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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
6
A call to awaken American patriotism urges rapid mobilization of manpower and resources to defeat Prussian autocracy. It stresses consolidating business, releasing workers, boosting farming production, and cutting profiteering to sustain the war effort and preserve democracy.
Jones, a rancher from Texas, reports frequent kidney secretions and back pain improved after using two or three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy with restoring rest and ending distress and urges others to buy from FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
In Clearfield Pennsylvania, Mrs Sloppy walks fifteen miles to buy eleven $100 Liberty bonds, exchanging each receipt for twenty skunk pelts. She owns sixty traps and earns pelts from skunks, minks, and weasels, supplementing her husband Chas Sloppy a ginseng farmer who also bought Liberty bonds.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for upset children. It claims the fruit laxative quickly clears bowels and restores a happy, active child. The copy notes it suits all ages and stresses prompt, pure action on stomach, liver, and bowels.
Milton Shirley signs his Coxswain School journal entry from Hampton Roads Virginia. He describes a mountain journey with vivid scenery including the Blue Ridge Mountains and Brave fields. The note mentions boat training on the Atlantic and asks to address him at the Naval Base.
The piece discusses a Texas legislative act defining junk dealers and second hand goods businesses. It notes the political sensitivity around labeling and cites penalties or rulings sought from Administrator Peden. The article also mentions unrelated notes on plowing and farming practices in Farm and Ranch.
A Texas court cites hotel and restaurant operators for excessive flour and sugar use harming the Red Cross. The Red Cross of Harris County receives 50 dollars, while the Japanese Restaurant on 11 Con Jeress Avenue is fined 26 dollars. Court also orders closing periods for several establishments and notes enforcement actions for violations in the state.
The San Antonio Express urges men reaching 21 years in the year to register on June 5 or volunteer by June 4. It warns that after June 4 volunteers may choose their branch, while after that date they will be drafted into a branch as assigned and face penalties for missing the June 5 requirement.
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph item a primary teacher asks pupils to name the most wonderful thing man has made. A thoughtful boy replies solemnly that it is a hat for a family, highlighting the humor and social context of a classroom moment about human ingenuity.
An OCR fragment combines a satirical misread tirade with wartime guidance from the Texas Feder al Food Administration. It discusses pricing, distribution, and marketing of fruits and vegetables, urging merchants to display fresh goods and encourage consumption while noting wheat quotas and thrift. The piece includes comments on domestic thrift and a light aside about Hindenburg on roller skates.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as the remedy for corns and calluses. A few drops applied to tender areas allegedly dissolves the hard skin so the corn lifts out with its root, without pain. The small bottle is sold at drug stores for little money.
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