Food prices rise sharply across goods in 1916 to 1917 period
Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows overall food prices up 23 percent from November 15 1916 to November 16 1917 with corn meal 87 percent higher bacon 62 percent pork chops 48 percent beans 29 percent salmon 38 percent milk 33 percent and lard 27 percent. Food as a whole 48 percent higher on November 15 1917 than 1913 and 46 percent higher than 1914. Corn meal 127 percent higher, flour 109 percent, lard 104 percent, bacon 7 percent, sugar 16 percent, potatoes 72 percent. No article declined in price.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Cornment
Seed Corn Scurvy Survery Plans For Seed Distribution
Shortage of seed corn in Illinois Indiana and Iowa prompts a survey by a Chicago United States Food Administration committee with the state defense council. Officials plan to locate stock and arrange seed provision for farmers lacking seed. The federal government may set a $5.00 per bushel price. A farm labor survey was also ordered. The state's $60 million bond issue will be termed the 4 000 mile hard road bond issue.
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Chicago
United States Food Administration
Food, Fuel and Conservation Committee
State Council of Defense
Game Fowls Die in Deep Snows
Hunters in central Illinois fear blizzards and deep snow will wipe out game birds as thousands may have perished. Farmers lack access to fields and timber with three to five feet of snow, grain supplies scarce, rabbits survive by taking cover in shocks and drain tiles. The open season for quarry birds ends January 31, and from February 1 all birds and animals except rabbits will be off limits to hunters.
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Illinois
Hauling Hogs by Jitney to Peoria Market Rise
Farmers in Lawn Ridge report using autos to haul four or five hogs on trailers to the Peoria Market. The round trip takes about half a day and yields a shipper’s margin of fifty to seventy five cents per hundred on the hogs. When roads are good Lizzie can make the trip smoothly.
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Peoria
Lawn Ridge
Lizzie
Springfield
Wideoham
BOY Scouts
Gard
Kansas City
Quail Protection Tied to War Effort in Illinois Farms
Farmers in central Illinois guard quail habitats as loyal to the war effort. They argue more quail reduce pests and boost grain yields, aligning conservation with national aims. Hunters report scarcity as coveys become harder to locate.
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Illinois
Boys Scouts to Deliver War Pamphlets Nationwide
President Wilson charges the Boy Scouts to distribute through the nation war pamphlets from the committee on public information. About 300,000 scouts will handle five million copies of the president's September 15 address, guiding citizens to study and share the message.
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Committee On Public Information
Wilson
Colin H. Livingstone
National Council, Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Livingstone
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Lent and Easter dates and calendar reform discussion
Lent begins one week earlier this year as Easter falls on March 31, with debates on fixing a single Easter date. The article traces the history from the council of Nicaea to Pope Gregory XIII and notes Russia and Greece still use the Julian calendar, causing date differences. Also covered is a Kansas City note on National Farm Loan Association meetings, farm loan terms, and wartime credits to the Allies.
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Gregory XIII
Julius Ceasar
B. C
Rome
Numa Pomilus
Russia
Greece
Trade press notes strain as papers sell out
The Quincy Herald reports a trade journal lists fifty-one newspapers for sale while usual listings show three or four. Publishers say age, drafts, rising costs, and wartime conditions push many toward selling or suspending papers. Dailies shrink to weeklies, consolidations rise, and a major women's publication with 600,000 circulation halted operations due to expenses.
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Quincy Herald
Strom
P H
No Age Limit for Enlistment Expanded by War Department
War Department orders enlistment of men over draft age to serve in the United States for the duration of the war within national borders. Priority given to veterans of Spanish American War and those with military or police experience. all men, married or single, may enlist at Franklin and Adams streets recruiting office in Peoria. The remainder of the text includes unrelated vignettes about a tailor and a note on Lacon bridge receipts showing a $66.10 decline in last month’s business.
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United States Army
United States
War Department
Franklin and Adams Streets
Peoria
Ane
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