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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
2
Allies Hold the line from Asiago Plateau to the sea as Austrians and Italy’s fronts engage along a broad sector. Stalwarts and troops maintain pressure with ongoing operations and defensive actions.
Austrians press across a 100 mile front from Asti near the Swiss border toward the sea but fail to break the first line held by Italian, French and British troops. Reports vary on prisoner counts while German and Austrian forces suffer higher casualties amid limited gains and renewed Allied counterattacks.
Central Texas reports robust crops with rains aiding harvests and a growing push to install 6585 silos statewide. Other items note oil and gas activity in Mills and Coleman counties, a new Bryan high school building, and a women’s defense council unit forming in DeWitt County.
A retired farmer Snowden plans to return from California to Calgary San to work the fields and help harvest crops. He, age fifty five, says he has not done manual labor in eight years but will hire out this summer to aid the war effort. Thousands of Americans and Canadians are urged to act before the war ends, not limited to those under thirty two.
A distressed note touts Capudine for immediate headache relief and nervous strain reduction. A separate item reports a fugitive case where an express car theft led to possession of a crate of chickens and ice cream during a Shreveport to Meridian journey.
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment 63 pledged to clear complexions scalp and hands. Free samples offered at Cuticura Dept X Boston. Sold by druggists and by mail Bon a 26 Ointment 26 and 60 Adv.
The Monetary Times of Toronto argues that wealth conscription should end in North America and that postwar Western civilization needs investment capital. The piece notes a shift in economic policy toward capital formation as a key goal.
Quote from Life, Tut! argues one may acquire wealth honestly yet be judged harshly for poverty. The Boston Transcript notes the tension between honest gain and social stigma, suggesting moral judgments accompany economic status.
A garbled 19th century snippet references Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic against malarial germs spread by the malaria mosquito. Other phrases note alarm in a London Opinion line and a slot machine alert for a 5 cent trolley ticket in Kansas City.
Edison era style ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for biliousness and constipation. It claims the product is vegetable, non gagging, and guarantees improvement by morning with a money back offer.
Fragmented notes discuss rations and shortages in a wartime context. Mentions suburbs, mouths, and belts on salts with unusual phrasing, suggesting a hoarded or disenfranchised population facing limited supplies.
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