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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1919
Page
5
Notice declares Griggs Motor Car Company of Mt. Sterling Kentucky closing business and winding up affairs. Creditors urged to pay promptly and claimants to present claims for payment. Business to be conducted by L. E. Griggs with Robert H. Winn as attorney.
An old advertisement touts Andes Oil as a cure for back pains sore throat chest pain and pleurisy with claims of rapid relief from headaches toothaches neuraglia and cramps and lists internal use for diarrhoea flux cholera morbus and dysentery The ad promises money back if it fails and notes it is sold in Mt Sterling by R H White & Co and in Owingsville by Kimbrough Drug Store.
A Kentucky report credits the Illiteracy Commission with teaching over 100000 people to read and write in five years and outlines a sweeping 1919 effort to reach the remaining 100000 before the 1920 census. Public support grows as moonlight schools and Camp Taylor veterans become literacy ambassadors. Citizens urged to enlist in the campaign.
A historical reflection on 1918 crown leaders toppled across Europe and the pivotal American role in World War I. It credits Uncle Sam with the force to back democracy with Liberty Bonds and to guide liberated nations toward liberty.
Mr Robert Lockridge bought about 100 acres of Haggin estate land on the Russell Cave Pike in Fayette county at over 300 dollars per acre. Possession will be March 1 and the family will relocate there to reside. The community regrets their departure from Montgomery county but wishes them success in the new home.
An aged audience is urged to use Dean's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys amid a misery theme. A testimony from S. M. Warner of Harrison Ave. describes relief after kidney trouble began five years prior, noting age eighty two and repeated past success. 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
The writer muses on why a heavier Corn Fed girl chooses ankle length garments that bulge over her shoes, while a thinner girl wears knee length outfits with gauze stockings. The tone satirizes fashion choices and body image.
The remark notes that having enemies does not prove an adversary is an asset, asserting that active people attract opposition without elevating the foe.
John D Carroll outlines his positions on liquor prohibition, education, road and agricultural policy, tax fairness, state debt, labor, law and order, nonpartisan judiciary, public institutions, elections reform, and budget management. He argues for constitutional amendments on liquor, women’s suffrage if needed, and a strong, independent administration with a businesslike approach. He requests Democratic votes in the forthcoming primary.
Harry Reis, former Pelham Bay Naval Training School trainee, who has been visiting his mother Mrs. E. T. Reis, left for Lexington Monday to re enter State College after a trip downtown where he noted a contrast between his wife’s hands and those of girls he meets.
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