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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
3
Minnie Philpot of Gonzales Texas describes years of left side pain spreading to back and shoulder. After failing with medicines she tried Cardui and reports rapid improvement by the second dose with lasting health for two years. She urges others to try Cardui.
The article notes 7,000,000 vehicles in use but only 12 percent of U S roads are surfaced. Of 2,478,552 rural miles, about 299,135 are improved. Indiana leads with 42.5 percent surfaced. 1920 auto production projected at 1,500,000. Post Office rural routes travel 1.4 million miles daily. states plan $600 million for hard surfaced highways.
Federal and city police widen a 100 mile dragnet after seven masked gunmen seized 94 cases of Sante Fe whiskey from the Tarr Distillery in Lexington. Watchmen Cobb and Swigart were bound and warned, wires cut, and the gang moved the goods to a waiting auto truck before dawn.
The article reports that in 1918 about 11,944 miles of roads were improved nationwide with maintenance costs totaling $34,974,000. It notes over $20,000,000 have been spent on the 3,320 miles of the Lincoln Highway between the Hudson River and San Francisco in the last six years.
Postmaster Turner notes that holders of War Savings Stamps from 1918 1919 and 1920 may exchange full 20 stamp cards for Treasury Savings Certificates of the same issue. Exchanges simplify security and reduce postal workload with identical interest. 1920 stamps may exchange anytime, 1918 1919 certificates usable after April 1. Information available at the post office.
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