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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1921
Page
3
Mary visits her grandmother in the country and sees a peacock in the garden. She exclaims that one of her grandmother's chickens is in bloom, prompting astonishment and a prompt house call.
A vintage ad copy urges farmers to load corn and exchange it for flour coal or salt. It lists phone contact for Mr Sterling Commission & Storage Co at 8 Preenwade Prep. The text contrasts widows and widowers seeking companionship, noting a widow adapts without a man while a widower pursues noise-like skirt.
A New York newspaper receives a letter signed Wil bur Wakeman urging mandatory voting remedies such as fines and jury duty for nonvoters. The piece argues nonvoters are slackers and warns public opinion is a stronger weapon than any policy, citing Viscount Bryce on democracy’s demands.
A reading of a rural fable describes a Kansas cyclone that spares cows and cream separator while wrecking property, and a Tennessee farmer who leaves cotton standing. It contrasts wealth for farmers, merchants, and bankers with two kinds of tobacco suckers, and questions whether prosperity persists.
A brief notice instructs correspondents to use only one side of copy paper to aid editing. It notes linotype operators often forget opposite sides hold text and editors need space for interlining and corrections.
The Kentucky Bar Association Law Reform Committee recommends changes to reform procedure. Judge John D. Carroll argues that excessive regulation harms citizens and that many laws are ignored or disrespected. The report proposes limiting annual proposed reforms to five, to be approved by the whole association.
A playful roundup lists shop themes with famous phrases adapted for each trade. From hardware to millinery, items hint at well known quotes used as shop slogans. The piece notes a puzzle element asking readers to recognize the origins of the sayings.
Mt. Sterling Commission & Storage Co advertises cannel and block coal from West Virginia at right prices with contact via phone. The ad promotes high quality coal and urges customers to call for orders.
The piece contrasts flowers that bloom all night with those whose beauty rests in character revealed in darkness, and cites The Advocate as the Printing source.
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