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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1917
Page
6
The speaker urges citizens to guard their feelings amid wartime division, stressing that distrust of those with alien blood harms national life. It warns against needless accusations and argues only government officials should pursue spies and traitors to avoid scattering chaos and harming the state.
Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is touted to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is presented as a regular prescription from a top physician. The ad notes testimonials, requests readers to send for free information, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A European scientist proposes converting chips into diamonds, arguing the method yields valuable stones. The remark plays on the proverb about chips and diamonds, suggesting a clever transformation of simple material into worth.
An insurance notice directs readers to contact J. T. Coons at phone 456 W for coverage. The brief ad prompts inquiries about policies offered by the Hurst Home Insurance Company.
Master Commissioner WM. A. Samuels announces sale of 7 acres across two tracts in Montgomery County Ky on Brush Creek. The sale is September 17 1917 at 1 pm at the Mt. Sterling Court House with six month credit, bond and lien retained until full payment. Auction subject to court order details, bid terms, and replevin bond enforcement.
Railroads cut nearly 25 million passenger train miles since the war began to conserve manpower fuel and locomotives. A Santa Fe card on each freight car urges quick unloading to help win the war. The Railroads War Board moved thousands of cars to grain and lumber regions and reduced unfilled orders from 148 627 to 33 776 by August.
A wartime editorial warns that one who evades duty to the government in a supreme crisis will evade duties in any other circumstance. It contends conscientious scruples cannot justify neglect of obligation and says such persons merit scrutiny and oversight.
A reader asks who removed the pot from potatoes and suggests a broader inquiry into who removed the eat from wheat, implying a curiosity about reductions or removals in staple food items. The remark hints at curiosity over naming or removing parts of common foods.
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