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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
11
Tobacco cut early is curing to a beautiful color and to all appearances will be checked as a high grade. Much of the crop will be housed this week. Men's Corduroy Suits now on sale. Buy early as no suits will be offered later in the season. The Walsh Co.
The Kentucky State Fair reports a loss of about 25000 dollars, blamed on a car strike deterring out of town visitors and locals who feared potential danger, leading to a significantly reduced attendance.
A farmer recalls fear of rats on the farm and how RAT-SNAP, advertised by Chenault and Orear, killed 17 rats and scared the rest away. The product comes in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and carries a guarantee.
A hopeful defense of optimism over pessimism cites labor, farmers, and wage growth while contrasting current conditions with the 1896 free silver era. The piece argues for harmony between classes, warns against Bolshevik agitation, and urges belief in progress under Providence.
Miss Minnie Groves, formerly of Mt. Sterling and longtime Mt. Sterling schools faculty, has been appointed director of penmanship at the State Normal School in Buffalo New York.
Matt C. Clay and H. B. Lane purchased 372 acres of the Ford estate in Bourbon County at public sale. The price averaged 308 dollars per acre, and the tract includes the Ford home and prime tobacco land. Col. George D. Speaks of Harris & Speaks conducted the auction, hailed as the best farm land sale in Central Kentucky.
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