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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
3
The article promotes using gluten-free and alternate flours to relieve wheat shortages. It covers barley, corn, buckwheat, oatmeal, sweet potato, kafir, zetersta, peanut meal, and soy-bean meal as substitutes in biscuits muffins and waffles. Instructions include ratios and recipes like barley drop biscuits and corn flour muffins.
Public urged to learn quick breads made from cornmeal and wheat substitutes as a patriotic duty. Warns that familiarity would ease wheat shortages and benefit war effort while offering tasty bread for families.
The article urges fair pricing at markets for two spinach types prickly seeded and Savoy leaf noting they differ in appearance but share equal food value and flavor. It explains prickly seeded spinach is returning due to scarce Savoy seed and counters beliefs that it is a new variety. U S Department of Agriculture specialists want this clarified to prevent losses from misperception.
An 85 bushel corn yield yields high protein and calories, supporting more human food supply. Urges increased cornmeal use, urging millers to improve quality and households to substitute cornmeal for wheat in bread and other uses. Notes Americans' familiarity with corn makes domestic expansion easier than in Europe.
Legumes such as beans and peas provide substantial protein but cannot fully replace meat or dairy. They work best when combined with meat or other protein sources in dishes like pork and beans, bean soup with eggs, and stews or chowders with milk.
A fortune teller’s words spark a dramatic exchange as a woman notes her meeting with a seemingly perfect partner has not occurred. She recalls the teller’s claim of a soulmate and rebuffs the notion by revealing the foretold meeting with a boastful, foolish admirer who flatters her.
Hubmow explains autocrat rule in his house while his wife presses to hang Uncle George's portrait. He plans to delay until tomorrow but wife insists now, prompting a quick promise to clarify the term later.
Cleveland Tenn Mrs Joansd Felker recounts relief from long standing abdominal and back pain after using Cardui. She credits improved health and strength to Cardui with recovery periods of days to weeks and recommends others try Cardus as well. Ad text continues with unrelated product mentions.
Mr Dobbs demands his shoes from a bankrupt cobbler named Threadwax. The cobbler claims collapse and refuses full service. A single shoe drops to Dobbs as Threadwax, unseen, pays only half the price, leaving the other shoe missing.
A cheeky line shows a banker offering easy money after a Liberty bond sale and a young woman replying to charge it. An advert then notes indigestion symptoms and touts Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills as a digestive aid.
A fragmentary quip casts the sixth sense as danger in the air for married men. The joke notes valor rewards and remarks a soldier alone wears a wrist-watch without looking silly.
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