Drying fruits and vegetables for home use urged
Home economics guidance promotes sun and oven drying to preserve food, noting nutrient retention and concentration in dried produce. Demonstrations by Dauphin County Farm Bureau with Penn State Extension will teach canning and drying across five days in July, inviting clubwomen to participate. Waterfowl removal planned in Britain to conserve food by shipping swans and other fowl to the United States.
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Home Economics Extension Service
Dauphin County Farm Bureau
Pennsylvania State College
Farm Bureau
H. G. Niesley
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
London
Great Britain
United States
Freckle Remedy Promises Clear Complexion
A newspaper ad pitches a freckle treatment offering a money back guarantee. Consumers are urged to buy an ounce of ethine double strength from any druggist and apply it to remove freckles, with the promise of a beautiful complexion if it works.
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Freckle-face
Girl of Sixteen Wins Honors at Sunbury High
Sunbury Pa June 15 Dorothy Bonowitz just turned sixteen won second honors in Sunbury High School’s 1916 graduating class. The 76 member class saw George Nesline 99.3 and Mary Morgan 97.2 as top averages. The event at Chestnut Street Opera House featured remarks and diplomas by Prof. I C M Ellenberger. In a separate note from The Hague Captain Krol of the Ryndam received a gold watch for bravery on October 29 1916.
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Sunbury
Dorothy Bonowitz
Sunbury High School
George B. Nesline
Miss Bonowitz
Mary C. Morgan
Chestnut Street Opera House
Margaret Elizabeth Kline
Mildred Evelyn Winston
M. Kathryn Werrick
Ralph M. Chester
Guy B. Buffington
Catherine Egan
Edward Kramer
Mary Boyer
Frampton Bloom
Clifford Felton
I. C. M. Ellenberger
Hague
Netherlands
Krol
Ryndam
United States
Jan Pieter Webster
Food prices rise across United Kingdom during war
The Board of Trade Labor Gazette reports an average food cost increase of 98 percent since the war began. Beef, mutton, fish, flour, sugar, cheese, potatoes, bread, and milk show large gains with London prices more than double July 1914 levels.
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London
United Kingdom
Board of Trade Labor Gazette
Potatoes Disease Fight Aims For Higher U S Yields
Prof J G Sanders outlines measures to lift Pennsylvania potato crops including larger seed per acre, better seeds, soil prep and crop rotations. He warns of early and late blight and prescribes Bordeaux mixture with arsenate of lead, seed sterilization, and careful cultivation to prevent waste and raise output.
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Pennsylvania
Germany
United States
Ireland
War Registration Total Near Nine Million
With six states still unreported the war registration reached 8,839,682 or 93.6 percent of the census estimate. If the pace holds, about 9,638,000 men will be enrolled for war service, closely matching the original 10,078,000 figure.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
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Wilson
Dorothy Bonawitz
the Bride and the Graduate
Elgin
Waltham
Patrician
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Ware
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OLD Colony
Cromwell
Sterling
Shirley
Brandon
Fairfax
America
Jacob Tausig
Diamond Merchants and Jewelers
Market St
Harrisburg, Pa
Sanders
J. G. Sanders
Franklin
Qgheboygan
Sheboygan Mineral Water Co
Sheboygan
Wis
Witman Brothers Wholesale Distributors
Wm. Strouse
Adler-Rochester
Adler-Rochesters
Wesco
Fifteen Supreme
Poplin
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