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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
6
The Junior Red Cross salvage drive outlines items for collection including tin, tubes, jewelry, silverware, batteries, and worn clothing. Profits fund the auxiliary charter. families should prepare items in sturdy packaging with owner names and weights.
Fragmentary wartime prose invokes food as a sacrament of peace and a nation’s resolve. It contrasts devout sacrifice with the bloody din of night raids, urging civilians and allies to endure hardship and unite body mind and soul.
Southwestern children join the Junior Red Cross in thrift sales and garden work to aid soldiers. Schools enroll 100000+ youths, aiming for universalJunior Red Cross membership. Onions and potatoes fuel food drives with recipes and patriotic appeals as communities mobilize to boost supplies for allies.
Geo. R. Shannon of Marfa Texas invites sellers to obtain prices before selling hides and notes the operation has been buying hides since 1914. The terse ad emphasizes price quotes and ready purchase, signaling a local livestock materials market.
Persons taking wood water or brass in any O2 pastures will be prosecuted for trespassing HT Fletcher Manager Pure Mill cream butter and FOR SALE One good milk buttermilk delivered twice daily with calf Pho Model Dairy Ed Means prop G H Yates.
A fragmentary oped praising the enduring American spirit and heroism of soldiers, linking starry ideals with the everyday labor behind the front lines. It recalls men who came to Houston on April 27 and 28 to meet, learn, and broaden their view of what America demands of them.
A trio of messages from Governor, General Pershing, and Administrator Peden express approval of the Texas Plan urging five days without wheat. The notices underscore coordinated national effort and public participation in the rationing initiative.
Telegram from Governor W P Hobby and U S Food Administrator Herbert Hoover acknowledges Texas leaders and federal food officials for efforts to conserve the state’s food supply for troops and allies. It notes Texas cooperation, national sacrifice, and plans to mobilize five million Texans in defense, with Pershing’s telegram cited.
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