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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1917
Page
4
State Senator George Hon and Representative T L Cau del head a Clark county ballot along with Supt of Schools Miss Georgie V Sledd. Commissioner districts 1 2 and 3 select Roy G Kern Dan Welch and A S Hart respectively. Council seats in wards 1 2 and 4 include A R Robertson Mu S Frazer W B Robinson W D Burns and W P Apper son J Wells Wilkerson.
J J O Conner directs Montgomery County Chapter to ship one million five hundred thousand warm knitted items for France and refugees. Montgomery city targets 100 sweaters 100 mufflers 100 wristlets 100 socks. local funds sought to buy materials. list of donors noted.
Miss Ora Smith oversees a moonlight school with 18 pupils in Barren county. Eleven pupils under conscription learn reading and writing to prepare for service in khaki. The Times reports praise for teachers fighting illiteracy among soldiers and civilians alike.
Mendosa T., owned by J. R. Mann, captured a good race at the Indies event.
Hot dry weather accelerates tobacco ripening and cuts. Reports list buyers and acreage with prices from 12 1/2 to 20 cents per pound and a few sales at $200 per acre for surveyed land. The Farmers Tobacco Warehouse warns farmers not to sell to speculators as values rise.
The Department of Agriculture forecasts a 467 million bushel U.S. potato crop this year, surpassing 1916 and 1915 yields and signaling lower prices. with plentiful supply, American families may restore potato usage after recent high costs. Early harvested tubers are in markets and should be eaten soon to avoid spoilage.
More than 4,000 soldiers paraded in Lexington Sunday. The Second and Third Kentucky Regiments led the event while local residents watched, praising the troops as looking in grand condition.
An editor and inventor outlines a practical farm implement shed design 24 by 50 feet with 16 foot end doors, concrete foundations, and a concrete floor. Emphasizes separate structure for tools, workshops, material protection, and precise layout to prevent machinery deterioration and aid timely maintenance.
Conrad Keller, a longtime Indianapolis druggist, recalls a late night knock for a doctor’s call for a sick child. A neighborhood man returns next day asking to use the phone again but Keller learns the man sought a prescription. the exchange ends with a rebuke to use the proper corner for doctor calls.
The piece describes how a barn or outbuilding with a concrete floor keeps tools and machinery dry to prevent rust. Walls use a light sill and 2 by 4 studding with drop siding or clapboards. Roof rafters support roll roofing. Some farms include a repair shop with a blacksmith kit for winter maintenance and replacements.
The Department of Agriculture circular reports Forest Service experiments show chestnut wood killed by blight remains as durable as healthy timber. Posts poles and ties from infected timber stay sound after three years of use. Blight killed timber seasoned on the stump resists decay better than barked healthy lumber.
Italian government grants concessions to students from over 200 state universities who join munition workshops. The move aims to avoid study commitments hindering their wartime service and future careers.
The Plain Dealer notes plans to lay out food parcels in the northern woods to aid hunters who become lost, with an optimistic notion of perhaps drawing hoboes north as well.
Friends and relatives learned of Miss Mary Ricketts marriage to Mr. Fred O Mayes of Mercer County. The ceremony occurred last Monday at the groom’s sister home, by Elder Robert Simpson. The bride, daughter of Dr and Mrs J T Ricketts, met the groom at the University of Kentucky. he serves in the U S Marine Corps.
Mr James Vansant and Mr Thos H Vansant sons of Dr and Mrs J A Vansant of this city were both successful in trials for commission the former winning a Second Lieutenancy in the Officers Reserve and the latter detailed as a provisional lieutenant in the Regular Army They did not attend Fort Benjamin Harrison but James attended Fort Riley Kansas and Thomas attended a Northwestern camp They are popular here and arrived home last week for a visit to their parents and are warmly congratulated.
National Food Administration prepares a public appeal led by Hoover to promote a voluntary meatless Tuesday. If adopted, hotels restaurants and dining cars would serve no meals on that weekday. Further details and timing to follow within two weeks.
Contractor A. E. Lawrence advances on the brick bungalow of Mr. and Mrs. Hanly Ragan on Maysville street. The project promises one of the most modern homes in the city and reflects steady work. Mr. C. P. Pierce also progresses on a two story frame residence for Dr. C. W. Compton on Samuels avenue.
Hattiesburg Mississippi reports a massive 1917 harvest with 100 million bushels of corn and 1.3 million bales of cotton valued around 240 million dollars. Soldiers from Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia arriving at Camp Shelby will witness Southern farming, cotton fields in bloom, and local hospitality as committees finalize welcomes.
The American Railway Association warns the United States faces its greatest transport problem as 687000 drafted men 400000 National Guardsmen and the fall crop movement must occur in two months. The Railroads War Board says 200000 draftees will be hauled to cantonments between September 5 and 9.
Housekeepers urged to call and schedule regular engagements for buttermilk at the creamery on Bank Street. The notice, credited to Hunt & Co., emphasizes steady supply and routine service.
Policeman Thomas Scott arrested Aaron Crooks, colored, on a charge of procuring for another whisky in a local option territory. In Police Court Crooks was fined $60 and given 10 days in jail. Over two years Scott has arrested and convicted twenty bootleggers, and he is regarded as one of the city’s best policemen.
Community notice invites residents to submit employment tasks and job work at the Advocate office for processing and potential assistance. The outlet emphasizes prompt submission and clear labeling of documents for efficient handling.
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