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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
6
A regional call to support the World War effort urges citizens to invest in War Savings Stamps as Kentucky lawmakers announce a $50,000,000 goal for the state. The piece notes mobilization across government and society and mentions local merchants advertising suits and items, plus a lost gold medal notice.
Poem urging women to support the war effort through thrift and sacrifice. It praises sewing knitting writing letters to soldiers and buying War Savings Stamps. It addresses girls who can endure hardship stand behind troops in France and forego private pleasures to aid the nation. The ad then promotes O Connell s Shoe Laboratory on Maysville Street for shoe repairs.
An appeal to physicians and surgeons was issued by Red Cross headquarters urging them to release nurses for active service and to discourage employing “luxury” nurses. The message asks doctors to advise all nurses to enroll and join Red Cross work rather than remain at home.
Thomas Scott and Norman Brockway were elected policemen for the city of Mt Sterling for the next six months at a council meeting held last Tuesday night.
A World War I letter from Private Wm F Burns writing from somewhere in France to his father. He mentions travel, a rich land, and asks for tobacco and news of relatives, with brief personal notes about Edna Roy May and Harry Spratt. Across the page war relief notes praise bandages and garments sent by American women, stressing morale and the impact on soldiers.
Details a Cottage Cheese Tart with whipped cream and lemon flavor, plus a Conservation Crust recipe using cornmeal and pastry techniques. Includes Cottage Cheese Pie with meringue topping and vanilla, from New York State College Agricultural extension notes.
Mrs Minnie Philpot describes five years of severe left side pain radiating to her shoulder back and head. After suffering to the point of weakness she tried Cardus and soon improved, with lasting health two years later and full recovery.
A bride and groom were arrested for taking pictures of Fort Hamilton. The item notes an unfriendly view of couples photographing military sites on honeymoons and includes scattered, unrelated editorial lines about ads and German subs in Mexico.
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