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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
3
An old promotional notice touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a blood purifier and iron supplement. It claims increased energy, color to the cheeks, better appetite, and strength, noting quinine and iron as key ingredients and a 60 cent price.
An ad claims a constipation remedy titled LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN can cure in 14 to 21 days. It promises regular action after daily use for three weeks and describes the product as pleasant to take with a 60g bottle size. The excerpt contains garbled wording and marketing tone.
Velvet beans offered at 3.50 dollars per bushel while supply lasts. Advisor suggests planting a hill of beans between every other corn hill in Dillon County to double feed per acre and speed soil improvement, replacing cow peas.
The piece recalls fallen American soldiers buried in France under the inscription Morte Pour France. It cites poems like In Flanders Fields and America’s Answer, urging citizens to fund victory through Liberty Loan bonds, pledging to honor those who died by achieving victory with dollars.
Poetic memorial by Geol on the Battle of Ypres lineage and Dr. John PD cCrne reference, followed by Charles Hall Davis’s wartime tribute. It honors fallen Allied soldiers, cross-marked graves, and a pledge to uphold liberty as poppies sway above graves in Flanders fields.
Oliver Wilson of the National Grange calls on all U S farmers to support the Victory Liberty Loan describing it as a great national responsibility. He notes multiple prior drives and emphasizes widespread participation within Grange events to encourage neighbors to contribute.
A 21 month war cost USA 26.356 billion dollars with 7.875 billion loaned to Allies. Munitions and contracts cancelled while payments come for long delivered materials. Liberty Loans have raised about 18 billion. Britain’s cost is listed at 40.64 billion and Germany’s at 38.75 billion excluding potential damages.
Lillard Evans, a colored soldier with both legs blown off in action, is learning to dance again at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. The article explains the U.S. government’s program to provide artificial limbs, such as Liberty legs, to soldiers who lost limbs in the war, funding reconstruction work and supporting veterans.
A playful calculation compares Esau saving ten dollars daily to Jacob earning interest at one percent every century, and to a five dollar savings stamp at four percent compounded quarterly. The piece asks what children would have if parents started with a five dollar stamp and encouraged saving.
An unclear fragment notes Bil Clancy joking about a Liberty Loan fundraiser. The text references a ford or front, a drink price, and a round costing more than expected, implying higher payments or overcharges in a wartime fundraising scene.
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