Some Sugar Questions and Answers at County Fair
The red lemonade served at the county fair this fall will not be sweet ened.
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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
4
The red lemonade served at the county fair this fall will not be sweet ened.
The food administrator announces no sugar certificates will be issued to churches clubs or associations by temporary eating places at fairs for sugar used in lemonade. For table service sugar may be obtained by temporary eating places serving twenty five or more people.
A formal notice states the author acknowledges criticism over discontinuing boxing of ice iss and declares it is due to the public and themselves to express their position.
The county food administration outlines sugar allotments and procedures for households and temporary workers. Questions about lemonade, guests, cooking, and public use are answered, including allowances of two pounds per person per month and three pounds per ninety meals for large groups. Sugar must be served in individual envelopes or lumps.
Madison reports that over 200,000 automobile licenses will be issued in 1918 covering passenger cars and motor trucks but not dealers or motorcycles. Through June, licenses total 182,700, with 164,800 for all of 1917. The six months of 1918 show a 30 percent rise, and receipts from licenses exceed estimates by about $250,000.
R R William secretary of the Central Wisconsin State Fair announced that one gold medal, offered by the Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders association, will be awarded to the boy with the best livestock judging at the Marshfield fair on September 3, 4, 6 and 6.
The contest welcomes boys 10 to 16 who have not attended an agricultural college. Each boy must place at least three classes of five stock, including four animals with one class of draft horses dairy or beef cattle and sheep or swine. The association requires at least five entrants. Judges named by the livestock judging superintendent will examine contestants. Along with a gold medal bearing the winner and his county, cash awards go to other winners by fair association officials.
Washington says publishers may send copies free to camp libraries and recognized organizations but not to individual soldiers or abroad unless paid. Exchanges between publishers must end and each paper sent must have a bona fide paid subscription. War Industries Board chief Donnelley will enforce the rule strictly.
Mrs George Booth is named captain of the Red Cross Motor Corps with charge of all auto service. Patriotism and devotion are praised in Mrs Anna Budahn of Marshfield who since June 1627 produced large sewing quantities. The August surgical dressing quota is small and the department will take a rest until a new quota arrives. New knitting can be done on the veranda.
The Adler theater opens the week with Baby Marie Osborne in Daddy's Girl Tomorrow night and Friday. Saturdays features Vengeance and the Woman with The Marriage Speculation. Sunday matinee and evening offer An American Live Wire with Harle Williams plus Hearst-Pathe News and a Harmony Orchestra. Next Thursday and Friday Adler screens To Hell With the Kaiser.
A hungry man, claiming service at the front, tells a backdoor visitor his tale. The woman, moved by compassion, offers food and asks for his deed of heroism. He replies he knocked but found no one heard, then went around to the back.
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