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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
4
Northern Baptists who recently raised over 200 million dollars propose to appropriate 2 million to reach 18 million aliens, combat radicalism, and solve economic problems. Community houses and equipment would support the effort, with other denominations joining in amounts. The note praises religious bodies for such work and contrasts with a 75 thousand annual literacy funding.
The Illiteracy Bill with a 75000 per year two year appropriation failed on a partisan Republican vote. Kentucky faced a critical moment as the state near eliminating illiteracy, with The Lexington Leader noting the bill’s demise dims reform prospects and deepens party stigma.
The Louisville Times argues for immediate ratification of the Peace Treaty and united Allied enforcement of Versailles after Germany’s revolt. It calls for disarming Germany and a strong display of resolve against militarism, noting expected and planned Western responses.
Clem L Dean a well known Grassy Lick farmer has been seriously ill for several weeks. The note suggests optimism despite illness and vaguely references tobacco growing advice from Mt Sterling Commission and Storage Co about plant food for tobacco beds.
The Kentucky Democratic banquet tonight at the Seelbach is billed as the greatest political event in state history. Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the Democratic Committee, leads a delegation from Congress with six hundred Democrats from across Kentucky expected to attend. Judge A. P. Humphrey and Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart are among the speakers, with prominent women also anticipated. The crowd size has driven plans for a double dinner in two dining rooms on the Seelbach’s tenth floor, mirroring Washington’s Jackson Day dinner formation.
Speaking at the Kentucky Republican convention in Louisville, A T Hert hints at “certain things” he can do at Chicago and with Will Hays. The piece questions what those actions entail and whether they affect delegation or cabinet connections.
Captain Kelly of the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion has recruited in this county for three years service. Eve ette Overly Harvey Overly James Spence Herbert Isabell Leslie Lansdale John Lansdale Leslie Adams Byron Wood John Berryman Elisha Grey Stanley Downs among those signed. Many are former service men released recently. The men will be stationed at Camp Taylor.
The poultry movement is seasonable with no major changes in dressed poultry prices in large Eastern centers. Egg receipts rise and prices ease across large markets. the trend may persist until storage builds. Cream deliveries stay light and foreign butter imports are not heavy. Make falls short of current needs, sparking a temporary price uptick in both buying and selling.
Shannon Stock Company presents Johnny Get Your Gun by Edmund Laurence Burke at Table Theatre on March 23 with Hazel Shannon Harry Shannon Jr H C Soubier Howard Wyson and twenty others. The company brings its own band orchestra and scenery and offers a free band concert before the show with tickets on sale Monday for Tuesday night.
Mr. Lewis Judy of this city joined Precifre Mutual Life Insurance through Mt. Sterling agency last January. He impressed an applicant so that he offered to insure all six of his sons at a cost under half his own policy. Judy made a remarkable single-interview sale. The Advocate notes his promising start.
Sugar Creek Creamery opens a large new station on Bank street with John Hedrick named local manager. Hedrick is described as a hustler and factory backing is expected to drive success in the venture.
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