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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
8
A Birmingham published piece notes Verbena Alabama, sixty miles south of Birmingham, as a quiet town now stirred by a daily 6 pm bell prayer. The column links the bell to a revival of patriot prayer for the President and soldiers, drawing mixed amusement from locals.
A reader letter from Thorndale urges plain dress and homemaking over wealth and fashion. It laments inequality in land and cotton wealth, calls for Bible reading, prayer, home production, and warns lads 21 or older must register for military draft under home rule.
The article extols Liberty Bonds and war savings, urging citizens to finance the war effort. It argues that every bond holder strengthens the government, soldiers, and allies, and calls for scientific saving to hasten victory and preserve democracy and civilization.
A Dallas meeting of bakers and restaurant owners with Texas Food Administration officials urges approval of a wheat limited menu rule. Public eating places would serve bakery goods with at most one third wheat and pies and pastries with no wheat, as Victory Bread advisories rise. The group, led by Henry Stude, presses for wartime grain control measures amid national shortages.
A San Benito Light column critiques citizens who expect others to carry wartime duties. It warns that George is grown and must shoulder responsibilities, condemning those who whine for others to act. The piece urges readers to stop shirking and join the effort.
A garbled OCR fragment presents names, places, and numbers with many unreadable sections. It references individuals and locations in a historical context but lacks clear events or dates to form a coherent story.
Llano residents discussDoans Kidney Pills with Mrs F Hackworth praising their cure of severe kidney trouble and urging others to try them. A San Saba County arrest in Richland Springs for alleged loyalty act violations at a Red Cross rally prompts choices of joining Red Cross leaving country or going to jail.
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