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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1918
Page
5
Local notes show Miss Wingate Evans spent Thursday in Lexington shopping. Numerous arrivals and visits across Winchester Louisville Memphis and Cincinnati with residents and relatives traveling for social calls and events.
The sick Mrs. Thomas G. Denton, previously stricken with whooping cough, is now getting along nicely and improving at home.
On account of high labor and material costs the business has adopted a strict cash basis. All work must be paid for upon completion and all supplies upon delivery. Customers are urged to pay cash to avoid credit refusal at Hancock and McCarty Garage located on South Maysville Street.
Preparations are underway for a large wheat crop while tobacco housing nears completion. Miss Maggie Lee Foley stayed with her sister in Sharpsburg. Mrs. Fassett visited Camp Sheridan to see her husband. Local residents note Alfred Doyle missing in action overseas. The community mourns the death of Mrs. Lorraine Hollearn and her baby, with funeral services held September 24.
To the wife of Mr Omer White a daughter Hattie J White born September 25. News from Hattiesburg reports Rick P Thomas Ben and Russell Cox of the old First Kentucky Regiment have sailed for overseas service after training there.
A September 29 1918 Kentucky directive urges citizens to isolate influenza patients, wear two layers of gauze masks, avoid public gatherings and funerals, and refrain from itinerant shows. It emphasizes protecting soldiers and workers as the disease spreads along travel lines.
A social meeting of the Woman's History Club was held at the Masonic Temple Building last Friday afternoon. Plans for the 1918-1919 season were approved and a large crowd enjoyed a luncheon. The coming year’s program will be patriotic and include many interesting sessions. Meanwhile the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Hadden died at their Jackson home last Thursday. Mr Hadden is a son of Rufus Hadden of this county and many friends extend sympathy. His eldest son Robert is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Rufus Hadden and daughter Mrs Asa Kidd of Clark county attended the funeral.
Doctors overseas appeal to Red Cross chapters for linen donations from households. Bath towels 19 by 38 inches, hand towels 18 by 30, handkerchiefs 18 by 18, and napkins 14 by 14 are requested. Items should be largely new and sturdy and left at the Rest Room with Mrs. Howard Van Antwerp as contact. Also a notice seeks a competent white maid by Box 414.
American Expeditionary Force dispatch from France dated September 7 1918 writes to brother about the push against the Huns, the need for manpower, and updates on fellow soldiers and relatives including Rich Gossett Ben Scott Coyle brothers and Leslie Burnam. The message notes new unit changes and asks family to wake up and join the Army. It also mentions Jerry Coleman of the U S Marines arriving overseas.
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