Plan to Stop Egg Waste and Promote Quality Purchases
A Washington conference with poultry and egg shippers, the Food Administration, and researchers urged pay only for eggs fit for human consumption, rapid chilling to 40 degrees or below, upgraded cooling equipment, and careful handling from farm to market to cut the 50 million dollar annual waste. It called for standard packing, removing cracked eggs, frequent gathering, and sanitary practices, plus licenses for dealers to support the food conservation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Administration
G. H. Powell
E. Hearty
Mary Pennington
United States Food Research Laboratory
Philadelphia
W. F. Priebe
Food Adminia
New York
Whole Food Administration
Red Cross under fire in pro German propaganda drive
General Manager Harvey D. Gibson orders division managers to expose sources of attacks on the Red Cross. He cites rumors that the charity keeps sweater funds and that most contributions fund salaries, calling such stories unpatriotic and unfounded while defending the organization as open and economical in its efforts.
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Washington
United States
Red Cross
Harvey D. Gibson
Gibson
Evannte
Heiress Named for Grand Rapids Estate Hit by Philadelphia Death
Miss Carrie Pointsalot of Alton is named sole heiress to Miss Matilda Lowery of Grand Rapids Michigan. Lowery died in Philadelphia recently leaving an estate estimated at $200000. Pointsalot reportedly met Lowery on a cold November day while doing housework in St Louis.
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Alton
Carrie Pointsalot
Matilda Lowery
Grand Rapids
Mich
Philadelphia
Miss Pointsalot
Lowery
St. Louis
Women replace men in machine shops at Southern Pacific
In Ogden Utah women in overalls take over repair shop tasks as the Southern Pacific railroad hires about a dozen to sort scrap metal and handle nuts bolts screws and other small parts. If capable they will move to cleaning cars and heavier yard work with equal pay to men.
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Ogden
Utah
Uncle Sam
Liberty Army
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pastor finds gold coins in apple at Albany surprise party
In Albany Oregon Rev L Schuster pastor of the Evangelical church at a surprise party he began to eat an apple given to him and found inside enough gold coins to cover his family's travel to his Ohio childhood home. The congregation learned of the gift and offered to pay his travel expenses.
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Albany
Ore
L Schuster
Evangelical Church
Ohio
Sawdust in German Bread Shocks Swiss Attache
A Swiss legation attache in Berlin returned to Rome with dysentery after testing a loaf of German bread. Berne experts analyzed the loaf and found about 12 percent corn, 22 percent barley, and 66 percent wood sawdust. Bread tickets are in force in Switzerland.
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Rome
Berlin
Berne
Switzerland
Tasty Family Salads And Desserts From The Kitchen Cabinet
A 1910s kitchen guide offers salad recipes and cake tips. It features Fruit Salad with grapes oranges pineapple nuts and a vinegar butter dressing, Tomato and Orange Salad with parsley and tarragon vinegar, Perfect Layer Cake with nutmeg and chocolate frosting, Apple Salad with bananas lemon and whipped cream, and Beet Salad with mayonnaise tinted pink served on lettuce.
Swiss ration plan cuts food for Germans and Austrians
The article notes monthly allowances of sugar 18 ounces and rice nine ounces with 250 grammes total, butter up to three ounces monthly varying by district. Rationing begins in Switzerland as hundreds of German and Austrian visitors depart, hindered by parcel post limits and Swiss checks on nationality and purpose. Aimed at reducing espionage, authorities restrict entry for food tickets after inquiries.
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Switzerland
Return of Captain Knyvett After Nerve Transplant
Chicago reports Captain R Hugh Knyvett of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade Australian Imperial Force returns to the front after twenty wounds and six months paralysis. He credits a nerve transplant from another man’s leg for his renewed vigor. Cuba to build a 32 mile canal in Matanzas to reclaim fertile land.
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Chicago
R. Hugh Knyvett
Fifteenth Infantry Brigade
Cuba
Matanzas
Americans Tell Verdun Horrors Ambulance Volunteers Go Home
An American ambulance volunteer letter from Verdun describes two wounded, gas attacks, and shelling near Mort Homme and Hill 804. The writer notes the move of ambulance work to regular U S Army troops and says volunteers will enlist in Paris, ending the old ambulance corps spirit.
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New York
France
United States Army
Williams
Verdun
Blercourt
Mort Homme Hill
Hill 804
Orerald
American Red Cross
Paris
Ambulance Corps
United States Artillery
Air Service
Household Hints From A Fractured Text
A list of home remedies and tips for comfort and care includes using formaldehyde in water for tired feet, glycerin in jelly to prevent tartaric acid, cooling rolls in steam, a flashlight for kitchen visibility, cocoa before bed to aid sleep, olive oil as antidote to poisons, hot towels for headaches, cheesecloth washcloths for travel, matting between sheets to cool a fever bed, crated potato for tired eyes, rice in meat loaf, and a method to remove stains with cream of tartar.
Marriage Bureau Official Raps Modern Wives
Washington editorials criticize the rise of 24 hour lunchrooms as signs of neglected home cooking. Col. William A. Kroll argues marriage licenses rise without more new homes and urges brides to study domestic science to improve feeding and family life.
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Ashington
Washington
William A. Kroll
Neenge
Colonel Kroll
Kroll
Officers Headline: War Department Empties Ranks for Active Duty
The war department loses many desk officers as they are transferred to active service with Pershing and other fronts. Generals and colonels including Scott Mitchie Duncan Nolan Mann Summerall Wright Reed March Kuhn Treat Crowder and Winship depart for cantonments France Pershing’s HQ and mobilization efforts reshape the staff.
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War Department
Pershing
Hugh L. Scott
The
General Staff
Col
Robert L. Mitchie
G.B. Duncan
Douglas MacArthur
Dennis Nolan
Mitchie
New York
Duncan
France
MacArthur
Rainbow Divison
Nolan
Militia Bureau
William A. Mann
Melver
C. P. Summerall
Adjutant General
William M. Wright
G. W. Reed
Peyton March
Joseph E. Kuhn
C. G. Treat
Francis J. Kernan
Judge Advocate General
Crowder
Blanton Winship
J. J. Mayes
William Bethel
National Capital Transforms Into Cosmopolitan Washington
A writer observes Washington shifting to a bustling cosmopolitan city over six months. On F Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and major streets crowds grow, pedestrians move faster, and traffic fills the Northwest arterials. Limousines replace old carriages as uniforms, flags, and a sense of well being heighten the city’s vibrant autumn atmosphere.
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Washington
F Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ninth
Seventh
Uncle Sam Opens Unified Army Records System
The War Department plans a vast 40 000 square feet clerical operation to track every soldier in uniform. Central office led by Man J Jones in Washington will coordinate a Europe based office with weekly reports from divisional bureaus. Two filing systems will list names alphabetically and regiment specific files with next of kin details for rapid casualty and burial information.
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War Department
Uncle Sam
Europe
J. J. Jones
Washington
Enduy Urigop Camps
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