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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
2
Advertises Jay's Pepsotone as a safe stomach and liver remedy with universal testimonials. Promises full refund if unsatisfied with empty bottle return, claims no side effects, and compliance with Pure Food and Drug law. Sold for 50c and 1.00, via Huntington, West Virginia, druggists nationwide.
Mrs. Mabel Leach Baber leaves the Redmond and Enoch Store to join Miss Nannie Reed at The Novelty Store. The Advocate notes her pleasing manner and competence for the new line of work.
A pithy caution on memory and pride notes that those who reach the top forget the ladder holders. It adds a wry view that wisdom comes from learning from marital mistakes as well as others.
Major Requin of the French general staff portrays General Foch as an upright decisive leader. He stresses Foch’s clarity, restraint of two ideas at once, and a calm energy under heavy responsibility. Requin notes Foch’s focus on concrete facts and swift action when national interests are at stake.
John Paul Jones born in Scotland on July 6 1747 and renowned for the Ranger victory raising the Stars and Stripes. He defeated Serapis on September 23 1779 earning honors from Louis XVI and Congress. His death came in 1792 with burial in Paris later moved to Annapolis Maryland.
Popular Science Monthly notes a farmer solution by W A Saunders of New Hampshire who fired five charges using a spark from a dry cell battery when no blasting machine was available. This handy wrinkle offers a safe convenient method for stump and rock blasting in emergencies.
Dialogue from The Spur pits Ned against Ted over judgment of a man at war. Ned questions whether the rumored lover is a slacker or profiteer while the trenches frame the moral contrast. The quick exchange hints at wartime social scrutiny and reputational risk.
A rookie asks an officer if they may choose to fly or stay grounded, and the officer confirms they may pick.
A reader reflects on reports about irrigation problems and droughts, noting the dry nature of the material and the surprising tone of the discussions. The exchange frames concerns over water supply and agricultural impacts.
The Kentucky crop report notes scattered showers relief but widespread rainfall shortages, with wheat at 12 bushels per acre statewide and total about 11.2 million bushels. Corn 93 percent good condition, rye and oats yields estimated per acre, tobacco and hemp acreage and conditions listed, livestock thrifty though scarce in spots, farmers urged to use cooperative methods to house and protect crops. The report is signed by MAT 8 COHEN, Commissioner of Agriculture, Frankfort.
Miss Bessie Shackelford has joined Hazelrigg and Son as an assistant and will start immediately. Also an ad for cheap rent at a store on Fox and East Locust streets near the C and O railroad crossings. A brief wartime obituary note on Quentin Roosevelt buried near Cambrai. A cynical quote about a man in a Press-Em-While-You-Wait shop.
Two through trains to Louisville advertised to connect travelers to Richmond and points in Virginia and North Carolina with service from Old Point and Norfolk.
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