Two Pounds Sugar Per Month Ration Guidance
The U S Food Administration urges a ration of two pounds per month and half a pound per week to sustain the Army Navy Allies and civilians until January 1 1919. Sugar sources including Cuban beet and Louisiana cane will be tapped as stocks run low. Ship shortages and reduced industrial allotments push households to conserve fruit and rely on later sweetening.
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U. S Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Louisiana
Europe
United States
Porto Rico
Java
Sugar Ration Shrinks French Supply Under War Strain
German control of beet lands forces France to import most sugar while rationing limits domestic use to about 18 pounds per person annually. Reports to the U S Food Administration say France now consumes 600000 tons a year, down from prewar crops of 750000 tons with some exports.
Saving Sugar Saves Shipping to American Families
Sugar use is urged to two pounds per month per person for household use by the United States Food Administration. The war drive aims to reduce imports and maximize available shipping by conserving sugar. Approximately 75 percent of domestic sugar is shipped abroad, with about 1,000,000 tons produced annually and imports totaling over 3,000,000 tons in normal times.
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France
United States Food Administration
Army of Navy
Italy
Germany
Tai ‘ A Food Administration
England
English Church Army aids soldiers with huts and meals
The Church Army reports wide support for war work overseas and at home. More than 800 huts tents and temporary churches supply Navy Army and Allied troops in Malta Palestine Mesopotamia and Africa. General Pershing lauded US soldiers through British church aid. a General Pershing Hut is proposed. each hut costs about 1500 dollars.
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Church of England
England
Wales
Malta
Terpt
Palestine
Macedonia
Mesopotamia
East Africa
Tadta
Church Army
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General Pershing
Carlile
Philadelphia Inventor Quietly Eases Streetcar Noise At Crossings
Samuel T. B. Meeker introduces a one piece crossing design that gently shifts wheel load over the rail intersection. The rail faces incline slightly before the crossing so cars roll smoothly with no jolts or audible noise, reducing nighttime disturbance for nearby residents.
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Philadelphia
Samuel TB. Meeker
First American Steel Rails Pioneered by North Chicago Mill
In 1865 North Chicago Rolling Mill produced six Bessemer rails from Wyandotte steel, the first in America. By 1867 Cambria rolled rails commercially. Earlier rails were imported by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1853 at $150 gold per ton, brittle crucible steel causing breaks, yet Britain bought large orders at $135–$161.50 gold per ton.
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America
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company
Wyandotte
Midh
New York
Troy
Cambria Company
Loneland
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Great Britain
Conserve Surplus Food This Year
Increased planting of vegetables promises an unprecedented yield of fresh produce. To make it useful, Americans should conserve by canning drying brining or home storage. Home canning boosts self sufficiency and eases transportation, urging women to learn and teach canning skills. United States Department of Agriculture.
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America
United States Department of Agriculture
Package Goods Worth More Than Bulk Foods
A recent chart compares canned and dried goods showing canned peaches cost about three times as much as dried peaches and provide one third the calories. Canned pork and beans run about twice the cost per unit of food value compared with dried beans. Canned items are ready to eat while dried require preparation, informing cost of living considerations.
Furniture Shortage Hinders German Postwar Readiness
Germany faces a severe furniture shortage as authorities struggle to curb secondhand markets and new supply remains scarce. Prices have surged up to 1,600 percent, with old homes filled by recyled pieces and couples seeking to establish households after service. A group of capitalists and makers plans new furniture at four percent above cost with installment plans, though mine term scarcity and high wages keep costs prohibitive.
Teaching Insects to Think Captivates Audiences at Patten's Pond
John W. Coghlin demonstrates patience by teaching Madagascar neuroptera to follow a human voice and actions. At a Maine camp he leads a tiny army through tree-stem bridges and sprouts, marching in pairs and fours, then ends with a daylight-only display after artificial light confuses them.
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John W. Coghlin
Madagascar
Pittsburth
India
Maine
National Prayer Days Through U S History
A concise history outlines several presidential proclamations calling for days of national prayer. From Adams in 1793 amid Franco American tensions to Madison in 1815 before war with Algiers, Civil War proclamations for peace, 1865 prayers for Lincoln, Arthur for Garfield’s burial, and Wilson in 1914 for Peace Sundays.
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United States
John Adams
France
Algiers
Madison
Nmberities
Sincsin
Arthur
Garfield
Wilson
Shoveling Out Gas In Trenches
The article describes how poisonous gas sinks in trenches and dugouts and how soldiers use improvised tools to shovel fumes over parapets. A canous scoop or flapper attached to a shovel helps toss the gas into the surrounding air to dilute it and restore breathable conditions.
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France
Scientific American
Not Dangerous. A camp of tough cowboys boosts director’s courage
A motion picture director recalls a week spent among the roughest cowboys out west. He admits initial fear but gains nerve after observing how a director controls the unruly group.
Local residents noted in town visiting and events
Names of Brenk Arnold Robert Sandies Joe Weyer Bertram Kurtz Carl Knap and others appear in town for visits sales and family and social events over the week. Several residents travel to Jasper Louisville Huntingburg Evansville and Camp Taylor with repair work and funerals also recorded.
Lawn fete for Catholic church raised funds at Nie Boston
A Sunday afternoon lawn fete at Nie Boston drew attendees including Mr and Mrs Ben son Albert Weaver Miss Rosa Clinger Nettie Wirtzberger Verers Sondermann Mrs Chas Muth Mrs Bertha Boehmann Albert Sondermann Mr and Mrs John Reinacker and their son Albert. The event supported the local Catholic church.
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Tanclinine
Benson
Albert Weaver
Rosa ‘Clinger
Nettie Wirtzberger
Verers Sondermann
Chas
Muth
Bertha Boehmann
Albert Sondermann
John Reinacker
Albert
Nie
Boston
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Darker Hair Overnight
An old remedy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray or faded hair naturally and evenly after one or two applications. Advertisers claim millions of bottles sold annually and urge readers to buy at the drug store to regain youthful, dark hair quickly.
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Wyeth
Share Our Sugar With the Allies
An editorial urges voluntary American sugar rationing of 16 pounds per person monthly to aid Allied nations. It contrasts American low prices and liberal access with England France Italy Germany wartime restrictions, state controls, and scarce supplies affecting homes and hotels.
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