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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1917
Page
3
The piece argues Congress had weight reasons for enacting selective draft to raise an army while minimizing impact on industry, especially farming. It stresses that recruits should be chosen by competent authorities who decide who should fight and who work, urging that industrial workers be protected to keep the army mobilized. It calls for full civic duty and condemns slackers.
Floral Hall honors list numerous winners from Mt. Sterling and nearby towns for quilts, crochet work, embroidered garments, lace, dolls, and many farm and home crafts. Notable names include Mrs. C W Kirkpatrick, Miss M L Baker, Mrs. R I Cord, Miss Gladys Griffy, and Miss Bernice Walker with multiple firsts and seconds across categories. Local youths and women from Lexington Carlisle Flemingsburg Georgetown and Preston appear among72 awardees.
A controversial stance argues traitors and alien enemies deserve punishment and loyalty is taxed to fund disloyalty, while expressing skepticism about enforcing harsh penalties. The remark frames punitive measures as a proper response but questions practical implementation.
A Lexington Herald critique quoted by the Cynthiana Democrat ridicules Secretary Baker for misplacing the cantonment and questions President Wilson’s competence. The cartoonish note adds a wry wish that the Herald might seize control of the country if necessary.
Mt. Sterling resident S. M. Warner aged eighty two says kidney trouble began five years ago and caused back pains and delirium. He reports relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Duerson's Drug Store and credits continued relief to the pills when aches return. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York advertises the product.
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