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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1921
Page
1
Mt Sterling defeats Salt Lick twice on local grounds 8 to 2 Saturday afternoon and 6 to 2 Sunday. Wallandingham pitched both games for Mt Sterling, with fans hoping Freeman may pitch next game. Salt Lick struggled Saturday, and collapsed in the first inning Sunday before settling into a string of weak hits.
Jack Dempsey retained the world heavyweight title by stopping Georges Carpentier in the fourth round at Jersey City before a crowd of 91 000. Carpentier showed fight in the second and third rounds but failed to mount a lasting challenge as Dempsey dominated to seal the victory.
The Women's History Club held the last summer meeting and elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs John W Jones. Vice President Mrs George R Snyder. Recording Secretary Miss Jennie Breen. Corresponding Secretary Mrs John Frazer. Treasurer Miss Ronnie Burroughs. A musical program followed with piano solos by Della Mae Clark and Christina Heinrich, a song by Mrs Paul Strother, and violin by S M Whitehead.
William Wade, prominent farmer near Wades Mill, died last night after a long illness. He was widely related in the area and was a brother of R. W. Wade of this city. Funeral services will be held at his late residence Wednesday at 10 30 A M, burial in North Middletown cemetery.
The Montgomery County Teachers Institute opens with 40 teachers present. President Garland A. Bricker of Columbus and Miss Eudora Lindsay South of Frankfort lead sessions on rural education, agriculture, and public school music. Bricker urges close home ties with families in the first 30 days and notes teachers must engage with parents and homes. He stresses teachers should address social duties beyond classroom duties and be deeply involved in community life.
Salt Down reduces barrels to 5 1 2 bn at 3 50 per barrel. Mt Sterling Commission and Storage Co. lists contact by phone 2.
Under guard of a Kentucky national guardsmen company, Elliott county circuit court opened at Sandy Hook with nearly 500 cases, mostly liquor violations. Governor Morrow ordered the guards after Circuit Judge Cisco said jurors feared serving and witnesses fled the state, a man killed for informing on a still.
Thousands of votes poured into the campaign department and standings shifted with several from the back rising near the top. Seven contestants share first place as the home stretch begins, with many others neck and neck and no clear winner yet. A 200000 vote offer runs until July 14 and contestants may poll 40000 votes more than the current leader. Latest standings posted to 6 P. M. Monday.
The Redpath Chautauqua opened its annual engagement featuring Oceanic Concert Company. Montaville Flowers delivered a keynote lecture "America Looking Ahead" urging immigration limits. Critics hailed it as the best in the city. Subsequent events included Children's Hour, Chapel Singers concerts, and Lewis A Cenvis on Bolshevik Russia. The week promises an engaging program.
The notice invites farmers to load corn on wagons and exchange for flour coal or salt via phone contact with Mr Sterling Commission and Storage Co at 8 Preenwade.
A brief quotation notes four types of courtroom witnesses: liars, honest liars, damned liars, and experts. The line presents a skeptical view of testimonial credibility without naming individuals or institutions.
Harrison Rogers, a colored man farming near Stoner in Bourbon county, collapsed and died on city streets yesterday afternoon after arriving in apparently good health. The cause of death is unknown.
J. R. Hicks will break ground this week for a stone banking house in Frenchburg. A bank with capital stock between $15,000 and $20,000 will be organized, limited to Menefee county stockholders. Frenchburg advances with good roads as the Presbyterian College proceeds with a $40,000 brick addition.
J R Hicks and four other Frenchburg residents plan water supply from Big Hill overlooking Menefee County capital. The five will serve themselves and others who contract for water as demand grows, signaling new local industry and hopes for roads gas lighting from local wells.
Raleigh man Gilbert Thomas has moved his offices to the Mt. Sterling Garage building on East High street, marking a relocation as part of his business operations.
The article reports the Republican party aiming to create nearly three thousand new patronage jobs in post offices. It claims since 1920 about 2,597 fourth class post offices were elevated to Presidential rank and kept vacant, with openings planned for successors favored by party leaders.
A crowd of several thousand marches up Fifth Avenue in a wet anti prohibition demonstration while Mayor Hylan smiles from Madison Square. Supporters cheer as they pass the reviewing stand, and residents mockingly ask if he longs for lager on the hot afternoon.
J Will Wilkerson has accepted a position with the drug firm of R. H. White & Co. He invites friends to call and visit him at the new location.
George Moffitt, arraigned for the murder of Jeff Elam last March, was acquitted last Friday. Commonwealth was assisted by Chas. D. Grubbs with defense by W. B. White.
Marguerite Clark’s new Screen production Scrambled Wives from Associated First National Pictures plays at the Table Theatre Friday and has enjoyed Broadway and Chicago runs. The comedy follows Mary Lucile Smith who cannot control her ideas as a former husband seeks to hide his past. Leon P. Gendron leads a cast including Ralph Bowker Florence Martin Virginia Lee Alice Mann Frank Badgley T. A. Braidon under Edward H. Griffith’s direction with scenes ranging from a girls boarding school to New York streets and a country home ballroom and swimming pool.
West Virginia coal buyers are urged to seek high quality cannel and block coal at competitive prices. Call the provided phone number for arrangements and current offers.
July Fourth was quietly observed with banks and post office closed and most businesses shut in the afternoon. The Chautauqua offered the only amusements as the day proved one of the hottest and quietest on record in the city.
Montgomery County Institute opened Friday morning July 1 at 8 30 with about twenty teachers present. Officers named Miss June Barnes chairwoman Miss Edna Hastie secretary treasurer and committees appointed for the institute Newsroom details list Mrs Louie Razor as program chair and Custis Stevens as resolution chair with Miss Mamie Cochran and Mrs Ray Kratzer on the committee and Miss Nancye Ponders on the press committee.
Notice to voters from Harrison Kimbrell announcing his candidacy for city council and seeking support from friends and influence.
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