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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
8
Tobacco work progresses with strip work noted. Local health, visits, sales, and family moves are reported including Keesling sale, Shelly illness, Foley visit, and Hamilton blacksmith move. Community mentions include church farewells, university student Ila Lee, and farm sales with prices and purchases among Faulkner, Baker, See, and Coborn families.
A columnist argues universal military training would boost national vigor, claiming it builds strength discipline and character. The piece challenges medical and religious opposition while condemning calls for a 12 to 23 draft as unhealthy for sensitive society.
An old saying notes a prudent man retreats to the woods when Misery appears as a companion. The line hints at avoiding trouble by seeking solitude in nature amid looming hardship.
Warden M. White of the State penitentiary at Moundsville West Virginia reports an 8 percent drop in the number of negro prisoners since the prohibitory law. Incoming negro prisoners are falling sharply as well. Last week from southern parts of the state only one of fifteen culprits was black, and McDowell County sent seven negroes in the past year. Previously twenty to twenty five were sent each term.
Vanarsdell's announces new seeded raisins and dates in stock. Country hams sliced available at all times. Greenwade note: an answer to a correspondent says a good business head does not include minding other people's business.
A doctor tells a patient liquor helps only if directions are followed to keep the bottle corked. The tale riffs on a boy’s pins remark about saving lives by not swallowing them. The moral echoes that whisky poses no danger when corked.
A dentist describes certain collections as painful and difficult likening it to pulling a tooth. The remark contrasts with easier payments and highlights reluctance from some patients to settle accounts.
The text muses on the mind and body with reflections on life stages and love as a gamble. It notes shock at Little Japan and reports China voting to return to monarchy. It ends with a plea for no hunger in town on Christmas and a line about the Advocate for printing.
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