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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1921
Page
8
Local ads showcase services from machine shops and welders in Lexington Kentucky. Wal ter M Reissinger proclaims expertise and fair prices, while TIMMINS MACHINE SHOP offers complete repair of machinery. OXY-ACETALENE WELDING touts metal work and best equipped shop in the South.
A short fan poem by Mal Rose urges readers to buy Christmas Seals to fight tuberculosis. It likens the seal to a frontline helper and asks for a penny to support saving babies and improving health through the fundraiser.
A nostalgic meditation on the old horse as a steadfast companion to progress. The piece recalls Will Ogilve and contrasts old era virtues with modern motors, praising patience, faith, and duty amid shifting times.
In a Dumb Animals Review the city is praised for providing a shelter for stray cats. The piece notes the facility as a welcoming refuge and suggests women readers might wish to send their cat companions there.
The report lists prices and buyers across Magoffin Owingsville Bourbon Harrison and surrounding counties. It details sales of oxen steers cows calves yearlings mules and plug horses with prices per head per pound and per hundred weight. Buyers include Julian Rogers Shrout Brashear Clark Welch Maze Murphy and others with figures from cents per pound to dollars per head.
Local grocery ad urges shoppers to call phone 82 for top quality groceries meats fruits and vegetables at low prices from W O Mackie & Co. ad notes 16 byline.
A city editor argues corn fed to hogs yields higher value than cash sale, citing 90 cents versus 48 cents per bushel. The piece counters that feeding adds expenses such as labor, care, protection, and risk, altering profitability beyond the per bushel price.
The message urges service to veterans and the hungry for Christmas. It recalls wise men and the Legion, stressing duty to comrades broken and sick and guiding readers to provide work and recognition this holiday season. A second item notes Mrs. Bruce Trimble lost an onyx pin with three diamonds and offers a reward.
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