Will the People of America Fail to Subscribe Loan
Washington reports district by district subscriptions with percentages of quota achieved. Major centers show Chicago and New York trailing while Texas and nearby states post notable gains. total progress today is measured vs a required daily average to meet the final victory loan goal.
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America
Washington
Minneapolis
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
Richmond
Veland
Philadelphia
W York
San Francisco
Dallas
Treasury Review
Patriotic Spirit of America
Review
Secredid
Meat Production for ASIG INU Shows Increase
Washington May 6 1918 American meat production including lard rose to 20 129 800 pounds the highest on record and a surplus emerged despite conservation. Pork accounted for about three fourths of the total with beef making up the rest. Exports near doubled 1917 to slightly over three billion pounds and domestic consumption rose to seventeen and a quarter billion pounds after population adjustments. The bureau of animal industry credits farmers with turning a potential crisis into a surplus aiding both foreign and home needs.
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Washington
United Tes
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Economic health reported in 11th District banks
Dallas May 7 In the eleventh federal reserve district a sound and normal business is being transacted. Agricultural prospects show gain while the livestock industry improves and other wealth producing sectors diversify beyond cotton. Building activity lags with rising prices and labor demand. housing remains scarce but lumber orders rise.
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Dallas
Texas
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Houston
Germany preps peace conference through five committees
Coblenz May 5 Germany forms a peace bureau under the foreign office with five committees to study political economy commercial policy colonial problems and international law. The formation aims to build a factual German position before Versailles negotiations.
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Coblenz
Germany
Foreign Office
Coblenz Volks Zeitune
Peace Bureau
Wood Nomination Urged for 1920 President Ticket
Senator Moses of New Hampshire urged on Saturday the nomination of Major General Leonard Wood as the Republican candidate for president in 1920.
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Wood
Washington
Moses
New Hampshire
Leonard Wood
Average Week’s Work by Brazos County Agents 1919
Weekly report for Brazos County covering April 12 1919 lists miles traveled meetings and demonstrations schools visited official farm visits and office consultations. Activities include hog cholera vaccinations cattle blackleg vaccines pecan budding yard inspections garden checks and poultry yard reviews with multiple farm inspections and letters written.
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Brazos County
Wien
College
Woodville School
Kurten
Sutton
Veterinary Department
Millican
Bee Creek
Tabor
Knob Prairie
Edge
Blackleg
Zack
Steep Hollow
Benson
Revival to Close Tonight in Bryan After Two and Half Weeks
The revival led by Evangelist Coale ends tonight in Bryan after two and a half weeks. He will depart for Dallas and start another revival in Helena Arkansas on Sunday May 11. Prof. B G Grenfel will replace G C Spindler as musical director. Coale praises Bryan and thanks local clergy and laypeople for support, noting 200 to 250 new church members added. He commends the Bryan Daily Eagle for its coverage and credits the paper with aiding the revival.
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Evangelist Coale
Dallas
Helena
Ark
B. G. Grenfel
Hopkinsville
G. C. Spindler
Bryan
Bryan Daily Eagle
Eagle
Evangelist
Panama Canal Strike Ends Partially At Atlantic Terminus
Panama May 7 The strike of stevedores at the Atlantic terminus of the Panama canal has been partially broken by the use of laborers hired from the Pacific end of the project.
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Panama
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Pacific
Turn to the future after war says Southwestern president
Dr. C. M. Bishop of Southwestern University urged turning from war to rebuilding on Christ’s foundation. He called for love and service as the basis for liberty and democracy, citing Christ’s two greatest commandments. Special music punctuated the college chapel address by local singers and instrumentalists.
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C. M. Bishop
Southewestern University
College Chapel
Christ Jesus
Christ
God
Bishop
Mr. Spindler
Bryan
George Long
B. Youngblood
H. M. Bohn
South Dakota counties over-subscribe victory loan quota
Aberdeen May 2 Every county in South Dakota where the Indian population is predominant has over subscribed its victory loan quota.
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Aberdeen
South Dakota
English firm to put on market 3250 automobile
London reports an English manufacturing firm plans to launch an automobile priced at 3250 pounds at most. The announcement notes strict price limits and aims for a broad retail reach, signaling an affordable new car in the domestic market.
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London
Bexar County Man Enjoys Motor Trip
Gainesville reports J B Swift of San Antonio on a luxe motor trip through Bexar County. After thieves stole his car, Swift tracked it to Joplin, captured the pair, and put them to work as chauffeur and footman before delivering them to a local jail each night.
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Gainesville
Texas
J. B. Swift
San Antonio
Swift
Joplin
Miles
James
CANCELLING WHISKEY RATES IN TEXAS RAILROAD TRAFFIC
Prohibition influences railroad charges as southwestern lines seek removal of whiskey liquor rates between Houston Galveston and Texas points. Interstate Commerce Commission grants petition confirming no traffic under current rates. The move is seen as a precursor to more requests after July 1.
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Washington
Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Houston
Galveston
Texas
State highway department seeks annual license plate renewal proposal
The State Highway Department in Austin announces it may ask the governor to propose a special session amendment to the highway law. The change would require new line number plates each year for every automobile due to the current system allowing plate reassignment and ongoing unsatisfactory practices.
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State Highway Department
Austin
Texas
Polish Capture of Vilna News Reports Joffe Execution
From Copenhagen on May 7, Polish papers report that after taking Vilna the Polish forces seized and executed Adolph Joffe former Russian Bolshevik ambassador to Berlin. The claim follows the capture and cites German and Russian diplomatic figures in the upheaval of the region.
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Copenhagen
Vilnna
Adolph Joffe
Berlin
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touted as blood purifier
The tonic is described as iron and quinine suspended in syrup that purifies and enriches the blood. It claims to energize, improve appetite and color, suitable for children, marketed for over thirty-five years as a preferred strength builder sold widely at 60 cents per bottle.
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GROVE
All Home by August Exposed in Baker Statement
Secretary Baker announced that the last man of the American expeditionary forces will be withdrawn from France by August. He noted that more than half have already left and facilities used for the forces are being returned to private owners or the municipalities to which they belong.
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Washington
France
Baker
Wrenes
Little Pierce's Father Sleep in Flanders Field
A Texas war widow, Mrs. Jeannette Wisdom of Dallas, recalls the life and death of Pierce Wisdom of Texarkana who died in the Argonne battle after marrying her in Houston. Their infant son Pierce Jr inherits his father's memory as the mother invests his insurance money in victory bonds.
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Texas
Father
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jeannette Wisdom
Houston
Pierce Wisdom
Texarkana
Pierce, Jr
Jeannette Sander
Houston Heights
France
Battle of
Argonne
Pierce
Mother
Sister
BromO Quinine Tablet Box Featured As Medical Cure
A historical note highlights a product labeled Bromo Quinine with E. W. Groves signature on the box. The claim mentions curing colds grip and influenza and claims tablets remove the cause.
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E. W. Grove
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Bayer
Paver
11Th District Federal Bank
Bexar County
Castoria
Little Pierce
Flanders Field
Moorewood
Blondwood
Dorema D
Ducolien
Hambletonian
Bryan and Wheelock
M. S. Broach
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