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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1919
Page
9
A short tale recounts an Arab who owns a beautiful and valuable horse. His companions prepare to depart and wonder why he has not saddled his mount. He replies that he is angry, explaining his reason for the delay.
The crow is detested by farmers for pulling up young corn to feed, leaving seed at the root. They roam fields and peck at growing ears, letting water enter and rot the crop, causing extensive damage.
A four year old imagines darkness as a living creature with a mouth and eyes. A student contends the wind is alive after hearing it whistle in the night. The excerpts illustrate children’s vivid, personified interpretations of natural phenomena.
The article notes that bully served as a familiar address in Shakespeare's time and was used as praise or excellent in both American and British speech. It traces usage from an insult to a positive descriptor across periods.
A colonial report on St Helena says no real criminals emerged, with night stone-throwing as a brief serious offense. Last year no one was committed for trial. 104 of 210 summary cases involved education road tax and poor law. 77 trivial cases were handled by police. Three flogging instances noted under juvenile smoking ordinance.
Trees and shrubs planted along the Great Wall flourish, some reaching 12 to 18 feet. The greenery stems from a national reforestation effort backed by government support and foreign experts, improving the wall’s drive with added trees.
To mend china mix a teaspoonful of alum with a tablespoonful of water and place in a hot oven until transparent. Wash the broken pieces in hot water and while warm coat the edges thinly and quickly as the glue sticks instantly. The repaired china will bear hot water and ordinary use.
Two films feature on Monday with John Barrymore in On the Quiet and Charlie Chaptin starring in The Dog Fight offering a double bill for cinema audiences.
A lively page notes 16 forthcoming attractions and 48 close ups of the leading lady while 22 focus on the leading man. It records 620 people entering and exiting cars, six eternal triangles, 11 mistreated wives, nine unappreciated husbands, eight marriages of poor girls to lords, three murders and one hanging with a tally of 62 pies.
The article notes ex-naval officer Richard Brothers who claimed kingship of Jerusalem and Private James White founder of the Jezreelites sect as among other false prophets featured in a historical overview.
The speaker notes the large Liberty Bond purchases of past issues and urges neighbors to subscribe liberally to the upcoming Victory Liberty Loan drive next month. It warns that war debts must be paid, whether by loans or taxes, and that income tax forms reveal no government interest or refund.
Uncle Sam will produce The Price of Peace a five reel war chronicle drawn from official War Department corps footage. It covers enlistment through occupation of Germany with Lucid battlefield scenes including Belleau Wood where a cameraman was killed. Shown only at Liberty Loan exhibitions not commercially released.
A caller warns readers about salesmen offering dubious securities in exchange for Liberty Bonds. The notice urges reporting the salesman’s name and address if possible along with any literature to The Federal Trade Commission in Washington DC.
Carter Glass recalls a Red Cross nurse’s notebook entry about a severely wounded American soldier who endures without complaint as doctors treat his injuries. The message urges readers to remember the sacrifice when buying the Victory Liberty Loan.
In Algerian rocks researchers report prehistoric drawings featuring a huge buffalo with massive horns and prominent African elephant. Also depicted are a lion, leopard, gazelle and domestic goats and sheep reflecting diverse fauna of ancient Algeria.
Quotation likens Emerson to sunlight that awakens people and nature. The text says his presence makes all nearby respond as flora bend toward warmth, with later imagery of Emerson surrounded by Hawthornes Whittiers Holmeses and Lowells.
One of the first white men and probably the first British subject to live in New Brunswick was John Gyles. He was carried from the southern colonies to the St. John river valley by marauding bands of Indians.
A philologist states nine words form a quarter of verbal work and 34 more words form half. The nine leaders are And be have it of the the to will you. The extended list includes about all as at but can come day dear for get go hear her if in me much not no on one say she so that there they this though time we with write your.
A child explains why babies cannot speak until about a year old, saying they come from heaven with secrets that would be revealed if they spoke earlier, and therefore they are silent until they nearly forget them.
Uncle Eben voices a plain folk maxim that a person who shirks labor tends to lift his own standing by causing trouble for others, reflecting a local wit and social judgment.
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