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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
3
The piece urges wartime economy under the U S Food Administration noting pork as a key energy source. It highlights reduced hog numbers in the United States, rising British demand, and the need to conserve fats to support troops abroad. It cites declining domestic supply and the looming drain as America fills military roles.
The Merchants' association of High Point proposes prizes for the best home economy ideas to replace staples with government approved substitutions. The plan aims to conserve food, boost war savings stamps sales, and fund stamps through raised proceeds. Officials and patriotic citizens are urged to support the project and its broader goal of aiding the country.
The article notes in Camida there is Leen systematic Saving in Gils Direction with eucoiless days. public eating places showed a saving of 39 percent in September and 4 percent in October compared to last year. It is estimated the monthly saving could provide a day’s rations for more than half of the Canadian army.
The United States Food Administration notes that reducing delivery and account handling by shoppers who bring purchases home can lower costs by about ten percent. Grocers offer three price options cash carry, charge and carry, and charge and deliver, with cash buyers saving most. The trend is praised as fair to both shopper and grocer amid postwar economic pressures.
The text mocks ongoing senatorial probes and notes blurred by garbled phrases about Gide Young and Brady, contrasting investigations with forgotten lurid fiction. It preserves a satirical tone about public interest in scandal and political drama.
An archived ad fragment notes a phone contact for R E Andrews of New York Life Insurance Co. The snippet hints at promotional copy or agent reference standing within a period publication.
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