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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
4
The Mt Sterling Advocate outlines publication as Tuesday and Thursday editions. Subscription is one dollar and fifty cents per year with prepaid orders required and cash accompanying.
The Times Star editorial condemns the Senate rejection of the peace treaty as a Wilson era tragedy. It faults President Wilson for arrogance and threats, contrasts irreconcilables Borah and Reed with Lodge, and laments lost leadership. It decries national shame and urges real leadership for a redeeming future.
An Ashland Daily Independent writer, T. W. Adams, discusses the Midland Trail progress and Good Roads campaigns in Northeastern Kentucky. He credits counties along the Ohio River to the Virginia line for major road funding and plans a Mt. Sterling speech to bolster local efforts.
A column quotes Judge Senff arguing for permanently constructed roads and urgent action to secure federal aid for Montgomery County roads. The piece urges immediate steps to keep pace with other Blue Grass counties and emphasizes the necessity of good roads.
The Shannon Stock Company presented the clever farce to a full house at Table Tuesday night. Lead roles were Harry Shannon and Hazel Shannon, both favorites with local theatergoers, delivering a show filled with amusing situations and plenty of laughs.
A moral reflection notes how people praise virtue yet simultaneously embrace vice, signaling a cultural drift as generations move forward. The piece laments hypocritical behavior and urges consistency between spoken values and actions.
Mrs. Wm. Stephens visits her father near Sharpsburg while Mr. Wm. Ginter of Kendalls Springs visits his sister Mrs. Sim Jones. Mrs. L. A. Stephens spends Sunday with the Swango family. Mrs. John Spencer and Elsie visit Mrs. Millard Highley near Spencer. Mr. Russell Tapp’s house burns Tuesday morning destroying goods. Imogene Stephens returns to Mt. Sterling for school. Ernest Donahue and family relocate to Virginia.
Montgomery County Fair Grounds track getsinto shape for trainers. Opening April first promises fast and safe conditions with numerous horses ready for work. Trainers listed include Chas Bean and Poyntz Bean with twelve horses, Mainlick, Bernice Moore, B F Herriott with two for Cr McDonald, J R Magowan with four led by Mendosa T and Jay Lee, W E Bean with two, A B Setters with Sorrel Top and Peter Patchen, John M McCormick with four young sters, P L Hensley with Albert C Happy Todds, and EB Burgess of Flemingsburg bringing ten trotters and pacers from prior training in Maysville and Ohio.
Jesse S. Scott, youngest son of Mr and Mrs George Scott, has enlisted in the First Division and departed for Camp Taylor. He will pursue vocational training and friends predict he will make good.
The ad touts boys’ suits labeled extra good in the latest styles, priced from 9.00 to 15.00. It frames American optimism and resilience, praising Old Glory and the nation’s steadfast spirit as motivation.
Call No 2 for anything in feed coal and seeds Mt Sterling Com and Storage Co S P Greenwade proprietor 46 41 records show a local business listing for the storage and sale of feed coal and seeds.
A reminder that hospitality has limits and needs respect. The message suggests balancing generosity with boundaries to avoid fatigue or burnout for both guests and hosts.
A long list describes assorted furniture and appliances including porch chairs rockers a bench swings a child chair iron bed White Mountain refrigerator organ bed springs washstand walnut bed parlor settees and other wooden pieces plus a dining table writing desk coal stoves sideboards and china closets all in good condition with multiple iron beds and antique items noted.
A partial inventory appears with items such as screens for doors, a Mission H TM clock, three picture frames, two pictures, a hand vacuum cleaner, plate rail, thirty yards of matting, three Peerless steam washing machines, a swinging lamp, two Brenlin shades, and a lone aigle lamp header.
A miscellaneous catalog lists items for potential sale including a water hose buggy robes trunk and chafing dish with a 1 h p engine an 8 cream separator a cream can five water barrels a saddle five suitcases a black board five store stools wrapping paper tack a Cypress incubator and twelve Rhode Island Red hens with a cockrel.
Classified listing details assorted household items including 40 yards Brussels carpet 14 pt inside shutters porch rugs 3 ft by 6 ft pictures frames kitchen utensils a black parlor clock 40 yards Red Velvet carpet two book shelves mattress bed springs two pictures wool carpet 9 by 12 towel rack clock and three windows.
Small auction listing offers one buggy harness set and a single saddle in good condition for a man. Found as a ready-to-use riding gear package with noted wear, suitable for resale or personal use.
Property listing describes multiple parcels and structures. Includes a 60x200 lot on West Winn South side, two 50x300 lots on Grassy Lick Pike, a 3 room house on Tenny Hill, a 4 room Tenny Hill house, a 2 story brick business house with elevator on East High Street, a 5 room cottage with gas and water, a stable, an extra 50x100 lot on Harrison Avenue, an investment double house with 5 rooms on East Main Street.
A sale listing includes grass seed stripper two shovels breast yokes single trees gullar sets pick cross-cut saw manure spreader two five-tooth cultivators a Vulcan plow a ten horsepower portable Hagan engine and a turning plow.
A catalog item lists a phaeton buggy and brake cart described as good as new, with rubber tire and open top buggy variations. The listing emphasizes the quality of the phaeton and associated vehicles for potential buyers.
A historical listing describes a Mitchell farm wagon combining a two-horse wagon bed and frame. The entry notes the wagon’s construction and use for farming tasks, indicating its role in traditional rural work.
A catalog of vintage vehicles including a 1917 Buick touring 1915 Briscoe 1917 Ford touring 1918 Ford touring 1917 Ford roadster 1918 Chevrolet Sedan 1918 Ford touring 1918 Studebaker 1.9 ton truck and the 1948 Olympian.
Brown mare and 2 yearling calves listed for sale along with an 8 year old Jersey cow and calf. Additional offerings include 5 yearling heifers a Red Pole bull a registered Jersey heifer and cattle noted as fresh in April.
A Mt Sterling reader defends road policy and federal aid noting counties could not fund lasting roads before government support. The letter argues for prudent finances and criticizes headlines that portray him unfairly. The piece also urges voters to assess Republican treaty stance and League of Nations positions ahead of the presidential race. Gaunt notes on Camel’s Hair Cloth Crisis fashion and local business ads follow.
Republican Senators have used treaty consideration to justify inaction on constructive legislation and to attack President Wilson. They risk losing this pretext as they neglect duties on domestic measures and face renewed scrutiny over their obstruction.
Mason and Hanger Contracting Company of Paris Kentucky seeks a drilling outfit to bore two water wells. Write or telephone for details.
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