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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
4
The Dillon Herald outlines subscription rates at 2.00 annually or 1.25 for six months with 20 cents per month for shorter terms. Ads require advance payment and space rules. The piece criticizes Communications policies, notes armistice impacts, and compares Allied casualties highlighting American wartime sacrifices and government orders figures.
Dillon is doing her Christmas shopping early and visiting toy shops. The piece muses on wartime costs and peace, imagining Pershing as president with a different job than he has in France.
Across the United States people are lax in redeeming pledges for thrift stamps and baby bonds. Dillon county urges completion of all stamp quotas by the end of the month to fulfill government obligations.
Some Dillon county servicemen who went to war will soon return. A warm welcome is urged for their homecoming this Christmas as families brace for those still abroad.
A wartime bulletin claims Dillon suffered about 10,000 deaths overall during the year of conflict. The report notes the number of casualties is not large relative to total effort but confirms substantial losses in the community.
Dillon residents are urged to curb cotton waste from baling to open platform and open air shipments. The piece notes a 14 million bale annual cotton crop valued after corn and ahead of wheat, arguing for improved handling to reduce losses during wagon, rail, and river transport.
J W Ragsdale in Washington announces seed allotments are limited by the Agriculture Department and cannot be mailed as usual. He offers to supply seeds to anyone who writes promptly before supplies run out from his 441 House Office Building address.
Purports to purify and enrich the blood with an invigorating effect and strength rating. Offered at a price of 6c, the tonic claims to boost vigor for users soon after consumption.
The State of South Carolina Dillon County probate judge Joe Cabell Davis issues a citation to all heirs and creditors of Nancy C Mercer to appear at the Court of Probate in Dillon on December 19 at 10:00 AM to show cause why John W McKay should not be granted letters of administration with will annexed. Witness the judge's hand dated December 4, 1918.
A postwar message urges the United States to maintain global goodwill by continuing to save and share resources. It argues that relief and aid build lasting friendship among nations, turning wartime gratitude into enduring peace.
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