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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
8
The Office of the Provost Marshal General warns Montgomery County locals to report idle registrants and nonproductive occupations to Local Boards. It outlines notification procedures after July 1 1918, the right to present evidence, and possible induction into military service for noncompliance subject to District Board review.
The letter from Camp Dewey Great Lakes Ill Co E 3rd Reg dated July 28 1918 details daily life in detention camp vaccinations church Y M C A activities and a desire to reach the front lines. It notes recruits thousands of sailors and marines in training and mentions a desire to join the Navy.
Lady Mackworth, director of national service for Wales, is described as the daughter of the food controller Lord Rhondda. The piece notes she chairs and directs many major businesses, illustrating that women can wield substantial business influence alongside charitable work.
A correspondent notes famine, not Germany, as Russia's dire threat. Petrograd faces bread shortages as grain provinces withhold wheat and flour. Officials warn of worsening winter scarcity and question the army and government’s ability to endure. Allies cannot rely on Moscow for support.
A writer argues for adopting the French metric system over the English scale. The piece notes widespread adoption in 34 countries since 1840 and cites an English engineering journal praising metric exactness and ease, while doubting any new English alternative.
A repatriated Welsh soldier in German custody reports camp Gutrow sought skilled labor by learning prisoners occupations. He notes improbable trades revealed by captives including a treacle bender a watch maker's striker and a milestone inspector.
Lord Northcliffe recalls a sea story at a New York banquet. A seasick Burnley man on the Isle of Man boat tells his son of a silver knobbed stick and a few pounds in the bank for burial, asking to be buried on the Isle of Man rather than endure the voyage again.
A customer asks for white tape and learns it costs five cents per yard. The clerk explains the high price is due to the scarcity of tapeworms, a quip reflecting a humorous misunderstanding.
Report of a man recovering after a gas explosion describes his condition as an all-gone feeling. Hospital staff note his sense of disconnection as doctors assess the injury.
Doctor Marcus in the Medical Record notes that old-time Jewish practice treats health as a moral duty. He cites rabbinical guidelines including eating only when hungry, drinking water after meals, avoiding meat from poisoned animals, not mixing meat and fish, and choosing left-side then right-side sleeping for digestion.
A brief quoted exchange shows a worker resigning after the firm removed their name from the payroll. The remark underscores a belief that the world improves as surely as an oak grows, reflecting a concise moral about fairness and change.
A training camp visitor asks why soldiers rise at 5 15 AM and a veteran replies that the early wakeup makes them feel like fighting. The exchange captures military discipline and resolve in the period.
A quotation laments rising demands for funds with sharp sarcasm about a government request for 2 billion dollars and a private loan offer described as trivial in comparison. The remarks capture public frustration and imagined scenarios of financial strain.
Report notes Billy endured a serious smash up while taking his fiancée for a joy ride. The incident led to the engagement ending as a consequence of the accident and its fallout.
A neighbor gave Teddy and Dickie ages five and three a penny each. Teddy, acting guardian, took Dickie's penny but later rushed home in distress exclaiming that he had lost it. The incident is reported by the Indianapolis News.
A needy man borrows $25 from a wealthy acquaintance in distress. The same day the creditor finds him in a restaurant eating salmon with mayonnaise and accuses him of misusing the money. The debtor asks when he can ever eat salmon with mayonnaise, given his lack of funds.
A food expert says roasted peanuts are an almost complete ration for human food. Peanut oil becomes a dependable vegetable fat source as animal fat shortages grow. Cottonseed oil is popular as a shortening, and much so called olive oil is pressed from peanuts. The Advocate for printing.
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