Sugar Rationing Looms as Amarillo Studies Demand
Amarillo surveys warn sugar rationing may become official as wholesale quotas limit buys per firm and stores face shortages. Retailers struggle to source stock, while citizens recall WWI price spikes and brace for stamps and coupons to control household use.
Survey notes on saccharin taste test amid sugar rationing
A volunteer questioned respondents about saccharin use and dunking coffee, reporting similar findings to a supply man’s corn sugar. The team plans to compare twelve ounces of real sugar with substitutes, while venting about Japs and Germans as they taste them, amid sugar rationing.
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Jayne's Vermifuge Promotion Warns Against Worms
An early 20th century ad warns readers to beware of roundworm infection and urges buying Jayne's Vermifuge. It claims the medicine is America’s leading proprietary worm remedy used by millions for a century and includes warning signs such as uneasy stomach and itching.
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