Germany no famine fear as meat and eggs shrink
Baron von Schorlemer, Germany’s agriculture minister, assures United Press Germany can feed its population and armies without food imports. He cites 3,000,000 fewer mouths, large grain and potato savings, and export bans. Meat and eggs may become luxury items as Russia-sourced supplies decline and imports halt.
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Baron von Schorlemer
Germany
Baron Schorlemer
United Press
England
Garon von Schorlemer
Russia
Prussia
Lead Shortage Prompts Government Seizure of Piano Lead
In Germany a secret order reportedly directs music stores to surrender all lead used in pianos and other instruments to the government amid a dwindling supply. The note critiques philanthropy and hints at societal hypocrisy amid a wedding affair distraction.
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Germany
Corn Card Quiz and Remarkable Flyshooter Note
A historic youth quiz asks readers to write answers containing the word corn with ten prompts about corns and related items, each answer forming a pun or compound. The section continues with notes on the flyshooter, a freshwater fish that shoots at flies, and a Silk worm factoid about silk thread length and light speed.
Roots and knots a Silk Thread of plant life
A curious compendium of plant roots and folk games printed from a late era source. It notes elm roots measured at sixty three feet and one and a quarter inches diameter, cucumber roots spanning miles in a half year, clover deep to moisture, and persistent weeds like coltsfoot. Also included are party games with Dr Diddeys donkey and Boy Scout compass challenges, plus a playful Simple Simon verse and a Chicago Post joke about a cackled turnip.
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England
Philadelphia
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Rowley
Weddline
Young Folks’ Corner
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Asia
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Dr. Diddey
Simon
Simme
Reet
Red Bank
Waldemar
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Red Bank, N. J
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