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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
7
A wartime appeal urges Texans to back soldiers heading to Europe by buying Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps. The piece stresses the sacrifices of Texas boys, the risks of battle, and the need home front support to provide ammunition, food, and clothing for the troops.
An urging piece extols War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps as safe government bonds in small denominations. It argues investing now saves soldiers and the war, promising future repayment with interest and dual benefits of duty and personal gain. The appeal emphasizes not buying harms the boys and the war effort.
An army recruitment appeal promotes War Savings Societies at home. It urges citizens to join or form a War Savings Society to pledge savings and invest in War Savings Stamps, supporting soldiers heading to Berlin and ensuring their return to Texas.
Each War Savings Society must report its formation to Louis Lipsitz, State Director of the National War Savings Committee in Dallas, Texas. Regulations require two blanks L3 and L4, obtainable from the State Director or County Chairman, to be filled and mailed to Mr Lipsitz.
An article notes that only about ten percent of silver used in photography and photo engraving is recovered, with most lost in wasteful solutions. It describes practical recovery methods including plating using fixing bath silver by a simple galvanic setup, and urges conservation by storing waste solutions for refining.
The fragment hints at a poem style where a speaker recalls a grocer’s claim that soap floats and then questions the idea, exposing doubt about common sayings and science through a brief verse snapshot.
A Dallas report calls for War Savings Societies in Texas counties to back sailors and marines. The message stresses duty to fight or aid fighters and to prevent U boats from harming transports. County secretaries are urged to report society organization using forms L3 and L4 to the State Director at Dallas.
London papers foresee the full beard becoming popular in Europe and America as a wartime effect. Historical precedents from Alexander the Great to Crimea show beards rising when shaving is impossible. If American troops return bearded, the trend may spread postwar, Capper's Weekly notes.
A Buffalo Express quip recalls a man rushing to buy Liberty bonds and cutting his shave in the process. The humor highlights wartime zeal and sacrifice.
A speaker asks about gardening plans for next summer and confides a secret to someone, stating there is no use in boosting the price of garden seeds. The exchange hints at concealed intentions and cautious optimism about future horticultural efforts.
A Puppets quote asks what someone would do if a kiss were attempted and how the other would respond. The fragment suggests tension and inquiry between two speakers in a dialogue.
The excerpt presents a wry exchange about a father's health and temper. The humor hinges on a pun that his worsening temper implies improving condition, reflecting a light social moment rather than a medical report.
In lower Manhattan a bluejacket, wielding navy posters urging enlistment, attempts to paste a large sheet on a fence near Battery Park. The paste clings to his uniform and shirt while the breeze tears and wrinkes the paper. he persists with brush, hands, and knee, whistling as he works.
A business man notes how traffic laws and enforcement have tightened in recent years. He recalls driving a horse and buggy at six miles per hour and now faces police urging him to move along as cars and pedestrians mix near Washington Street.
General Bell at the Plattsburg officers training camp urged soldiers to embrace duty and courage. He argued that singing boosts morale and that the army should outperform German troops, stating that singing men are fighting men.
A new device described in Popular Science Monthly uses a single piece of elastic steel wire bent into tongs with sharpened ends. When a fish swallows the hook a user compresses the arms and inserts the ends into the mouth, then releasing to hold the jaws open for hook removal.
A town recalls an extraordinary moment as the sheriff of a neighboring county detours to the state prison with a notorious safe-blower, highlighting the rare distinguished visitor who passed through.
A debate frames reform as essential to purge graft from politics. A machine politician predicts change will force the office to seek the right man for the job, while a judge confirms the need for accountability.
The piece argues Americans should replace part of wheat flour with rye barley buckwheat oatmeal rice corn meal or potato starch. A sample loaf, using one third corn meal and two thirds wheat, is provided with a yeast aid and rising steps, plus reference to a United States Food Administration bulletin Ten Lessons on Food Conservation for more ideas.
A Chevy Chase brigade adjutant shares a Norfolk written joke about draft volunteers including a Black attorney aiding a Black client. The tale questions conscientious scruples and notes a Moor who died at Grenada could live again in the militant soul of an “Angry Saxon” in our midst.
A testimonial from Blanche Bowers of Indiana Pennsylvania describes years of poor digestion improving after trying Chamberlain’s Tablets. She claims the product provided relief and now digestion is fine.
The Sun notes the Methodist church Young Woman's Missionary Society will meet at Mrs. J H Waggoner’s home next Saturday afternoon at 4 30 o'clock.
Central Christian Church schedules morning services next Sunday with a revival topic The Conditions of a Revival and an 845 pm sermon Our Golden Calves Pastor A E Major urges brief hopeful service Sunshine bread offered by Mangrum Brothers. Bells grain house fire causes sparked damage near Bells depot. navy exam failure by Fain McMillin. 666 cures tout for chills fever Grove Tasteless Tonic promotes malaria relief.
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