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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1919
Page
8
Baker argues for continued U.S. military training and ROTC in villages as essential to national defense. He warns against dismantling programs and emphasizes sustaining support for military agencies and tech-driven manpower.
Hoover warns that the bread and meat shortages post armistice demand government action to prevent farmer prices from dropping below a fair return. He urges cooperation among packers, farmers, and bankers while stressing the need to expand exports from five to 18–20 million tons to meet allied demand and stabilize markets.
A Columbia Iowa reader reports severe weakness and pain that kept her from work, credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring health and strength. Testimonies from women nationwide praise the remedy’s roots and herbs as strengthening and curative for female ailments.
The text describes a wartime price arrangement where farmers, buyers, and large packers agreed to keep prices stable with the packers paying a premium for raw materials. After the armistice, allies seek to curb supply and ease demobilization while extending market relief. The piece notes shifts in marketing and anticipated difficulties balancing production with peace, the easing of export restrictions, and efforts to demobilize wartime industrial capacity.
A public rendition of the oratorio Messiah is set for Monday at the Raptich Church. The event features the War Canis Community Service and will include performances by the Rete Hinld Glee Club as well as soloists and a chamber quartet. Tickets are available at the War Camp Community Service offices in the Chindler Building.
A fragment from a Paris report describes officials stamping passes for entry, recounting a street scene with a guard denying entry to a man lacking proper credentials. It notes American detectives aiding in stamping out crimes and a masquerade by uniformed impostors testing the system.
A Prohibition victory service celebrated ratification of the eighteenth amendment. Clergy, a Christian Temperance Band, and local leaders spoke on temperance progress, praising the nation’s move to national prohibition. Speakers urged continued support while condemning excess and drunkenness as danger to soldiers and society.
Advert claims Calotabs are the best flu preventive and treatment, stating rapid relief from symptoms, improved digestion and appetite, and no interference with daily work. Sold in original sealed packages for thirty five cents. money back if not satisfied.
A garbled casualty roster lists names and statuses from the American Expeditionary Forces. It includes numerous spellings and fragments for wounded and dead, with references to ranks, places, and units amid a chaotic roll of dozens of individuals and locations.
An old advertisement promotes a home remedy for rheumatism labeled as a prescription of a famous specialist. It claims low cost and home delivery through local druggists, with a return of the fee if not effective, and invites readers to write to a labeled laboratory for information.
An OCR heavy listing of numerous personal names, places, and affiliations sprawls across the text. The fragment reads like a chaotic roll call or catalog of individuals, locations, and organizations with scattered hints of dates and events, but lacks coherent narrative context.
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