British Food Control Aims to Safeguard Consumers
Lord Rhondda outlines Britain’s food policy balancing consumer protection with price regulation and supply control. The system delegates powers to civil service organs and expert committees, permits limited profits, and enforces maximum prices. After December 30 sugar rations begin and public eating places face meat flour and bread limits.
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Lord Rhondda
Lor Rhondda
Fou
United States
Chartered Recountints
Like Mother Used To Make Satisfying Hen Appetite In France
In France hundreds of men are assigned to feed hens as a major task. Sammy receives daily white bread and loaves from thousands baked and flour consumed. Flour and food supplies come from the United States and are stockpiled for his daily needs. Enlisted men work at field bakeries ensuring Sammys stalls stay supplied, as a hungry soldier appears in the photo.
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France
Sammy
United States
Sammys
Tife
Marathon runner Saint Yves in perilous trench mission
Henri Saint Yves, a French marathon runner and dispatch bearer, was spotted by German machine gunners while delivering orders near Saint Quentin. He hid in a rain-filled shell hole for five hours, then crawled to a machine-gun position, was wounded, and hopes to train as a fighting pilot while remaining determined to run again. He recalls Tom Longtert’s death with Canadians near Lens and notes heavy frontline fighting and bombardment.
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Faris
Henri Saint Yves
Burts
Saint Quentin
Saint Yves
Leutenant
Saat
Peery
TVS
Ebay
Whet
S Tern
Aviation Superior Officers
Indore
Poe
Tom Longtert
Lens
Saint Yvon
Tom
Roche
Sur
Hindenburg
Persimmon and Pawpaw Among Best Known Fruits and Edible Berries
Native trees and shrubs yield a rich edible menu says foresters. Beechnut, butternut, walnut, chestnut, chinquapin, hazel, hickory and pecan kernels provide nutrition and fat. Acorns can be made edible by leaching tannins. several oaks yield sweet nuts. Persimmon and pawpaw ripen late, with tannic astringency and best flavor when fully ripe. Berries like haw, cherry, wild plum, crabapple jellies, elderberry, hackberry, mulberry, service berry, redbud flowers, honey locust pods, mesquite, and sasafrass buds appear in regional diets.
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Daniel Boone
Uncle Sam
North Carolina
Louisiana
Smalls
Surgery can cure crooks says surgeon at conference
A surgeon at the American Association of Criminal Surgeons dinner in the Hotel La Salle claimed most criminals in this country are between ten and twenty four and seventy five percent suffer physical disability. Judge Benderman said many cases link disability to crime and its mental manifestation.
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Judes Cerege
Bertelsmann
Ben
Hiarber
American Association of Crincal Surgeons
Hotel la Salle
Judes Rndgeman
U S Forces Form Specialized Armies
The article outlines a shift to U S forces becoming armies of specialists, with officers assigning troops to posts by job, including chauffeurs for motor truck units, clerks for quartermaster posts, and athletes for bomb-throwing platoons, supported by a team of nine psychologists assessing mental fitness.
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Signal Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Cure for dementia praecox hailed at Huntington State hospital
Two patients formerly deemed incurable dementia praecox have been discharged as cured at Huntington State hospital. Dr. L. V. Guthrie reports success with intravenous normal salt infusion. Additional treated cases show improvement, based on blood analysis revealing sodium chloride deficiency.
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Huntington
W Va
Fluntington State Hospital
L. V. Guthrie
Record Gas Use Hits New Peak In 1916 Across US
1916 saw the highest volume of natural gas utilized in the United States, totaling 758,170,253,000 cubic feet, up 20 percent from 1915. The average price was 15.96 cents per thousand cubic feet, with a market value of $120,227,468. Major gains came from West Virginia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, California, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, while Ohio and Indiana posted declines due to exhausted fields.
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J. D. Northrop
Uncle Sam's
Geological Survey
United States
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
California
Louisiana
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Dinola
New York
Montana
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvana
Uncle Sam to Catch Sharks and Use Hides as Leather
A contract for 1000 shark hooks was awarded by Uncle Sam to a Connecticut blacksmith. Three hook varieties will be produced with lengths 11 10 and inches, each fitted with a chain and swivel. Washington reports tests creating durable leather from shark skins, suggesting a new profitable industry.
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Peery
Iain
Apuarte
Roysio
Broneap
Uncle Sam
Connecticut
Washington
American shoes gain in New Zealand market despite tariff
A government report notes strong New Zealand demand for American footwear and urges more sales effort. Retailers favor displaying Latest American Style in windows as merchants, though cautious, can afford high-priced shoes. In 1916 New Zealand imported two million dollars of footwear, only about 175 thousand from the United States.
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New Zealand
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Castoria Reminder Encourages Careful Bottle Checks
Mothers urged to examine every Castoria bottle for the Fletcher’s Castoria signature, highlighting its long use for infants and children. The notice emphasizes authentic branding and warns against counterfeit products while stressing safety and trust in the familiar remedy.
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Cara
Fletcher
Long Journey of a Parcel from South Africa to Egypt
A soldier in Egypt writes of a parcel sent from South Africa in September 1916 that zigzagged through France and four hospitals to Warwick then Ryde before reaching the officer in charge of records and finally Egypt. The item list includes a knit shirt, neckerchiefs, handkerchiefs, and a belt. The sender’s address is obliterated and the postmark unreadable.
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Egypt
South Africa
Hants
France
aMcer
Warwick
Bveter
Ryde
Fate Plays Quirks in a Jitney Bus Proposal
Mr Twobble muses that fate plays queer tricks on a man. He recalls proposing to Mrs Twobble in a jitney bus, a moment described amid unglamorous surroundings rather than a grand party. The tale blends irony with a hint of theatrical whimsy.
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Mr Twobble
Toparty
Perquisites of a Head Waiter in a banquet scene
A head waiter dismisses a modest tip with scorn as a man asks if real money was offered. The response alludes to the waiter collecting leftovers such as bread, beefsteak, and potatoes, implying a critique of hunger and privilege in a dining setting.
What She Wanted for Home Health
Mrs Younetride asks John to bring home a chest protector to guard their ice chest. The exchange ties to an ad urging Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate bowels and stomach, claiming health benefits and cleanliness with the product.
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John Hear
Mrs. Younetride
Dr. Pierce
Laboratory to Study Industry Planned at Helsingfors
A new laboratory to study technical industrial problems will be created in Helsinginfors with partial government support and substantial backing from several private concerns. The remark notes a curious coincidence about a boy’s favorite throw being easy to break.
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Helsingfors
Finland
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United States Food Administration
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Woleeset
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America
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Spotte
Mooceber
Michigan
U.S
Atertona Army
Sper Paints
Vine
Johanna Tod
National Army
George II
Fontenoy
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Wanted
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