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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1916
Page
6
A Dairy Division bulletin urges milk dealers to wash and steam can interiors before returning to farmers. High bacterial counts in unwashed cans contrast with steamed models yielding few bacteria. Steam sterilization plus thorough drying and covered storage are key to preventing contamination.
Mrs Findley of Severy Kansas says the grippe left her weak and nervous. Vincl restored her health sleep digestion and energy and she urges other women to try the medicine with the Bassett Drug Co Mt Sterling Kentucky guarantee.
A brief note states a highly efficient sterilization method is fully described in Farmers' Bulletin 748. The bulletin is available from the department upon application.
Staggs, of Clark county, seeks $15,000 damages alleging his wife Russia Wade alienated affections through her parents in the Wade’s Mill neighborhood. The couple married in 1911 in Bourbon county and lived in Canada on Canadian homesteads while Staggs remained six months each year. He says his wife left Kentucky to stay with her parents after a visit in 1913 and that his absence in Canada was used to claim abandonment.
President Wilson expresses interest in the success of Red Cross Christmas Seals and urges public support for tuberculosis work through seal sales. Secretary Baker praises the program while ordering seals for his family. Seals totaling 325 million are on sale nationwide, including territories and overseas possessions.
The Kentucky County Road Engineers Association meeting runs January 17 20 in Bowling Green. Noted experts include R E B Toms senior government engineer formerly in this city and W K Tigres city road inspector of Martin on the program.
The article argues a real shift toward farm life as city cost of living rises, but notes a farm labor shortage. It warns that restoring farm labor could lower overall prices, while politics and policy hinder progress. The farm is described as the barometer of national life, with output linked to prices.
The fragment notes a backward swing and expresses cautious hope that this interpretation holds. No further context or named entities are provided in the readable text.
A ten year old asks an Anti Tuberculosis officer for bread and coal revealing a widow and three children all ill with tuberculosis. The Red Cross Seals fund will aid the family to prevent further spread. At the courthouse Millard Cravens and Isom Reffit wed before County Judge Chenault. Barn for rent offered by Mrs Sue Bright at 55 N Queen St.
The remark observes that those with abundant resources enjoy abundance, while implying broader economic contrasts. It highlights attitudes toward wealth and the perception of ample money among the financially well off.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Scott and their daughter return from Rushville Indiana to Mt Sterling Kentucky to reside. They will rent the Big staff property on North Maysville street until spring when Mr Scott will farm. Mr Scott is brother of Policeman Thomas Scott and was a popular citizen in Rushville. The notice ends with an appeal to subscribe.
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