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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1921
Page
3
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station reports Sudan Grass as a promising summer pasture for hogs. An acre fed ten brood sows for two months without grain, and the crop remained preferred by the animals. Experiments continue with younger hogs to confirm viability and address hot dry season forage needs.
A reflection contrasts 1890s affordability with modern prosperity driven by a rise in high school enrollment. The piece argues education expansion signals social progress and that higher costs today reflect improved opportunities, while urging patience in decisions and noting unhappiness fuels evils.
Dr. C B Robert, director of the State Board of Health Bureau of Trachoma, wrapped a Manchester Clay county clinic and moved to Barbourville. Next stops include Lancaster Garrard county and Jackson Breathitt county. In Manchester 372 patients were examined with 34 trachoma cases and 28 operations performed. results are seen as encouraging. Assistants include Dr. C E Downs and nurses Miss Nell Lang, Miss Linda Neville, Mrs. Mattie P. Snedaker and Miss Barbara Cochran.
Silas Shelburne, Lexington tobacco leader and long time figure with General Stonewall Jackson's command, died in Lexington after a sudden apoplexy at his warehouse. His body left Lexington for Richmond accompanied by his son Victor Shelburne and W. L. Petty, Tobacco Board representative. The Lexington Tobacco Board of Trade formed a committee to draft resolutions mourning his loss, praising his nearly two decades of leadership in the Lexington tobacco market.
The excerpt contrasts high business integrity with pride and duty, praising a person as soldier, citizen, and adviser while noting the fragility of aging and loss. It also includes wry lines about hair color, a ruined tombstone, and the nature of optimism as ailed opportunity.
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