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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
3
Refined sugar cannot be purchased in parts of Greater Boston at any price and no store in the city can supply a full day's demand. Smaller dealers have had orders for days without a pound. Chain stores say they cannot stock a full day’s supply, with some locations going without on alternate days.
Four passengers aboard a Russian steamer arriving here were found with typhus. They were hospitalized and seventy nine crew members were quarantined for disinfection. An American naval gunner serving on the ship was among those held. The Kaiser announces a submarine campaign and calls for Liberty Loan subscriptions.
New York actress and grandmother Mrs. Mackie promotes Orlex powder as a cheap at home solution to streaked or faded gray hair. The box costs 25 cents and includes a $100 gold bond guarantee that the product contains no harmful metals or coal tar derivatives. The method requires dissolving the powder in water and combing through the hair. It is claimed to not rub off or be sticky and to make the user look younger.
Grocers report rationed sugar with only regular customers receiving small shares while others go without. Some stores charge 9 1 2 to 11 cents a pound as food administrator controls pricing and imports from Louisiana, Western beet and Hawaii are cited as solving the shortage. Citizens urged to conserve sugar and buy bonds to support the war effort.
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