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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1916

Page

8

Bleach Shortages Drive Paper Color War Demand

The yellowing pages in many papers are linked to a bleach shortage and rising chemical costs driven by wartime demand. Chlorine based bleaching, vital for paper and textiles, has surged in price and supply has shifted to U S plants near Niagara Falls Michigan and Pennsylvania. Factories face full capacity use as imports drop and aniline blues for white paper become scarce. Reduced prices offered on a dining room buffet at W A Sutton Son’s this week.

United States England Germany Niagara Falls Michigan Pennsylvania The du Pont Co Norway Sweden

Local Grocer Ads Highlight Bargains and Rentals

Advertisements list 25 cent peck Irish potatoes at J B White's 30 cent per pound Fortress Coffee at Vanarsdell's rooms for rent on Harrison avenue water and gas new tomatoes beets lettuce onions at Vanarsdell's pure maple syrup 50 cents per quart Log Cabin Maple 45 cents per quart at J B White's seeds mince meat 3 boxes for 25 cents Mother's Oats 3 for 25 cents green peas 3 cans for 25 cents at Vanarsdell's.

J. B. White Vanarsdell’s J. B. White’s

Local Notes and Visits Highlight Rural Courier

Farmers lag with tasks as grass grows and stockmen delay turnout. Ben Morgan traveled to Indiana for several months while Ed Curran and family plan Greencastle relocation. Mrs Roy Byrd and daughter Mary Ellen visit near Lexington. The pikes are in poor condition for years. Various locals, including Fassett, Spratt, Hamilton, Ginter, Coons, Gillaspie, and visitors from Clark and Woodford counties, are noted in a string of community updates.

Roy Byrd Mary Ellen Lexington

Saloonkeepers Defy Sunday Dry Accord in Newport Kentucky

Newport Kentucky saloonkeepers defied the Hutchcraft Sunday law by keeping doors open while front entries closed. a raid at Bluegrass Inn cited thirty couples to testify in court. Covington saloons stayed shut as Rev T W Rainey hailed the effort and vowed action in Campbell county next Sunday.

Newport Bluegrass Inn Covington T. W. Ra Kenton Cot Campbell County

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Bryan & Robinson Jewelers Geiger Pharmacy Co Harrison Avenue Water and Gas C. T. Wilson J B. White J. B. White's Earle Meyer A. B. C. Magical Comedy Co Correspondenice B. M. Goodan Ben Morgan Indiana Hood Thompson Marie Salt Lick Ed Curran Greencastle Ind Thos. W. Fassett O. B. Spratt Sharpsburg Thos. B. Hamilton Woodford County Lem Ginter Middletown Ohio Claude Coons Fayette County Emmett Coons Henry C. Gillaspie Clark County J. H. Gillaspie Ora “Fankin Leona Conn Virgie Kissick Little Rock Bert Sanders Missouri Knox Manhattan Ioe
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