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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
8
The war thrift stamps and saving stamps by teachers and pupils across Arkansas show strong patriotism. Reports to State Superintendent J. J. Bond say many counties are encouraging. one high school has all 48 students buying stamps. Each stamp costs twenty five cents and is affordable for children and adults.
The Collector of Internal Revenue announces a federal income tax officer will be in Lake Village from February 11 to February 22 at the Court House. He offers free assistance to prepare returns, warns of penalties for nonfiling, and urges residents in Chicot County to estimate income and expenses now for the 1917 tax year.
The article describes Italy’s shrinking bread ration from 750 to 600 grams as the German offensive began in September. It highlights the U S Food Administration led by Hamp Williams in Arkansas, stressing two goals: save concentrated foods for France and reduce average intake by one ounce daily to curb waste. It notes Hoover’s appeal for citizens to adjust their eating habits to support strategic supply lines.
The article notes Americans consume about 400,000 tons of sugar yearly for candy, enough to satisfy most of England’s demand, while the Administration reduced candy production to 200,000 tons. It asserts sugar saved could feed Belgium for a year and that food control saves households money, with flour savings estimated at $64,500,000. It claims the world food situation is bad but the Food Administration has it under control in four months.
A letter to Arkansas hotel and restaurant operators reports a ruling from the United States Food Administration forbidding meat and by products on meatless Tuesdays. The Arkansas Hotel and Restaurant Committee, led by E R Wiles, clarifies permissible offerings such as chicken and fish, and urges strict adherence to the list.
A verse laments a fiery vow to burn targets from a widow’s cottage to a mansion and a warehouse with soldier provisions, aiming to provoke the Kaiser and shape a chaotic start to the new year. It closes with a preference for staying in the United States from the home front perspective.
The Extension Division, led by the University, aims to spread agronomic knowledge through county agents and home demonstration agents. Sixty two county agents work with farmers, training women and girls in home economics, canning, gardening, and food preservation, while county leaders build community leadership and organize demonstrations in crops, livestock, and farm efficiency.
Agricultural notice warns farmers to fumigate seed corn with carbon disulfide to kill weevils. Advises contacting Arkansas Experiment Station for directions and guidance on protecting crops.
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