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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1914
Page
7
Advert shows Newbro's Herpicide as a hair treatment claimed to improve hair vitality and appearance. It asserts the product prevents hair loss, adds luster and softness, and offers 50c and 1.00 sizes with a money back guarantee. Special agent W.S. Lloyd promotes the item through barber shops and hairdressers.
A moving picture screening shows a group of young ladies preparing to bathe at a sheltered lake when a passing freight train interrupts the scene. The camera angle shifts as the train passes, and the ladies resume in their bathing suits afterward.
A railway worker insists on tickets each night, despite the box office showing the same pictures daily. The clerk explains the schedule but the man, claiming railway experience, argues the freight train will not be on time every night.
Call at Mr. Sterling in Kentucky for posters billheads programs envelopes noteheads statements and job printing. This is the only Mt Sterling office using a Linotype and offers cheaper quicker and better service on short notice.
The Irish home rule issue moves toward compromise as leaders of the two major parties resume talks after failed autumn conferences. In Parliament, Austen Chamberlain’s motion for a judicial inquiry into the government’s actions regarding Ulster was rejected 344 to 264, heightening tensions and the sense of looming civil conflict if the bill passes. Sir Edward Carson proposed Ulster’s temporary exclusion, while Premier Asquith kept open a six year exclusion offer. Bonar Law urged peace at any cost, and Balfour warned civil war would end his Unionist career.
A promotional piece extols asparagus as an easily grown, medicinally valued vegetable fit for city yards. It advises planting 50 to 100 plants, purchasing at 1–2 cents each, plus manure, and notes the shrub’s beauty, long harvest, and uses in cooking and decoration.
A drug store ad promotes Meritol Eczema Remedy for eczema relief. Claims instant relief and lists 50 cent and 1 dollar prices with Mt. Sterling Drug Co as sole agency.
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