Fix Threshing Machines for Next Season
Wisconsin readers are urged by the U S Food Administration Threshing Division to prepare threshing machines binders and grain handling gear for next season Repairs should be ordered promptly as raw materials labor and factory demand tighten An admin official notes supervision has saved thousands of bushels and warns that some repairs may be overlooked leading to mishaps when delays are costly
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Wisconsin
U. S
Magnus Swenson
Radeu
Beads in Childs Ear Prompt Medical Effort in New Orleans
Doctors at Charity Hospital removed three beads from five year old Aca Buckley of 2419 Banks Street after she jammed them into an ear during play. The beads sank deeper despite her attempts, prompting medical intervention. The report notes the event occurred in New Orleans Louisiana and cites hospital action along with the child’s age and address.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Aca Buckley
Banks Street
Prices for meats and grain from Sparr Cereal Company
A listing of prices in a 19th or early 20th century market page shows many commodities. Beef, pork, veal, and lamb hams and hides are priced by weight or unit, plus a long line of flour, feed, and grain items measured per bushel, ton, or barrel. Specific prices are garbled but indicate standard wholesale quotes and carrier names.
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Sparr Cerial Company
Exceptions Given Ten Eating Place Orders
The Youd Administration explains several exceptions to new eating place rules. Sandwiches are exempt from restitution in Order Law due to daily meals at lunch counters. Poached eggs or chipped beef on toast are allowed with toast garnish. Ham and eggs or bacon and eggs are allowed but not two meats together. Waste disposal issues should be reported to the Food Administration.
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Tpo
Youd
Food Administration
Farmers to Sign Mill Feed Pledges
Farmers to sign pledges limiting mill feeds to feeding dairy cattle poultry young pigs calves or bran mash for weekly use. Letters go to mills asking pledges printed for display and inspectors to verify kept on file. Hooves to address conservation of wheat mill feeds, ensuring informed restraint and availability.
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Land Administration
Whem
Anills Ao Mit
Wisconsin Farmers Granted Permission to Grind Mixed Grains for Feed
Farmers who have printed mixed grains for grinding into feed for stock are granted permission by the United States Food Administration for Wisconsin. They will not be compelled to stop the practice, the Administration states its intention to discourage planting mixed grains for feed.
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United States Food Administration
Eparab
Letters From Abroad Describe Food Shortages and Hopeful News
The message from a mother in Mexico City notes food shortages and elm hush amid wartime strain. She mentions sugarless desserts, attempts to send treats, and a plan for duck hunting, while a separate brief reports an influenza epidemic and a Mexico-wide spread with around sixty thousand cases.
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A. Wilery
Demands for German Republic Reported in Reichstag Row
The session marked by former prisoner Here Duty, a suffragist, calling for a German republic as followers of independent socialists oppose the demand. Italian aviators bombed camps and a railway station at Caldonazzo, with limited enemy aircraft downed amid ongoing combat.
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German Republic
Uague
Uereichstag
Rowe
Caldonazze
Twins ages argued in freak show age dispute at Coney Island
The Godino twins, shown in a circus at Coney Island, faced a custody hearing as physicians failed to determine their ages. Testimony varied from eleven to eighteen, with experts admitting they were not qualified to give a definite statement. The court debated reports by the Children’s Society and the twins’ welfare amid allegations of improper care and feeding.
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New York
Lucio
Simplico Godino
Smartins
Coney Island
Luthes Dunlavey
Mately
Luvi
Adi
Manly
Samars
Somnambulist Boy Climbs Roof at Mount Carmel
Harry Lucas investigated after hearing a voice on the housetop and found his ten year old son Harold clinging to the peak of a Mount Carmel roof. A ladder was needed to rescue him as the boy, moved by somnambulism, had left bed and crawled up the water spout to the roof peak.
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Mount Carmel
Harry Lucas
Harold
Lucas
Home Card Tells of World's Needs During War
The Home Card explains the U S Food Administration program balancing Army and Allied needs with global food supplies. It urges Americans to economize on food as weather hurts crops and transport costs rise, while export aid must grow to feed troops and millions abroad. The card will reach about 2.6 million households in early December.
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United States
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Armenia
Russia
United States Food Administration
New York
Liverpool
Buenos Ayres
Bombay
Ales
Australia
Increased Sugar Allowance To Three Pounds Per Person
A government and administrative action raises the household sugar allotment from two to three pounds per person per month in Wisconsin and nationwide. The change applies to monthly per family purchases, allowing a single purchase for the whole household from major trades.
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U. S
Wisconsin
Liar West
Louisiana
Erie Bers
Uscel
Order IV for Public Eating Places Explained
The document outlines restrictions on offerings at eating places under Order IV from the Twelve General Rules for public eating prices. It lists prohibited items and allowed items such as certain beverages and meals, noting specific dishes like liver, bacon, chicken, and various sandwiches may be served at events or meals.
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U.S. Food Administration
Livestock Census Urgency Drives Food Administration Efforts
A wartime appeal urges a comprehensive cattle and hog census to guide the United States Food Administration. The drive emphasizes tracking meat supplies for export and domestic use, preserving dairy herds for postwar lands, and supporting Allied farms as war demands reshape agriculture.
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United States Food Administration
Limited Resources and War Preparation Speech
Ferguson argues that Britain built wartime wealth from outstanding legal claims and global industrial ties, while the United States lacks comparable resources and capital. He laments the absence of a robust external economic base and stresses reliance on current wartime contributions only.
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England
United States
Chares Ferguson
Poet's Declaration of Rights Four Lives Quote
John Gould Fletcher in Poetry proclaims that each person has a right to four lives and that no one may possess more or fewer than that. The line reflects a lyric assertion of equal, multiple lives for every individual.
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Ure
John Gould Fletcher
Wisconsin Summons Involving Wood County Land Case
State of Wisconsin issues multiple summons in Wood County Circuit Court. Defendants including Andrew Hansen, Alois Dungworth, Jacob Wilhelm, Mary Diem, George Bauer and others are ordered to appear within twenty days to defend actions affecting land titles described along Central Avenue and adjacent streets in Marshfield.
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State OF
Wisconsin
Wood County
CG. B. Edwards
P. O
Marshfield
Nic Adam Wilhelm
Jacob Wilhelm
Mary Diem
George Bauer
Margaret Knumer
John Trauer
Tereby
Actio
Noth
Sixth Street
Gain Central Avenue
Central Avenue
Wilhelm
Od Coury
County
Such Women Just Have to Give Up Narragansett Pier
Mrs Hanish Randall, living in Narragansett Pier, says she was run down and in constant tiredness while caring for her husband and four children. She attributes her restored health to Vinal and urges others in similar condition to try it.
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Vinci
G. H. Lamson
Narragansett Pier
Hanish Randall
Rendows
Anacmis
Ehli
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Marvy Ebert
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Jyventhy
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R Morey
Hannah Rhodes
Alvin W. Rhailes
Plaratit
Andrew G. Hansen and
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B. Edwards
Wisgersitt
Dina. Anderson
Louey Anderson
Chamberlain
M. P. Harwood
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N.Y
Réiler
Rimohreya' Nomeo
TAU Wan Sere
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William St
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