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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
4
A state primary notice announces Hon. William J. Fields of Carter County as a candidate for Congress in the Ninth District. The State Primary is set for August 3, 1918.
The Advocate plans to send subscriptions to hundreds of new readers across nearby counties as it grows its mailing list. A sworn circulation statement will be published once tabulation is complete. Democrats of the Ninth District recall the attack by Edgar Hagar on Congressman Fields.
The Advocate notes thanks from readers for votes and support in the big prize auto contest. Letters from Ruth Day and Daisy Rose express gratitude to friends and to The Advocate and contest manager Mr Potts. Public notices advertise 2.45 dollar oxford specials and Walsh Co fashion items.
Letters describe soldiers in France near a river and practicing marksmanship while awaiting orders. Messages mention weather, fishing, daily church, and a cook’s job. a separate note notes vaccination rules in Montgomery County to prevent smallpox spread to soldiers.
The Montgomery county Fiscal Court celebrated six months under the commission form by calling in and burning ten thousand dollars worth of turnpike bonds. With accumulated interest, the administration has paid seventeen thousand five hundred dollars in its first half year. Insurance ad follows.
A bank cashier A T Whitt attests the accuracy of the statement for the State of Kentucky Powell County dated May 21 1918. Notary public marks complete with official attestation and a sign off by Frank B Russell.
Subscribed and sworn before Dora Robinson Notary Public on July 6 1018 by H R Prewitt Thomas Kennedy and A M Bourne Montgomery County Kentucky. Notary commission expires January 20 1920.
Notices urge all who pledged to buy War Savings Stamps in June and July to pay at once and invite others to start saving now. Stamps available at the local post office. signed by E. W. Senff, Chairman War Savings Committee.
A wartime editor urges nationwide wheat conservation citing National Biscuit Co as example in producing 225 wheatless cake and cracker varieties. The piece calls for public education on the wheat loss why and asks every American to explain and spread the need to save wheat for soldiers and allied populations.
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