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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
10
A Mt. Sterling Kentucky druggist advertises Vinol as a universal tonic for weak run down and nervous people. The copy promises money back if the product does not help any woman or person after a fair trial. It asserts the formula proves Vinol’s superiority.
E. R. Little disposed of his fast pacing gelding Double G by Silent Brook and trotting mare Jean Wootan by Wovian to foreign buyers. Prices were private but described as good. The horses raced by Little on the Indiana circuit and achieved notable success. The country correspondent’s phrase about a flying visit will soon gain full authority.
The piece extols how love and admiration refresh a wife, strengthening her resolve and virtue. It likens devotion to dew and sunshine, noting that a husband’s pride and trust empower her to care for home and children with courage, tenderness, and energy.
The Elizabethtown News says dry Democrats distrust any member who votes with the wet faction to organize the House and declares them foes of prohibition.
The oyster men justify higher prices by saying other food items have grown dearer, making the seafood costlier as part of overall inflation.
A Toronto poet's anti war verse contrasts Edwin Markham's plea for mothers and sons with a Christian defense of sacrifice. The piece frames a Republican candidate for Montgomery County Assessor as a seasoned farmer promising fair valuation and integrity, urging voter support. The page ends with a brief advertising note about singing at home.
Advertises through Pullman sleepers from Washington to New York via Baltimore Philadelphia with connections to Richmond Old Point Norfolk and North Carolina and two through trains to Louisville. Also includes a war era poem praising fallen soldiers and a bereaved mother’s tribute to her son.
The unit announces an initial training phase focusing on basic French verbs and speech elements. Cadets will engage in structured exercises to build foundational language skills before broader operations.
Montgomery County Court session on September 18 1917 ordered election officers in Aaron's Run precinct to poll voters on a ballot question. The issue asks if cattle or any species should be unlawful to run at large on public highways and uninclosed lands within the precinct, based on a petition signed by twenty citizens.
Harrison Kimbrell announces a ready license and willingness to haul anything and asks for patronage. A correspondent questions the meaning of dependent as a legal peg for exemption affidavits. Austria criticizes US policy while Teddy Rosse coins “pawn broker patriot ism” in a wry local commentary.
The objection to employing women bill collectors is their aversion to making a second call before the first has been returned.
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