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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
6
A front letter from a wounded soldier says he is all right in hospital and convalescing after losing one foot. He notes the distress his mother felt and mentions sending three bodies to hell before being hit, with a censor note about enemy headquarters.
Robert Darsie son of Rev Clyde Darsie of this city has gone to Pittsburg Pennsylvania to accept a position in a munitions factory. He is described as an excellent young man and is believed to be a suitable employee.
Deputy Mueller of Meiningen told the Reichstag that the tobacco substitute given to the German army has proven more injurious than gas attacks. Other deputies criticized the army administration for supplying the troops with a substitute made from beech leaves, according to the Koelnische Zeitung.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co., swears a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. This Toledo court oath dated December 6, 1886, notes internal use and blood action across mucous surfaces. Samples and testimonials requested. medicine sold nationwide with 8 for 5 cents and family pills for constipation.
Federal case opens against Dr. Francis P. Nash medical director and his wife for stockpiling food and supplies. Indictment follows raid on their fashionable Washington home revealing hundreds of pounds of flour sugar bacon lard oil and canned goods. The food hoarding charge covers any amount beyond reasonable need with penalties up to 5000 dollars fine and two years imprisonment.
Mt Sterling residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills with Elizabeth Hon of 12 Harrison Ave claiming three boxes cured back pain and irregular kidney function. Price 60c at local dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the remedy and urges Doan's over generic kidney aids. A separate note reports John D. Young from Nitro WV seeking labor for a large munitions factory with wages to 8 per day and a 10 percent insurance rate rise on fire and tornado coverage after July 1st.
The Traders National Bank has let the contract to A. E. Lawrence for a three story pressed brick stone and steel building on Maysville street. Construction starts immediately with a planned January first completion. The first floor houses banking rooms vault and offices. upper floors will be offices.
A Kalamazoo couple on their honeymoon watched The Birth of a Nation during a film shoot. The bride was moved by the music and later tried to buy a song titled The Three Tramps but could not locate it in any rack or publisher list. The salesman asked if it was new, and she said it is old, then she hummed the tune: Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are marching.
Ringgold Georgia Mrs Chas Gaston describes using Thedford's Black Draught as a family medicine for constipation related headaches and spring chills. She credits it with preventing doctor bills and aiding recovery, praising its long standing use for liver and bowel troubles. The ad extols the product as a prompt regulator of liver action.
A Paris translation of the song Goodbye Mule echoes into wartime sentiment as a Pittsburgh woman pleads to release her navy-bound husband. She explains no income supports his return. officials note a $35.50 monthly allotment plus government allowance if he is freed.
Dr. S. F. Hamilton, owner of the Wyatt property on Holt Avenue, has started remodeling the residence and plans many improvements. Upon completion, the cottage will be among the nicest in the city.
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