Appeal to Kentucky Towns on Food Crisis Mobilize Gardens Now
A WWI era appeal urges every American town in Kentucky to boost food production through home gardens to support allies and soldiers. Led by Food Administrator Herbert Hoover, the message calls for organized volunteer efforts, noting idle land and capable volunteers to multiply garden output amid rail and shipping strains.
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Kentucky
Washington
America
Mr. Hoover
W. Ss
Foods That Are Patriotic War Recipes Scrap Book
Dishes praised at a Grand Rapids conservation food show endorsed by the Grand Rapids Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense. Escalloped Fish uses tuna butter crumbs and seasonings. Codfish Balls combine fish with mashed potatoes. Finnan Haddie Caledonian Style is simmered in milk and water then served with cream sauce.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Potato Dish and Fruit Salad Recipe Snippet
A fragment describes baked potatoes, an apple and nut salad served on lettuce, and cottage cheese with salt pepper and cream. The text outlines simple quantities and serving suggestions for each item as a light, plain course option.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce, praising Cheney's trustworthiness. Also promotes Hall's Catapult Cure and Hall's Family Pills with pricing and availability details.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Hal
Advertising Club talk outlines three results from campaigns
John Lee Mahin of the Federal Advertising Agency addressed the Advertising Club of New York stating that advertising can be an investment, a direct sales producer, and a driver of greater consumer service. He argued ads deserve support when softening sales pressure is needed, noting much advertising overemphasizes sales outcomes.
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Advertising Club of
New York City
John Lee Mahin
Federal Advertising Agency
Mahin
Advertising value and food campaigns urge wartime rationing
A speaker argues that advertising enhances product value by showing practical uses in daily life. He cites batteries, tires, soaps, food items, and home equipment as examples. The talk urges eating potatoes to save wheat, boosting European shipments and ally support, and ends with a call to bring work to the Advocate office.
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Mahin
America
Europe
Germany
Acre
United States
Ss. S
Black Draught Promoted by Georgia Family
A Ringgold Georgia letter extols Thedford's Black Draught as a longtime family remedy for headaches from constipation and malaria chills. The writer credits it with saving doctor bills and keeping them out of bed, noting it helps liver and bowel troubles and is a purely vegetable tonic.
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Ringgold
Chas
Gaston
Thedford
Seneca Sk
Nebraska Buys Tenth of War Savings Stamps Sold
Nebraska has purchased one tenth of all war savings and thrift stamps sold since the campaign began. By April 1 total sales reached 149 361 972 dollars with Nebraska contributing 14 343 991 dollars. Nebraska has raised 11.06 per person in its borders. possui per capita comparisons place District of Columbia second and Missouri and Kansas after.
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Nebraska
National War Savings Committee
District of Columbia
Missouri
Kansas
Wife's Dog Drives Man to Divorce Court
Herbert Ewald tells Detroit court that his wife loved their big St Bernard Major more than him and often let the dog sleep in their bed. The case is under advisement as tensions mount in the domestic dispute.
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Major
Herbert Ewald
Ewald
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