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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
7
A financial notice urges Liberty Bond owners to keep their bonds if possible and consult bankers before any sale or exchange offers. It warns of schemes offering bonds or stocks of dubious value and stresses the bonds’ safety and tax advantages. Also adds a light note about enjoying cantaloupes and watermelons from Vanarsdell.
First day features 2:14 pacing and 2:17 trotting events with purses $250 and $360. Compiled lists runners including Peter Blaze Mable T Sonoma Peter Betsy Salisbury Betcy Tregantle and Emma G with owners in Winchester Mt Sterling Lexington Carrollton Shelbyville and more across four days of trotting and pacing races in Mt Sterling Kentucky.
A missive from a U S Army Battery D soldier in France describes a safe arrival at camp, pleasant scenery, and plans to write often. He expresses affection for his sister and asks to hear back, noting a good time and a desire to see family soon. The piece blends frontline letter tone with wartime sentiment.
Secretary McAdoo cables Gen Pershing praising soldiers for using the new insurance law and honoring their service on the war front. The text criticizes German census manipulation to inflate strength and notes the president's praise for noble deaths in service, while urging readers to read war news over fiction.
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