Food Administration Enforcement Actions Reported
The Houston area saw shop closures and penalties as the Federal Food Administration listed violations for selling wheat flour at excessive profit. Agencies ordered fines, license suspensions, and a Kansas City style notice program as firms like the New Gin Company and Kleber Baking faced penalties and required payments to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Yu. Mills
Department O
Federal Food Administration For Texas
D. Aron
East Sixth Street
Houston Heights
United States Food Administration
Aron
Houston
Hou
J. E. Adair
Cooper
Texas
Red Cross
Clay County Cotton Oil Company
Henrietta
Red Cross Organization
Federal Food Administration
Menrietta
Dallas
Kleber Baking Company
Lcense
Imperative Demand for Munition Workers in Texas
A call from H W Lewis Federal Director urges immediate enlistment of 5200 workers from Texas in 30 days for munition plants. Public opinion urged to pressure non war industry workers to join national war effort, with Community Labor Boards directing workers to U S Employment Offices for placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
France
Texas
Community Labor Boards
U. S
Government Used Pit Material For Gas Mask Carbon
The document notes gathering fruit pits for use in producing carbon for gas masks. It highlights government use of pit-derived carbon in wartime protective gear.
Nickel community reports plowing and cotton picking mix
Farmers in the Nickel community are at different stages of spring work with some plowing while others pick cotton. Nickel High School closed last week due to Spanish influenza. Teachers Susie Gentry and Essie Pogue left for their homes in Gonzales and Waelder respectively. Local residents and families visited and hosted gatherings, with multiple mentions of the Svoboda and Priesmeyer families. The Liberty Bond committee traveled to Gonzales on district business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel
Susie Gentry
Gonzales
Essie Pogue
Waelder
Liberty Bond Committee
Influenza Situation Shows Improvement at Local Plac
There is moderate progress in the influenza case numbers at the local plac with health officials reporting a slower spread and increased vaccination uptake. No details on exact figures or dates are provided in the readable text.
Want Ads and Business Locals Highlight Texas Listings
Want ads note 4 percent on time certificates of deposit from First State Bank in Moulton Texas. Barbecue delivery every Saturday. Wonton Meat Market buys hides. owner Willie Scarpeder. For sale three work horses 20 loads of feed 150 bushes of corn wagon and farming implements by Emil Jaroczewski. For sale or trade a north town 2 12 acres modern house with cultivation by J. W. Nachlinger. Wanted grocery clerk Bohemian preferred by The Melcher Co Port Lavaca Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First State Bank
Moulton
Texas
Wonton
Emil Jaroczewski
J. W. Nachlinger
Melcher Co
Port Lavaca
Wanted Local Ad Seeks Scrap Iron Brass and Rags
Ed Balhorn of Moulton Texas advertises paying top market prices for old iron brass sacks and rags. Also seeks two copies of The Eagle printed Friday August 23 to complete files and asks recipients to deliver to his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balhorn
Moulton, Texas
The
Eagle
Auction Notice of Waelder Farm Land For Sale
Forty nine acres well improved with town proximity and a school nearby. Four hundred seventy five acres four miles out with cultivation and pasture division. Prices quoted at three thousand five hundred dollars per acre with a cash option. Contact Box 265 Waelder Texas for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waelder
Notice Prohibits Hunting and Pecans on H A Lockstedt Farm
Posted notice bans hunting and pecan gathering on H A Lockstedt’s property at Dilworth Texas. Local items report visits by Mrs Join Fostek and Mrs Joe Uilmann to San Antonio and Camp Travis, health updates from Spain France and Wisconsin, and a home move to Moulton new residents Mr and Mrs Charles Wenske. William Kuehn reports health from France and requests a band arrangement for the march America First.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virs
Frank Uilmann
Camp Travis
Joe
William Kuehn
August Kuehn
Moulton
France
Heidrichs Return Visit From Shiner to Dilworth
Mr and Mrs Alvin Heidrich of Shiner return home Wednesday after visiting the family of Mr H Lockstedt of Dilworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Heidrich
Shiner
H. ©. Lockstedt
Dilworth
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U. Deutsch Gesprochen
Dug
Wedanezes
Tom and Dilworth
F.L. Mueller
F. W. Neskorik
Watkin
Peter Farney
Lash
Dri-Zone
Richter
A. D. Mebane
Raab& Brunkenhoefer Barbers
Eagle Job Office
Roxox
P. Red Cross
Inspection Department
New Gin Company
Greenville
County Council of Defense
the Food Administration
Walker-Craig Company
George McConigle & Co
Brownsville
H. W. Lewis
Department of Labor
San Antonio
Nickel News
Leo Pavlica
West
Relatves
John Culak
Anton Svoboda
Rosy Svoboda
Adeline Priesmeyer
Leslie Askey
Miss Lorene
Waelder, Texas
H. A. Lockstedt
Join Fostek
Joe Uilmann
Anna Moellenberndt
Shirer
O. C. Dittmar
Oscar Anders
Emil Jaroszewsaki
Poland
Burton
Jaroszewski
John Mladenka
This
Charles Welff
Culak
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
Mladenka
Charles Wenske
Komensky
Ben Mueller
F.o. B
Detroit
Henry Erlinger
Tex
Hohensee
Firestone
Goodyear
F. W. Lueke
Mer
Moulton Lodge No
A. K
A. M
H. A. Menetee
W. M. Jno
Bucek
E.E. Craven
Dr. John
Guenther
Movelton
K. ‘I. Long
Kacir
Frank Schoppe
R. Valenta
Steve Bennett
Houchins
A. J. Jilek
Justice of the Peace
Aug. W. Janszen
Constable
Henry Krueger
Lockhart Monument
Frank Mang
PROP
Lockhart
John Mang
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Woods Panture
F. J. Guenther
Galveston
Texaco
Stroman Garage
O. F. Knape
Eagle Office
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