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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1920
Page
16
The piece defines an ideal citizen as one who sees good in his town and spreads its positives. It outlines three attitudes toward the community: boosters push progress, quiscent citizens slow growth, and others may knock the town.
A reflection on local sentiment as boosters praise residents who support the town while those who attack it are urged to reconsider. Neighbors catalog each person by deeds, rewarding quiet contribution and fearing the day a knocker fades away.
Professor Matherly outlined four great industrial problems for 1920 with focus on international trade, industrial democracy, high living costs, and railroads. He urged production increases, currency deflation, and thrift, noting foreign exchange drops and the Plum plan's discreditation while praising Glenn Plum's proposed ideas.
Cravens and Turpin agents for Warner Hinson sold the residence of Hodge Thompson at the corner of High and Queen streets for 3000 dollars. Possession is scheduled for March 1st.
The speaker extols preachers who donate time for small pay, declaring they deserve divine reward and a special place in heaven for their enduring devotion.
A Paris clairvoyant predicts a year of upheaval in the United States for 1920 but offers consolation that the New Year will not be worse than the past year.
An old advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures via mucous-surface action and offers one hundred dollars to prove cure, with Druggists selling for five cents.
A historical column contrasts John D Rockefeller’s charitable gifts with the changing public mood. It notes how huge donations, once sensational, fade from memory while philanthropy abroad is praised. It criticizes new plutocrats for hoarding wealth and harming the poor.
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