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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
7
The article urges funding for the Red Cross campaign on the 18th to raise $100 for war work. Members say the effort provides real help to France and eases burden on the nation while mobilization continues. It stresses debt paying over charity to restore thousands to life and aid allied troops.
A speaker urges immediate U S assistance to Russia amid the revolutionary aftermath. He notes Russia faces a dire ambulance shortage compared with France and calls for rapid relief efforts and material aid to support the long Russian front. He stresses national unity and action by every American.
The piece mocks German hopes for alliance and victory, contrasting Kaiser Wilhelm with Allied powers. It presents a verse portraying Germany’s leader boasting of conquests and submarine power, ending with a religious plea and a satirical threat of triggering war on heaven if rebuffed.
A man buys trousers that are too long and asks his wife to hem them. She declines then trims them herself later. The wife’s sister and eldest daughter also shorten the pants. By morning the man’s lamentations alarm the neighborhood as each relative adds inches to the hem.
The poem counsels restraint when malice arises and envy targets friends. It urges withholding harsh judgments and maintaining faith in others until proven false, embracing a forgiving, principled stance toward people.
Excerpts recount a voyage aboard the Borax bound for Australia with humorous remarks from emigrants including an exchange about class and washing. Nearby items note household hints and a dream interpretation, ending with a maternal quip about a missing mince pie.
The House planned a live portrait of former Speaker Joseph Cannon in the lobby. Artists competed, W T Smedley finally offered a portrait, and Cannon mocked one artist’s aging likeness before sharply questioning when his own portrait would be painted.
Before buying a cream separator, visit to see the Primrose model. It uses a single outside adjustment to maintain bowl height, operable by the user with a screwdriver. The Primrose is durable, saves 10 to 15 dollars per cow yearly, and handles 350 to 650 pounds of milk per hour.
Louis Wiley of the New York Times told the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in St Louis that free publicity violates law and deceives readers. He urged publishers to refuse advertiser pressure and form citywide agreements to bar free publicity and preserve news as news.
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