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Newspaper

Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1921

Page

4

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Announcement notes subscription rate of two dollars per year and states cash must accompany the order. The notice, stamped as second class mail matter in Mt. Sterling, lacks further details beyond the payment instruction and publication association attribution.

Mt. Sterling THE American Press Association

Governor Morrow Seeks School Dept To Escalate Politics

The Advocate argues against removing politics from the State Educational Department and fears appointive control would create a powerful machine. It urges voters to oppose the November amendment, warning it could let a few appointive officials name all state and national leaders. The piece defends democracy by trusting the people to choose in elections.

Morrow State Educational Department The Advocate

Which Are You A Duck Or A Hen

A parable on business compares a silent duck that lays eggs to a company that stocks and hides its value versus a noisy hen that advertises, gathers, crates, and sells eggs. The text urges action and investment in real enterprise.

Social Seasonal Gatherings Highlight early 20th Century Leisure

Miss Mary Carolyn Oldham hosted a pink themed dinner at her Levee Pike home with a long guest list. Miss Gladys Tabor led a tackey party on Antwerp avenue with a candy prize and Halloween pins for attendees. The Bonnie Lasses performed at Camargo to high praise and a future invitation in 1922. Suzette Johnson hosted a board party on West Main street where Mrs. Katherine Goodpaster won a lemonade spoon prize.

Mary Carolyn Oldham Levee Pike Miss Oldham Clara Fassett Jennie Benton Kathleen Reynolds Mary Simrall Blevins Elizabeth Lockridge Elizabeth Fogg Louise Oldham Prof. Smith Albro Whitsett Gladys Tabor Antwerp Avenue Dorothy Perry Frances Scobee Edna Dee Owings Virginia Ayres Elizabeth Strossman Indianaola Highland Lucille Hamilton Frances Turner Elsie Derrickson Roberta Dale Susan Gatewood Catherine Redmond Georgia Kerns Henrietta Howell Martha Moss Suzette Johnson West Main Street Katherine Goodpaster Miss Johnson W. P. Huntington C. W. Kirkpatrick Allen G. Prewitt Lizzie P. Coleman C. A

Local Notes From Mt Sterling District

Omar Markland, ill with pneumonia, may be out. Mrs. A B Thomason and children of Mt Sterling visited her mother Mrs Callie Ra Elder. P H L Phipps sold 20 head of cattle to Brown and Fox at 7 cents a pound. Burbridge Ratliff in Mt Sterling Friday. Frank Brown attended court in Mt Sterling last week. Have your teeth fixed at our blacksmith shop. For particulars about dental work ask Stanley. Mrs Jeff Staton does not im- Mrs A M Crouch spent Saturday with sister Mrs Mildred

P. HL. Phipps Brown and Fox Burbridge Ratliff Mt. Sterling Frank Brown Stanley Jeff Staton

Notable Local Residents Update at City Hospital

Jere Coleman leading local business circles enters Mary Chiles Hospital for several weeks of treatment. Scott Shoemaker shows improvement after an illness spanning several weeks.

Jere Coleman Mary Chiles Hospital Scott Shoemaker

You can string beans and kid gloves but you can't buy frogs

A compact rhyme contrasts kitchen tasks with impossible shopping. It uses playful imagery to suggest limits on what can be purchased. The line implies a humorous barrier between ordinary chores and impossible purchases.

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Bonnie Lassies Camargo Camargo Consolidated School Bonnie Lasses Consolidated School Bonnie Sussex Salt Lick Bethel Owingsville W. A. Sutton & Son Stepstone Wille Ragan Omar Markland A. B. Thomason Callie Ra Mrs. A. M. Crouch Mrs Mildred Breeders Sale Lexington Tattersall’s R. T. Judy Guild of the Episcopal Church Robert L. Coleman McKer S. Bank Street the Advocate Cooper Spring Needle Union Walsh Company the House OF KU
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