Americans Urged to Limit Sugar to Two Pounds Monthly
After surveying world sugar needs the U S Food Administration asks the public to restrict sugar to no more than two pounds per person per month until January 1 1919 The policy aims to support Allied nations and maintain military supplies while households reduce usage to half a pound weekly Public eateries and households must limit sugar to two pounds per ninety meals.
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U. S. Food Administration
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J. 8. Food Administration
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Food Administration
U. S.food Administrations
United States
War Plans Target Eighty American Divisions in France by June
Gen March and Secretary Baker testified before the Senate Military Committee on a manpower bill to expand draft ages to 18 to 45 and to push 80 divisions overseas by June 30. They outlined rapid troop movements and a 1.3 million registrant pool for full service, with monthly calls for 250,000 in August down to 300,000 thereafter through next year.
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March
War Department
France
Senate Military Committee
Scretary Baker
Crowder
Chamberlain
Senate
Administration
Wilson
Italy
Stat
Germany
Baker
Star Spangled Banner Words Misread by Congregation
A reflective piece notes how a congregation struggles to sing the Star Spangled Banner as the orchestra plays and voices blend. It contrasts their loud start with a faltering chorus when the dawn's early light is supposed to shine.
Horticultural Opportunity in Urban Corn Weeds
A Burbank seedsman sees a fortune in crossing Indian corn fragile to drought with the robust sidewalk weeds that thrive on scant soil. The idea highlights urban agriculture and plant breeding potential amid city grit.
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Burbank
Greatest Chance A Man Ever Had to Do His Bit
Editor of the Ladies' Home Journal urges readers to buy Liberty loan bonds in the fourth issue. He argues bonds are the safest investment and a patriotic duty, emphasizing saving, reducing taxes, and supporting troops. The piece notes many can forgo luxuries to fund the war effort and create a personal nest egg.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Enett Lomtkethers
It Can’t Be Too Soon For Me We Must Do Our Part
A citizen pledge urges full support for the government in loaning funds to end the war. The piece compares American resolve to a flood of droplets forming a deluge and asks readers to loan every cent possible and act quickly to unite the nation’s financial effort.
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Belgium
United States
U-Boats Use Oil Camouflage Tactics in Depth Charge War
London reports a new U-boat ruse where after a depth charge fails to sink the sub the submarine releases oil to obscure its wreckage. Destroyer crews may mistake the slick for a sinking submarine and halt further attacks while the German submarine attempts to escape. The tactic has been observed by American and British destroyer and submarine chaser commands.
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London
al Hed
Women Help Build Shells in Liverpool Factory War Effort
In Liverpool women take on shell making roles, handling light shells then larger ones as needed. A young mother says the shell is heavy but lighter than her baby. The district hosts a factory run mainly by daughters of business and professional men with heavy work done by sailors' wives. The Cunard Company runs the nonprofit plant in response to the Lusitania sinking.
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Eng
Shell
Cunard Company
Lusitania
New York Red Cross Volunteer Finds Son Wounded in Paris
A New York Red Cross volunteer in Paris discovers her son, a US lieutenant, wounded in the leg amid arrivals from the battlefield. She accompanies him to a hospital and returns to console other wounded men, continuing relief work with refugees in Braice.
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New York
Paris
American Red Cross
Leutenant
Red Cross
Braince
France
Man ages to Uppercut Rival Over Hat at Riverside Park
Miami Oklahoma reports A H De Vaux chairman knocked a Riverside park employee’s hat off after three requests to remove it during a band performance of The Star Spangled Banner. The employee then collapsed from the punch and received a blue envelope.
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Miami
Okla
Riverside Park
A. H. de Vaux
Service Fashions for War Time Women in Advance Fall
New York fashion notes describe service dresses and practical trims for wartime wear. Garments in organdie, pique, linens, or gingham feature detachable laundering touches and provocative calico revivals. Jersey dresses with light embroidery pair with varied hats from sailor to wide-brimmed straw. Lucy Carter also notes election law changes to curb un signed campaign dodgers and pledges, urging clean, dignified campaigns.
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New York
Paris
McCa
Jersey
Lucy Carter
Patent medicine advertisement for Fletcher's Castoria
A vintage ad promotes Fletcher's Castoria claiming it cures kidney and bladder troubles and other ailments in men and women. It offers mail order at $1 with a two month supply and promises testimonials from other states. Address is Dr E W Hall 2926 Olivia Street St Louis MO and states availability from druggists nationwide.
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