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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1914
Page
7
Poem from the Baltimore Sun expressing hope that life improves with effort and perseverance. The speaker desires a future of joy, trust, and labor leading to brighter days, imagining storms clearing and sorrow fading as all will come right in time.
The Kentucky Sunday School Association will hold its forty-ninth state convention in Lexington in October 2023. The program promises top speakers, a great choir, and sessions on all Sunday School activities. About four thousand Kentucky Sunday Schools may send delegates, with Louisville’s 712 Louisville Trust Building listed for particulars.
Travel routes from Mt. Sterling to St. Louis and the West are detailed with connections through Louisville and Cincinnati. B&O Southwestern fast trains depart Louisville at 8:10 a.m., 9:00 p.m., and 2:20 a.m. from Cincinnati at 9:00 a.m., noon, 9:15 p.m., and 2:15 a.m. Modern steel coaches and dining car service accompany day trains. inquire with local agents, S. T. Seely, T. P. A.
The Menefee County vote last Saturday defeated a road bond issue, scuttling a chance for improved highways. Only Mariba and Frenchburg precincts supported the proposal with two thirds.
Republican clerk in Winchester post office Taylor Flynn has been notified of his selection as Assistant Postmaster after endorsements and a delayed approval. He will be sworn in next Thursday October 1. The move signals civil service influence in appointments by Postmaster General Burleson and assistant Roper.
Cold damp weather invites home maintenance as McCormick Co announces shingles in stock and offers installation. Phone 48.
Congress plans a war tax of 100 million dollars to offset import deficits from the European war. Freight shipments would shoulder 65 million while beer would bear 35 million, with carriers acting only as collectors and paid for their service. Beer taxes rise 50 cents per barrel. domestic wine makers share the burden. Senate leaders also expect a 25 million dollar cut to the Rivers and Harbors appropriation.
The Madisonian and Climax will merge to form a strong Richmond weekly. Hon Grant Lilly, organizer and longtime editor, will remain a leading figure in Kentucky journalism. Dr W G White will continue as business manager.
A reader reports a roof leak and urges quick shingle purchase from McCormick Lumber Co inviting a response. The message ends with a casual query about church attendance.
Fort Smith Arkansas report notes the Arkansas Southern Railway tracks to be removed and sold for scrap iron after a Federal Court order halted train service last June. The move is framed as a novel method of handling railroad deficits by the government.
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart of the State Illiteracy Commission reports more than 1 000 moonlight schools opened in Kentucky with an enrollment over 50 000 last year and expects attendance to reach 100 000 by October 5. Adults are showing strong interest in these programs across sections.
The farmer acts as the directing head and operating hand of his business, combining, directing, and carrying all responsibilities.
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