Harrisburg Telegraph to Run Pure Food Page with Weekly Prizes
Beginning today the Harrisburg Telegraph will publish a weekly Pure Food Page for twenty six weeks featuring local dealers and manufacturers of food stuffs. Five prizes of 1.00 will be awarded each week for the best letters on advertised products. Letters judged for coverage, spelling, grammar, and neatness. maximum two hundred words. send to Pure Food Editor by June 26 1916. winners published next Thursday.
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Harrisburg Telegraph
Pure Food
White flour fraud and starch adulteration exposed in 1915 report
A 1915 exposé outlines widespread adulteration of white flour with corn and potato starch to cheapen bread. It cites price gaps, tax laws, and industry letters urging bakers to use “special yeast food flour” for higher profits, warning of degraded nutrition for the poor.
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Congress
Department of Internal Revenue
United States
Willepale Dealer Fruits and Produce Ad
Local grocery ad for Willepale Dealer Fruits and Produce at 1311 North 3rd Street offers Bell phone contact from 1953. Ad highlights fresh produce items and neighborhood delivery options.
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Willeplale
St. Bell
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