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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
5
A U S government inspector visited the city this week to survey several stores for possible profiteering. No official report has been issued yet on local conditions.
A Chicago Tribune style line notes Senator Lodge’s chagrin as he contrasts his small gallery of opponents with the widespread applause for President Wilson and the League of Nations. The passage emphasizes the partisan split on the international issue.
Mrs James M Rash of Winchester announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Anna Stoner Rash to George Whitfield Hall of Fayette county The wedding is planned for this fall and both families are well known in Blue Grass social circles The notice will be of interest to friends in this city
Temporary Chairman Henry De Haven Moorman issues notices for the first annual American Legion Kentucky Branch convention to be held at the Watterson Hotel on Friday and Saturday October 3 and 4. The Transylvania trotting championship will be raced in Lexington on October 2.
Last Tuesday the county committee named registration and election officers from Democratic and Republican nominees. Wards list include First Ward John Gibbons J H Wood J R Faulkner J Ty Coons. Second Ward J J Kerns Joe Stamper J M Gatewood W H Tip ton. Third Ward James Horton F G Trimble Abe Owings Norman Hor. Fourth Ward J W Baker J Wells Wilkerson W P Apperson Hanly William.
A savage Corpus Christi storm leaves 125 dead and property damage estimated at 4 million dollars as reported by the Advocate Classifieds.
Hugh Stephens of Pittsburg Kansas is visiting his father’s family, Joe W Stephens. He left Sterling twenty three years ago with his wife and now serves as first assistant cashier of the First National Bank in Pittsburg. Crops in Kansas suffer from drought and coal mining remains the main local industry amid labor unrest. Mrs Stephens is formerly Miss Marcia Gay and they have a daughter, Miss Sara, twenty one.
Mrs Joanny reports using RAT SNAP rat poison after finding a dead rat hidden in the cellar. She notes the animal appeared to have been dead for at least six months and surprised by the lack of odor. The product is advertised in three sizes at 25 cents and one dollar with a guaranteed effect.
Members of Representative Frear's committee travel through Oregon and Washington to learn about tall timber. They hope the observations will aid them before the next election.
The government reports tax revenue covers current spending with a surplus to retire loans. The fiscal department is highlighted as a bright spot in the administration. The Advocate for printing.
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