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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
6
The Manufacturers Record notes Baltimore invested about 400 million dollars in the South and related urban upgrades. The illustrated edition outlines Baltimore's shift to a modern metropolis with new sewers drainage plant underground utilities highway repaving water plant harbor deepening rail terminal expansion and municipal conduit power lines.
A local drug store endorses Merital Tonic Digestive as a powerful strength builder and nerve tonic for the weak, run down, and sick. Marketed as the greatest fortifier, it is offered at $1.00 by Mt. Sterling Drug Co as sole agents.
Advertises a limited time subscription to the Lexington Herald from September 1 to January 1 for $1.00, boasting all war news, national markets, and local Blue Grass coverage as the only morning paper in the area. Includes call to action to subscribe today.
The Advocate for Printing notes oysters growing less popular in society yet still share time at home with family as social habits shift toward domestic scenes.
After the war the world will know its Belgium and its France as never before. The map maker fascinates minds. Pronunciation rules for Belgian French and Dutch names are outlined, with guidance on syllable stress, nasal vowels, and common place names across Europe.
A succinct proverb warns that hasty conclusions can trap the thinker. The saying implies caution in judgment and the risk of locking into faulty reasoning under pressure.
The Courier Journal reports a rapid rise in Kentucky silo building. The Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station promotes concrete silos, offering plans, rental forms, supervision, and low costs. Demonstrated examples show silos from 12 by 32 feet to 16 by 30 feet with total prices from 123 to 300 dollars, averaging about 2.75 per ton capacity.
Mt. Sterling proclaims its town pride and announces membership in the American Drug and Press Association. The note urges residents to ask for Meritol preparations sold through Association members and highlights guaranteed quality with local agents available.
Senator Ollie M. James through the Kentucky Illiteracy Commission offers fifty dollars to the teacher who runs the best moonlight school this year. The commission will judge on enrollment, attendance, illiterates taught, and general interest, rewarding effort and honor for the winner.
A tranquil ocean wedding unfolds with no protest or disruption, a rare moment of calm as attendees witness the union amid vast waters.
The article argues that profitable prices are the key driver for agriculture and criticizes pests and low prices as the major threats. It urges farmers to organize and cooperate after harvest to better withstand market fluctuations and external pressures from European and American markets. It stresses the Kentucky farmer's need for cooperation and diversification.
To St Louis and West via Louisville or Cincinnati. Mt Sterling links to Louisville and Cincinnati with B&O Southwestern fast flyers to St Louis and West. Louisville B&O S W departures at 8:10 am 9:00 pm 2:20 am. Cincinnati departures at 9:00 am noon 9:15 pm 2:15 am. Modern steel coaches sleeping cars and dining car service. Local agent Seely T P A Traction Bldg Cincinnati Ohio.
A brief item notes talk of sawdust and red ink as parts of red market paper. It also compares certain manufacturers unfavorably to a man who tricked a horse with green glasses to alter its feed perception.
Speaker Champ Clark recounts teaching adult illiterates in Anderson county day school. He describes instructing middle aged veterans and other adults and sends Kentucky teachers in the illiteracy campaign a message of sympathy and support.
The text argues that wealth comes from price, management, and market efficiency rather than production volume. It states laws can't force higher prices or lower costs, and stresses reliance on factories, transport, better machinery, and farmer business skill to cut costs and market products.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is a proven prescription by top physicians, a tonic and blood purifier. Send for testimonials. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists for 5. use with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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