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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
12
Chairman Kramer urged concentrating liquor stocks in government warehouses to halt loss from widespread distribution. He warned about 40,000,000 gallons scattered nationwide and believed withdrawals could extend supplies for two to fifteen years, depending on policy and enforcement.
President elect Harding hosted William J. Bryan James W. Gerard and James A. Reed to discuss a proposed association of nations. Bryan praised Harding as trustworthy and agreed on fundamentals and world peace. Gerard and Reed voiced cautious support and reserved judgment on the outline.
Mrs. K. C. Clarke announces a cut price sale on all trimmed and untrimmed hats. Real bargains available now on a wide selection of millinery.
A short holiday promotion notes Vanarsdell's offering fruit baskets with oranges bananas and apples for Christmas. The item highlights seasonal fruit selections and special gift options.
Billy Sunday held four hundred Bible Study classes in a large city and prepared a set of discussion questions for each meeting. The list asks about key events, lessons, verses, people, customs, places, errors to avoid, commands to obey, promises to claim, and prayers to echo.
An advertisement urges buying Miss Holliday's candies at R. C. Lloyd's. It notes a political aside about Kentucky senators, joking that cycles of twelve years mean the next 1932 return.
We are experts in our line. Give us your orders for crown roasts rolled roasts and other meats for your company dinner. Meat Co Laborers in Haiti receive one gourde a day but in this country they want vine gourds and sorghum lasses. Cranberries celery and oysters at Vanarsdell's.
Miss Eloise Fromme of Urbana Ohio crowned The Stading Girl as Columbus officials and Ohio State faculty push a $1,000,000 fundraising drive to build a new athletic stadium on the campus and bid for the next Olympic Games.
The article argues illustrations beat type in ads for quick, universal impact. A single image can convey a message faster and more memorably than blocks of text, with recognizable figures like a chef or a Quaker linking to products. It urges using illustrated advertising to boost reader engagement and sales.
Washington reports that Senator Warren G Harding will bring his pipe to the White House next March, the first presidential pipe since 1901. Harding, a pipe user and occasional cigarette smoker, follows a lineage of presidents with varied smoking habits. A rental notice follows.
The passage argues enthusiasm fuses honesty health initiative knowledge tact sincerity industry and open mindedness into action. It compares enthusiasm to a sapphire shining with inner lights that blue glass cannot imitate, illustrating how true enthusiasm distinguishes a vibrant person from a statue.
Ad copy notes fine cut glass for Christmas gifts with mentions of Prewitt & Howell and Hon's advertising 15-61 Silcoin Steak at 25 cents a pound as part of a period evening market listing.
In the peace terms with Turkish nationalists, Armenia asserts it will take all that remains. The statement frames the treaty as a decisive redrawing of regional boundaries and territorial holdings.
Country hams praised as best ever and fowls dressed to order highlight offerings from Hon Meat Company.
The Senate Committee on Reconstruction chaired by Senator Calder plans a nationwide investigation into the housing problem including the building trades in all states. The vote allowed hiring counsel up to $5,000, with work to start after the holidays following revelations before the Lockwood Committee in New York City.
The Mt Sterling Commission and Storage Company advertises supplying the best cannel and block coal. Place your order now for prompt delivery and storage services.
A note on evolving drinking habits shows that what was once scorned as cheap liquor gains favor among discerning tipplers, reflecting shifting opinion on drug store whiskey.
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