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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
3
The article recalls the Food Administration’s wartime policies stressing individual initiative and national service. It notes America sent 141 million bushels of wheat to Europe from a surplus as a key accomplishment of the food army amid emergency, underscoring democracy over Prussianized control.
A wartime gleaming tribute to women as they served the nation by feeding soldiers and war victims, praising their simple virtues and homely wartime acts as crucial to peace and freedom.
A year after voluntary food control began the program is hailed as a democratic success. A Hoover quote from August 10 1917 frames the piece as a public morale boost.
The article lauds U S citizens for cutting sugar use by over half a million tons in July to October, preventing domestic famine. It notes normal quarterly use at 1.6 million tons, with July 200k, August 525k, September 279k, and October 220k tons distributed. It credits Food Administration guidance and urges continued restraint to aid allied nations.
The United States Food Administrator expressed unwavering faith in American democracy and wartime resilience amid a dire outlook in July 1917 after four months of war. He stated that despite gloomy European conditions, no American should fear democracy’s defense.
The piece argues Americans should endure reduced sugar rations from four to three and then two pounds for loyalty's sake. It asserts that during war the US earned global gratitude by sharing food and that in peace it can win goodwill by saving resources.
A reflective meditation on the elusive greater good framed as a philosophical pursuit. The prose contrasts reach and touch, existence and attainment, framing the unknown as a perpetual quest rather than a defined event.
The text asserts there is no royal road to conserving food and stresses voluntary, proportional burden sharing by all citizens. It cites the U S Food Administrator during wartime, contrasting autocratic enemy control with democratic sharing that helped sustain the country and Allies.
Stomach trouble and constipation relief is advertised with Chamberlains Tablets as highly effective. A creditors notice for the estate of George Zimmerman announces Anna Zimmerman as administrator and invites claims within ten months at Holbrook Arizona office.
Policy aims to raise hog production and exports sevenfold over pre war levels to meet a global fat deficit. The Food Administration and Agriculture Department note rising hog numbers and weights, with estimates of a 8–15 percent hog increase since last year and potential 1.6 billion extra pounds of pork for fall 1918 and spring 1919. Beef shortages persist in Europe due to refrigeration limits despite full use of freezer ships by the US Argentina and Australia.
Chamberlain's Tablets are advertised for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The copy claims long standing sufferers have been completely cured and that chronic constipation may be permanently cured by taking the tablets and following directions.
The article recalls the pledge to the interallied food council and notes how the American food army boosted production. It mentions farm enterprises, increased crop yields, food conservation, and exports rising, with total shipments doubling as allies faced hardship.
In remarks dated August 10 1917 Herbert Hoover argues the dinetic force should not be needed to maintain distribution of goods and that the average American businessman can address economic evils. He expresses faith in their intelligence and highlights the aid anticipated to remedy wartime faults.
In parts of Mexico air plants thrive without soil relying on atmospheric moisture. The Spaniard's Beard Tillandsia usneoides clings to telephone wires and often becomes a nuisance requiring workers to clear it away. The plant has no true leaves appearing as a mass of green gray threads.
A cautionary note claims seven or eight drops of turpentine on sugar swallowed slowly twice daily will cure the most severe sore throat. Source language is old fashioned and lacks medical credibility.
A terse reminder on speaking frankly about personal business and neighbors. The piece cautions against exaggeration for color and urges sticking to pleasant topics, or saying nothing of the unpleasant.
A lighthearted fragment describes a little girl at a parade watching a calliope slide by. She exclaims that the "bolled music" pleases her mother and the crowd enjoys the festive scene.
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