Sugar Rationing Shaped U S War Spirit and Supply
The article credits American households for cutting sugar use by about half a million tons over July to October, averting a home sugar famine. It notes typical quarterly consumption of 1.6 million tons and cites fears of low supplies, praising the Food Administration for this restraint and urging continued sharing if European needs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Food Administration
Louisiana
Europe
Local social notes from Potato Creek area
Misses Myrl and Mabel Cook spend Friday with Mrs Raymond Cook. Earl Peterson and family visit Mr and Mrs Allie Peterson. Miss Lois Gray guests of Miss Cox and Miss Cox Sunday. Albert Dunbar hauled hogs to Lafayette for William Cox Monday. Influenza hits Harry Peterson Arthur Cook and Mrs Joe Mahoy. Floyd Ames family visit Custer home Sunday. Mabel McKee of Indianapolis Thanksgiving visit with Ruth Seybold. Wallace Cook family host Sunday with Lloyd Thompson family. Albert Dunbar family visit W T McLee near Kirkpatrick. Helen Custer at Greencastle returns weekend with Chas Custer. Mrs Raymond Cook and others help cook for wood sawers Monday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Paddock and others visit George Boots family Sunday. George Mahoy hosts Barnett family New Market and Roger, Willard Mahoy, Dale Todd, Raymond Cook visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Ames
Chas. Custer
Mabel Mckee
Indianapolis
Ruth Seybold
Wallace Cook
Ethel
Lloyd Thompson
Helen Custer
Greencastle
Raymond Cook
Mary Cox
Mary Mahoy
Dale Todd
Willard Mahoy
George Mahoy
Sam Barnett
New Market
John Roger
Corner Drug Store Sells Hog Tone for Avalon Farms
The Corner Drug Store offers Avalon Farms Hog Tone with home trial and a no charge policy if it fails to satisfy advertised results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalon Farms
Auctioneer and Real Estate Man Ad Blurb
Auctioneer and Real Estate Man urges readers to date their sales and contact him before selling or trading. He promises highest prices, offers farm purchases and trades, and guarantees a good abstract and merchantable title with purchases made through him.
Democracy and voluntary food conservation in wartime
The text asserts that there is no royal road to food conservation and calls for voluntary, proportional action by all citizens. It argues autocratic control failed in enemy lands, while democratic food sharing kept the United States and Allies healthy during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous surfaces and the Eustachian tube. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy that cures by acting through the blood, offering $100 for any deafness it cannot cure, with circulars and retailers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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James Oliver
Oliver
R. B. Cox
Prop
Garters
Alfred Weaver & Sons
Peterson & Gray
Misses Myrl
Mabel Cook
Mrs. Raymond Cook
Earl Peterson
Allie Peterson
Lois Gray
Mary
Cox
Albert Dunbar
Lafayette
William Cox
Harry Peterson
Arthur Cook
Mrs
Joe Mahoy
W. T. McLee
Kirkpatrick
Arthur Paddock
Reid
Alden Nick
Edna and
Louise
Raymond
George Boots
Hiatt & Sons Barn
Bill Bone
Heck Hamilton
Darlington, Ind
the Herald
McLaughlin
Wimmer’s Grocery
Seth Thomas
Sonora
Campbell & Kersey
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