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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
7
Mrs. W. G. Baker, formerly with the Novelty Store for several months, has accepted a position with the Advocate Publishing Co. and has begun her duties.
The History Club sent a beautiful box to their French orphan in France last week, delivering a charitable gesture across the ocean.
An article recounts how Columbus was chosen as the site for the Methodist Centenary Celebration in June and July. It details H. B. Dickson’s search, Columbus’s state fair grounds, and the large Methodist population and reach that convinced bishops and church leaders to choose Columbus as the gathering place for 250,000 attendees.
The article chronicles Kentucky’s shift from tobacco and race horses to mineral wealth. It notes coal development placing Kentucky among top bituminous states, oil and gas growth since 1905, with 18 000 gallons piped to market last week, and wheat yields exceeding 15 million bushels on over one million acres.
A terse reflection from The Advocate for Printing notes that the world records the shining grit collected on the road of life and often lets others profit from it without accountability.
The Information and Education Service of the Department of Labor estimates a building deficiency of 1.511 billion dollars in the North Central States and 1.2 billion in the North Atlantic States. Shortages include housing, school buildings, and business structures. officials expect a nationwide building boom within months to meet 1919 needs and stimulate related industries.
On Monday morning W D Newton of Oregon and associates started drilling for oil on the O B Sanderson farm one mile west of the city. Newton is enthusiastic and confident that oil will be struck.
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