Liberty Loan notes and local subscription appeals in Milam County
In Cameron Texas an October 24 1918 notice urges readers to track subscription dates and renewals for The Herald and highlights Milam County and Cameron quotas for the Fourth Liberty Loan. It praises rate hikes at the Plano Star-Courier and urges civic duty, with farming advice and county agent Banzai urging wheat production guidance.
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T.S. Henderson
The
Herald
Banzai
Patriotism in Rosebud Fills Liberty Loan Quota Quickly
Residents in Rosebud rallied last Tuesday to raise 132300 with 61000 still needed. A proclamation closed stores on Wednesday as committees urged bonds, and by nine that morning the town had surpassed its target with extra funds. Local farmers and merchants supported the drive despite crop failures, showing strong civic spirit.
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Rosebud
Milam County
Public works funds spur Parker County road improvements
Editorials from multiple papers note public road projects funded by nearly half a million dollars in Parker County and call for steady work for laborers. Other clippings discuss postwar recovery, cleanup drives, and Allied success in France with references to prisoner labor and casualties.
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Parker County
Weatherford Democrat
Washington War Effort Exposes Lodging Scandal in Capital
A wartime editorial laments Washington’s overcrowded lodging as government clerks surge past 100000. It details high rents, shared bedrooms, and inadequate dormitory housing for female workers, urging price controls and dormitory conversions to ease the housing crisis.
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Strawn Tribune
Washington
New York
Freezone Promises Painless Corn Removal
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a quick remedy for corns and calluses. A few drops numb the area and the entire corn lifts away with the finger, drying immediately and not irritating surrounding skin. A small bottle costs little at drug stores and frees feet of hard or soft corn.
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Cincinnati
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