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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1921

Page

4

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Oppose appointive superintendent amendment say women’s vote to speak

The Advocate argues against making the Superintendent of Public Instruction appointive. It praises women’s suffrage and urge inviting women’s leadership in schools. Cites Indiana’s rejection of a similar measure and urges voters to consider women’s input and other reasons to defeat the amendment.

Indiana

CANDIDATES BY THE WILL OF A PEOPLE WITH CONFIDENCE IN THEM

Rex Hall and A L Tipton are urged as county education board candidates. They are praised as citizens with business experience who will safeguard education funding. Hall is Republican and Tipton Democrat, but they run without political loyalty, serving at public request to act per best judgment.

Rex Hall A. L. Tipton County Board of Education Montgomery County Hall Tipton Educational Board

Meeting Continues Through Week Led by Rev Leggett

Donaldson Lyle Leggett and Rev D L Leggett lead a church meeting in progress with broad attendance. Local families and visiting relatives from East St. Louis Paris Sharpsburg Morehead Winchester and West Bend gather for fellowship and events amid social notices and community updates.

Charles Roundtree West Bend L. H. Gilbert Bobbie East St. Louis J. H. Leggett John West Sterling Sanders Morehead Oral Rice Walter Rice Winchester Marquis Roundtree Leggett Donaldson

Hog Killing Time at New East Main Packing House

Have your hogs slaughtered, sausage made and lard rendered at the sanitary packing house on East Main Street. Charges very reasonable. Phone 114, Hon Meat Co.

Sanitary Packing House East Main Street HON Meat CO

Plum Lick Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Plum Lick corresp reports visits among neighbors in Flemingsburg Millersburg Winchester and Middle town Ohio. Families such as the Pletchers Fletcher Williams and Crouch share time with relatives. An entertainment at Plum Lick school house Friday night October 28 is announced. An animal sale notes E H Crouch sold a heifer to N H Fletcher at 41 2 cents per pound.

Clint Williams Martha Jones Johnson Station Clay Steele Cecil Curtis Winchester Buford Curtis John Fletcher N. H. Fletcher Mansfield Pletcher Millersburg Charles Tapp Middletown Ohio Lida Low Marguerite Crouch E. H. Crouch Plum Lick

Rowan County News Briefs Include Shootings and Land Interests

Rowan County sees roughness with Rev. John Porter shot and wounded by Marshall Adkins who surrendered and posted 1000 bond. Moonshiners on Dry Creek clash, Lindsey Shelton wounded but to survive. Ed Baldridge and Ed Roberts jailed, Ova Wells also detained with moonshine. D B Leadbetter injured fishing. Senator Bradley and S M Cassity survey land titles in Gray son. Bradley owns about 8000 acres in Rowan and surrounding counties. Business shows slight upturn amid ongoing Harding Whitlers activity.

Dry Creek Lindsey Shelton Shelton Sheriff Wells A. W. Fraley App Perry Otis Maxey C. ©. Carter Ed Baldridge Ed Roberts Ova Wells S. M. Bradley S. 8 Cassity Grayson Senator Bradley Kentucky Rowan County Carter, Morgan, Bath Fleming Counties

Milk purity health surety Jersey Milk Co engagement

Jersey Milk Co owners Hunt and Henry announce a milk delivery service starting Saturday October 29 for the city. The notice promotes purity as health assurance and invites customers to place orders.

Jersey Milk Co Hunt and Henry Proprietors

Faith in Our Town and Our People Unite for Change

An editorial urges residents to believe in and improve their town through faith, loyalty, and united action. It frames the community as a shared creation and calls for constructive praise over criticism to build a stronger local identity.

Organization drives Jackson County agriculture growth

After three years of work a county organization in Jackson County proves its role in advancing farming interests. County agent W R Reynolds notes five school fairs and several community meetings drew 4500 residents to see what cooperation and organized efforts can achieve. Prominent speakers from within and beyond the county highlighted the progress.

Jackson County W. R. Reynolds

Local Buyer Offers to Buy Junk Rags Books and Livestock

An ad states a buyer will purchase old junk, rags, and books and will collect hens and turkeys. Contact J. H. Kimbrell at phone 819 for arrangements.

J. H. Kimbrell

Black person admits trouble in a troubling confession

A quotation from Bill Brown notes uncertainty about the world being round, while acknowledging a Black person who says she is in a pretty bad shape at the moment. The remark blends doubt with a stark self-assessment.

Old Bill Brown

Frugal Kentucky Social News and Local Weddings

Miss Frances Calvert and Robert Woolwine were quietly married in Mt. Sterling by Rev. Clydy Darsie. Mr. and Mrs. James Hoskins hosted about 80 relatives for a birthday gathering at their Winchester Pike home.

R. C. Fugate Cincinnati W. L. Fugate William Fugate J. T. Murphy Anna Fugate Grace Ragland Bertha Anna Glass Frances Kindred Mary Alma Hall Myrtle Baker Florence Yeary Arvilla Vance Daisy Robinson Lucy Emma King Josie Stevens Frances Willie Belle Crump Ruth Barnett Sara Davis Grace Daily Doty Douglas Ethel Baker Allen Stevens Charles Hall Joe King Bert Barnett G. B. Garrett Ernest Bramble William Mansfield James Horney Henry Stevens Clarence Adams Tom John Blanton Charlie Douglas Mildred Allen Golden Ephues Isaac Todd B. F. Todd Winchester Thompson Johnson Butler Powell J. E. Douglas Edna E. D. Jones Frances Calvert Robert Woolwine Mt. Sterling Clydy Darsie James Hoskins Winchester Pike Mrs. Hoskins George Calvert

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Americ Rover Ican Lyle Leggett D. L. Leggett John Hamilton Levee Mary Hannah Sanders George Sanders Paris I. T. Shelton B. F. Barnett Marshall Blackwell Willie Robinson Sharpsburg James Hon Ernest Swope Jim Blackwell Matthew Swope Frenchburg James Blackwell Noah Gillum Charles Crowe Mr. Riddle Wades Mill Corresp’t John Pletcher Flemingsburg N. H. Pletcher Cal Caywood Lee Johnson Judy Miss Nell Flankers Rowan County News John Porter Hogtown Marshall Adkins Adkins Advocate Joe Col. Hedden Royal Society of Harding Whitlers Jackson Communities BUICK F. O. B. Flint Mt.sterling Federal Reserve System United States Traders National Bank Sewells Jane West Charles West the Advocate
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