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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
7
The phrase suggests a buyer seeking a practical purchase. It presents a candid appraisal of value, contrasting quality with cost and implying affordability for a desirable object associated with Oxford. The remark frames prudent spending.
Local notes report L E Whitney in Burlington on business Rev R H Polly attending a Christian churches convention in Centerville W F Cummings in Ottumwa on business Mrs Emma Crawford ill with pneumonia at home of sister Mrs Thomas Rider in West Harrison Street and improving news includes several residents visiting returning home or traveling to Davenport Libertyville and Birmingham for family and illness updates.
Grocers nationwide explain the 50-50 ruling by the U S Food Administration requiring buyers of wheat flour to also purchase substitutes equal in weight. The measure aims to conserve wheat for allies and military needs, with exemptions for graham and whole wheat flours and some mixed flours. Deals allow a mix of substitutes totaling the flour’s weight, and specify examples like cornmeal, rice, and buckwheat to be used in foods.
Bituminous coal output for the week ending April 6 fell about 1.5 million tons, or 14 percent, from the prior week. Including lignite and coke production, total week output is about 9.395 million tons versus 10.854 million the previous week, per the Geological Survey.
Dispatch from Vladivostok reports multiple Russian sniper incidents against Japanese patrols with one Russian arrested. The city council of soldiers and workmen telegraphs to headquarters urging dispatch of armed German and Austrian prisoners as reinforcements.
In Spartanburg South Carolina on April 15 two soldiers from Camp Wadsworth were killed and six others were injured in a motor truck accident.
The article lists substitutes for wheat in meals including corn grits four pounds and buckwheat flour two pounds used in bread and cakes. It notes rice four pounds as a substitute in bread and dinner dishes and mentions grocers reporting customers following the 11 wheatless meals needing additional substitutes beyond the 50 SU plan.
The Fairfield Theater schedules two notable films. Magda stars Clara Kimbal Young with her company for a triumphant motion picture, and The Kaiser the Beast of Berlin plays next week for two days. The Kaiser portrays Germany’s ruler with sensational private life scenes amid a White Room setting. Also noted is Miss Gertrude Astor and public interest in European affairs. A White Elephant Sale by Parsons College Auxiliary occurs April 25 26 27 at 305.
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