School Children to Take Hog Census in Illinois
The Illinois Division of the U S food administration requests school children to perform a cattle census on October 15 to compare this year’s production with last year and to pilot semiannual censuses. Harry A Wheeler distributes blanks and teachers will guide county and local leaders in an educational campaign on food conservation.
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United States Food Administration
Mlinois
State Board of Education
Minors Food Administration
Harry A. Wheeler
Illnois
Candy Purchases Limited To One Pound Per Person
Illinois confectioners last week decided to limit candy sales to one pound per person to aid the Illinois division of the food administration in conserving candy. The rule excludes soldiers sailors and Red Cross nurses. Civilians buying for service members may exceed the limit, and dealers may use stock of two three and five pound boxes. Retailers will allocate half window display space to war activities like Red Cross Liberty loan and War Savings stamps.
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Illinois
The
Food Administration
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Eat Less Waste Less New Food Slogan Urges Conservation
The United States Food Administration promotes "Eat less, waste less" to support wartime needs. It notes record exports but promises a 50 percent increase this year, forecasts potato shortfalls, beef shortages from drought, and sugar scarcity. It urges Americans to conserve to aid troops overseas and spare lives.
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United States Food Administration
Robert Stevenson, Jr
Ilinois
Maine
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Sugar Wheat Meat and Fats War Time Rationing Message
Public wartime notice urges citizens to conserve sugar wheat meat and fats to shorten the conflict. Any waste will prolong the war and hinder supply mobilization. Officials stress careful buying, proper storage, and adherence to rationing rules to support troops and national effort.
Food Administration Sets Up Price Interpretation Boards
The Food Administration reports price interpretation boards are formed in city centers with three members: a retail merchant, a Food Administration representative, and a consumer representative. They compare prices across cities to identify outliers, promote fair profits, and stabilize the fair price list nationwide, urging counties to establish boards and publish lists locally.
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Food Administration
Sugar Requests Hit Illinois Restaurants
Illinois food administration urges hotel and restaurant owners to instruct staff to withhold sugar unless patrons request it and to limit to one level teaspoon. The aim is to conserve food by stopping automatic sugar service in eateries nationwide.
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Illinois Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Public Collecting Fruit Pits for Soldiers Gas Masks
Housewives grocers and students join drive to save fruit pits and nut shells for charcoal used in gas masks for soldiers. Receptacles in stores and schools collect dried pits and shells as Red Cross ships carloads to support the war effort. Save half a pound of food a week to help win the war.
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United States Food Administration
Red Cross
Govenanted Peace With Germany Out of the Question
A wartime editorial denounces any covenanted peace with Germany as a betrayal of civilization. It cites Hague Convention Article 66 and German war crimes, arguing peace must be victory over Germany. It calls for sinking U boats, more troops, and a strong Fourth Liberty Loan to back the effort.
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Germany
America
Hell
Frankfurter Zeitung
France
Belgium
Reichstag
Soldier Protects Pal in Ypres Story Sparks Liberty Loan
In Private Peat’s narration a wounded soldier hands his coat to a dying comrade amid gas attack at Ypres. The tale underscores trench sacrifice and tenderness, urging readers to match wartime nobility during the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
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Peat
Ypres
Cause and Cure of Cramps in the Leg Muscles
An overview of local leg cramps, chiefly calf contractions, their causes such as exercise, arterial hardening, and high blood pressure, and simple remedies like stretching and rubbing the affected area. Recurrent cramps suggest a constitutional fault needing medical advice.
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yYouth
Crown Prince Willie Teases Kaiser in France Letter
A WWI-era letter from Crown Prince Willie, written “Somewhere in France,” lampoons the Kaiser and mocks American troops. The prince complains Americans outpace German forces, mocks their language, and asks for more breastplates, while boasting of German prowess and desire to move the army back to Belgium. Dated September 28.
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France
Papa
Rhine
Maine
Kultur
Arizona
Notting
Belgium
Prince Willie
Fish skin shoes coming in fashion scare noted
The article jokes about leather scarcity pushing tanners to seek substitutes with fish skins as a possible future leather source. It speculates on fish skin shoes from shark and codfish and cites Waltons disciples debating curing methods while offering courting tips.
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Izaak Walton
Iike
Jungle Food in Malay States If Meat Shortage Hits
Singapore civil engineer Randolph L. Summerfield, on a government mission, says Malay States forests could supply meat during a famine. He notes monkeys, crocodiles, snakes as potential foods and describes cooking styles and delicacies.
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Seattle
Randolph L. Summerfield
Singapore
Mr. Summerfield
India
Proof Positive In Tar Heel Market Exchange
A market scene shows a customer and marketman discussing chicken freshness. The customer asks if the chicken is tender and freshly killed. The marketman insists he is positive, claiming he caught the chicken in his war garden just yesterday.
Classics Advice Amid Current Turmoil
A dialogue contrasts studying the classics with present events, suggesting a boy may lack time or willingness to retreat to ancient history while contemporary matters demand attention and engagement. The speaker weighs value against immediacy in education during tumultuous times.
Canada’s War Achievements Revealed by Public Information Director
The report states Canada entered the war with 3000 regulars and by last month overseas 390000, plus over 60000 in training at home, totaling 450000. Casualties include 43000 killed or died of wounds or disease, with 113007 listed sick or wounded, 24000 repatriated, 2224 prisoners, and 384 missing. Nursing sisters and soldiers earned about 10000 distinctions.
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Canada
Director of Public Information
France
Why He Must Win in France Says Darrow Rabbit Foot Tale
Clarence S. Darrow of Chicago recounts a French dugout scene after dining with General Mangin near Vimy Ridge. The general attributed his successes to luck, pulling a gold-mounted rabbit's foot from his pocket and saying it "is what's doing it," highlighting his humanity amid war.
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France
Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
Illinois
Vimy Ridge
Mr. Darrow
Chicagoan
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