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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
5
This excerpt urges voluntary sacrifice to conserve food for global needs during the 1918 winter in America. It emphasizes individual duty to eat prudently for national and world welfare under the United States Food Administration.
A wheatless biscuit recipe uses parched cornmeal, peanut butter, salt, and water. The cornmeal is browned in the oven, then mixed with peanut butter and water to form a drop-batter dough. Bake in small cakes on an ungreased pan to yield sixteen biscuits with high protein content.
An old fashioned corm mulling recipe is revived for use in several large New York mills. To make three and a half dozen muufling, mix one quart milk with six ounces butter substitute and twelve ounces light syrup or honey. Beat in four eggs with a pinch of salt, then add two ounces baking powder, one and a half pounds cornmeal and one and a half pounds rye flour. Combine by adding milk then rye flour mixture.
The British government helps pay for bread, spending 200,000,000 annually. It owns all grain and buys imported wheat, then sells war bread at low prices. France operates similarly with affordable four pound bread at 16 cents.
In the Motel Gazette Niles argues meat shortages may persist for years after peace and calls for permanent meatless menus using cereals vegetables and fish. He notes cereals and protein foods can replace meat with small portions and highlights American Creole and southern cuisine as promising fields for study.
Come to Pickens to do your trading. Our merchants have the goods and they will treat you right.
The piece argues farmers should maximize output per acre to offset a labor shortage. It urges using fertilizer, better seed, and improved machinery rather than expanding cultivated acreage, citing a fertilizer example that yields substantial lint cotton and seed gains and highlighting the need for efficient labor use.
The ad claims constipation causes headaches back pain and other symptoms and promotes Granger Liver Regulator as a safe remedy. It boasts no calomel content or alcohol and says the product is suitable for children and adults and priced at 25 cents a box.
A promotional note urges merchants to advertise with the paper to invest in the community and gain returns. It stresses public benefit from local ads and invites showing goods in windows and placing advertisements.
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