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Newspaper

Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1920

Page

6

Poultry Prices Slide on Increased Supplies and Demand Shifts

Poultry prices ease due to rising supplies and lighter demand while remaining above year-ago levels. Plants report sufficient labor to handle strong volumes and suggest marketing to avert future glut. Butter demand grows with favorable market and crop conditions. About 1,000,000 pounds of butter arrived from South America at discounts to domestic production. Egg receipts stay steady but require freshness for good pricing. Old stock and held-back eggs lose value against prime fresh eggs.

South America

It Is Hard to Please a Woman in Family Scene

The excerpt portrays a father returning home drunk yet gentle with children. He distributes dimes to the kids and pats his wife, then seeks a kiss, while mother scolds him for drinking. The scene centers on domestic tension and conflicted affection.

Archie Mother

On Life's Brief Way Reflective Verse Echoes Hope

A short reflective poem notes the sunlit road of life and bearing heavy hearts with moments of quiet laughter. It contrasts brightness with burdens and suggests resilience through cheerful bursts amid hardship.

First World Series Games Schedule Set

The National Commission set the 1906 World Series dates with the American League hosting the opening game on October 5. The first three games run October 5 6 and 7 in the AL city, followed by travel to the NL city for October 8 and 9 and the return October 14. A potential ninth game would be in the NL on October 16. If Chicago and Cleveland tie the AL pennant a three game playoff occurs in Cleveland Chicago and a neutral site.

National Commission Chicago Cleveland

Corn futures slip below dollar mark on improved conditions

Warm weather and favorable crop prospects push corn futures under one dollar in Chicago and St Louis with December options at 99 1/4 and 99 1/2 cents. Kansas City sees December options fall to 92 5/8 cents as prices retreat from recent lows.

Chicago St. Louis Kansas City

A Liar Explains Nightly Events to Wife

A man returns home around 12 30 a m and begins to recount how it all happened to his wife in a humorous domestic vignette.

Sing Your Sweetest Mocking Bird Song In Blossoms

A nostalgic verse extols a mockingbird singing about a beloved. Romantic imagery links blue eyes, red and white roses, and imagined kisses, urging the bird to sing its sweetest for the sweetheart as the day brightens.

Paradise

Coburns Minstrels At The Table Promises Classic Entertainment

The Coburns Minstrels opened a week long engagement praised by the Louisville Courier Journal as the season’s best attraction at the Jefferson. The show blends oldtime minstrel tradition with modern jazzy dance and lively humor featuring Joe Coburn and his veteran company.

J. A. Coburn Louisville Courier-Journal Coburn Jefferson Joe Coburn

Widow Turns Devilish Maven of Life

A fragment quotes a widow and a Reno diploma holder, contrasting their manipulative keenness with a pessimistic young man described as a human pill. The tone is wry and reflective, noting satire toward educated pretensions and enduring life’s voyage.

Wim Feller

The Man With the True Thermometer

A man notes his thermometer reads 105 on a hot day while all other town thermometers read 95 He concludes his device is the sole accurate one in town and is correct about the discrepancy.

Caught with Goods on Hint Impacts Delivery

A short notice notes delays in deliveries as the reason given involves being found with the goods on a hint. The report highlights logistical hiccups and the involvement of authorities, with attention to timing and subsequent steps.

Incompatibility defined as rare stubborn demand

A witty definition portrays incompatibility as a man mandating his own way only once every ten years, highlighting rare unreasonable behavior.

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