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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1914
Page
6
The Albany Knickerbocker Press outlines military terms from cavalry and artillery formations to flying corps and reconnaissance. It defines units from squadron to army corps, and explains concepts like covering troops and reconnaissance with illustrative details.
Soldiers on a German troop train station line set up hot soup for the next arriving train. The cycle continues as troops spare time to cook for the next group while the first move on. The army travels with a portable printing press for proclamations and requisition bonds and with official photographers.
State Game Warden W D Hansen urges Tennessee farmers to protect birds as natural pest controllers. He cites robins meadow larks doves and quail destroying mosquitos lice potato beetles and weed seeds, arguing birds improve orchard garden and farm health and yield.
The Transylvania stake long famed as trotting’s hardest race to win draws a record entry. On the 15th all horses were named, including Star Winter, Omar, Etawah, Marta Bellini, Margaret Druien, N. L., Dago, Brighton B., Alberta Dillion, Tommy Horn, Sienna, Peter McCormick, and Mahomet Watts.
The text warns that joy in wealth is a phantom goal that eludes pursuit. It notes fools waste energy chasing riches, wandering through selfish bogs, only to discover they neglected what is truly valuable in life.
Catarrh is claimed to be a blood or constitutional disease and can be cured only by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as internal, acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed as not a quack medicine, it is said to be prescribed by top physicians and combines known tronics with blood purifiers. Testimonials are offered free. Fr. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
Cold damp weather ahead warns shingles need. McCormick Lumber Co. offers shingles and prints contact as Phone 48.
The United States holds about 21 million horses and 4.5 million mules as of January 1. While city horses vanish from streets, rural areas keep them vital for farming tasks. Steam, tractors, and electrics may replace plowing someday, but on steep hills the horse remains essential. Advances may come a century hence, yet no extinction is near. Courier-Journal reports.
Most excellent connections are now made from Mt Sterling via Louisville or Cincinnati with Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern fast flyers for St Louis and West. From Louisville B and O S W trains depart at 8 10 a m 9 p m and 2 20 a m. From Cincinnati 9 a m 12 o clock noon 9 15 p m and 2 15 a m. Equipment consists of modern steel coaches steel sleeping cars and day trains have a most excellent Dining Car service.
McCormick Lumber Co. urges urgent roof repairs with a shingles sale and phone contact 48 for quick delivery and service after a leak.
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