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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1918
Page
6
The piece urges readers to buy Liberty Bonds to fund American guns in World War II. It links the war’s outcome to civilian support, noting the liberty bond drive and the need for funds to sustain momentum against the enemy. It mentions rooms for rent and an office desk as classified items.
A wartime poem by K. B. envisions a future when soldiers return to a grateful nation. It contrasts bronze veterans with a man who did not support the war effort, urging readers to buy War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds.
An advertisement extols Vinol for strengthening children and the aged with liver and beef peptones iron and minerals. It promises money back if not satisfied. A Washington telegram notes Sundays auto use for Liberty Loan promotion is permitted. Also sale notices for horses and mules and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure reward offer appear amid garbled text.
Montgomery Circuit Court proceeding. Master Commissioner W E Jones to sell two tracts totaling 394 acres on Harpers Creek and adjacent land at public auction October 21 1918 in Mt Sterling Ky on a six twelve or eighteen month credit. Bonds and liens to secure payment. bidders to provide replevin bond. Attorneys listed for both sides. Also notes on pianos and Liberty Loans appear in the page.
Provost Marshal General Crowder issues revised selective service regulations fixing August 5 as the date from which draft boards may disregard marriages of men registered on September 12 as a ground for exemption. The slacker marriage provision states dependency from marriage of a September 1918 registrant who married since August 5, 1918 will be disregarded for deferred classification. The edition guides draft boards, adds minor procedural changes, and supports broader exemptions under the new man power law.
Orders issued by the Provost Marshal General direct draft boards to cease accepting belated registrants' cards on Monday. This enables attaching serial numbers to registrants and fixes the date for call drawing by Gen. Crowder next week.
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