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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
3
Dedicated verse extols the soldiers and asks Americans to lend generously to the Liberty Loan drive. The poem praises courage, sacrifice, and patriotic duty, imagining loans as lending that mirrors the soldiers’ resolve while they endure danger and long for home. It invokes sacrifice and victory.
U S Judge Edward Meek speaks to fellow citizens urging unwavering support for war bonds. He frames self government as the war’s core issue and calls for maximum individual investment to fund the Allied effort, stressing duty, sacrifice, and democratic ideals.
Lecturing rhetoric urges citizens to fund the war through weekly payments claiming easy earnings. It asserts that every citizen should contribute 20 to 100 dollars monthly to the government to hasten victory, promising safe returns and warning of future drafts after the war.
The report notes 128 040 pounds of glycerine produced from collected grease, with the gain over last year and a 43 percent rise over May 1917. Eleven cities with populations over 6 000 000 are cited as increasing garbage collection for reduction. The Food Administration promotes fruitfulness of waste recovery. cities install plants to reclaim refuse and prevent burning.
A Texas report outlines monthly savings in hotel and restaurant operations for July and August. It tracks meat and wheat usage, meals served, and whether savings met allowances while noting no public eating places operated in August and that savings were voluntary.
Joe Motes a retail grocer in Orange Texas used sugar allotted for soft drink manufacture to aid the Red Cross and was summoned by the Food Administration to account for the improper use. A stock dealer named Moley and others were to pay fines as ordered by the administration.
A panicked historical broadside condemns Chinese money lenders called Sing Khai Foo, alleging murders to cover loans and accusing Texans of aiding nonessential spending while soldiers fight. It argues lenders pose as loyal Americans, wielding moral influence over War Savings Stamps and war effort.
A historical wartime plea urges Texas youths to fund machine guns for the front by purchasing Government Savings Stamps. The message stresses personal duty to supply ammunition through dollars invested, framing it as a patriot’s investment and a protection for loved ones.
A wartime urging message asks readers to back the Texas boys with arms and supplies. It promotes War Savings Stamps as a way to fund victory, noting they bear good interest and are not a gift. The appeal stresses citizen investment enables troops to march toward victory.
A list of fish trade managers and county food administrators named by Peden appears to form a committee structure. The document names Zone One chairmen, district coordinators, and multiple county appointees including Rockport Sinton Matagorda and Galveston counties. It notes duties involve freight variances and cost allocations.
Fragmented text shows official notice about sugar allotments and county food aid channels. It references a special allotment and certificates, mentioning retail and consumer impacts and a September designation. The passage is garbled but centers on restrictions and allocation mechanisms for sugar.
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