Annual Lancaster County Controller 1917 report findings
Enos E. Mowrer presents Lancaster County 1917 year end financial statements. He details cash balances, tax receipts, liquor licenses, state and county revenues, expenditures by offices, courts, and roads, and final balances in the treasurer's, recorder, and prothonotary offices. He confirms interest rates, and Awards balances to the county.
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Lancaster County
Enos E. Mowrer
Court of Common Pleas
IL Enos E. Mowrer
Act of General Assembly
Chester County
Dauphin
Louisa Sprecher
Frank R Dunlap
Providence and
Drumore
Maaney
Lancaster County Fair
L. K. Leslie
E. LaShone
Commission On State
Perecrice Ricesiree
Eset Eeeaene
Providence Township
Drumore Town
Ship
State of
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Enos FE. Mowrer
Lencaster County- Tome and Insane
Toekacco Fis
Reid
Save Wheat For Our Soldiers Use Corn Flour
Howard Heinz Federal Food Administrator for Pennsylvania appeals for wheat conservation. He warns surplus wheat from 1917 went to allies or the sea and urgent shortages threaten England France Italy and Russia. He urges two wheatless days weekly and wheatless meals with corn meal rye buckwheat and other substitutes to meet the crisis and asks American households to act now for soldiers at the front.
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Italy
France
England
Howard Heinz
Pennsylvania
Mr. Heinz
Sa Jone
Lafayette Commissioned Major General at 19 in American War
The article recalls the early life of Gilbert Molier, known as Lafayette, born September 6, 1757, and the major steps of his youth. It recounts his youths, marriage into nobility, and ardent love of liberty, leading to his 1777 voyage to America aboard Victory and his commission as a major general by Congress, with Washington inviting him into his military circle. It notes his bravery at Brandywine and his return to France in 1779, where he was hailed as a hero.
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Marie Jean Paul Roche Yver Gilbert Molier
Marquis du Lafayette
Lafayette
United States
Lolrtéenne
de Noailles
America
Silas Deane
France
Deane
Continental Congress
Victory
Atlantic
Baron Johann de Kalb
Bavaria
Georgetown
S.C
Philadelphia
Congress
Washington
Continental Army
Brandywine
Sugar Control Saved Millions for American Households
Hoover cites sugar policy as saving $180 million by keeping sugar prices at 8.5 to 9 cents a pound for consumers. He notes 70 percent of normal supply, wartime rationing in France and Germany, and plans to shift to honey and corn syrup as substitutes amid severe shipping constraints.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Foo
Hoover
France
Wegland
Food Administration
Java
The
Evade Rigid Food Control Surges in Germany
Reports reaching the United States food administration indicate widespread surreptitious butter sales in Germany at prices from 1.75 to 2.95 dollars per pound. Eggs sold contrary to regulations bring 10 to 15 cents each, while bacon or ham costs 2.25 to 3.25 dollars per pound, reflecting autocratic controls failing to curb black market activity.
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Germany
United States Food Administration
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Hm. P. Stumpf
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Cummings
Bevis & Levan
Welehane
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E. M. Boyd
Kendis Penter
A. B Shank
Cherry Chemical
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B. F. Simmons
Rochester Germicide Co
Tanger, Et al
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Howard Paules
Aaron Hooker
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Hosterman
W. Hosterman
J. W. Brown
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C. G. Garper
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Chas. M. Reiling
Frank T. Thurlow
Charles Gray
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George Seldomridge
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Richard Garey
Redmond Conyngham
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Seeane
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Repairin Prison
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New Era Printing Co
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Renee
David
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Cyrus
Gontner
Henry B. Bleecher
Osborne R.mullikin
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John T. Sumpman
Tobias Finefrock
John T. Ricksecker
Abraham Habecker
Wm. W. Au
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C. G. Strickler
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Register
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Morris Cooper
H. Sensenig
George L. Keith
Harry Mullikin
Ezra K. Brenner
BE. S. Dornbach
Joseph N. Mohn
Harry
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Jacob K. McLane
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Jacob Weller
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City Institute
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