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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1919
Page
6
A speaker argues high living costs stem from supply and demand laws not mere policy. He urges universal production, thrift, and a national campaign to save and invest, noting Europe’s dependence and War Savings Stamps as practical steps.
The Savings Division reports Navy personnel promote War Savings Stamps Thrift Stamps and Treas Savings Certificates aboard ships like U S S Olympia in Constantinople. Captain David F Boyd commends the vessel’s thrift campaign led by Lieutenant H K Koebig and promises continued cooperation from the crew.
John Kirkiras died in Dayton Ohio with no relatives. Two friends sought funds for burial and found he owned about 100 in War Savings Stamps. A trip to the Dayton post office and proper formalities allowed them to pay the undertaker’s bill.
A satirical verse critiquing anti establishment rhetoric and class resentment. It contrasts wealth and power with calls for drastic upheaval and punishment of elites while mocking agitators and perceived promises of loot. The tone blends political critique with street level imagery.
County agents report orders for over three tons per acre alfalfa yields on twelve acre fields at Society Hill and new plantings across the region. Farmers held five meetings promoting cooperative fencing and creosoted posts under a “Fence out the boll weevil” slogan, with talk of contracts recorded at the clerk of court and wide adoption of cooperative buying.
S. C. Stribling of Cherokee County notes the plan will teach cooperative buying lessons and push farmers to diversify crops to meet boll weevil conditions. The Chamber of Commerce will provide daily New York Cotton Market reports for farmers' use.
The Agriculture Department estimates corn at 2 910 250 000 bushels and notes old corn on farms November 1 at 72 263 000 bushels, down from 114 678 009 last year. Other crops listed include buckwheat potatoes tobacco flax seed pears apples kafirs cranberries onions cabbage sorghum syrup clover seed and peanuts.
The advertisement claims most laxatives give only temporary relief and urges using Chamberlain's Tablets for permanent relief. It promises improved appetite and strengthened digestion along with bowel movement when used according to package directions.
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