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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
6
The Jackson County boys and girls club under County Agent W. R. Reynolds shows enrollment that may exceed any prior county membership. The report indicates growing participation in club work.
Exclusive distributor advertises Miss Holliday's candies available at R C Lloyd's. The note promotes brand and outlet without additional details or dates.
Courier Journal cites Mr Crowe of Lagrange arguing a coal production tax unfairly burdens coal counties while noting a contrast to Bell county dog owners paid taxes on property. It mocks the idea and questions valuation disparities in resource tax policy.
In Pineville and Middlesboro the coal industry drives a boom with high real estate prices and bank deposits, while farmers bear tax burdens to fund coal counties. The speaker denounces undervaluation of coal property as an outrage and asserts coal operators unfairly evade taxes, questioning the State Tax Commission's understanding of coal value.
Advertises piano and phonograph brands plus Singer sewing machines and a child’s handle Singer. Promises easy payments and urges quick decision, with J. H. Brown at 13 Bank Street as contact.
Comic exchange shows Slick boasting about attracting women with a gas scented handkerchief joke. Audience laughs as punch line lands on stage.
In a playful exchange, Sure He Was Mad Smith confronts grocer Mr Black about weight inspection. Black admits the Inspector of Weights and Measures found he had been giving 17 ounces per pound, not 16. The remark follows a joking exchange about 15 ounces.
Major General M W Ireland's annual report shows 34249 killed and 224089 wounded among American World War I servicemen. The mortality from gunshot wounds was 8.26 percent, with 159685 of the wounded returned to duty and 13691 deaths from wounds. Infantry losses were heaviest, and per 1000 men sent to France 110 were hospitalised for battle injuries while 7 died from wounds.
Standard granulated sugar offered at Richardson Bros. and Cornell at 12 dollars per hundredweight cash.
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