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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1919
Page
8
Executors discovered S. B. Fizer’s commission as First Lieutenant in the 31st Regiment of the 15th Brigade State Guards dated March 13 1852. The document, signed by Governor Lazarus W. Powell and Secretary D Merriweather, appears in splendid condition and seems only weeks old.
Louisville bound service expands with two through trains announced for streamlined travel. Steel equipment and dining cars will enhance comfort and throughput on the route.
Fayette county and the state of Kentucky hire Cahill Contracting of Louisville to build miles of concrete road at 285881.66 dollars total, 28588166. per mile and note Montgomery county’s annual road fund would barely cover three quarters of a mile. Local ad copy and stray quotes about women and men appear in the same fragment.
In Alaskan towns newspapers cost 20 cents each and days are long, yielding the impression residents may receive two morning papers per year.
James Golden, district organizer, aided a county drive in Montgomery County to raise 2500 for a Home Service Fund aiding returned soldiers and reestablishing Salvation Army work in the United States. The drive runs June 23 to June 30 with local leaders including Stewart Sharp and Ben Scott coordinating volunteers and support from Elks Lodge members.
The piece notes that 136000 Nebraskans are needed to harvest wheat while many farm draftees stay in New York City after the war. It argues farm boys prefer city life despite higher living costs and union constraints, citing New York unemployment and the pull of wages, bosses, and independence on the farm. It also laments fashion and social norms.
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