The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, May 24, 1918 Page: 2
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Beginning June 1st
We Will Sell For CASH ONLY
Changing conditions force us to do business on a cash basis On account of the large stocks we
are carrying of coal feed and seeds and being compelled to pay for this before it is even unloaded
and high cost of everything and small margin of profit the Government allowsus to make we are
compelled to change from a credit to a cash basis M
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Beginning June 1st All Goods Must Be paid For at
Our Offices or to Our Drivers ipois Delivery of Goods
No exceptions will be made under any circumstances All of our customers will be treated
exactly the same
We appreciate the business you hare given us in the past and we will strive to give you the best
service we know how in the future
W C COWAN GRAIN CO
Signed TULIA GRAIN COAL CO
S W A PORTER SON
H W SIMMONS
understanding of the cases should also
lie vubinitted Should the invention be
un explusite or other chemical combination
the ingredients and processes
of mixture should be stated
The Intentions Section will not bear
the expense of preparation of drawings
und description nor advance funds for
pcrsounl or trat cling expeuses of in
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WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST
Sloricj of Activities and Conditions Throughout tie United States and
On tie Battle Fronts from Washington D C
War Department Fixes New Board to
Consider Inventions
To secure prompt and thorough in
i estimation of inventions submitted to
the War Department nn Inventions
Section has been created All in
t entities of a mechanical electrical or
chemical nature submitted for inspection
test or sale are now considered
by this section
Any person desiring to hae an indention
considered should do to by
letter giving in order the following information
Name and object of the
invention any claim for superiority or
novelty any results obtained by actual
experiment whether the invention is
patented whether remuneration is expected
whether the intention has been
before any other agency whether the
writer is owner or agent the number
of inclosuroi with the letter A writ
ten description and sketches or draw
soda water chocolate candles beverage
sirups fruit sirups flavoring CX
producers of honey
Ice
clans
cream is put in the preferred
Wrj Brings
Huge Debts
Nations
to Many
iugs of sufficients detail to afford a full The London Economist for February
places the total gross debt of Great
Britain at 5078000000 pounds 27
MUtors jof 1U7 is estimated at about 35000
An > mutter submitted will be treated
is coufidontiul The inteutor will be
notified of oaeh Btcp taken during the
investigation of his intention All
rommuuicatious should be addressed
Intentions Section General Staff Army
War College Washington D C
Vm of Bugar by Manufacturers Is
Curtailed
Manufacturers using sugar except to
inuke essential food products have been
on strict rations the United States
Fond Administration announces in
order to assure sufficient supplies for
liowe caimem nnd the commercial manufacturers
of preserves jams and othor
foodstuffs regarded as essential The
restrictions went into effect May 15
and limit the consumption by manu
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The French minister of finance in
presenting the budget for 1018 estimated
the public debt of France on
December 31 1918 at 115100058000
T F BURKS
headquarters in London Thcso statis j bat because it Is felt that voluntary bo forwarded and the others held in
tics show that a single force of Anierij censorship has not yet achieved tho Now York pending communication with
j can destroyers operating from one base i fullest measure of essential secrecy in thcV senders with whoso consent such
I bad steamed almost 1500000 miles up i the protection of merchant Bhipping > excess packages may be sent to other
to April 1 The maximum distance The notice asks that all references to prisoners of war who had rocoived noj
j covered by a single destroyer was moro names of ships dates of sailing and packnges during that month
than 550000 miles from May 1 1917 to arrival Information of routes sched
April 1 1018 This destroyer was onejules cargoes location and movement
tracts chewing gum cocoa sweet of the first to arrhc abroad after war of ships bo deleted from news and ad
pickles wines cereals and invert sugar w declared vertising copy
Those who entered the business or in1 It has been announced that Vlce
creased their capacity after April 1 Admiral William S Sims commanding New nan Offers Military Instruction to
191S howeyer will be cut off entirely United States naval forces abroad of
Manufacturers of essential food1 fcred to send an auxiliary foree compos
stuffs will be permitted to buy sufficient ed of naval units to the French front
sugar to meet their requirements In j at tho beginning of the German offens
this class come perscrvers and packers ive The chief of staff of the French
of tegetablcs catsup and chili sauce Navy and Gen Foch did not consider
fruits and milk manufacturers of jam I that the circumstances demanded the
jelly and pre ervts tobacco and expresence of Buch n force at the front
plosives apple butter and glycerin ice I The French have had a naval divis
cream not including sherbets and wnter ion operating in the forces of tho Lor
ices druggists for medicines sector for some time and tho
j navnl units have made their part of
tho line as shipshape as possible with
Collego Students
Military instruction under officers
and noncommissioned officers of the
Army will be provided in ocry institution
of college grade whleji enrolls
for the instruction 100 or moro able
bodied students over the ago of 19
beginning in September 1018 Tho
necessary military equipment will b
far as possible lie provided by tho Government
There will bo created a military
training unit in each institution
Enlistment will be purely toluntary but
everything from big navnl guns down i all students over tho age of 18 will
to sleeping hammocks and ships cats I ho encouraged to enlist
Tho American soldiers billeted in j Tho enlistment will constitute tho
< Knglnnd for temporary training or enstudent a member of the Army of tho
route for France are more and morol United States liablo to active duty at
compelling the admiration and coop tho call of the President It will how
cration of the English people The ever be tho policy of tho Government
National Sporting Club of London hasnot to call the members of tho training i
started n scries of weekly entertainment I units to actite duty until they have
for enlisted men of tho United States
Army and Navy
francs 22 227 000000 I Equipment and Capacity of Nations
The public debt of Italy at the end j Hospitals Listed by Defense Council
Information regarding tho hospitals
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The debts of the central powers are I compilation since 101G is now collated
estimated ns follows Germany 25
103000000 Austria 13314000000
nnd Hungary 5701000000
Our own public debt is now around
8000000000 but more than half of
this amount has been loaned to the
allies It is estimated that of the total
net expenditures of the United States
for the fiscal year 1918 exclusive of
our advances to the allies more than
and indexed in tho medical section of
the Council of National Defense
central bureau of information concern J
ing the hospital facilities of the couni
try under wnr conditions is thus pro
vided The data will bo kept up to
dnto from month to month
This bureau has not only the details
Ittturerl of tho less essentials pnrtic American Destroyers iu Submarine Zone tho Comiolttco on Public Information
ularlv confectionery nnd soft drinks to Covers Many Miles j to discontinue the publication of news
SO per cent of lost years requirements
Manufacturers of nonedlWe products
will bo forrod to go entirely without
sugar
lucJtidod in tbo class with confectionary
and pft drinks aro condiments
Some indication of the ceaseless j items iinil advertisements which may in
watch kept on the bigh seas in the path uny degreo indicate the location or
of American troopships by United movement of vessels
reached the age of 21 nnlcss urgent
military necessity compels nn earlier
call Students under 18 and thereforo
not legally eligible for enlistment will
liu encouraged to enroll in tho training
units Provision will be mado for coordinating
the Hcservo Ofllcors Training
Corps system which oxlsts in about
onethird of the collegiato institutions
A I with this brondor plan
Mall for Prisoners in German Camps
Oocb Frco from Postal Duties
American prisoners of war in
Germany aro entitled to receive and
send lotters inonoy orders and vnlu
of over 1000 active hospitnls but is nblos and pnrcolpost packages weigh
also gathering full data concerning ing not moro than 11 pounds when in
one half will be defrayed by taxation nearly 8000 other institutions which tended for International mall free from
according to the Treasury Department include sanatoria infirmaries homes nil postal duties
Note The following story cabled asylums and dispensaries Mall should bo addressed to tho
from tho London offico ofthe Committee prisoner of war giving his rank tho
on Public Information is tho first of a Navy Department Again Asks Delotion of tl0 prison camp whoro ho is
cries for weekly and small city dally ot Snipping News
newspaper All newspapers havo again been
urged by tho Navy Department through
held if it is known followed by
Prisoner of War Mail via Now
York All such mail should also
bear tho name und address of tho
sender
Parcel post packages for prisoners of
war in enemy countries may not bo sont
by organizations or soclotios and only
States naval forces operating in Euro This notice has not been issued bo ouo package a month may bo sont If
pean waters may bo gained from cause of now circumstances ondangor moro are received tho ono apparently
stLtiitics just compiled at the naval ing ocean shipping nono has arisen from the prisoners next of kin will
ing this consent tho packages will bo
returned to tho senders
included ill tho packages Belts not
mado of leather balr hand tooth shaving
and shoo brashes buttons bard
candy cigars and cigarettes combs
crackers and biscuits gloves not mado
of leather handkerchiefs pocket
to earofuUeensorslkfp
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Itonis from Various Sections
Thcroaro now 20 uniforms for worn
j en in war work in tho United States
for munition
They nro workers telephone
nnd rndlo operators yeomen cm
i of
ployces Shipping Board and tho
n
Only the following articles may bo
Food Administration Bed Cross work
ers Y M C j workers Womans
Motor Corps Girl Scout and students
of tho National Service School of tho
Womans Naval Service
From tho dnto of tho ostabllsbuiont
knit cs needles and thread pencils and i of fl7nB MhooIs d mips this
pons pcnholdors pins pipes safety
razors and blades shaving soap powder
or cream shirts and scarfs shoo laces
smoking r chewing tobacco toilet
soap socks sweaters tooth powdor
paste or liquid mouth wash towels
country and nt Camp Borden Toronto
until April 21 1018 there havo boen
102 deaths in flying accldonts
A group of 100 women telephone
operators to sorve with tbo Expedition
nry Forces havo alrondy been sent to
undcrwurer personal photographs France nnd 150 nro now in training
periodicals published prior to tho bo1 schools to moot futuro demand Wives
ginning of the war of ofllcors and mon who nro eligible for
Loiters and packages will be subject utv Franco nro not accepted
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Fruits
We are Receiving STRAWBERRIES
Once a Week Mondays
VEGETABLES Twice a Week
Monday and Tuesday
Just Received a nice new line of
MENS AND BOYS CAPS AND HATS
Give us a call for anytjing m our line
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Phone No2
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O'Bryan, Barnett. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, May 24, 1918, newspaper, May 24, 1918; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41805/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.