City Newsroom Appeal Seeks Reader Tips
The paper asks readers to call Ring Phone No 40 with news items of interest to the city and neighbors. Sincere thanks are offered for tips to keep the paper newsy and informative for the community.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1918
Page
14
The paper asks readers to call Ring Phone No 40 with news items of interest to the city and neighbors. Sincere thanks are offered for tips to keep the paper newsy and informative for the community.
Carry a complete stock of dry goods clothing gents furnishing goods staple and fancy groceries. Also buy and sell all kinds of country produce.
Storage battery service station and parts outlet promotes Ford genuine parts and repair services at Kott's Garage offering cream separators and related components for home use and maintenance.
Advice from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo urges protecting health by training organs, reducing poisons through skin and intestines, and adopting a milk and vegetable diet with ample water. Recommend avoiding excess meat salt and alcohol. Anurie serum offered for trial and daily use. Case notes from Stroup and Maus praising Pierce remedies for kidney and bowel troubles.
A San Antonio conference urged lifting immigration limits on Mexican workers for three days, with health checks still in place. Food Admin Peden announced the push to Secretary Wilson, citing Texas crop needs and the national labor shortage. Peden also contacted Hoover to press military exemptions and labor use on farms.
President Wilson unlocks a $5 million fund, via the Treasury and Agriculture Departments, to help Western farmers who suffered two consecutive crop failures. Loans of up to $3 per acre, with 100 to 150 acre caps, aid fall wheat and substitute grains, supporting insurance contributions and national food security.
Returning blinded soldiers sailors and marines are received for vocational and rehabilitation training at Hospital Training School General Hospital No 7 in Baltimore Maryland. The facility can house 250 men with recreation fields and extensive gardens. Col James Bordley directs reeducation with O H Burritt as educational director and Miss Jenny A Turner as reconstruction aide. Blinded veterans will learn practical trades and standard printing in raised type before returning home. Red Cross and the Institute for the Blind assist, with plans for national industry surveys and ongoing supervision.
London July 30. The Associated Press reports a statement by imperial authorities noting Britain spends about 34 million dollars each day on the war. It claims four years of war have not broken credit, with the national debt rising from 3.225 billion to 39.9 billion dollars, more than twelvefold, while citizens endure growing strain with resolve for victory.
The inquiry asks if you have tried the Michelin Universal Tread Casing. It seeks user experience or opinion on this tire model and its performance and suitability for general use.
The text notes Britain pays far higher taxes now than before the war, rising from about 1.0 billion to 3.27 billion annually, while war loans total 5 billion. It states Britain spends 9.305 billion yearly on military needs and munitions, yet advances loans to allies reach 5.16 billion in aggregate.
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