Montana Food Administrator imposes fifty fifty flour rule
Bozeman March 9. Alfred Atkinson, Montana Food Administrator, announces new rules on wheat flour and substitutes to aid U S forces in France. Starting March 11 sales must pair flour with an equal weight of substitutes from a listed list. Potatoes allowed at four to one. bran and shorts excluded. War urgency cited.
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Bozeman
America
France
Alfred Atkinson
Montana
Washington
Montana Food Administrator
Wyoming
Northwest
Elk Basin
the Tribune
Billings
Midwest
Treasury
Montana Food Program Rules Amid Wheatless and Meatless Days
The United States Food Administration outlines wartime diet rules for Montana including Wheatless Days on Monday and Wednesday, Meatless Tuesday, Porkless Saturdays, and noon meals with wheatless provisions. It prescribes War bread and Victory bread, with increasing use of wheat flour substitutes to 20 percent by February 24, 1918, and bans beef mutton and pork on meatless days. The menu lists wheatless meals and conservation tips, ending with a patriotic appeal to buy War Savings stamps.
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Unite. States Food Administration
Victory
We Must Observe Regulations and Conserve Food
A wartime appeal urges feeding soldiers and allies in Europe. It stresses that America must feed them, avoid hoarding, and curb disloyal or careless behavior that aids the enemy. The food administration will enforce regulations to ensure supplies reach the front and allied forces.
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America
Europe
West
Russia
Australia
India
Food Administration
Montana Food Program Sets Wheatless and Meatless Meals
The state mandates noon meals be wheatless and at least one daily meal meatless. Consumers must buy one pound of substitutes per three pounds of wheat. Substitutes include cornmeal corn starch corn flour hominy barley flour rice oatmeal rolled oats buckwheat and meals from soy and millet.
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Montana
First National Bank Seeks Satisfactory Banking Connection
The bank highlights thirty years of careful management and prompt courteous service as the basis for a satisfactory banking relationship. It emphasizes being large enough to handle big transactions yet small enough to provide personal service.
Early coal use across Britain and Europe and in America
The text traces coal usage from ancient Britons through Anglo-Saxon times, noting a 1230 Henry III charter for Newcastle coal, Newcastle English coal reaching Paris in 1769, later French mines in Pas-de-Calais and Loire, and American coal deposits near Richmond, Virginia discovered in 1701 with mining starting that year and anthracite production beginning in 1793.
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Henry III
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Newcastle
France
Pas-le-Calais
Loire
America
Richmond
Courageous call to work and sleep for victory
A terse exhortation frames effort and rest as a drive to secure a win. The speaker urges persistent labor and bold resolve, claiming a victory is within reach through disciplined action and perseverance.
Lost Strayed Or Stolen Red Cow And Calf Reported
One full blood Shorthorn registered cow and one red bull calf missing or taken. Cow branded Dipper on left hip, Bar on left shoulder, registered in left ear, Bob Jones Brand of Big Hole Basin. Liberal reward for information or $20.00 for delivery to L1-41.
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Bob Jones
Big Hole Basin
British Peeress Nurse Aids Red Cross in France
Lady Furness, a British peeress, serves as a nurse with the Red Cross in France. She and many other women have sacrificed social life and comfort to support their country's war effort near the front lines.
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Furness
Red Cross
France
Une
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