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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1921
Page
8
A string of aphorisms contrasts ambition with tools and warns that lack of dynamite leaves effort stagnant. It mocks deceitful praise and notes misused virtue. The lines comment on loyalty, misfortune, and the folly of envy in human relationships.
Kentucky specialists from the College of Agriculture say soybeans adapt well to local soils and offer strong profits. On the Lexington Experiment Station farm a nine year average shows 20 bushels per acre with corn and wheat in rotation, plus clover hay and manure benefits. Rotations can balance bean acres with other crops, and wheat following wheat outperforms after corn.
National chairman Thomas W. Lamont sent a summary of his China experiences to Rev. Dr. E. Y. Mullins, Kentucky fund chairman, noting his recent activities with the famine relief effort. The message outlines key humanitarian concerns and the fund’s planned response steps.
A letter from a church leader sent to Kentucky ministers urges sermons during China Famine Week opening tomorrow. He extols Chinese virtues, calls for aid, and highlights China’s education and art, while noting floods and drought threaten millions. An anecdote about a fraud-education detective ends with a failed arrest and a caution about learning quickly.
The City Hick observes urban fakery as the faker thrives where city life concentrates. John Muller of Philadelphia emerges as a reference point in this recurring human folly, highlighting the tension between urban illusion and everyday trust.
Ada Jones, America’s best known comedienne, appears at the Table Theatre on May 13 with her company of high class artists. The Paramount Musical Lyceum Bureau brought the star to tour after Broadway success. The press hails her as in a class by herself and in peak form for this engagement.
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