Wartime candy shortages and new soy candy proposals
The article notes scarce confections during wartime with shoppers unable to find familiar candies. Brig. Gen. G. W. Bem predicts Army rations will require vast candy pounds this year, while Maxwell of Whitmac & Son touts soybean based candies and new wheat protein foods. Industry executives urge air conditioned stores, food value advertising, and vending expansion to revive confectionery markets after the war.
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W. Bem
G. Ro Maxwell
Gophin
Whitmac & Son
Imc
Philadelphia
Fiestly
Indesir
HS Four
Bridge Club
Csi
Workers Boost Output with Industrial Feeding Findings
The War Food Administration shows feeding workers during shifts reduces absenteeism, injuries, and errors. In a 1300 worker East plant, industrial feeding raised output 4 percent and cut errors 8 percent. on the West Coast gains reached 15 and 40 percent respectively. milk breaks improved safety and morale across plants.
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America
WFAOD
War Parc
Eastles
Sascoing
Future Building Trends in Postwar Industry
A Chicago backer foresees postwar shifts to resist termites decay and material fatigue. Officials anticipate 400 mids an hour after the war and transport planes cruising at today's combat speeds. Aluminum and magnetism advances aim to power 3,000 to 20 engines on larger machines.
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James
Chicago
Jerge Reliers
Anline
Teec
Reading
Fecterisc
Unclear Local Market Report Highlights Prices
Fragmentary note describes grocery prices and celery costs from a past weekend. Mentions a store and mentions beverages and seasonings in a disjointed way.
Quaint Pastimes and Fashion in Exametsburg Echoes
A humorous look at local life in Exametsburg notes old vs new fashions for girls and women, from pigtails to braids and Fourth of July dress. The piece observes parsonage labor, lake bathers, and changing styles, contrasting quaint nostalgia with modern practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sms
Milady
Farm talk and storms appear in scattered column notes
A collage of rural anecdotes notes a farmer joking about his bull under the plow amid wartime shortages. An Iowa storm tale recounts a bus struck by a small twister near Fostoria, lifting the vehicle briefly with passengers aboard.
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Spencer TimtiesAn
Estherville
Sioux City
Spencer
Fostoria
Forty Years Ago in Emmetsburg Wood Ticks and Picnics
Reads like a local gazette from 1934 with notes on wood ticks and jiggers in spring brush, a July 4 picnic and strain on rail service. Dr F J Austin prescribes sulfur powder in shoes as repellent while recounting recent incidents, fires, marriages, and community events in Emmetsburg and surrounding area.
Tickborne risks in Montane’s Bitter Root turn from bites to myths
The article notes very few Town Wood teks infections, contrasts with Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the Bitter Root mountains, where one tick in 400 can infect. Dr. Austin discusses tick exposure in shady areas, vitamin B2 commentary, tick life cycle lasting about three years, and mentions only female mosquitoes bite.
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Bitter
Austin
News Box Notes and Public Notices in Iowa Paper
Reader letters and community tidbits mix with a wartime ad column and a formal public notice from the Iowa State Commerce Commission. Items include a request by Central States Electric Co for a franchise to string lines in Palo Alto County and a hearing set for July 11 1921.
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Iowa Stats Commerce Commission
Pao Alto County
Central States Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Palo Alto County
Towa State Commerce Commission
Des Moines
M. Richardson
David B. Long
Carl W. Reed
Dereda
County Salvage Calendar Notes Local Chairmen Names
County salvage memo lists local chairmen and contact notes for the Women's Division of Ms. Fred Christenson and the Boy Scouts. Instructions mention tin cans to be cleaned and bundled for secure tying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Brennan
Fred Christenson
Boy Scouts
Edmund Wills
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Gullile
Eddits
Exametsburg
Maria Coongn
Wistetty Gorist
Arthur Amsorge
SS Cookie
Sibley Gacette-Tribune
Cecil Brown
OPA
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Howard A. Pierce
Storm Lake Parks
Doctor Pierce
Sunset Park
East Park
Sunrise Park
Mason City Globe-Gazette
United States
Gareer Lesder
Claude Debord
Bumbelit Republicam
Everglades
Florida
Bac
Democrat
F. J. Austin
TheMilwaukee Company
Shey
Dubuque
Alex Peddie
Spirit Lake
Emmetsberg
Orleans Hotel
Publc
Frank Davis
Charles Grout
Homer Keller
Scott Ormsby
Oscar Hodgkinson
Matt Grier
Co. K
O’brien
Jones County
Sca
Thomas McLaughlin
Dr. Powers
Mrs. Bliven
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Ressell
J. C. Young
Skinner
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Gwen On
Broadway
Tnence Saunders
Great Lakes
Emmersburg
Fred Wood
Rotman
Sareer
Matt Donovan
Mise
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Nedy
Guerile
Mir
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Matt Faber
Bode
Will Knight
France
H. M. Helgen
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J. B. Knoblauch
Passdens
Calli
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Martha Atkinson
Algona
Lakes
Det
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Shig City
Houston
Tex
Wethoda
Daniel Rutledge
FP. L. Dorris
KICD
Pet Nolan
Dot Fitz
Halstead
David
Wild Bill
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Dick “Drinkenstein
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Washington
Nate
Bill Wola Tece
Can
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Emerson
Lyman Creech
Des
Movnes
Air Corps
Lyman
Patricia Ryan
Drake
Elsworth Sampson
Elsworth
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Express
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Bob Mac
Marilyn Lunning
Delores Kay
Tulsa
Soper
S. J's
the Lakes
John Thompson
John Hill
Marilyn
Jos Peg Hoyt
Ner Marine Flyer
Red Cross
W. R. Schroeder
Ison
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Sounty
J. D. Brennan
T. FL Rutledge
General Insurance
Iowa Trust & Springs Bank
Office
Henry Willingham
Insurance and Real Estate
Ged
Mets
S Newieee
Willam Kerwick
W. A. McGrauth
Kenneth Bradley
H. L. Breretce
Ells
Jon
McNamara Jules
H. Piper
Jom Hammes
Tom Goeders
Harold le Brereton
Ance
Trot & Savings Banc
F. X. Cretzemeyer, Mld
Opera House
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Laws
H.R. Powers, MD
M._E. LANDSBERG
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