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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
7
In district draft boards and clerks are set to draw pay and allowances. Major General state draft officer announces rates to cover month pay quarters heat and light totaling 87.50 plus 1 to 5 pm hours. Board members will be paid per registrant and capped by district size. October calls target August registrants turning 21 since June.
Provost Marshal General Crowder seeks larger local and district draft boards to hasten October inductions. He asked state draft executives to consider increases, noting boards may add registrars from September 12. The plan includes advisory committees for exemptions on occupational grounds and involves the Provost Marshal General's office, the War Labor Policies Board, and the Department of Labor.
For sale one saddle horse two work horses and two work mules. Apply to O B Clark phone 68 W 3. 1 tf.
The War Department refines the forty five year old rule for general military registration. Men aged eighteen to forty five must enroll by the upcoming Friday the thirteenth to stand ready for service, aiming to speed the war and reduce casualties. The notice urges immediate compliance and notes others will be urged to join. Local ordinances enforce weighing ice sales with penalties.
Poem excerpt praising France with patriotic vows likely from a 1918 era periodical. Verses express devotion and support for Alsace Lorraine recovery and victory. Mentions old style Slackers and wartime camp imagery in a second fragment.
A cryptic verse fragment contrasts aU.S. gun with a fading sun. It references Columbus and Queen Isabella aiding anti German propaganda. Also lists rooms on North Maysville Street and notes Mrs John Scott as a contact.
Dr. George W. Crile notes fear affects animals relying on flight for defense such as rabbits birds and deer, while skunks porcupines snakes turtles and big cats rely on physical defenses. He observes humans have shifted from fleeing to fighting and often face inner conflicts between these instincts.
Montgomery County Sheriff John G. Roberts urges taxpayers to call and settle polls and other taxes promptly. Office open daily until the books close, aiming for an early and complete collection this year.
Secretary Baker orders chief of every War Department bureau to replace by December 31 all Class 1 draft age men stationed in Washington or department branches with physically disqualified personnel. Vacant posts may be filled from deferred classes if needed, exemptions only where no eligible nondeferred men are available. Auto Trucks offer delivery service with calls answered anytime.
A Mississippi iron tonic named A-I-M is praised for dramatic improvements after a few doses. A Richmond grocer reports a sixty eight year old patient who recovered from weakness and kidney related fatigue, gaining twenty two pounds in six months. Manufactured by Ferrodine Chemical Co Roanoke VA, sold 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles.
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