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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
4
A local call urges citizens to shop at home for Christmas. It argues home merchants offer larger, better stock at lower prices and that prosperity of merchants benefits the entire county. The piece asks readers to prefer Mr Sterling for Christmas shopping and to consider the merchant’s perspective.
Readers question whether Henry Ford's peace program aims at genuine effort or a smooth advertising ploy. The remark suggests skepticism about the philanthropist industrialist using a public initiative to boost image or market aims.
In Montgomery County officials assert the local option law is enforceable and not ineffective as some argue, signaling ongoing compliance and penalties for violations.
The column discusses whisky shipments into wet and dry areas, noting daily receipts of about thirty quarts and weekly beer barrels. It cites enforcement, local drunkenness, and personal baggage shipments to the Fayette capitol, while reporting steady bank deposits and growing business in groceries and dry goods. Entreats repeal of the shipping law at next month’s legislature to enable true local option within the state.
Advertisement advises customers to go to Conroy for saddle and harness goods or repair work to secure prices, efficiency, quality, and prompt service. Mentions Beechnut Breakfast Bacon at Vanarsdell's as a product line or storefront reference.
Dr. Charles Lee Reynolds of Second Presbyterian Church in Lexington accepts a call to Newark church. Mrs. Frank Boyd is noted, and a brief local praise mentions Price's sausage at Greenwade's as a preferred choice.
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