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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
6
J G Senter argues that Germany’s Kultur doctrine threatens world order and freedom, detailing slave-like German peasantry under Junker rule, the costly war effort, and a call for anti Kultur action in the United States including New York women’s crackdown on German language press and a question about Texas response.
An African American Methodist revival ends with the pastor challenging a stranger who claims to belong to the army of the Lord. The exchange reveals a racial insult as the pastor dismisses him, joking that he belongs to the navy instead.
A scene unfolds near the station as a Gallah gal in a violet hat and white gloves confronts a brown toy by a truck. She loudly denies meeting Joe Jackson and asserts she came to tell him she would not see him, amid sharp exchanges. War Ravings Stamps, save Lives.
Mayor P H Callahan proclaims June 28 1918 as National War Savings Day in Llano urging all adult wage earners and taxpayers to attend meetings at local schoolhouses pledge savings for War Savings Stamps and curb unnecessary expenditures to meet a national goal of 91 million dollars. The proclamation cites Treasury instructions to list absentees and forward to state and federal officials. The text ends with unrelated wartime commentary.
A novelty wedding scene unfolds as a newly elected justice of the peace presides with tremulous authority. He baptizes the couple with humorous mispronunciations and grandiose promises, while editorial quips on prosperity, patience, and streetwise advice punctuate the rambling tale.
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