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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
6
A commentary denounces bickering and backbiting among local business leaders. It warns such discord harms the town’s prospects and prosperity, urging rivals to speak well of each other and unite in harmony for communal advancement. It asks readers if they are for unity and warns the grumbler always seeks excuses.
Snagtown paper mocks Deputy Constable Doc Walz plan to vanish and reappear amid a supposed kidnapping by horse traders. The Torchlight column ridicules hypocrisy taxes and local figures while lampooning editor Captain Jack Plunkett and readers with comic jabs and gossip.
Creditors and interested parties in the estate of Green Osborn deceased are notified that Master Commissioner Samuels will begin sittings under an order of reference at the Mt Sterling Court House Montgomery County Kentucky on October 5 1916 at 9 am and continue daily through October 14 1916 except Sundays, to present claims and offer evidence.
The piece criticizes a Chicago arrest of blackmailers who targeted rich individuals. It notes prosecutors claiming all would be exposed, yet an order hides victims’ identities, arguing money and status shield the powerful from publicity while poorer victims would face harsher scrutiny. It questions equal application of the law.
The advertisement declares catarrh a constitutional disease needing systemic treatment. It promotes Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, claims internal action on blood and mucous membranes, and offers 100 dollars if it fails to cure, with 75 cent price and Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advised.
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