Lack of Interest in War Industries Here Is DepLOred
Traveling Examiner M. L. Bates reports San Antonio and Verd en show scant support for war labor, urging follow President Wilson’s lead. He notes firms withholding workers harm war effort, cites Labor Board authority, and warns penalties including supply cuts via the War Industries Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Bates
Department of Labor
Mr. Bates
War Industries Board
Washington
Labor Board
Nashville
Tenn
Sumor
Parnell
Vernon boy John Crawford wounded in France
John Crawford in the Thirty Sixth Division reports from a hospital behind the lines after front line exposure. He describes wet trenches for eleven days and nights near no man’s land, watching Dutch troops, and compliments French civilians and farming country while noting a potential transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Crawford
Terr
John
Vernon Boy
No Man’s Land
Papa
Powell Warns Against Exaggerating German Atrocities
Dr Lyman Powell told a More’s Theater audience that the German cruelty report cannot be overstated. He recounted bread line deprivation, firebombing of Charing Cross Hospital, and villages razed, urging continued support for U S War Work drives and the democracy religion and home war aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman PP. Powell
More’s
United War Work Activities
Powell
France
America
Germany
Dr. Powell
Belgium
Dr Powell
England
Charring Cross Hospital
New
Germiany
Europe
Lebanon
St. Quentin
Julius Caesar
Charlemagne
Joan of Arc
Napoleon
Columbus
Teowell
Local drives urged to fund veterans recovery groups
Dr Powell urged continued support for the Yo ML CG AL VY W C A and allied groups to aid soldiers returning from combat lines. He stated Wil barger county residents would contribute the $15,000 requested to sustain these services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Powell
Yo ML. CG
AL VY. W. C. A
Wilbarger County
Influenza Worse Than Hun Bullets
A health column argues Spanish influenza is sweeping the country and more deadly than German fire. It cites vulnerability from weak vitality and colds and promotes Tanlac as a potent tonic said to fortify the system against infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Tanlac sales claim historic peak in medicine history
Tanlac touts itself as the greatest sale among all system tonics in medical history with over ten million bottles sold in under four years. The ad highlights improved strength appetite and bodily function aided by Tanlac and Tanlae Laxative Tablets, available via Vernon dealer T M Fergeson Drug Company, plus a row binder for sale through M G Neathery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
T. M Fergeson Drug Company
Adv
Dinner time at the refined restaurant with quiet ambiance
A description extols a restaurant as a calm dining spot offering appetizing dishes and tempting servings. It invites patrons, noting the quiet refinement and absence of jarring noises, and asks if they may serve you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herring-Bennett Lumber Company
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M. L. Bates
Verden
John Crawford
Kool
Xtra
Trevathan’s. Adv
J. R. Renfro
Dix
Children
Can O
Earth
M. G. Neathery
North Main Street
White Rose Cafe
Trevathan’s Gash Store
United States Food Administration
Aluminum
Herring-Bennett Lumber CO
West Pease Street
Sewell’s Circle
United States
Sewell L Grain & Fuel CO
Sewell
Weitie, Iz Pce
R. B. Sherrill
Texas
Wales
Herbert Hauman
TTR
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