Out of the Rut in Hollinwood as Two Lovers Seek Life
Professor Archelanus Tidworth’s dreary lecture sparks two youths to escape routine. Arnold Wade and Muriel Baird meet, fall for each other, and after an auto crash and caring by Mrs Latcombe, seize a chance to start anew in business and love in California dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archelanus Tidworth
Hollinwood
Archelanus
Jamel Baird
Muriel
Arnold Wade
Muriel Baird
Ledbury
Arnold
California
August Report on Food Saving in Public Eating Places
A. Parker of the Texas Food Administration reports August savings on meat wheat and sugar in public eating places. Meals served rose by about two million from July. 17 018 095 meals served 189 089 persons served. Sugar 348 662 pounds wheat 1 058 063 pounds and substitutes 814 153 pounds per person figures given. Sugar certificates will not be issued until monthly reports reach County Food Administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Parker
Fed: Food Administration For
Texas
Avast
Food Administration
New Federal Food District Created on the Border
A new Federal Food District Sixteenth is created with headquarters in Mission Texas. H. F. Bishop of Hidalgo County is the District Administrator. The counties joined include Brooks Cameron Hidalgo Jim Hogg Starr Webb Willacy Zapata and others. The unit forms from the former southern part of the Fifth District to address border conditions. J B Carrington previously led the San Antonio district with praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peden
Mission
Texas
H. F. Bishop
Hidalgo County
Brooks County
Richard Miller
Falfurrias
Cameron County
A. Wayne Wood
Brownsville
Jim Hogg
W. T. Ackle
J. B. Carrington
San Antonio
Sugar Savings Shown In Returned Certificates
Sugar certificates totaling 21 890 pounds were returned by Texas hotels and restaurants for July and August unused portions of allotments. Bakers and public eateries added 15 000 and 4 260 pounds respectively. Van Noy Inter-State Co with 30 South Texas outlets returned 4 710 pounds while using only syrups in bread making for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Food Administration
Texas
van Noy Inter- State Company
Tin Containers To Disappear From Retail Shelves
The packing of spaghetti and macaroni in cans will end after October 15 by agreement of alimentary pasta manufacturers. Tea and coffee will move to non metal containers as tin stocks are exhausted. Kraut will be sold in bulk to conserve tins. Syrups and molasses adopt three standard can sizes. odd small cans are dropped.
Rules Governing Sale of Flour to Farmers
The Revised Wheat Flour Regulations lift quantity restrictions on retailers for flour sales to consumers. A consumer may buy up to a sixty days' supply, but must also purchase 205 substitutes at the time. Farmers with home-grown substitutes need not buy substitutes if they sign a written statement confirming possession and planned use.
Spanish influenza tightens grip as area records continue
S R Cochran remains confined with a severe influenza attack while O C Woodruff recovers from the same illness. School closed three days then reopened due to low influenza cases. Local residents travel for army exams and patriotic events. There are updates on missing soldier Henry Pitts and the burial of John Pitts in Hicks cemetery.
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S. R. Cochran
Mesdames
A. Warner
Walter Fowler
Eddie Doddie
Ben Arnold
Ruth Sims
O. C. Woodruff
J. A. Jones
M. Cox
Mart
Pat Thomas
Austin
Pearl Ely
Branchville
J. A. Ely
Lillian Freeman
H. W. Wright
Bryan
Winnie Arendall
Oklahoma
Gause
Cameron
S. H. Moore
Georgetown
Literary Society
Stubs
Hicks
Mesdames R. B. Gause
Merns Donaldson
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days Claim
Advertisement promises rapid relief for piles with a refund if the treatment fails. Claims itching relief and quick results within days, urging readers to pay the president for a guaranteed cure.
Milanao man buys $500 Liberty Bond in first day Miller
Real patriotism shown by citizen J. D. Grady who purchased the largest Liberty Bond on opening day. His home front displays a service flag with three stars for sons in the war. Milano Gazette
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Grady
Milano
Sealed Proposals Sought for Mail Route 25 198 in Cameron
Sealed proposals for carrying the mails on messenger route No. 25 198 in Cameron will be received at the post office until 8 p.m. October 24 1918. Proposals may be obtained at the post office from Edward F. English Postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Santa Fe
Sap
Pos
Edward F. English
Red Cross Election Postponed in influenza epidemic
County Chairman E. A. Flinn says the Red Cross local chapter election is postponed from October 23 to November 27 due to the Spanish Influenza epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Flinn
American Red Cross
Marriage Licenses Issued Since Last Tuesday
Charlie Horton and Miss Dorothy Lee Dinton. H. E. Baker and Miss Jonie Breadrent. Jose Ruiz Manuela Valdes. Margarito Sanchez and Perfeta Sanchez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Horton
Dorothy Lee Dinton
H. E. Baker
Jonie Breadrent
Jose Ruiz Manuela Valdes
Margarito Sanchez
Perfeta Sanchez
Waco booster Clyde Thacker greets old friends Saturday
Clyde Thacker of Waco a key McLennan county booster for the Fourth Liberty Loan and a former Cameron citizen spent Saturday visiting and greeting many old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Thacker
Waco
McLennan County
Cameron
Miss Gertie Hutchinson Visits During influenza closure
Miss Gertie Hutchinson of Trinity University Waxahachie visits Mrs Ed McAdams and will stay with her while the university closes due to an influenza epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie Hutchinson
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Ed McAdams
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Victor Redcliffe
Western Newspaper Union
Sriggs Dry Goods
Cameron, Texas
Red Cross
Scott
Scott & Bown
Bloomfield
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