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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1911
Page
2
The tobacco crop falls short of last year by about 20 percent overall. Burley yields improve at season's end, exceeding early predictions. The dark tobacco section is said to be of very fine quality but light in quantity, with a substantial figure noted in the final tally.
A local advertisement promotes new business stationery with samples on display. It notes prices match regular printed goods and urges a look to be convinced. The message ends by stating a business lease is judged by its stationery.
The Democratic platform pledges to curb corrupt lobbying in the Legislature and names Governor McCreary as the champion to expose and drive out miscreants who have fattened at the public expense for years in Frankfort. both parties are blamed for harboring these harpies.
Thousands attend the unveiling of a bronze equestrian statue to Gen. John Hunt Morgan on Lexington courthouse square. The city hosts a parade with Confederate and Union veterans, university cadets, and city officials as sponsors Miss Henrietta Hunt Henning and Miss Frances Breckinridge Steele pull the ribbons.
One hundred dollar reward promise for an uncured catarrh case. Endorsed by F. J. Cheney & Co. and National Bank of Commerce, Toledo. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Governor McCreary and Judge Alex P Humphrey of Louisville dispute statements about a Goebel-Taylor election meeting at the Galt House. McCreary questions O'Rear's honesty while urging Humphrey to repeat remarks. The piece questions O'Rear's guilt and predicts a test of his truthfulness.
The text portrays ORear as a feared figure, described as visionary yet dangerous. Business leaders worry he wields dangerous power and is prone to political and personal revenge, potentially harming the state for personal ends.
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