Feeding Pershing's Troops A Food Supply Challenge Ahead
The piece estimates Pershing could lead about forty thousand troops in France and outlines daily feeding needs. It calculates eighty tons of provisions daily, requiring forty two ton trucks, with meals needing bread coffee jam chicken beef fish potatoes and a wide array of staples to sustain the army. It notes the national effort to sustain such a force will tax resources and ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
France
Pation
The Superhuman Myth and American Self Reliance
The article argues that wartime lessons reveal efficiency without ethics is ruinous. It condemns excess selfishness and praises a well rounded citizen in charity and skill. It urges Americans to learn from others while defending and improving their nation without adopting vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Editor Seeks Missing Potatoes Deliverer
A note says the man who used to bring a supply of new potatoes to the editor is several days late. Readers are asked to hasten him along if seen.
Texas License Plates Reissued Under New Registration Law
Every automobile in Texas received a new number on July 1 and all plates adopted the same design under the new registration law. New licensees were issued under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Washington correspondents distort food control bill stance
The Graford Herald notes Washington reporters miscast President Wilcom on the food control bill. It argues he opposes the prohibition feature only in delaying tactics, not the policy, and urges immediate enactment despite press antis shaping opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilcom
Senate
Daily
Graford Herald
New State Highway Tax Imposed On Pleasure Cars
A tax of 35 cents per horsepower under the new State highway law is levied on each pleasure car with a minimum charge of $7.50 per vehicle.
Move Over for the F follower Who Can Succeed
A blunt command urges apparent underperformers to concede space for more capable rivals. The speaker stresses humility and opportunity for the successful, calling for practical change over ego in competitive settings.
Old Settlers and Growth of Graham Town
The Graham post office became a money order office and Congress created a federal court here. Growth saw Parson Richards running the Graham Hotel, Major Buck building a boarding house, and Wood’s House later. J. H. Hatfield and R. W. Mosby joined the mercantile scene while two brick yards thrived. A fatal Brushy Creek shooting involved M. W. Adams and J. D. Taylor, and jail contracts cost 7 645 dollars. Dora Dees died from strychnine poisoning. P. B. Marshall was tried for murder, appealed, and eventually acquitted on circumstantial evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Congress
Richards
Graham Hotel
Buck
Young County Lumber Co
Judge Wood
Wood
Balter & Culwell
Chism
J. T. Rickman
C. M. Rickman
J. H. Alford
Marshall County
Tennessee
Benton Kramer
Sue Orr
F. M. Burkett
Burkett
Third Street
Belmont Hotel
F. M. Gifford
G. W. Godfrey
J. E
Robt. Hollingsworth
Brushy Creek
M. W. Adams
J. D. Taylor
Taylor
Young County
T. H. Conmor
Ann Coleman
Annn
Charlie
P. B. Marshall
British Drive Near Lens and Greek Return to Power
War report notes British lines advancing around Lens with heavy artillery and infantry thrusts, and that Lens may fall but heavy fighting lies ahead. French front shows minor gains as Petain prepares for a general engagement possibly toward Laon. In Greece Venizelos returns to power in Athens and Greece may declare war. Russia shows slow improvement while Austria-Hungary news is scarce. U boats not at prior week’s high but still troubling. American troops begin arriving in France as plans progress.
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Eile
Athens
Lens
Arras
Messines
London
France
Petain
Laon
Russia
Venizelos
Alexander
Greece
Austria-Hungary
Swindlers Work Among Farmers in Texas
Fred W. Davis, commissioner of agriculture, warns of two men traveling by auto posing as State Department of Agriculture representatives. They solicit small payments for a so called official veterinary chart or seed shipment list, then issue receipts stamping State Agricultural Department. Readers are urged to notify county attorney or sheriff to stop the swindle wherever they appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Fred W. Davis
State Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Department
Davis
Family dynamics echo in parent child wisdom
A fragment suggests parents hold knowledge children rarely surpass. The line implies respect for age and experience within a family, noting moments when children acknowledge limits of their understanding.
Continuous Self-Doubt as a Path to Misery
A reflective note argues that unending focus on one’s own thoughts and assumed judgments from close friends fuels lifelong misery. It suggests shifting attention outward to reduce rumination and preserve well being.
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Jas, F. Ballard
ST. Louis, MO
Sloan Drug Company
H. Bowron
Old Settlers
W. L. Graves
W. LP. Stewart
Beckham National Bank
Belknap
Wm. Clark
S .M Weatherford
Clark
J. H. Hatfield
St. Louis
R. W
Dick) Mosby
War Review
VIA
Rock Island
C. S. Wynns
Geo
Pentecost, G. P. A
Fort Worth, Texas
Cooog
Wwe
C. W. Johnson
Arnold & Arnold
Attorneys-at-Law
W. A. Morris
Graham National Bank
Graham, Texas
M. H. Chism
Bert King
B. W. King
King & King
Seymour and
R. D. Rutherford
Henderson's Wagon Yard
Dr. N. B. Blevins
Independent Phone No
Graham-Eliasville
Auto Mail
Eliasville
Jean
Olmey
Newcastle
Loving
J. H. Fisher
Graham Independent Telephone Company
J.P. Hamilton
Singer Sewing Machines
C. E. Turner
Poland
China
C. C. Mayes
Chiem
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