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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
2
In 1917 a rustic road scene unfolds with a broken wagon, a cyclist mistress in distress, a repairable puncture, and a chance kiss under a hidden tree as a brewery wagon passes, leaving two outsiders bound by a sudden, hopeful bond.
A vintage promotional piece urges youths to develop rugged determination to succeed in war and business. It stresses training for skilled office work, demand for qualified workers, and offers catalog and credit options. It promotes Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas as a business training university that has helped over sixteen thousand individuals.
News spreads of a Cincinnati man’s discovery to loosen corns and lift them out with fingers. A quarter-ounce is cheap and sold at druggists. Drops on tender corn dulls pain and shrinks the corn or callus, drying without inflaming skin. The ad claims it will prevent lockjaw and infection from corn cutting.
An old ad promoting laxatives and tonics including Lax-Fos with pepsin and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It markets these liquids as pleasant digestives for indigestion constipation and biliousness. The copy cites Paris Medicine Co as the manufacturers.
The Red Cross operates twenty dispensaries in the American Army Zone in France to care for families and improve health, housing and feeding thousands of children, and dividing the War Zone into six districts with workers distributing utensils clothing and supplies. It builds ready to put up housing for the homeless and brings over two hundred tons of supplies daily into Paris with reshipment to branches, plus an artificial limb factory near Paris and plants for splints. What will you give to sustain this Hand of Mercy at work.
The American Red Cross is the largest relief organization, staffed mainly by volunteers with top executives giving free service. It feeds and clothes populations in calamity, supports soldiers, and uses vast stores and transportation to aid the war effort. Congress authorizes it and President Wilson heads it.
A late freight train No. 6 carries a pair of young lovers impeding a passenger stop. On board, a seventeen year old girl clings to her fiancé as they reveal plans to marry in town. The conductor delays to accommodate the couple amid the delayed schedule.
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