Direct-from-the-farm buying cuts food costs
The piece explains cooperative purchasing as a means to reduce living costs by buying farm products in bulk, via a buying agent and parcel post or freight shipments. It notes USDA bulletins on cooperative marketing and highlights city markets, simplified menus, and frugal cooking as ways to further lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddy Bye
United States Department of Agriculture
Barmera
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Mystery in Chicory: Uncle Sam Eyes Seed Import Rules
Readers learn why chicory seed importation faces government opposition and how chicory is processed. The piece explains chicory as a coffee adulterant, its root origin, drying and roasting, flavor impact, and the range of deceptive substitutes that can imitate coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Rio
Blackstrap
New Orleans Times- Pionyuns
Stratford Woman Fined for Passing Standing Trolley
Stratford Town court fined Joseph Valentine of Bridgeport 26 dollars plus 520 dollars in costs after he pled guilty to passing a standing trolley discharging passengers. A Stratford soldier, Lieut Hart Flood, returned from overseas service to Warwick avenue. Army recruiting listed several men accepted and sent to Fort Slocum. Frank Borhan died from internal injuries after being struck on Stratford avenue by Carry Green, who faces reckless driving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Joseph Valentine
Centre Street
Bridgeport
Stratford Town Court
Hart Flood
Warwick Avenue
Camp Merrit
China
Hubert W Hogn
Imeld
Cavalry
Michael Byers
Madison Avenue
Constantine Balestraces
Lexington Avenue
Motor Transport Corps
Leonard F
Gorham
Norwalk
John Rickets
Putnam Street
Air Service
France
Frank Borhan
Mehols
St Vincent's Hospital
Carry Green
Grand Concourse
New York
Stratford Avenue
Green
Arena Fight Scrap Described From Toledo Field Notes
Betty Brown reports from Toledo on a planned arena fight staged at 500 feet. She details construction costs lumber and gear and the guarded access with a “Positive Admission” gesture. Reporters observe the arena, canvassed by a distant view and the rumored spectacle close to the ringside seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anc
Beefy Brown
Toledo
Ghio —Dya
Jan Arena
Ike & Circus
Hese
Commarce
Iup
Imitations Are Dangerous Castoria Questioned
A Ohio druggist asks The Practical Druggist for a Castoria formula, claiming existing formulas are ineffective. The journal declines to provide proprietary formulas and urges using the genuine Castoria, warning mislabeling substitutes harms trust. It notes the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher on Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AOHIO
New York
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Fletcher
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the Burleson Elves
ARMY
Wimstreet
Fort Slocum
Xeny Dezenzio
Batiom Avenue
Calek Neilson
Alaska
Philippine
Dept
Hawa
Panama
Siberia
Youle
ACTO
Betty Brown
Itgel
Joe
Tomas Td
Othe
LD Mead
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