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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1918
Page
7
A wartime era piece contrasts substitute goods with a call to support soldiers and the Liberty Loan. The text shifts from consumer substitutes to national duty, urging readers to back military efforts and display loyalty to the flag as a symbol of freedom and resistance to tyranny.
A Montgomery County reader in France writes to his mother and father from March 20 1918 describing good weather and longing for home. He comments on letters from Martha Ball and the contrast between printed reports and personal news, notes soldierly optimism and camaraderie, jokes about corned beef and slum meals after long marches, and jokes about being drafted and the 8 0 R Sons of Rest. He shares details on rations, packing 80 pounds, and his A E F number 52412 ending with a warm sign off.
A newspaper notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages through bloodstream action. Proponents offer 100 dollars to any case it fails to cure, urging readers to request testimonials and buy from F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio via local druggists at 75 cents.
Druggist W S Lloyd of Mt Sterling Ky promotes Vinci a tonic with cod liver beef peptones iron manganese and citrate salts and glycerophosphates Cascarine claiming it strengthens the nervous and physical systems. A money back guarantee applies if a bottle fails to help any buyer including women and children.
A local notice predicts a sizable volunteer crew of stokers led by Ians as the Kaiser is expected to arrive. The largely specified group is aimed at supporting the event or mission tied to the anticipated visit.
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