Funny Movie Sign Quips Drive Local Attention
The Albany Argus and New York Globe report quirky theatre signs drawing crowds. Harlem Theatre posts Mother I Need You for Three Days starting November 30 while a Columbus Citizen advertises Geraldine Farrar supported by her husband. Boston Transcript notes Her Wedding Night shown every night.
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Albany Argus
Harlem
New York Globe
Geraldine Farrar
Columbus
Boston Transcript
Witty Observations on Marriage and Men
A humorous piece contrasts expectations of wives with male habits. It jokes about rosiness on wedding and death, belief in visible claims, doctors prescriptions, and quirks of men and married life, noting many ideal husbands cannot be proven by married women and preferring disappointment in love to marriage.
I Never Knew You Could Keep Rats Out of a Butcher Shop
An advertisement claims RAT SNAP repels rodents in a butcher shop trial conducted by Ralph Watkins. He reports rats avoided food and that a ten day treatment cleared them out while guard dogs monitored the area. Sold and guaranteed by Chenault and Orear in three sizes 35c 65c and $1.25.
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Ralph Watkins
Chenault & Orear
Old-fashioned girl imagines style in lace and trim
The tale notes a person who once wore Rick Rack undergarments and now has a daughter who rejects outfits unless a Shadow Lace trim is included.
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Rick
Tanlac Endorsed by Big Four Engineer for Stomach Relief
Eighth and Elborne Apartments, Cincinnati engineer with 40 years on the Big Four says Tanlac restored appetite and energy after indigestion and fatigue. He reports no more tired feeling and strong health, endorsing the remedy. Tanlac is sold in Mt. Sterling by Land & Priest.
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America
BE. H. Bowley
Eighth
Elborne Apartments
Prince Hill
Cincinnati
Bowley
Big Four Railroad
Chicago
Knights of Pythias
Tanlac
Taniac
Mt. Sterling
Land & Priest
Investment phrase for United States Treasury Savings Certificates
Treasury Savings Certificates offered in denominations of 100 and 1000 pay 4.27 percent interest. They mature five years from issue, with new issues each January. Certificates are highly liquid and can be cashed at any time on ten days’ notice.
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United States Treasury Savings
Farmers Plan to Market Wheat Crops
The Farm Bureau Federation committee of 17 hearings outlines a controlled marketing plan for wheat. It envisions two main bodies a marketing group controlled by growers and a warehousing entity with stock structures, aiming to give producers majority influence once 51 percent join for five years.
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Farm Bureau Federations Committee of 17
Uncle Sam
Selling
Marketing Association of Wheat Producers
Premier Liberty Bonds offer bargain rate for investors
A Premier Investment notes Liberty Bonds now trade at prices that net more than 6 percent in some cases. The item asks if anyone has seen a better investment bargain since the government was founded.
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Liberty
Educational Tooth Talk-21 Present Methods
Dr H M Wright of Traders Bank Building discusses modern dental advances. He notes dentists now save teeth rather than extract them and use bridges or plates to restore function and appearance.
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H. M. Wright
Traders Bank
Sacred Bond Tested by Illness and Affection
A man reflects on how happiness and care fade beside illness as his wife’s supportive presence proves enduring. The piece contrasts carefree affection with the deeper, steadier devotion shown during sickness.
You might raise a lion and a lamb together story
A quirky local note contrasts keeping a lion and a lamb with the impractical notion of raising a small boy alongside a prize fern, highlighting odd domestic considerations and humor in home life.
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Woodbury
Asco
Ingram’s
Ransing
Pond
Co-Operative Drug CO
Cor. Main & Limestone Sts
Lexington
Luke McLuke
Beaver Board
MT. Sterling Lumber CO
Star Planing Mill Co
Big
Rie
Cardus
SS Store
Cincinnnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
G.D. Sullivan & Co
W. Locust Street
Mt, Sterling, Ky
J.w.jones & Son
Mt. Sterling, Ky
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