishes. He admires Sir Oliver Lodge but plans further study.
Two agriculture professors report experiments extending cut flower life. One hundred flower varieties were tested. sugar largely preserved most, but harmed lilies and sweet peas. Roses and orchids opened faster, tulips daisies chrysanthemums unaffected. Other additives such as chloral ether glycerin alcohol limewater and ammonia salts lengthened life for various flowers. Carnations favored about 15 percent sugar, roses 8 to 10 percent.
The piece notes wartime shifts in women’s apparel by American designers who gain ground against Paris. It predicts future collaboration with equal idea exchange between American and foreign designers, casting Paris as no longer sole dictator and America no longer just a copyist.
The Chinese government promoted cotton farming and despite poor weather, the 1914 yield reached nearly 70 million pounds, about double the 1913 crop. The report credits government encouragement and favorable conditions for the substantial increase.
In a Richmond Times Dispatch vignette, Yorick Hamm remarks on Plunkville last night with a playful jab about eggs and flowers while contrasting two players or teams nicknamed Fuge and ross.
A Florida Times Union excerpt shows a tense exchange about a husband’s death. The speaker hints at rumors of abandonment while another reveals the reality that the husband died, ending the insinuation.
A fragment hints at household labor issues in Newton with a brief note about two in the family and limited entertainment. The servant replies she seeks an unmarried orphan as an only child, framed in a short post.
A small crowd attended a Saturday ice cream supper due to bad weather. Local residents report attendance at a Winchester camp meeting Sunday. Omar Staton and wife of Hamilton Ohio visit friends here. Lena Staton returns from summer in Ohio. Mrs Arnold Swartz of Olympia visits Mrs Jake Adams. Ben Jones and family of Olympia visit George Beadle. Martha Trimble visits Mrs Henry Daniel. Ruby More visits the Misses Barnes.
Mrs Mae Duncan of Nicholasville and Mrs A E Thomas with Huntington visitors join Mrs S V Johnson and others in Owingsville. Many relatives travel for visits to Hazard Perry county and East Orange New Jersey with moves to Cincinnati and Winchester.
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