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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
8
Mixed item list includes tobacco ad, Watkins Co. business opportunity, farm equipment and livestock buyers, Dodge Touring Car for sale, farm loans, real estate services, pianos and talking machines. Multiple names, phone numbers, and addresses appear across items.
A 5 percent discount is offered on monuments purchased, if the sellers are invited to call and show their offerings. The policy promises time and trouble saved and guarantees all work from The Murray & Thomas Co. of Paris, Kentucky.
Adams and Son advertise a large stock of marble and granite monuments with prompt delivery and motor truck service at 503 West Main Street Lexington Kentucky. Business notes include likely one year guarantee terms and contact options.
A fragment mentions a lost auto license tag 128232 and instructs returning it to Earl Rolph's Barber Shop. The text also advertises Capital Flour with phrases promising white cakes light rolls and flaky biscuits made with the flour.
City of Mt. Sterling Kentucky adopts an ad valorem tax of eighty cents per one hundred dollars for real and personal property and a one dollar fifty cent poll tax on male residents over twenty one to fund public schools. A five cent per hundred dollars sinking fund levy is also approved. Tax collected to be paid to the Board of Education treasurer. Effective on passage and publication. Passed June 7 1921.
A reflective line contrasts those who overlook the man explaining his failure with a crowd gathered to hear the one who narrates his rise. It suggests society favors narratives of improvement over admission of defeat.
A vintage streetcar sign proclaims that pretty girls attract riders, reflecting early marketing humor about visual appeal and public transport advertising.
A wartime style notice outlines extra votes available until 8 PM June 21, with a threefold multiplier on subscriptions. It lists old and new vote values by term lengths from 1 year to 10 years and provides the campaign address in Mt. Sterling Kentucky for submissions and communications.
Latest standings of contestants are printed and readers are invited to send ballots for publication. Candidates near the bottom are told not to be discouraged as subscriptions can lift their ranking. Votes are awarded on hack subscriptions renewals and new subscriptions.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of Council of Mt. Sterling Kentucky to pave and curb West High Street Samuels Avenue West Locust Street Richmond Street East Locust Street and related sections with concrete and brick. The City Engineer may adjust as needed with the measure taking effect after passage and publication. Attest City Clerk M. C. Ayres dated June 7 1921.
Alvin A. Hert of Louisville publican and Kentucky national committeeman died suddenly at the New Willard hotel in Washington D C while attending a Republican National Committee meeting. He was 56 and his death was caused by apoplexy after a swift onset as friends recalled his cheer. He helped secure Harding’s nomination at Chicago and was once eyed for a cabinet post. He declined a diplomatic offer to remain in the United States.
At the Kentucky Press Association gathering in Danville on Tuesday, president R L Elkin of the E P A rejected any move to discuss race track gambling, stating such topics fall outside the association’s purview and would be ruled out of order. He recalled past attempts to push prohibition at the meetings and warned against introducing resolutions on the floor.
The Mt. Sterling Outlaws overwhelmed the Huntington Tigers 8 to 2 on Saturday and 11 to 4 on Sunday at Riddle's Park. The club, described as one of the best colored teams in the state, plans more warm contests through the summer.
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