Food Administration Aims Stable Hog Prices To Expand Herds
The Food Administration outlines four aims to keep hog prices fair for farmers, limit packer and middleman profits, and prevent speculation. It proposes stabilizing prices via central market control, with a minimum around fifteen dollars and fifty cents per hundredweight, and using a corn to hog price ratio near thirteen to guide future hog production and pricing.
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the Food Administration
Food Administration
Red Cross
Chicago
A Definite Program for Food Conservation in the Home
Alfred Atkinson, Montana Food Administrator, outlines two home conservation plans. A daily meal plan with seven wheatless, fourteen meatless, and twenty one wasteless meals per family is presented, plus an alternative of meatless Tuesdays and Fridays, wheatless Wednesdays, and Sugarless Sundays. The goal is to save one pound of wheat flour, seven ounces fat, seven ounces meat, and fourteen ounces sugar per person weekly.
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Alfred Atkinson
Montana
Food Administration
United States
Wheatless and Meatless Meal Plans Proposed for Homes
A plan offers 14 wheatless meals and 14 meatless meals weekly along with 21 wasteless meals per week. Each home would choose one plan and follow it consistently to conserve resources.
Local Fuel Administration Sets County Committees Rules
The United States Fuel Administration explains that dealers and citizens must send opinions and complaints about local fuel supply to the county committee. Local committees investigate, report on conditions, and advise on regulations and enforcement of consumer prices. The national office fixes coal prices F.O.B. mine and guides local rate decisions.
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National Fuel Administration
Duty of Keeping Fit in Wartime
The Grand Rapids Press argues that in wartime health becomes a personal duty due to many physicians being drafted. It stresses individual care to stay well, noting habits like proper sleeping conditions, dry feet, and prompt attention to symptoms.
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Grand Rapids (Mich
War's Lessons Teach Sacrifices And Shared Burdens
The excerpt notes the war's harsh impact forcing people to limit meat and luxuries while highlighting health benefits for some. It praises selfless service for soldiers and the sacrifices of families. It laments that bitter experiences drive hard lessons about national duty and collective hardship.
Royal Theater Announces War Tax On Admissions
The Royal Theater informs patrons that Congress imposes a 10 percent tax on motion picture admissions to fund war efforts. The theater lists new prices starting Thursday November 1 with a 3 cent or 8 cent war tax depending on session and age.
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Congress
Royal Theater War Tax Prices Stand Pending Government Orders
The notice states prices will prevail until orders from the government to discontinue the war tax. Signed by MRS. E. J. CRARY, Manager of the Royal Theater.
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E. J. Crary
Mgr
Royal Theater
WIFE RECIPES FOR COOPERA TIVE CONSERVATION HOUSE
A Montana home economics director introduces wartime recipes designed to save wheat sugar fats and meats. The Bozeman Chronicle features weekly variants tested in class and shared with Montana papers for broader use.
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L. A.harkins
Montana
United States Food Administration
State College At
Boze
Bozeman Chronicle
Treatment memories of a Greenville mother on cough remedy
Mrs. Rose Middleton of Greenville Illinois recalls her family’s use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup in her children and for herself in coughs and colds, noting immediate relief and constant household availability.
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Rose Middleton
Greenville
Ill
Chamberlain
Proposals for Medical Attendance for the Year 1918
Notice from the Board of County Commissioners of Teton County Montana that bids will be received on December 14 1917 at 2 PM to supply medical attendance for the poor and jail inmates plus medicines and supplies. Successful bidder must appoint an assistant physician in Cut Bank Conrad Valier and Chateau. Bonds of 1000 to 5000 dollars required. Board may reject all bids. County Clerk available for details.
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Board of County Commissioners
Teton County
Montana
Cut Bank
Conrad
Valier
Chateau
BE. C. Garrett
unclear fragment hints at affection and male attention
The fragment notes that perhaps love was influenced by the man behind the girls, suggesting a social dynamic rather than a concrete event.
Proposals for care and burials of the county poor 1917
The Teton County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by December 14 1917 for 1918 care and maintenance of county poor inmates including contagious patients at the county home. Also bids for burial of paupers. Contracts require bonds and county property care. rejection rights reserved. Choteau Montana. EE C Garrett county clerk. Nov 15 1917 to Dec 6 1917.
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Board of County Commissioners
Teton County
EE. C. Garrett
Choteau
Montana
Astounding report for Cho Chautauqua merchant wife
The wife of a local merchant suffered severe stomach troubles and could eat only toast fruit and hot water. Adlerika was advertised as flushing the entire alimentary tract and relieving constipation sour stomach gas and preventing appendicitis with quick action. McCullough's Pharmacy promotes this remedy.
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McCullough’s Pharma. Cy
Food economy to aid allies amid wartime effort
The speaker urges frugal use of food to preserve efficiency while plenty remains to feed citizens. Wheat and meat should be directed to heroic allies abroad as they battle to keep the world free.
Democracy Demands Constant Mind Making, Politically Speaking
A reflective line on democracy stressing that citizens must continually decide on issues and take stances, valuing the effort of forming opinions even as it requires ongoing decision making.
Community Hypocrisy Called Out by Clay County Sun
An editorial harshly critiques a community for entertaining a girl’s escapades while she prospers then condemning her after she ends the journey. It argues Christians will later justify suffering the harm as deserved. It warns church members may face judgment for complicity.
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Clay County
Haig Sits, Listens as German Talks of Peace
A fragment invokes Field Marshal Haig in a chair listening for German talks of peace. The sardonic line questions if he would ever listen to such negotiations, implying skepticism about German intentions and wartime diplomacy.
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Field Marshal Haig
Junkers
Hoover Compared to Husky Policeman on a Midnight Street
A vivid description likens Mr. Hoover to a sturdy policeman patrolling a deserted street at an hour past midnight, emphasizing a calm, reassuring presence amid noir urban imagery.
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Mr. Hoover
Germany Poses New Challenge with Forty-Two Centimeter Muzzle
Germany engages with a forty-two centimeter weapon in a strategic display. The action signals increased readiness and potential impact on regional defense postures amid ongoing tensions.
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Germany
Medieval Barons Move From Castles To Allos
In a shift from fortress construction to a newer form of fortification, noble authorities previously known for castles now invest in allos. The change reflects evolving defense and status symbols among medieval elites.
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Allos
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Aches Says Mrs Wright
Mrs M Wright of 617 Sixth Ave N Great Falls Montana reports years of kidney trouble with back pain dizziness and fatigue. After trying various medicines she used Doan's Kidney Pills and was completely cured. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Doan
War closes 1000 bars in New York
War efforts suspend 1,000 New York bars drawing renewed attention to the unprecedented scale of this conflict and the impact on city life.
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New York
Encouragement Amid Strikes Likely to Evaporate Under Investigation
The report notes encouragement in current strikes as they tend to fade once investigations begin. It emphasizes that investigation scrutiny can dissolve momentum and reduce public support for actions. The source implies authorities will push for transparency and accountability.
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