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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1920

Page

4

Chamber of Commerce Updates and Delegates’ Hospitality

The Chamber thanks sponsors for Older Boys Conference hospitality including many named ladies and hosts. The next Merchants’ Day luncheon is December 16 with J Y Rogers and others in charge. An attendance record at the prior luncheon spurs efforts to beat it. tickets should be secured early.

Chamber of Commerce C. W. McCormick H. B. Ringo P. R. Cockrell G. B. Senff J. O. Greene Lee Crear A. Bam H. R. Prewitt J. Winn Tipton H. Wilson C. R. Prewitt L. E. Griggs R. A. Mason J. L. Clark W. C Chamber of Commerce Fis J. Y. Rogers F. C. Duerson T. J. Wilson C-Of-C

Wanted Turkeys for the Christmas Market

We pay the top prices for turkeys for the Christmas trade. G. D. Sullivan & Co. The ad notes the firm will buy turkeys for the holiday season and offers high prices to vendors.

G. D.sullivan & Co

Girl Reflects on Mustache Growing Differences

A girl notes a mustache seems more prominent when a fellow grows it, but she perceives it differently if she raises one herself. The remark hints at social perceptions of facial hair and gender.

State may collect back taxes from whiskey law case

The state plans to gather 1.5 to 2 million dollars in back taxes if the 50 cents a barrel whiskey tax, removed from bonded warehouses, is upheld by the Supreme Court. About 3,959,071 barrels have been removed since the law took effect, per the auditor.

United States Supreme Court State Court of Appeals John J. Craig

Wanted Turkeys Pay Top Prices, Rush Them In

A terse classified notice from Thomas Heinrich and Son offers top payment for turkeys and urges immediate delivery by phone 819. The ad is followed by a humorous quip about a skinny girl occupying half a street car seat and a corn-fed man occupying two fares, reflecting period-style social humor.

Thomas Heinrich & Son Heinrich & Son Queen Street

Classified sale notices mix bargains across goods and real estate

Classified items advertise seeds in chaff 700 bushels to be sold by C B Duff, building supplies from Mt Sterling Lumber Co, discounted mis-fit clothing at The Market Place, books at Lloyd's Drug Store, a 7 room rental house at 116 West Locust Street, and farm or general real estate from T Foster Rogers. Also furniture, pianos, pianos and organs from Cravens Turpin, monuments in Lexington, Capital Flour, plumbing, chicken feed, poultry price notices, and farm trade offers with Y Fleenor and various solicitations for buyers and agents.

West Locust Street James Mt. Sterling Owingsville Y & Fleenor Winchester

Local Ads and Notices mix 5 cent discount and real estate listings

A collage of small town classified style items shows a 5 percent discount on monuments offered by Murray and Thomas Co, Clark county store and real estate ads from Cravens Turpin and others, plus tire sales, garage services, and quirky local humor about gold streets and love.

THE Murray & Thomas CO Paris

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Newmeyer Hamilton Howard van Ant Liff H. 0. James Bruce Trimble Richard Montjoy J. T. Coons R. L. Vanarsdell R. J. Hunt J. F. Reynolds Clay Cisco Chas. K. Oldham Sallie Clay David Howell Ben G. Land D. J. Burchett C. M. Jones Hoffman Sharp Wang Boom Shop Biue Lexington Duff Beaver Board Mt. Sterling Lumber Co Lloyd’s Drug Store T. Foster Rogers Walter M. Riessinger H.C. L Kentucky John R. Salmons Maysville Street Cravens & Turpin’s Cor Main Bank Sts J. H. Templeman Piano Co N. Broadway Lexington, Ky WM. Adams & Son West Main Street E. F. Gray W. T. Atchison & Sons John Deere J. R. Lyons McKee E. T. Reis Clark County Henry & Fleenor Cravens & Turpin Southwest Corner Bank Streets Pyrone Mohawk Greyhound McCarty Bros. Garage A. E. Lawrence Mt. Sterling Commission & Storage Co P. Greenwdde Roberts & Mastin
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