Substitute food in Germany amid embargo boosted by ads
Victor Morgan, editor of The Cleveland Press, reports from Europe that after America restricted neutrals supplies to Germany, German papers pushed ads for food substitutes. He notes ersatz fills hunger but lacks body-building value, changing the typical German physique. Morgan’s five articles appear in Dixon’s Evening Leader.
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America
Neutrals
Germany
Victor Morgan
The
Cleveland Press
Europe
Morgan
Evening Leader
Dixon
Unite States
Switzerkind
Ameren
Germany's ersatz food economy and its human cost
Victor Morgan surveys the German wartime diet shift to substitutes for coffee sugar and leather noting widespread use of acorns saccharin wood substitutes and nettle fabrics. He laments nutrient deficiencies explains butter smuggling and embargo effects and contrasts fat loss with rising disease risk among Germans while describing social impacts and travel notes.
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Germany
Polo Polo TL Community Notes
James Peary visited Oregon and Rockford relatives. Mrs Bert Wirtwood retired after a visit in Rockford and Chicago. Leon Alek of Great Lakes Naval Station returns home. James Ports buys Bellows feed store and moves to AL Wy Sehell property. Bert Tavener and Miss Burke visit Oregon. Jeto Bontie owner of Hughesogan hotel travels to Polo. Mrs Henre Geldier and Leah dine stay with relatives in Milledgeville due to coal shortage. Patrick Fagen of Camp Grant on furlough visits friends. Mrs Frank Niman visits Dixon relatives. Albertis Tice attends funeral of John Lenny in Oregon. Harold Hitt arrives safely in Polo. Mrs id Sumners of Polo and Mrs Thomas Raffle of Farmingston visit Dixon. Misses Margaret and Mary Multon entertain. Annie Osterhoudt slips and injures back at home. Mahlon Miller spends week at home in Polo. Mrs John Golf of Marion visits Witaabelle Spaudding. Mrs Joe Roland and daughter.
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George Smith
Dixon
Thomas Straw
Freeport
Mt. Carroll
Aldlen Sutledge
St. Louis
Claude Krebbs
Marjorie Hawkins Ieft
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Roy Held
Bertha Madison
Garfield Wardle
J. S. Maloney
Blanchard Chinedock
Robert
Chaddock
Oliver Chaddock
Oliver Guio
Indianapolis
Ind
Edgar Rucker
Mary Griffin
Daniel Albright
Dr. Murphy of
Emma Smith
Sterling
Edna O'Kane
Garrett Rucker
Maria Waterbury
South Division Street
Lutheran Young Ladies Missionary Society
Ruth Irene Miller
B. N. Kroh
Harry
Amboy
Forest Hopkins
Kappa, Til
H. A. Hopkins
Charles Higley
Ruth Thorner
James Newbanks
W. Tl
F. M. Society
Henry Coffman
Frank Trammer
H. Coffman
Chas. Bomberger
Samuel Ways
Jacob Schnetter
Gussie Wilcox
Polo
Fairmount Cemetery
Elsworth Selester
Miss Pearl Wilcox
Chisage
Wilcox
Honory Boner
Marybound
Witt
Ambrose Jaentec
Bert Wirtwood
Rockford
Chicaca
Leon Alek
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Murpurgh
Jediek
James Ports
Dark Bellows
AL Wy Sehell
Ghoout
Mareh
Bert ‘Tavener
Huth Burke
Oregon Wortheady
Jeto Bontie
Henre Geldier
Lepia
Dine
Milledgeville
Patrick Fagen
Camp Grant
Frank Niman
Albertis Tice
John Lenny
Oregon
Harold Hitt
Id Sumners
Thomas Raffle
Farmingston
Margaret Atd
Mary Thanmulton
Annie Osterhoudt
Mahlon Miller
Pole
Mra
John Golf
Mrasport
Ra Witaabelle Spaudding
Joe Roland
Denrhter
Local social notes from Nelson area update
Nelson area residents mingle as visitors travel between Belvidere Chicago Rochelle and Dixon. News includes extended visits by Van Bereen and Catton families, a Palmer son in France, and locals greeting guests at several homes amid engine crews handling frosty roundhouse conditions.
Dixon residents, visitors fill weekend in area
A flurry of social activity marked the weekend with multiple visits to Dixon. Mrs. Israel Ritter and family traveled from South Dakota to see relatives, while others from Crystal Lake and Chicago visited Dixon households and gathered at the new Oltmanns home for a large sleigh party.
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Victor Schick
Dixon
Israel Ritter
South Dakota
John Small
Margaret Small
Crystal Lake
T. M. Veith
Geo. Oaken
John Bohlken
Chas. Bohlken
Bert Heckman
Clyde Funk
K. F. Sicholt
Jake Oltmanns
Helen Oltmanns
F. W. Hellwig
Frank Murray
Bernice
Clinton
Armin Zanger
Chicago
Chris Zanger
Fred
Roy
H. A. Ortgiesen Sr
Gertrude Louise Ortgiesen
Local items from Grand Detour and nearby towns
Albert Tholen drove to Oregon and sold hogs in Dixon. Mrs. Herbert Warner visited hospital-bound husband in Dixon. Mrs. Victor Jones and son returned to Freeport after visiting W H Mon. Albert Tholen and wife visited Mt Morris. Lelia Senn spent time with her parents. Aid society met with Mrs. Alfred Parks. Several residents, including Miss Harrington and Jack Heckman, visited Dixon or Pine Creek. Community news notes passthrough include visits, travel, and work plans.
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Albert Tholen
Oregon
Herbert Warner
Dixon
Victor Jones
Freeport
W. H. Mon
Walter Mumma
Palmer Auto
Mt. Morris
Gladys Remmers
Lelia Senn
Aid Society
Alfred Parks
Miss Harrington
Albert Raymond
Clyde Koontz
Reem
Jerome Portner
Sean
Jack Heckman
Pine Creek
Ambrose Strouse
Frank Byers
W. T. Sheffield
Chicago
You Can’t Rub Rheumatism Away and Blood Purifier Claim
An old advertorial touts S S S as a blood purifier for rheumatism, arguing local liniments fail and suggesting cleansing the blood removes the disease. It promises free medical advice from a laboratory in Atlanta and urges readers to obtain a bottle at their drug store.
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Addedsine Medical
Swit Laboratory
Atlanta
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