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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
6
A nostalgic verse recalls last winter's cold and the urge for a tropical draft to ease freezing fingers. It winks at promises of coal bought in July while musing on summer tea choices and Best tea for making ice tea at home.
President Wilson is honored by unanimous city council vote and will receive a parchment testimonial signed by the mayor and aldermen. Little Arthur Peterson, 8, bought his first $5 War Savings Stamp with pennies after asking to sell papers on the street. Schwab’s Fourth of July idea sparks the big splash.
A collage of war era promos and items: requests to window war cards and savings drives, questions for Sunday School and harvest, local business ads for hauling services, lemonade stands, theater bits, shoe repairs, sugar ration notices, and light jokes about current events including Wilson and Lincoln. Includes local names like Sullivan, Morton, O Connell and Clark.
Leonard J. Parent paid a $100 fine in Bangor Maine federal court after kicking a whisky barrel that crossed the border from New Brunswick to Maine to prevent a raid. He sought to thwart Canadian authorities but was arrested by American officers on smuggling charges at the dual flag barroom along the international line.
President rejects the 28 million dollar annual agricultural appropriation bill after it fixes a minimum wheat price at 2.40 a bushel. He argues the move harms farmers, raises flour prices to 12.50 a barrel, and imposes a 387 million burden on consumers this year. He warns Canada would follow with higher costs, widening global financial strains.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces a general call for 46 000 white registrants from all states and the District of Columbia. Entrainment into camps will occur August 5 to 9 with a planned 300 000 men this August. Kentucky quota reaches 800, Indiana 1000, Mississippi 1000, Tennessee 1100, Wisconsin 350, Louisiana 300 for Camp Shelby and Ft Thomas assignments.
A period newspaper excerpt touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising to cure catarrh through constitutional treatment. The ad claims medicine enters the bloodstream to reach the mucous membranes and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure.
The United States has now loaned to our allies $6,091,590,000 with about $400,000,000 advanced monthly. The loans are likened to arming friends aiding in homeland defense as armies and fleets operate alongside American forces. Canteloupes and watermelons advertised at Vanarsdell.
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