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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
1
A wartime appeal from Herbert Hoover urges Americans to forego wheat and other staples until the next harvest to preserve supplies for soldiers and allies. The message highlights rationing, child and invalid needs, and calls for national unity across communities in the crisis.
The document discusses Texas adopting a wheatless period from April 15 to June 1 to aid the war effort. It quotes Administrator Peden affirming that retail stocks will be conserved for babies and invalids, and explains bread substitutes under bakers regulations. It also praises wartime sacrifice and references public sentiment on wheat usage.
The First Week in May brought a number of rationing rules from the Food Administration. The program seeks meat reduction without Meatless Days by cutting waste and buying less. Sugar allocations are set by certificates and manufacturers, fish industry rules expand seining, and hotels and restaurants face new wheat product limits.
A fragmented column from Williamson County Sun and Cherokee Herald discusses exemptions in wartime policy, civil obligations, and the burden on citizens. It questions whether government can demand dollars as it does services, and how bond subscriptions test ultimate authority.
Federal Food Administration honors 27 Texas hotels and restaurants in class L for pledging to abstain from wheat products during the current shortage. Names include the Rice Hotel Houston, Rogers Waxahachie, Pratt Eating House Texarkana, Martin Hotel Temple, Turner Hotel Gainesville, and others across the state.
A reader urges support for patriotic organizations and veterans while criticizing reservation and division. The piece argues for coordination to improve services and to uphold American institutions and the flag, as youth prepare to serve.
An entry mentions Cornea Drug Store in Llano Texas tied to a remedy test sale. The message appears as a garbled OCR fragment referencing invoices or product names and a possible medical or drug context.
United States Food Administrator Hoover appeals to African Americans to aid in food conservation and production during wartime. He emphasizes loyalty and national duty, urging every man, woman, and child to support the food program and its representatives.
An apparently promotional note claims lemon juice mixed with orchard white creates a cheap skin beautifier. It advises straining to remove pulp and using the quarter pint mixture on the face neck arms and hands daily to reduce freckles sallowness and tan.
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