Dehydration Advances Farm Food Preservation Methods
The United States Food Administration promotes dehydration of vegetables and fruits. Dehydration uses gentle heat to retain sugars and nutrients, unlike evaporation which caramelizes sugars. The process reduces space by 5 to 8 percent, lowers weight by 6 to 90 percent, and can cut waste, storage, and transport costs. Small community and farm plants can supply hotels and hospitals. Dehydrated foods closely resemble fresh in flavor and quality after cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Food Administration
American Food Journal
J. E B. Bolling
Chicago
Germany
Bolling
Rat proofing buildings and precautions urged by USDA bulletin
A USDA Farmers Bulletin argues rat proofing basement windows and drains with screens, self closing metal doors, and vestibules. It urges elevating small buildings, sealing gaps, cementing spaces behind sheathing, and using cement floors or wire mesh caves for stored foodstuffs to prevent rodent problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Staughther of Roving Livestock Waste in Midwest Farmlands
Figures from the Missouri Pacific Railroad show across 16 roads in Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana over five years 121546 head of livestock killed worth 7800000 dollars. Slaughter totals equal two head per mile per year due to insufficient farm fencing. remedy via stricter local laws and owner diligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Germany’s 892 Food Laws Increase Prosecutions and Fines
Reports from the American Miller note Germany has 892 separate imperial laws, orders, and land proclamations governing the food supply. Prosecutions for infractions are widespread and fines have become nearly a fixed cost of doing business there.
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Germany
Cooperative cow testing shows nationwide growth since 1906
Since 1906 the number of cow testing associations grew to 459 across 40 states. By July 1, 1917, 11 720 herds with 211 966 cows were tested and 0.91 percent of the U S mild cows were in these associations. Wisconsin leads with 81 associations. Maine and New York added early, and 95 new groups formed in the year ending June 30, 1917. Pantry shelves should be washed clean and then dried. The undue use of water should be avoided to prevent molding.
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Michigan
United States
Newaygo County
Mich
Maine
New York
Wisconsin
Vermont
Iowa
Ohio
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Children Write Food Slogan Amid War Time Campaign
Indiana school children competed in a poster and slogan contest organized by the Federal food administrator. Thousands participated with messages urging food conservation and liberty support, including Try to waste less and save foods for Uncle Sam.
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Indiana
Berlin
Hoover
Uncle Sam
Pie Less and Puds Dingle ss Buys
Pie and puddings to be omitted from menus two days a week by New York hotel stewards to cut fats sugar and wheat. Stewards pledge to aid the Food Administration and train staff to develop substitutes and obtain signatures on food please cards.
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Dingless
New York
Stewarts
Pir Stewarte
Food Administration
Public teamwork and price transparency in wartime savings
The article argues public suspicion over price savings in wartime commerce. It cites hotel menus showing reductions, suggests itemized pricing or footnotes to show reductions, and urges campaigns to educate the public so conservation measures can spread faster. It notes gas toluol distribution for the Army and calls for frank business explanations to build trust.
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New York
Is Your Child Restless Worms Remedy Ad
An old time medicine ad markets The True L. I. Atwood's Medicine as a worm remedy for children with digestive woes. It claims relief for adults as a tonic and digestive aid, selling a large bottle for fifty cents with samples free from The L. I. Medicine Co of Portland Maine.
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L. I
Atwood
Hoover warns against fake food administration collectors
On November 1 Herbert Hoover as Food Administrator warned that crooks and con artists are posing as government agents to seize food from households. He stated no agency makes such demands and urged police action against all such impostors while agencies investigate reported cases nationwide.
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Herbert Hoover
United S Ites
Food Administration
Arsenic Industry Placed Under Food Administration
President Wilson via proclamation dated November 15 places the arsenic insecticide industry under the Food Administration to guard the nation’s food supply from insect damage amid a threatened shortage. Pennsylvania imposes strict penalties for second game-law offenses. California lima bean output for the year is forecast at 1,552,000 sacks or 2,069,000 bushels. Partial open-front poultry houses are deemed best for many areas. Beacon Street Ladies’ Aid met Friday afternoon to sew hospital supplies.
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Wilson
United States
The
Food Administration
California
United States Department of Agriculture
Beacon Street Ladies’ Aid
Prices Current in Bath
A fragmented price listing shows fresh produce and staples with per unit prices in Bath. Items include cranberries lemons oranges bananas spinach celery lettuce and onions with dairy eggs butter and flour also listed are potatoes turnips and various feed grains and staples for sale by the bag pound or dozen.
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Ijn
Sas
Boston
Borars
Phippsburg News Roundup and Local Happenings
Local notes report hunting and travel updates including a fox shot on Morse's Mountain and Mrs Williams arriving in Newport News. Ice coast scenery and cold weather affect shipyard work at Sandy Point and Coast Guard Station No. 9. Marriages announced, oil deliveries and school teacher Miss Sadie Murphy pauses to visit Bangor before teaching in Newcastle.
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Sadie Murphy
Bangor
Newcastle
the Basin
Georgetown progress on tunnel drains pond and aids operations
The article notes the tunnel being dug and blasted through earth and ledge at the south of the old deep hole to drain a pond hindering work. It mentions winter suspension of Cummings quarry work and various local movements and personalities including residents of Five Islands, Georgetown Center, and Bath.
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Cummings
First Baptist Church
William ‘R. Noble
Will Mains
Levi W. Powers
Riggs
Robinhood
W. C. Todd
Todd
Arthur Berry
Five Islands
Bath
Berry
Bath Iron Works
Jim MacMahan
Owen K. Marr
Georgetown Center
Boston
Charles A. MacMahan
Everett
William M. Farnsworth
Marr Place
Farnsworth
Roland D. Harford
Henry Harford
Charles E. Hanna
Virginia
Mullin
Stott
Belfast
Horne
Foxcroft
E. A. Williams
Lydia Reid
Fred Reid
Local residents noted for illness travel and visiting
Sickness kept many at home while Mrs Ann Maria Perry improves after a bad cold. Eugene Perry returns to his Basin home from his mother Mrs Ann M Bowker. Albertina Ridley departs for Stamford CT to stay with sister Mrs Collins. Charles Morrison and Melvin Wallace drive to Bath on business. Local boat owners clear water by sawing a channel but snow storms hinder fishing. Capt William Perry and family visit Mrs Ann M Bowker. he later joins the Edith in Baltimore. Capt W R Dickinson and Miss Grace Dickinson visit Bath for business. Mrs J F Leach rides the steamer Virginia to Bath. The Misses Elsie Allegrin, Marion, Anita Williams, Clara Perry and Blanche Heald knit for the Red Cross at the Williams home. Mrs William Small of Bath travels to Parker Head to visit Mrs Willard Duley.
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Mond McIntire
Maurice Pye
Morse’s
A. F. Williams
Newport News
A. , Williams
303D Co
Eugene Perry
Clara
F. S. Bowker
Charles Rogers
Page A. Wyman
Silver Lake
Popham Beach
Elbridge Morse
George Ingalls
Edgewood Farm
Emergency Fleet Corp
Sandy Point
C. V. Minott, Jr
Walter Bowker
Virginia
Will Mains
Scott C. Campbell
Fred Clark
Albert Marks
Lake Superior
Coast Guard
Henry Heald
L. Cutting
Bath
George L. Cutting
Alethea Carleton
Raymond Francis Campbell
Boston
Mass
John D. Rogers
Edward Thomas
Ann Maria Perry
Ann M. Bowker
William Smart
Albertina Ridley
Stamford
Collins
Charles Morrison
Melvin Wallace
Ridley’s Landing
William Perry
Edith
Perry
Doris Perry
Cora Campbell
Baltimore
W. R. Dickinson
Grace Dickinson
J. F. Leeach
Elsie Allegrin
Marilla
Anita Williams
Clara Perry
Blanche Heald
Williams
Red Cross
William Small
Parker Head
Willard Duley
Longtime officeholder relocates and trains as nurse
The article notes she has held an office in Attleboro for many years and has moved to Pawtucket to begin nurse training. It mentions Mrs. Charles Clarke preparing for training and planning a winter stay with daughter Mrs. Clarence B. Hill in Boston. Frank Savage of Cedar Grove visited Robinhood on Thursday.
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Attleboro
Pawtucket
Charles Clarke
Clarence B. Hill
Boston
Frank Savage
Cedar Grove
Robinhood
Son of Dead Man Seeks Information on Identity
City Clerk Grassy received a letter from Arthur J. Shaw of East Watertown Mass requesting details about Edward A. Shaw found dead in a local hotel on December 18. The body remains at Curtis Undertaking Rooms and Shaw notes a missing finger tip, matching the description. Central Church League met with 25 attendees to sew hospital shirts and voted to meet at the Red Cross rooms.
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Grassy
Arthur J. Shaw
Mt. Auburn St
East Watertown
Mass
Edward A. Shaw
Curtis Undertaking Rooms
Shaw
Fred S. Curtis
Mr. Shaw
Presque Isle
Houston
Bath
Central Church League
Seth S. Mullin
High Street
Red Cross
Ferry Hockomock Struggles With Ice Slips
The Hockomock ferry struggled Tuesday due to floating ice in the slips causing some trips to require passengers to walk a plank to shore and hindering crew and teams from disembarking. One landing occurred at the Maine Central slip as Morse High School alumnus Corporal Irving E. Baker, U. S. N. A., engineering department, West Point, departed for Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia for training.
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Maine Central
Morse
Irving E. Baker
Engineering Department
West Point
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Smelt Fishing on Kennebec Proves Good Sport
Smelt fishing on the Kennebec proves a good sport with a North End youth catching 35 on a single day recently indicating strong local angling.
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Kennebec
North End
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Phippsburg
W. W. Percy
George C. Pease
Percy
Auren Wallace
Dromore
Dunning
South End
Alice Minott
Georgetown
Merrell-Soule Co
Syracuse, N.Y
Son OF Dead Man
Massachusetts
Martha Dewolfe
Fruitatives Limited
Ogdensborg
N.Y
Standard Oil Company of
Albany
Fletcher
Perhai
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