Fight or Produce Equally Honorable in View
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1917
Page
6
Family Medicine user touts Thedford’s Black-Draught
A Ringgold Georgia writer praises Thedford's Black-Draught as a family remedy for stomach liver and bowel troubles. She recalls childhood use to cure headaches from constipation and malaria like chills in spring. The notice extols liver regulation and bowel cleansing and urges insistence on the original product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringgold
Chas
Gaston
Thedford
The Penalty of Greed Quoted Loyalty and Fair Prices
A call to patriotism and restraint in tough times urges vigilance against price gouging and profiteering. The President warns national scale actors and citizens alike to avoid rapid wealth at the public cost, stressing that disloyalty will be met with consequences and the people’s will must prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter Pluvius
Local Boy Enlists in Navy for Country
Albert P. Henry, son of Will F. Henry of the city, recently left home for Lexington to enlist in the Navy as a third class fireman. His action adds to local sentiment supporting national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert P. Henry
Will F. Henry
Lexington
Navy
Girl seeks ideal mate but settles for something just as good
The saying notes a girl unable to find an ideal man often settles for a compromise described as “just as good.” It reflects judgment on choosing partners and the tension between ideals and practicality.
State Board of Education Calls for Patriotic School Service
The Kentucky State Board of Education urges teachers pupils and trustees to organize each district to support the war effort. It allows certain students aged over twelve engaged in agriculture to substitute work for term completion and calls for a statewide survey of schools to maximize wartime contribution. It also urges buying locally to keep money in circulation and support local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Commonwealth
Kentucky
Congress urged to adopt the skirt as army symbol
The text proposes adopting the skirt as the army symbol and notes women offer their services more rapidly than men, reflecting a call for gender-based contributions to national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Army
Notice of Sittings in Montgomery Circuit Court case
Master Commissioner M OC announces sittings in the Dan Harris estate case at Mt Sterling Kentucky court house. hearings begin Monday May 14 1917 at nine o'clock to receive claims prove testimony settle administrator accounts and make allowances continuing daily through May 26 1917 except Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Harris
Dee’d
Court House
Mt. Sterling
M. OC
Council Awards East High Street Macadam Contract
The City Council awarded James Richards a contract to reconstruct East High Street from Queen to Owingsville pike in macadam. A committee will confer with Carey-Reed Company on extending paving to East and West Locust streets and possibly other streets while work is ongoing. Speculators in foodstuffs push prices high, threatening nourishment and wartime vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Richards
East High Street
Queen
Owingsville Pike
Carey- Reed Company
West Locust Street
Pretty Girl Admired by Every Man
A lighthearted maxim notes that every man admires a pretty girl and she knows it, reflecting social flirtation and gender expectations in interactions. The line suggests confidence influences reactions and social dynamics in casual settings.
Sterling astonished by merchant story
A merchant recounts relief from years of sleepless nights, gas, sour stomach, and stomach catarrh after using Adler-ika. He claims it flushes the entire alimentary tract and relieves constipation and prevents appendicitis, with the fastest action of their products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Lloyd
Farmer trades potato load for new wagon and sells old
A farmer hauled twenty five bushels of potatoes to town and swapped them for a new wagon. He sold the old wagon to a second hand dealer for twenty dollars, more than the cost of the potatoes to raise. He rides home smiling. The comic quip about annexation warns Texans in a playful, regional joke.
For Sale or Rent Col Johnson home in the city
Brick residence known as the Col Johnson home offered for sale or rent. Described as one of the most desirable homes in the city. Apply to N H Trimble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Johnson
N. H. Trimble
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THE
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