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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
6
IW. Jones & Son, Jewelers announce they will not accept clocks for repairs before February 1921 as they are fully occupied with selling jewelry merchandise. Shoppers invited to come early to secure watches diamonds rare stones cut glass solid silver and plated wares and Christmas articles.
State Superintendent George Colvin outlines duties for five member county boards chosen in November. Boards appoint county superintendents to serve rural schools, name district trustees, and hire teachers. They set meetings, determine educational policies, approve budgets, and fix tax rates from 25 to 50 cents per $100, with fiscal courts levying the tax.
Bring your turkeys to us for the Christmas Market we will buy them and pay the top prices. E. T. Reis at phone 645 notes that every man represents some other man's idea of an undesirable citizen.
Wanted turkeys for the Christmas trade by G. D. Sullivan & Co. top prices paid. Also note about dependable dairy feed guarantee from Mt. Sterling Commission & Storage Co. Phone 2.
Advertises top prices for turkeys with rush delivery and a phone contact 819. Notices from Thomas Heiprich and Son, dated 15 April.
Jones meets his friend Stimson in the street in a playful exchange. Stimson warns Jones to keep his eye open next week, adding that he won’t be able to see if he doesn’t. The pair part with a joke atmosphere and light humor from the Edinburgh Scotsman.
Distribution of 1921 automobile license plates began December 1 with county clerks supplying plates and blanks. Drivers and chauffeurs must obtain licenses from the county clerks as the State Automobile Department’s role is reduced to a bureau of the State Tax Commission. Fees rise to 60 cents per horsepower for pleasure cars, trucks priced by weight, and over five ton trucks at 150 per year. Numbers are assigned by county in alphabetical order, with Adair first, covering pleasure cars, trucks, motorcycles, dealers, and chauffeurs.
An old-fashioned man who earlier bought spectacles from a peddler for 10 cents now has a son who pays 15 dollars for a pair of nose glasses with owl lenses, illustrating rising eyewear prices and quirky fashion shifts.
The political pot in Montgomery county shows early signs of contest for county offices next August. No formal announcements have been made, but several individuals have indicated they intend to run as candidates.
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