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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
4
The wholesale grocery firm of Aberman and Scherl, New York City, has prepared a mitigation plan in response to alleged violations of United States Food Administration rules in Georgia.
The United States Food Administration announces a saving of about six million dollars for grain growers as binder twine price drops by three cents per pound for the 1919 harvest. The reduction follows an agreement with the Comision Reguladora, the Yucatan sisal monopoly, to supply 600000 bales of sisal to U S twine mills at the lower price.
Retailers and households are urged to aid the Food Administration in distributing sugar to customers at no more than three pounds per month per person. Retailers may not sell more than two pounds to city customers or five pounds to country customers at once unless the rural area is remote and exemptions may be granted. Home canning sugar available by certificate for 25 pounds per household, with possible increases if supplies permit.
A Rome issued decree states that in Italy any person who buys food or common goods in excess of normal family needs may be fined between 4 and 190 dollars or imprisoned up to one month. Confiscation of the excess goods is included.
A federal grand jury last week presented the state’s first prosecution on hoarding to District Attorney Hooper Alexander. Sugar volumes were reportedly brought into the North Georgia mountains in the case.
Two Massachusetts firms faced penalties for sugar sales violations. BE R Sherburne & Co of Boston and L M Koritz Co of Lawrence had licenses revoked and were barred from dealing in licensed commodities. Both allegedly accepted bonuses of about ten dollars per barrel. A five thousand dollar payment to the Red Cross was accepted in lieu of other penalties.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges that after July 1 no new burlap bags smaller than 200 pounds be used to ship fertilizer or its ingredients. The move aims to conserve burlap, reduce distribution costs, and reflect burlap shortages. Second-hand bags are exempt from the restriction.
France faced beef shortages as imports rose from 26,004,000 francs in the first three quarters of 1915 to 499,000,000 francs in the same period of 1916. With depleted herds, the French Ministry of Food urged thrifty cooking and meatless days, promoting pies stews and alternatives while horse flesh remained allowed in shops selling no other meat.
A trick instructs placing a matchbox on the back of the hand and using a tiny skin pinch to lift or lower the box without visible movement. The drawer stays slightly open and the effect depends on varying pressure to rise slowly or fall away.
Ducks and humans must eat substitutes as wheat is not to be used for feeding ducks. Oregon food administrator W B Ayer notes patriotic duck lake owners mix small potatoes with carrots and other materials to feed ducks, paying high prices for undersized spuds once uneconomical to dig.
An advertisement for Pure Herb Tablets claims they treat indigestion rheumatism and blood troubles by correcting the digestive system and purifying the blood. The box lasts three months, money back if no relief, and shipping to any address for one dollar. Manufactured by Pure Herb Tablet Co. Ashland Ohio. agent W B Townsend Dahlonega Ga.
Dahlonega Ga North Georgia Agricultural College advertises low yearly expenses from 125 to 175 dollars covering board lodging books fuel lights and uniform with a climate in the mountains and no city distractions. It touts obedience order regularity and self dependence taught by US Army officers. The college offers A B and B S courses plus agriculture mining engineering commercial science and other full programs. Boys reside in dormitories under officers supervision and information is requested from Dr. G R Glenn president.
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