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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1918
Page
8
The 7 000 horsepower unit, built in America, exceeds West's largest electric engines by 50 percent. Weighing 260 tons and 76 feet long, it uses high voltage alternating current with two six wheeled trucks and two motors per truck. It draws current from trolley wires as thin as a pencil and can start a heavy train to 20 mph in about two minutes with smooth acceleration.
A vast French ordnance base for the American expeditionary forces is under construction at a cost of 25 million dollars. It will house storehouses, magazines, machine tool equipment, repair plants for guns and equipment, and a large force of 450 officers and 16,000 men, with about half recruited through a special campaign.
In a playful exchange, Yeast asks about local water power and Crimsonbeak confirms some development. The dialogue hints at efforts to make the town dry, using humor to sketch a scene of progress and opposition.
In a wartime New York exchange Mr. Myles asks about his wife’s verse, Mr. Styles replies she loves the opera. They note in these dark times she occupies herself with movies and cinema.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a bill recently passed Congress without a dissenting vote prompting disbelief and curiosity about its broad appeal and perceived reasonableness.
A Kansas City Journal quips about fashion ahead of its time noting a wife wearing a straw hat in January and a fur hat in July, illustrating the clash between trends and weather. The snippet reflects humorous social commentary on style expectations.
A brief Kansas City Journal item notes a woman discovers her summer furs can be worn in winter. The quip captions the discovery as a valuable one for the household.
Fragments describe a wartime sentiment about central powers' river battles. The speaker notes their rapid advances are halted on rivers, calling the situation curious as opposing forces rely on river crossings. The tone suggests skepticism toward strategic river rushes.
Briton war correspondent notes the spread of poppies over European battlefields marking graves. He recalls crosses and identification on graves, yet many remain forlorn. He cites Sir John and says nature blesses fallen soldiers with poppies where they lie, not by human hands.
A dialogue notes Jones playing golf for health as health improves yet language worsens. The exchange prompts questions about underlying conditions and daily functioning. No further context provided.
An aviation log begins with the aircraft pedigree and maker details. The first air time marks the start of a record that continues with every flight, listing date, start time, pilot, passengers, route, and time in the air.
A 300-man crew at Grasmere 8. S. rapidly built a 230 by 36 foot base hospital in five hours. By noon, the structure included a steam heating plant, sewer lines, electric lights and a tiled bathroom. Work began at seven in the morning with digging and finished by midday.
A lighthearted wartime note shows Miss Gabird discovering the harsh realities of war as she unravels a new bathing suit to knit socks for a soldier and finds material only enough for one sock, highlighting thrift and sacrifice.
A Cleveland youth wooed by a girl two years his junior is dumped after she declares she seeks a partner closer to her age and able to support dependents. He protests his strength, but she rejects him, saying he must not be an invalid or a slacker.
Washington Gladden argues that true religion rests on friendship with God and with people. He asserts that religion means harmonious fellowship with Jesus, who is closer to us than we realize, guiding and inspiring human experience.
Mrs. Bacon notes a 40 acre California farm mainly grows violets while Mr. Bacon jokes about knocking out enemy spots with violets. The exchange blends garden relief with wartime sentiment.
The Observer of Events and Things notes June 18 marks the 103rd anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. A friend who paid income tax on June 15 checked his bank account on June 18 and found a humorous coincidence with his own finances.
A humorous exchange contrasts two Little Boys about a nurse. The first praises the nurse as helpful to soldiers while the second notes she is overly strict and bright red, implying a Red Cross nurse.
A quirky dialogue fragment questions submarine crew sourcing and jokes about a merged tenth. The snippet hints at humor around naval assignments and recruitment without detailing names, dates, or places.
A brief exchange notes a son's letters reveal only homesickness rather than deeper suffering. The lines highlight nostalgia expressed as mild longing for home, contrasting with harsher interpretations of distress.
A dialogue questions how the general public will accept a plan for women to conduct. The response suggests it will be popular or well received among listeners.
The dialogue asks about the term for a group likely to trade in church or market context, with a child asking what they are called and an adult suggesting commission merchants as a probable label.
A camp officer’s son wanders onto a drill field and commands troops in a playful now and then. The baby asks for “two times two” and leads a jumping exercise before the nurse appears and the retreat begins.
A worker jokes about job prospects as he recalls attending relatives' funerals last summer. The quip hints at rumors or guilt about departures and the boss’s suspicions. The exchanges reflect workplace attitudes and dark humor in hard times.
The Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington gains a private bank run by and for Native Americans. The American Commercial Bank of Wanato opened November 1 with 25 000 in paid capital and 2 500 in surplus. Vice President and cashier Samuel R McCaw, born on the reservation, leads the venture after years in Chicago.
Judge recalls Bump receiving a medal for tapping German trenches telegraph wires and gathering valuable information. Gillis notes he was the best listener in their party line at Suburbanville, reflecting on his reliability.
A company forms to produce yeast by a new process after stoppage of distilleries in Norway caused a yeast shortage. The method reportedly uses no grain as its raw material, enabling local production.
A curt exchange from a Boston Transcript fragment shows a man pledging devotion while a woman counters with a hard question about price and time, hinting at social pressures and wartime scarcity.
The U S Food Administration calls for a two pounds per month sugar ration per person through January 1 1919 to ensure supplies for the Army Navy Allied forces and civilians. Sugar from Cuba beets Louisiana cane and Porto Rico will be drawn down as markets stock up while many industries face halved allotments and households must conserve fruit crops.
A Provost Marshal General notice names 18 states to furnish 5,709 white draft registrants of grammar school education for general military service. Enlistments accept until August 26 with entrainment set for September 1. Eligible men sent to schools or training centers for specialized instruction. Kentucky inclusion uncertain.
A colored recruit plans to take the full $10,000 government life insurance. When warned it is foolish to insure so heavily for trench warfare, he insists Uncle Sam will not place a $10,000 man in first line trenches.
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