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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
4
The Red Cross Nursing Service outlines career paths for registered nurses amid rising demand from the military. It urges enrollment in nursing programs, highlighting free training, lodging, and supplies, with the Surgeon General stating a need for hundreds of nurses this year and beyond.
Public service urging citizens to wear the Red Cross button as a visible symbol of support for the war effort and to promote national unity. Encourages every person to display the white button with the Red Cross to show allegiance and aid the Allied cause.
The Red Cross Bureau of Supplies outlines how to purchase and donate material for wartime relief. It describes warehousing in St Louis, shipping to eastern ports or cantonments, and the role of local chapters in obtaining garments, bedding, and hospital items. The note highlights a large staff, volunteers, and the need to plan purchases to meet wartime needs.
A reader asks to enroll as a member of Patriotic attire and support the Texas Food and Feed Production Campaign in Austin. The City Commission list includes Mayor Benj. F. Berkeley and Clerk Flora L. Daugherty, with meetings on the first Monday each month at the courthouse.
Mr McAdoo issues a personal message to Liberty Bond holders cautioning against exchanges or sales of Liberty Loan securities. He warns that many offers are dubious and many so called securities are worthless while some are sound. He urges investors to hold fast to government bonds unless forced by misfortune or necessity to sell.
A wartime appeal urges three yearly Liberty Loan calls, stressing urgency, sacrifice, and national duty. It calls on readers to support the Third Campaign, noting army growth, Allied needs, and the struggle against German aggression, urging steadfast patriotism and selflessness.
For sale Star drilling rig No 23 with 20 h. p. oiler complete with four bit sizes. Includes 30 ft drill stem, three jars, four sand buckets and all tools that go with the outfit for information write.
Rules permit advertising victory bread with not more than 80 percent wheat flour. Other 20 percent can be flour types such as corn, barley, oat, rice, or potato flour. Graham or whole-wheat may be called victory bread. A list of Brewster County men now serving is included with names such as Jahey Mies, Vitra McSpadiien, Worthing, Ivan White, Delmer White, Edward Staxwel, and several others.
Directory fragment lists Woodmen of the World lodges 471 405 and 491 with meeting days Thursdays and Tuesdays, officers names, court precincts and county court schedules, plus an ad line about exchanging furs for cash at Catawe's. The text mixes dates meetings and locations with irregular spellings.
C W Livingston of Youxsalpine Texas operated funeral services and embalming in Maria Texas as a licensed funeral director and embalmer.
A good citizen is one who supports government during difficult moments, aligning with the Southern Pacific Lines as an institution serving the people. The text urges loyalty and collective effort to sustain public service and civic duty.
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