The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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P wi TUD
We have opened a New Wood
Yard at the Domeron old stand,
and we are now in a position to
supply your wants in all kinds of
Wood. We deliver to all parts
of the city.
PHONE US YOUR ORDER
STOKE & SONS
0'
Domeron Old Stand
Phone 74
EUROPE NEEDS FOOD
Foed Admlnlitration Declare. It la alt
Abaolute Sin to Watte Food—Food
Kaa Become Sacred.
Europe is Mill st-mling an inalateut
<«ll tor more fowl We uniat send It
if the war it to go on efficiently. If
we eat It all we cannot ship It, and
the food administration has already
tried to pin are how much that wheat
la needed by people who will Mane If
they do not get it, the focal admin it! ra-
tion stale*.
"For the least hit of heedleeanes*
on yoor pert In food conservation some
one somewhere In the world must *nf
fer prirarlon." an official statement
declares. “The food administration
has mastered the problem of A inert
ca’a food In such a way that every
ounce of fiMid conserved and
the currents of trade «•** '•* —
kii’isach In Eurn|i
“It t» an ahw lote *ln to waste h"> !
The fed Kite We* tot
When Nancy’s mother died.
the little girl was left with the
baby Bister, Ellen to do the best
*he could. Tbe Children’s Aid
Society itmstigates and takes
the baby away from her, putting
them both in a Home. Later
Eilen is adopted by a wealty
woman. Nancy is nearly frantic
at tbe separation. The only per-
son who sympathises is a law
student whom she meets casually
Shejbeconea mother’s help to a
lassy, slatternly woman. Happen
ing to read of a case in which a
girl tike herself escaped in boy's
clothes, Nancy adopts the plan
She sneaba into tbe rich woman’s
14't 'ir house to see Ellen.
She cannot resist the tempt*
tion to knidnap her, and after a
lot of adventures, »he staggers
Feed tons become wientd. .
“Food mean* life; it mean* www 1 into the lent of some campers
body's life, sod you eaunot escape rc hoy’in ||,n party lake* her
&
g|>onsi bility.
"Tlw** Is no of M
the otlled nation*."
—
WAR BREAD COSTLY TO
BRITISH tiOVEHNMENT
for a pal. Later they prevent
some hoboes from making off
with n stolen automobile. Nancy
punctures tbe tires. They re
©five a reward, and the boy
gives ins share to Nancy.
--- She goes to tbe city and rents j
Every yeorihe Uriiish * room, saying that h«*V sitter I*
jin vs $5Ma***LOOO toviiml the e<wt «r . * ^ .
Owt list phi's war bread mu is me* coming She tnen dresses in
principal reswm why Rhciisi) bron ! igj,!’, clothes and impersonate*
,,r» «»»te«r. The landlady, how
liritish bread is much poorer than the | ever, has resd of the kidnapping
Ameri.-uu * j of Ellen and becomes suspicious.
Great Britain ^ ^ 7 ' iBha sends fer the Children’s
borne yrown cram, bought at an arbi-
trary price, and at! imported wheat
bought In markets of the world at pre-
vailing prices. This 1* turned over to
the mills by the government at a price
that allows the adulterated war bread
lotif of four pounds to sell at 18 cents.
The two pound loaf costs ft cents, and
the one pound loaf sells for S cent*
In milllna. however, 14 per rent,
more Hour Is extracted from the wheat
than in America. And there is a com-
pulsory adulteration of 20 per cent
ami an allowable adulteration of SO
per cent.
Compared with American bread, the
Briltsh product Is only about SB per
cent pure a! Its In’*!.
In France, iirulvr conditions sonic
what similar, hut wllh a larger extrac-
tion. the four pound loaf sells for J*
cents.
HOD ADMINSSTRA
TION CARD 1018 09T
The United States Pood Ad
•inUtrattoo are now preparing
to send out to all tbe housewives
the 1916 home card, which tell
in many ways how we can save.
The food administration saks
•very loyal American to help win
this war by maintaing rigidly,
m minimum of saving, the follow
ing program
Have two wheatless days (Mon
day a ad Wednesday) in every
week, and one wheatless meal in
•very day.
Have one meatless day (Tues
day! in every week and one
meatless mea! in every day.
Have two pirkietw days (Tues
day and Saturday) in every
week Make every day a fat-
saving day, make every day a
sugar paving day by useing
more fruii, vegetable# and pot*
lees abundantly, while these
foods are healthful and plentiful,
aod, at the same partly take the
place i f the food we must save.
Raise all you can at home. Hoard
tog food. Anyone buying or
bolding a larger supply of food
now than in tpeace ume. except
foods preserved in the home, is
helping to defeat tbe food ad-
airt at ion in its attempt to
nre a Just distribution of
d and the establishment of
fair prices Hoarding f<xJd in
the bouse is both Mlfaah and
unnecessary; the government
!e protecting the food suppij of
its people.
and help win
sll the food at
“We Flaming torn*”
Drawn by an irresistible Im
pulse after a lapse of thirty
▼ears to the very spot in the
depths of tbe Andes where he
deserted his Inca wife and
baby boy, driving her to death
by her own band, a wealthy
Englishman is slain as she had
prayed be would. The death of
Watkins, clearing up tbe mys
tery of the parentage of tbe
Red Prince, is the powerful
climax in “The Flaming Omen,”
the Greater Vitagraph Blue
1 Ribbon Feature, which will be
! the attraction in the Liberty
l theatre on Friday.
Watkins' little hoy is adopted
by Lord Haviiand and succeeds
to hit title and millions, but on
account of his red skin is called
the Red Prince, his mother hav-
ing been a Christian Inca wo-
man. Watkins prospers after
j his tight from Pern to England
and marries an Engttsh woman.
They have a beautiful daughter
vho falls in love with tbe Red
Prince, nobody ever dreaming
they have tbe name father—Wat
kins.
The Red Prince wishes to
marry Violet, but ttvtry time be
begins to tell of his love there
arises before him the image of a
woman, deserted in the mean
tains clasping a baby to her
breast and about to drive a knife
into her heart He cannot ex
plain tbe vision Violet
understand why her
*ence unnerves the f
knows low* her '
caused nte much annuyaq|« I
bad no control over the kwney
secretions. I felt languid and
bad dissy spells nearly all. the
time. Doan's kidney Pills qnick-
ly relieved me."
Over three years later Justice
Padgett said: “I have had occas
ion to use Doan’s Kidney Fills in
a long while but my good opinion
of them hasn't changed.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
sim ply ssk for s kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the
same thst Justice Padgett. Fog
ter Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buf-
falo, N. Y.
C. C. Carroll spent Tuesday in
in Dallas.
TYPHOID HI
«IIpox, tier
l'SS!S6m%y\
■ *ky»«*w, yes aoi
mb home aamrove.
roe! BhjeirtaB, drujIt*, at «eml Im “K»V.
you bxl TrehoBV" with* or Typtois Voeeioo.
Malafcma ,Badasses*fiaaTrees*#Cyrni.
i w arms uuMMiwr. scskuy; cal
B BOMB V. X Bob. UPSSBS
AMERICAN SAVINGS WILE
MEASURE WHEAT EXPORTS
"W« have already exported the
whole of the aurpiu* of the 1B1T wheat
harvest, over and above the normal de-
mand* of our own population. II to
neiessary. therefore, for the food at)
ministration to reatriet export of wheat
to a* to retain In tlm United State*-
*ufflrient mippltea to carry oar own
people until the next harvest.
“Therefore all export* of wheat
front now forward are limited enHrty
to volume of savin* made by the Ainer
lean people ta their eonaoiupdon *1
wheat and wheat product*.
“We continued wheat shipment* for
December a* far a* our situation at
lowed, but even with all th* cottaerva
tion made we were Mill unable to toad
several hundred thousand ton* of food
Muffs urgently required by the allied
nations durln* the month of December
alone."
OEItt’KItT HOOVER.
Aid Society, tnd Nancy is recog
nised. Fortunately she runs in
to her friend the Taw student
again. He arranges to rescue
her, and Anally her courage and
devotion ia reward* d, and alie
succeeds in being adopted into
tbe same family with Ellen. At
the Liberty Saturday.
Twice Siued And
■ ares i nee* wuunece
Would a true story of the pro#
eat battle front by a man whom
you could believe and depend
upon be of interest to you and
would you|like to hear him tell
of how he escaped from the Ger
mans as a prisoner of war? If
you do, you ^yriU.N Ofifiorded
this privilege it the Libcrtt
theatre Saturday afternoon and
night.
Sergeant J. 8. Bolton, 213th
American legion, 46th Toronto
Highlanders, Just returned from
the trenches, will appear at tbe
Liberty Saturday afternoon and
night and give his experiences
at tbe battle front in the terrible
European war and will also tell
of his being gassed twice, tbe
slaughter of women and children
he viewed with his own eyes;
how he saved a Belgian girl, and
many other things that width
you with awe of the terrlbl
things that are happening on the
other side.
Me&e lo ayus ' '
All taxes ar$) ow due, and
payable on or be fore February
1st, pay now and avoid the rust*
and aha the penalty.
Geo. W. Brown.
Collector.
mu gj|
Liberty
Tc~Day—Fri4»y
Greater Vitagraph offers
The Fleming Omen
Prm«d bt
Mary Anderson ^
He held an Eaglak
he was betrayed to *n
Ifsb girl, >»t he could not
overcome tbe spell of hU
ancestral Sun—God.
Oa tbe program with fb*
HALIFAX DISASTER
and a food comedy.
ADM l0-2Qr
-. mi..-™*..- :
Sitardiy “IT-*'
•Butterfly Picture prevent*
Beautiful VIOLET Me
MILLAN in
“The Ctrl Who
Won Oat”
The story of a LITTLE
MOTHER" whom love
roon life*! battle.
Also tbe ISth chapter of
“LIBERTY"
Adauaatoa 10c & 15c
M0R8AY
BLUEBIRD DAY
Pretty Violet Mcrereau in
‘:Th« Little Terror"
A little eifeua wail come*
into her own—a *u MUTT
aod JEFF to
Canning the Keieer
Admission lOe aod 15c
Tsctiiy
A SPECIAL Photoplay
WEDNESDAY
Mutual Star Picture
THURSDAY Co»io«
Back, “HER CC
CALL
Lost-Extra tint t
where bet ween her** t
going over the Waco i
nder
Kb
E. T. McCianahan was in Waco
Friday. ___________
“A SPLENDID TONIC "
Say* Knee Lady Who, Ob Doc-
tor'* Advice, Took Cardei
And is Hew Well.
Hlxaoi., Tena.—"About 1* years art
I was..." says Mrs J. B. Oadd. of
tb!s i-toea. “I suffered with a pain la
my left aide, could not aleep at night
with *’ -ate. alwaya te tea toft
Id aw te was Csrdul. I
wig .
Cash Mercantile Co.’s Special
FOR
U yon
Irish Potatoes
Fine white mealy Irish Potato**, 2
■olid can for this *ale—
10 pounds It
5 pound* 18c
Limit 10 pounds
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The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1918, newspaper, February 1, 1918; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588323/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.