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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1921
Page
9
Fragment from a local newspaper page shows billing text for subscriptions and advertising rates. It mentions editor roles and a post office entry in Mt. Sterling. The legible parts note cash payment required and per year rates.
Beginning last Sunday October 16th and continuing to October 23rd Mt Sterling will host discussions by four prominent Christian Fundamentals scholars. The speakers, one from each major denomination, will address the public twice daily at local churches with no admission fee.
Harry Sommers argues that letting teachers dictate school legislation mirrors railroads fixing rates and bankers fixing interest. The editor urges readers to study the proposed amendments and vote against them.
The piece depicts an ongoing struggle between labor and capital over price maintenance and wage reductions. It argues the unrest affects dependents along the line and calls for an immediate settlement to end the tension once and for all.
Local notice calls landowners along the three and a half mile proposed hard surfaced road between Montgomery and Clark counties to promptly settle rights of way. It urges visit to R. G. Kern or Mark Prewitt to finalize the agreement so the contract can be let and work begun at once.
The Ada Meade Lexington invites Kentucky press to view the William Fox film Over the Hill. Described as a vivid life drama about a mother's loving heart and a large family, the picture is said to entertain from start to finish this week.
The Elizabeth Wyatt's School of Stenography will open November 1. Prospective entrants must enroll on or before October 20 99 11t.
W V Sudduth of Clark county disposed of registered Duroc hogs at $20 per head in his truck. L D Irvine of Moorefield bought one and a Mr Pord of Pilot View took another. On Monday court day in Winchester he will offer 21 registered Duroc gifts at auction. They are splendid individuals.
Tender juicy steaks and choice cuts of roast beef headline the meat department at Vanarsdell's with fresh specials and quality offerings for shoppers seeking prime beef selections.
A fragment notes the J. L. Robinson farm near Grassy Lick was bid to 235 dollars per acre at public auction but withdrawn. The Bottling Works Co of East Locust Street has opened a gasoline station and seeks local customer patronage.
Fleming County surpassed the 75 percent mark in pledging tobacco acreage to the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co operative Association. Counties Fayette Bourbon Woodford Montgomery Lincoln Bath Carter Fleming and Nicholas led the drive with high participation as organizers plan house to house canvasses and a district effort to sign remaining growers before November 14.
119 acre farm near Jeffersonville with a six room house a new six bent tobacco barn good water and fencing. On the road to Eastern Kentucky. For details contact owner Jake Hiler on the premises or auctioneer Wm Cravens. 103-5t
Kentucky suffered its first defeat of the season as Vanderbilt defeated the Wildcats 21 to 14 in a hard fought game at Stoll Field Lexington on Saturday afternoon.
Have your hogs slaughtered, sage made and lard rendered at our new sanitary packing house on East Main street. Charges very reasonable. Phone 114. HON MEAT CO.
The will of Mrs. Susan Cooney was probated Monday in a straightforward estate proceeding. The docket lists no contests and assigns executors as named in the document.
Rooms for rent in the Mrs Jennie Robinson residence on High Street. Apply to Mrs G N Cox, phone 865.
L Fisher brandished by Centre College Athletic Association as Robert L Myers requests an urgent mail order of two dozen ounce bottles of F F Liniment. The letter praises its effectiveness on sprains and bruises among Centre football players and seeks best quantity pricing. Favor advertisement noted for growing reputation.
Pie and box supper hosted by Moberley School on Friday night October 21 at 7 o’clock for the benefit of the school. Everyone invited.
Head lettuce and celery join fresh vegetables on offer at Vanarsdell's. Cranberried tomatoes highlighted among the market produce, signaling a seasonal display and value in the grocery lineup.
John P. Hall was tried by Commissioner Wood on obscene matter through the mail and judged of unsound mind. A writ of inquirendo sent Hall to Bath county authorities for sanity investigation. Bath county men Ray Hart Ollie Schultz Talmadge Pergram and Will Thompson were tried for July freight car burglary on the C O railroad and found not guilty.
Thousands of weak run-down men and women report astonishing weight gains after using Tanlac. Land and Priest promote the remedy as a tonic for weak health and vitality.
William Ware age 13 son of Audrey Ware fractured both bones of the lower leg while playing at Kiddville school last week. The injury was painful but he is recovering and expected to be well soon.
A brief note lists items including rent and clothing and groceries. The text references keeping old items and maintaining essentials. No specific people, places, or dates are provided in the readable fragment.
A Chicago Journal of Commerce note recalls a country publisher's line about advertising. The saying argues that good advertising sustains good business over decades, highlighting impact from a slogan crafted more than thirty years ago.
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