Sugar prices steadied as Hoover touts war effort success
The Food Administration reports sugar retailing at 8. to 9 cents a pound amid a world shortage and 70 percent of normal allotment. Hoover cites saved costs and warns against excess retail profits while detailing refiners’ profit limits and Cuban sugar pricing efforts.
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America
United States Food Administration
The
Food Administration
France
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
United States
Canada
England
Italy
Germany
West Indies
East Indies
Europe
Java
Seaboard
Hoover
Cuba
State Department
Rolph
California
United States Boys Working Reserve urged for wartime labor
A county director details enrollment rules for boys aged 16 to 21 with parental consent, health checks, and employer agreement. Rewards include a certificate, bronze badge, and a bronze bar after 36 days of work. A special enrollment week is planned February 25 to March 2, with school districts and county offices coordinating placements.
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United States Boys’ Working Reserve
United States
Conscience Money Returned to U S Treasury Over a Century
A century long conscience fund shows receipts this year of 56821 bringing total to 500661. The fund began with small anonymous gifts during Madison and Adams administrations and grew with each decade. Notable large gifts include 330000 in a single envelope and a fourfold return pledge from a Philadelphia donor.
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Uncle Sam
Conscience Fund
Madison
John Quincy Adams
Roosevelt
Sam
Conscience
Howth
Treasury Department
Washington
Dudley Field Malone
Park of New York
Boston
Malone
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Forty days and forty nights in biblical events
The text lists multiple biblical periods of forty days including the flood rain, Noah’s ark opening, Moses on Sinai, the spies in Canaan, Elijah in the wilderness, Jonah’s warning to Nineveh, and Jesus' fasting, highlighting the repeated motif across the Bible.
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Noah
Moses
Canaan
Elijah
Jonah
Ninevah
Jesus
Iron nerve of Dewey shown in Manila Bay tale
In a Hearst Magazine excerpt from Admiral Dewey's autobiography a young lieutenant commander takes firm control aboard the Colorado. He tames a violent prisoner named Webster with a revolver threat and descends to arrest him after Webster breaks free and threatens harm.
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Dewey
Hearst
Manila Bay
H. K. Thatcher
Webster
Faces in Portraits and Photographs Follow the Eye
The Kansas City Star explains a simple rule of portraiture: if the subject looked at the camera or painter, they appear to follow you from any angle. if not, they always seem to look away, even as you move. Group photos create a strange effect when subjects face the camera.
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Burlington
Iowa
Wheat and Milling Division
The
Food Administration
J. ¥. Deems
United States
Kansas City Star
Italian aviator sets height record at Turin base
An Italian military pilot climbed from Turin to 25 800 feet about five miles and landed safely. He faced minus 58 degrees at the peak but remained in control with new electric heated gloves. The high altitude feat marks a notable advancement in cold weather flight gear.
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Turin
Turquoise’s Roles in Ancient Mexican and Oriental Beliefs
The turquoise symbolized success among early Mexicans and was worn for health. Its color shift to dirty green as moisture waned warned of misfortune, while in the East it was thought to cure head and heart diseases and to aid poisoning or snake bites when taken with wine.
Flour hoarding crackdown urged in Winneshiek County
C Weiser Food Administrator announces penalties under the Food Commodities Licensing Act for hoarding flour. Public urged to reduce stocks, return excess to trade, with fines up to 5000 dollars or two years imprisonment or both. Mortar note ends with a China oyster remark.
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Towa
Winneshiek County
Comb Wearing Men in India Noted for Hair Ornaments
A traveler observes Indian men frequently using hair combs while women rarely do. A Cinga lese gentleman carries circular and tortoise shell back combs to gather curls and sports a full beard, while his servant is allowed only the circular comb and must trim his own beard.
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India
Cuttlefish Catch Tactics Described In Historic Note
A vintage account explains cuttlefish fishing using a rough fish chunk bait tied to a hook or string. Baiting aims to excite the cuttles senses and lure them to the surface where a gaff strikes the mantle. The stunned mollusk is then hauled aboard.
Swedish Almanac lists daily names for each gender
The Swedish Almanac gives a Christian name for every day of the year for both sexes. Names must be approved by the king. The aim is to broaden parental name choices and avoid repetition. A similar royal authorized name almanac exists in a German state.
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London
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Winneshiek Co
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Honduras
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Decorah, Iowa
R. J. Waters
Rt. 3
Postville
Farmers Phone
Kordon Mfg. CO
Minnrarouis
Minn
Ondon
Decorah
West Water Street
N. H. Adams
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Pillsbury Flour Milling Company
Minneapolis
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