Shortage in Auto Department Exposed in State Audit
State Inspector Sherman Goodpaster reports 133 forged automobile license applications from July 14 1912 to June 14 1914. He says erasures show original horsepower and that $5 instead of $10 was paid. total due to the State is $1 303.64 with Busars admitting responsibility and promising further investigation.
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Sherman Goodpaster
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
T. S. Byars
Goodpaster
Lexington Herald subscription offer highlights Blue Grass paper
An advertising pitch promotes the Lexington Herald as the region’s only morning newspaper. It urges readers to subscribe for a period from September 1 to January 1, offering access to war news markets local Blue Grass coverage for under a cent daily.
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Lexington Herald
America
Blue Grass
Hen earnings soar as eggs fuel American living
Article lauds poultry farming as a profitable home venture for urban and rural families. It cites a $300 million annual revenue from eggs and poultry, notes practical starts on small plots, and highlights John M. Foster’s “Million Egg Farm” earning near $20,000 yearly. It encourages city workers to acquire inexpensive land on city outskirts to begin poultry and vegetable projects.
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United States
John M. Foster
Foster
Don't Sit Up Nights People Go To Sleep Believing
A reflective line urges readers to rest easy and not fear trouble, trusting that trouble will wake you when it is ready, encouraging calm vigilance and patience.
What South America Wants to Buy and What It Has for Sale
Government reports list each nation's imports and exports. Argentina imports autos and machinery while exporting beef and hides. Brazil ships coffee and cocoa as imports include flour and rubber goods. Bolivia lists cheap clothing and electrical goods as imports and crude rubber and cocoa as exports. Chile imports cement and locomotives and exports nitrates and iodine. Colombia trades coffee and gold for prepared foods and medicines. Ecuador imports foodstuffs and exports coca beans and hats. Paraguay imports household goods and machinery and exports forest products and tobacco. Peru imports textiles and leather and exports copper and silver sulfide. Uruguay imports cotton goods and exports livestock products. Venezuela imports agricultural implements and cotton goods and exports coffee and cocoa.
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South America
United States
New South American Bureau
Department of Commerce
Argentina
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Ringling Circus Announces Two Lexington Performances
Official notice confirms Ringling Bros Circus will stage two shows in Lexington on September 22. The season features Solo mon and the Queen of Sheba, a 1250 cast spectacle with 300 dancers 735 horses 32 camels and a vast menagerie of 1003 wild animals including 41 elephants and five giraffes. Railroads arrange special service for crowds from the city and nearby areas.
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Ringling Bros
Lexington
An Inch of Actual Performance Behind Empty Promises
A compact saying compares real results to promises, arguing that tangible effort matters more than grand but unfulfilled assurances. It emphasizes measurable outcomes over rhetoric in evaluating commitments and progress.
Jefferson County Leads in Illiteracy Campaign Volunteers
Jefferson county has more volunteers in Kentucky's illiteracy drive than any county. One hundred two Jefferson County school graduates formed the first class to volunteer to teach an illiterate. Superintendent Orville J. Stivers and ninety five teachers volunteered to teach moonlight schools. Mrs. Will S. Hays of Louisville and Mr. J. W. McConathy, former Kentucky Educational Association president, will serve in the Jefferson county effort.
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Jefferson County
Kentucky
Orville J. Stivers
Will S. Hays
Louisville
J. W. McConathy
Kentucky Educational Association
Mt. Sterling Embraces Meritol Line Through Local Agents
Mt. Sterling joins the American Drug and Press Association and offers Meritol preparations through Mt. Sterling Drug Co. Local agents urge residents to ask to see Merital goods, promising quality guaranteed in every way.
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Mt. Sterling
American Drug and Press Association
Meritol
Merital
Mt. Sterling Drug Co
Kentucky Engineers Alumni Spread Across Thirty-Six States
A booklet from the State University’s College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering lists graduates by name year and address. It notes a wide geographic distribution with seventy two graduates returning to Kentucky to aid the state’s industrial development and mentions placements in Australia Austria Brazil Canada England Mexico and Spain.
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Kentucky
State University
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
James Richard Johnson
Eastern Kentucky Normal School
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Canada
England
Mexico
Spain
Fiscal Court meeting capsulized by routine business
The Fiscal Court met on Tuesday and transacted only general routine affairs with no significant actions reported.
Wilson Will Run Again For Re election
Washington special reports the President has written a letter to a friend implying he will run for re election. The letter frames the chief executive's administration and persona as needing the people’s approval after four years, signaling a likely candidacy.
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Washington
City Council Grants Permit for Residence on Maysville Corner
The City Council met in regular session Tuesday night and ordered several sidewalks and granted a permit to John G. Roberts to erect a residence at the corner of Maysville Street and Johnson Avenue.
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Cty Council
John G. Roberts
Maysville Street
Johnson Avenue
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured by local applications. It markets Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment affecting blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available, from Fr. J Cheney & Co of Toledo, and notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Fr. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Pruggiats
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Sutton
Mr. Byars
Mal Richmond
New Model School
Department of Agriculture
Crabbe
Cincinnati
Albert Bondurant
Aif
Walsh Go
Philadelphia
Ringling Circus
Lehigh
G. H. Strother
Fiscal Court
Wilson
John W. Jones
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