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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
6
Attorney General Charles Morris urged a statewide crusade against profiteering and called for citizens to report cases to the Commonwealth's Attorney. He cited local merchants doubling profits on tomatoes and cantaloupes and blamed government sales of safety razors and blankets for aiding profiteers. He warned that fines and imprisonment await violators.
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cases cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It touts a thirty five year track record, claims blood cleansing action, and urges readers to start now while offering testimonials and free sample requests.
A prominent local merchant urged residents that stopping purchases for a few weeks would force prices down. He stated that the people could halt profiteering by withholding buying momentum and taking action quickly.
Mrs. Virginia Clarke Allen of Ewing Kentucky died October 4 1919 after a brief illness aged 68 Funeral services were held at the Christian church conducted by Rev G H Fern with burial in Elizabeth Cemetery She is survived by her husband ten children including Mrs Thomas H Scott of this city
Mrs. B. F. Spears, a member of a prominent state family, dies at 79 at her Bourbon county home after a fall that fractured her hip. She was sister to John T. Woodford of the same county.
An item notes new lanes at the Trimble building and praises bowling as the premier form of exercise.
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