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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
7
A public sale offers 12 horses and mules plus farm implements including plows harrow and drill. Livestock includes cows calves steers hogs and poultry with hogs, poultry, and goats listed. Household items feature desks wardrobes cupboards tables wash tubs and kitchen furniture. Auction notes include bedding, hay, oats and corn supplies, tools, and farming gear.
Deliveries of cream are light while imports of foreign otter arrive on the East Coast and markets quote lower. Poultry selling prices in large consuming centers ease slightly as frozen stocks show lighter movement. Egg receipts rise and prices soften with a gradual decline anticipated toward storage levels.
Secretary Baker overpaid his income tax due to surtax miscalculation. The Internal Revenue Bureau notified him of a $480 refund for last year after an error in figuring his surtax. Baker, a lawyer, had assistance from another lawyer and could not locate where the error occurred.
A letter from C. C. Wright, Wilkes County superintendent, extols Brame's Vapomentha Salve as effective against grippe influenza pneumonia and related illnesses. The product is applied externally to the throat and nostrils, relieves congestion, aids breathing, and claims many testimonials. Sold by Brame Drug Co., North Wilkesboro NC, 30 cents for small bottle.
A petition from Mt Sterling residents urges immediate steps to establish a public gymnasium or Y M C A style facility. They argue current outdoor and indoor activities are limited and place youth at risk from idle streets, calling on civic, religious and educational groups to act.
The Census Bureau reports Louisville Kentucky at 234 891 residents up 10 963 from 1910 or 4 .09 percent. St Joseph Missouri stands at 77 735 up 332 or 0 4 percent. Louisville ranked 24th in 1910 and showed 9 4 percent growth since 1900.
A quip suggests piping a house for potatoes to run on a meter basis given their 75 percent water content. The joke notes how some people marry in haste and repeat the act repeatedly, reflecting a lighthearted social aside.
L. D. Wallace advertising specialist tells Tyler Exchange Club in Louisville that daily newspaper ads cost less and reach more people. He says successful advertisers avoid exaggeration, rely on truth, and cites John Wanamaker and Marshall Field as models. He urges illustrated ads with concise wording for strong products.
Reflective quip laments fast living and asks what happened to the old fashioned man who wore patched pants. The musing contrasts thrift with speed and urges a slower, lives-rich pace.
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