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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1921
Page
2
A column extols personality over beauty for lasting appeal. It urges keeping the mind limber with mental exercise, avoiding trashy reading, and cultivating empathy, cheerfulness, and ambition as keys to a lasting charm beyond looks.
Three years after buying an incubator Mrs Graves reports making money this year. She describes rats stealing chicks until a friend gave RAT SNAP. Next morning two dead rats were found, then the rats disappeared. The ad promotes RAT SNAP as the sure rat killer sold by Chenault and Orear with three sizes.
Prohibition closes Rock Port Missouri jail and expands City Collector offices. The old city calaboose is ripped out as the city hall jail is removed. The county jail remains available for confinement when needed.
In this educational note Dr. H. M Wright explains that damp stormy weather worsens neuralgia and rheumatism because germs from cavities in teeth spread through blood and lungs. He notes moisture accelerates their activity and links dental health to widespread ailments.
A wry regional note laments many seek advancement yet lack sufficient drive and boldness to push themselves upward, using the metaphor of not having enough dynamite to give them a lift.
A rugged note in the field urges calm use of timber. It stresses practical handling and resilience, signaling steady judgment when working in remote or forested settings.
An Ohio woman praises Tanlac after relief from stomach trouble and general misery. She reports losing weight, improving appetite, and breath, noting eleven pounds gained after five bottles. She plans to send two bottles to England and mentions Mt. Sterling retailer Land & Priest.
In a historic Cambridge session the House adopted a motion titled the most astonishing resolution proposed. The motion urged welcome for the prohibition of sale of alcoholics in the country. It carried 203 votes for and 211 against.
Kentucky farmers will keep books on their farm business during the coming year as 10 000 requests have been received by the College of Agriculture for the revised account book being issued. The book may be obtained by sending sixteen cents to the Farm Management Department at Lexington to cover printing costs.
Mt Sterling citizens testify to relief from backache urinary disorders and dull kidney pains using Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs Atchison of 43 E High St and others report improved kidney function and regularity. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Clark County records show 3 445 marriage licenses issued in Jeffersonville in 1920 with an estimated 90 percent of couples from Kentucky. Zollman reports a 189 rise from 1919 and a 20 rise from 1918. December 1920 saw 237 licenses, down 106 from December 1919 due to Camp Breckinridge closure. In 1920 Clark County filed 221 divorce petitions with 49 granted, 20 dismissed, 50 pending and 2 sent elsewhere. The total suits for all cases in the circuit court reached 249.
A comical refrain notes that trying to imitate a sheep does not adorn a goat with wool, underscoring authenticity over mimicry in rural life. The saying highlights practical wisdom about appearances versus true nature.
William J. Young a renowned American thoroughbred trainer died in Lexington at 56 after a long illness following a nervous breakdown. Born in Woodford county, he trained horses including The Abbot winner of Latonia Derby, Mid way, Escoba, Bulse, and Captain Mac. Survived by widow and two daughters Lucile. His fame extended across the United States and Cuba where horses are raced.
A compact reflective note on the paradox of earning nothing while seeking something. The speaker muses that weekly learning yields little gain if one accepts freebies, concluding the apparent value gained is offset by the cost of not earning.
A period advertisement claims catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy and offers free circulars through druggists nationwide. The notice lists F J Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, as makers.
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