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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
7
In Raville Kentucky Mrs Cynthia Pigginbotham 65 reports her digestion liver and stomach improved after using Thedfords Black Draught. She recalls years of poor appetite and weakness but says a few doses brought natural relief and renewed strength. She notes the remedy has a long history and sells 25 cents per package with a one cent dose.
Texas Food Administration actions suspend mills and revoke licenses across the state. Dublin’s H Kight Milling halts five days in July 1918 for wheat flour rule violations. Harrisburg bakery L W Thompson ordered closed a week for substitute-use failures. San Antonio wholesaler Wiederman license revoked for unlicensed commodities. Beaumont baker M Tettenbaum fined 25 dollars to Red Cross for baking rule breach. West’s L Poteet license revoked for refusing oats delivery. Houston grocer George Matranga sugar supply cut off for violation. Federal action affects 65 Houston merchants over price list noncompliance. Fort Worth Union Grain Company license revoked for misaccounted corn.
General Count Kirchbach has arrived in Kiev and taken command as successor to Field Marshal von Biehhorn, who was assassinated late in July, according to Berlin advices.
London reports M. Jeregeh tenks, who served as foreign minister under Kerensky, has been assassinated. The dispatch from Viev says Tereschtenks was an ardent supporter of the Allied cause.
A local testimonial from H. Bremer, a tailor in New Braunfels, says sitting causes backache and kidney trouble. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with stopping the pain and regularizing kidney secretions, urging others with kidney issues to use the same remedy priced 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y backs the product.
Swedish press reports of a plot to kill Lenine and Trotzky, the Russian Bolshevik Premier and the Foreign Minister, were received today at the State Department.
wartime guidance on substitutes like maple sugar syrups honey and molasses for desserts and meals. conversion ratios show how to replace sugar with liquid sweeteners and how to adjust liquid in recipes. advice covers preserving drying fruit using sugar substitutes and using fresh fruit when sugar is scarce.
Allied nations share sugar during the war with a two pounds per person monthly allowance in the United States. England France Italy and Germany each impose varied rationing and price levels while the United States holds its consumer price at 7.5 cents per pound. The piece notes how sugar availability affects hotels households and travelers and outlines national controls over production and distribution.
August 8 1918 circular from the Adjutant General in Austin to Texas local draft boards outlines expected legislation to extend draft ages and the plan for registration. It calls on city county and state officers councils and public safety committees to assist and publicize the move with preparations for registration in voting precincts planned for early September.
Instructions describe adding grape juice to apple butter to create a grape flavor. To each gallon of apples, add 1 pint grape juice, 1 cup brown sugar, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Cook slowly for 2 hours until thick, then stir in cinnamon and bottle hot in sterilized containers per standard apple butter guidelines.
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