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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1918
Page
4
The notice lists a subscription rate of one dollar and fifty cents per year for local readers. Details on where to subscribe and payment deadlines are expected to follow in the official public notice column.
The Kentucky Democratic base debates the fate of Senator James as he nears retirement. The party considers whether to replace him with Stans and how the June primary outcome could impact November. Supporters seek a candidate with proven integrity and unity among 28 Democrats and many independents.
Irvin Jackson describes camp life at Allentown Pennsylvania and evacuation hospital routines. He notes shifts, the hospital stages, hospitality from the North, and plans to move with new units. He mentions visiting Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia en route to France and caring for eight men during transport. He asks about family, letters, and a girlfriend named Lelia.
The Western Review cites wartime odds claiming better survival and medical care for soldiers than civilians while noting lower disease fatality rates in this war compared to bullets. A separate notice offers a 1100 lb red steer for reward from Richard R. Prewitt of Mt. Sterling Kentucky.
Robert Grant cites records showing less than 1 percent of wills are set aside for defects or mental incapacity. Juries largely uphold testaments, contradicting folk belief that many last wishes are overturned.
Old English correspondence reveals Napoleon, after returning from Russia, dismisses thoughts of marching on St Petersburg. He cites lack of stomach for invading the mud peninsula and says focus on Russian civil administration kept him in Moscow, altering his fate.
Readers questioned a Literary Digest report on 1917 hand knitting. the Red Cross notes wool is used efficiently and hand knitting remains vital. Edw. C. Crokers explains policy and a planned press review to justify ongoing production across chapters.
The United States Public Service Reserve assigns Kentucky a quota of 4140 men for its labor recruiting drive. Local labor boards will recruit and place workers into war industries. A Y W cafeteria will open in Market Street Lexington about Sept 1 for women and the public with reading and recreation rooms.
A reflective passage urges readers to notice beauty amid global conflict. It emphasizes opening hearts and minds to life’s sweetness to ease fretfulness and trouble, citing Lavengro’s line about day, night, sun, moon, stars, and wind.
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes an editor recalling a Sherman remark about war. The exchange notes a steady stream of war poems mailed to the editor, highlighting wartime sentiment and public exposure to patriotic verse.
A fragmentary exchange hints at a rural romance between a farmer and a Vassar girl. The dialogue suggests an affair dismissed as a mistake and contrasts the farmer with a sophisticated urbanized sweetheart amid farm life.
In the State Primary turnout was historically low with about one in six county voters casting ballots. Democrats faced little opposition as Ollie M. James led comfortably, while Republicans Bethurum and Dr. Braner ran active campaigns. James is expected to win easily in November, while the GOP nomination remained unsettled with Braner or Bethurum touting victory as returns come from the mountains. Montgomery county precinct results followed.
A poem contrasts courage with quitting and misfortune, praising labor and effort. It frames success as the result of Endeavor, while discouragement dulls progress. The speaker urges persistence in the final home stretch to seize victory.
Rev L S McElroy of White Sulphur Springs W Va will wed Miss Alice Wilson tomorrow at the White House in Washington. He was born in this city during his father’s tenure as pastor of the local Presbyterian Church and is remembered by many older residents.
The War Department authorizes the committee on educational and special training to recruit 90000 volunteers for vocational training with army training detachments at educational institutions. A limited number of draft age men in deferred classifications will be admitted as part of the program to train 220000 men between November 1 and June 30 next year in automobile driving and repairing gun assembling electrical communication sheet metal work and other essential occupations.
The firm offers three Auto Trucks for prompt service including hauling and transfer work. They guarantee quick responses and answer calls at any time. Contact Phones 132 and 474.
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