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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
4
A Courier Journal poem laments McAdoo over meagre pay and lingering finances. It mocks wage fairness, finance woes, and the burden of an ending Treasury tenure with two weeks to retirement. It bitterly notes overtime emptiness and financial gloom.
Meetings of the Women's History Club are cancelled until January. If no notice is given, weekly meetings resume on January. Members with unpaid dues should send them to Treasurer Miss Ronnie Burroughs to ensure timely obligations are met.
The Trimble's Hall Community Fair attracted small crowds and raised little money for the War Work Relief Fund due to influenza impacting attendance and participation.
Local shop R B E Punch and Co advertises flannel shirts in a brief notice. Customers are invited to visit the store for available sizes and color options.
A Massachusetts study shows frozen fish boosts sales and consumer acceptance. A prominent dealer demonstrated to hundreds of women that freezing preserves flavor, doubling demand for whiting in New England as Cape Cod produces about 15 million pounds yearly but Boston area use rises from 100 thousand to an estimated 500 thousand pounds next year. Picked frost-hemmed fish from beaches also boosts supply awareness.
The Novelty Store advertises fabric specials for two weeks. Shirting Madras 27c, 36 inch Percale 35c, 27 inch Ginghams 27c, 32 inch Ginghams 38c, 36 inch Silkelines 20c. Bargains emphasize low prices for common fabrics.
A weary private of artillery sleeps on a morning subway car. A gaunt, shabby woman sits opposite and quietly places his battered hat on his lap then kisses his yellow hair. She slips away as the train nears a station, and the curtain falls again.
Wounded officers with campaigns from Bagdad to Ypres rate the Australian uniform highest for fit and practicality. The Norfolk jacket keeps trimness without a belt, while the U S A uniform is derided as skin tight with useless pockets. The London Chronicle quote notes a pocket can be worth more than a load in a haversack.
A scene features Mr Knagg reproaching and Mrs Knagg replying with a sharp civility about knowing the right place. The exchange underscores their tense domestic dynamic in a concise dialogue fragment.
Gomery County and Lee area meeting notes health status overview. Prof W C Hopper presided as community nurse Mrs Norris reported 54 patients 120 sick calls 70 metropolitan calls 7 business calls 8 special calls 7 county calls 4 surgical dressings 83 pay calls and one operation assisted. Groceries supplied to two families totaling 8.65 and clothing given to five families.
Miss Alice Paul said a poll of the incoming Congress would ensure passage if the suffrage amendment is brought up. In Washington a gathering with Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. William G. McAdoo urged the measure.
Amsterdam's Nieuws Van Den Dag accuses the former German emperor of rape in Belgium and atrocities in France along with submarine warfare and air raids on open towns and says his departure from Holland would benefit the Dutch.
American troops departed Treves by train toward Coblenz after German urging. The move raises concern over conditions after the German authorities pushed the relocation.
City Clerk H. B. Ringo reports the fire truck purchased by the city has been shipped and is expected to arrive any day. Officials are praised for this progressive step.
The W L Brown heirs sell 543 acres in Shelby County and another 199 acre property described as top land with natural gas connections via a pipeline. The Beckham farm is also up for sale. The selling company is long established in Central Kentucky, known for no reserve or bid sales, and reliable.
Many pupils stay home due to flu fears and high absenteeism at Mt Sterling Public Schools. On Thursday 178 students were reported absent as illness kept families away from classes.
The chemical engineering laboratory at Columbia University claims a new drying method preserves meats and fish in a dehydrated state and allows restoration to fresh condition by rehydration.
Vanars Dell's hawks a fresh assortment of nuts including almonds pecans walnuts and cashews in a display. The shop invites customers to sample varieties and discover seasonal flavors.
Auction or shop sale lists linen handkerchiefs with prices ranging from 25 cents to 1.75 dollars. Item highlights include detailed embroidery and available in multiple sizes and patterns.
The article notes recent French reforms to ease marriage for soldiers on furlough, yet highlights the prior complexity. It recalls a Paris reader who waited three years to marry due to strict rules requiring residency proofs birth certificates and parental consent and frequent paper renewal before wartime call-ups invalidated documents.
Fifty years ago candy was hard and coarse and mostly unhealthy. Now confectionery is a refined art with flavoring wizards in command. Pure candy in moderation is seen as harmless and has reached soldiers in Manila and British troops in the Transvaal. A curious tale links gum drops to enlist an Eskimo, as candy becomes a staple of high living and rising per capita consumption.
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes a conversation noting the Dubhwaites remain cordial neighbors despite a shift in status. The speaker contrasts a captain and two lieutenants in the family with their own corporal, implying a change in rank within the households.
A humorous cartoon caption shows a recruiting officer asking about military experience and a recruit Knut replying with a joke about a wristwatch. The exchange reflects satirical tone from London Tit-Bits.
A fragment depicts a dialogue about national loyalty. One speaker notes that the fatherland is no longer mentioned, while the other counters that Americans were once content when it was fine but now criticize power abuses and disgraceful conduct.
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