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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1922
Page
1
The Greater Montgomery County Fair opens tomorrow with entries filled high and more horses than ever. The Maysville Boys Band featuring 38 players will perform, while rail strikes force some free entertainments to be cut.
A large Raymond Con struction Company truck carrying nineteen road crew workers overturned on a muddy pike near W L Thompson’s home. Nine men were injured and taken for medical care. three were feared fatally hurt. Names and locations of injured workers are listed, with schools starting July 31.
Notice seeks information on a lost black and white spotted setter. Contact Reid Prewitt or J. & M. Shoes at The Walsh Co. for recovery tips or details.
William Rice of Powell county has fasted sixty eight days, now speechless and weak, after intending a 40 day fast to purify his body. He remains alive on spiritual sustenance and has preached across Kentucky, later jailed for vagrancy in Mt Sterling, while his wife and two daughters stay at his bedside.
The Monday court day crowd was busy though not largest as 3 500 to 4 000 cattle numbered the market. Heifers and steers sold well with prices from 3 ¾ to 7 1 2 cents, George Maze sold fat steers averaging 1 260 pounds at 7 1 2 cents and $12 50 per head premium. About 1 000 mountain sheep sold for 8 to 11 dollars. Two cars of ponies and mules sold 50 to 100 dollars. mules 80 to 250 per pair. Plugs 10 to 50 dollars. Mercantile trade strong with clothiers and dry goods busy. farmers optimistic about tobacco corn and hay. Export cattle boosted bank totals beyond 125 000 dollars with profitable sales.
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