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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
2
A man who founded a bank in a remote Kansas town rose to be one of the state's wealthiest citizens. Asked how he dared start, he said he rented a room, hung a sign reading Bank, and waited. The first day a $100 deposit came, the second day $500, then $300, prompting him to invest $500 of his own.
The Ar goonaut praises a commuter who warned his wife he might work late and to ignore the doorbell so he could reclaim his nickel. The quip ends with a joke about knowing what it means when the bell rings and truth’s front ranks.
Kentucky faces 14000 public school teachers with only a quarter properly prepared and 3 state training centers. The plan proposes county summer schools of five weeks using existing well equipped plants to train and certify teachers and reward progress via salary schedules. Institute week would replace county institutes and require attendance by all teachers.
A dialogue about dictating to women prompts talk of a potential strike by stenographers in the printing trade as The Advocate reports. The exchange features a strong stance on gender autonomy and a humorous line about workers striking.
A Paris High School pupil defined hypocrite as a person who goes to church constantly, a remark echoed by the pupil's mother in conversation. A Bourbon News reader notes even the wisest owl may misjudge timing.
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