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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
8
Auction notice for Mrs. Sarah B. Drake property on Holt Avenue Mt Sterling Kentucky announced sale of a building lot fine furniture and household goods. Includes shoe dyeing service advertisement and local shop notices. Lost keys and general ads conclude the readable items.
A terse note notes Ground Hog delaying emergence before the Harding inauguration. It mentions new fruit arrivals at Vanarsdell's with raisins figs and currants. Also announces a new song titled Darling Dear May I Be Your Family Skeleton with a playful period tone.
The Advocate notes a widow, amid lists of shelled pecans walnuts and almonds at Vanarsdell's, reflecting on life as routine and unexciting despite changes in social events. The brief appears in a twice weekly edition.
The columnist emphasizes asking trusted professionals before investing and cites a reader who sought guidance on oil stocks. The editor warns against hot tips and greed, advising safe buys like Fourth Liberty Bonds and highlighting the stability they offer, with Liberty Bonds praised as a top investment.
In a Briar Rose home Love-Fairy sees rain floods wash out a tiny ant village. Briar-Rose lends a pink petal boat and the fairy sails to help the ants escape drowning. The ants reach shore and begin rebuilding while the rainbow wings power the boat.
A mixed classified list offers for sale wallpaper paints window shades glass pianos organs phonographs and marble monuments. Also shops offering shoe repair cakes feeds and horse equipment. Local businesses include Cravens Turpin J H Templeman WM Adams Son and McGuire Bros with contact hints and locations in Mt Sterling Lexington and nearby streets.
A sorghum crop at Love County struggles to reach market as farmers report robust yields yet face minimal sales and uncertain demand, leaving producers unsure about revenue prospects and potential price declines.
An assortment of lines promotes Wilson's fruits and vegetables and mentions fresh oysters and new crop nuts. The text also includes aphorisms about hypocrisy and publicity and a note tracing the history of the pocket handkerchief.
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