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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1918
Page
5
A Housewife urges New Year resolutions centered on conserving food for soldiers and allies. She condemns waste, promotes Hoover dinners and substitutes, and presents a model meatless dinner drawn from home supplies. The piece emphasizes sacrifice, unity, and feeding the front and allies to shorten the war.
A domestic wartime reflection urges honoring the sacrifices of soldiers and especially their wives and families. It urges readers to ease privations at home with Hoover dinner ideas, home grown foods, and practical recipes, stressing resilience, charity, and community support during wartime hardship.
Miss Almeia Eckes of Minneapolis reports a three week eczema breakout on face and arms cured after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes relief, purchase of a soap cake and ointment, and full recovery. The ad promotes free samples by mail and lists prices 75c for soap and 25 and 50c for ointment.
Directions describe boiling molasses to form a soft ball in water then gradually adding fruit and cooking until the fruit becomes clear. The method yields a preserved fruit candy with a glossy finish.
A simple wartime dessert using hot molasses with a touch of butter as a sauce for rice hasty pudding or biscuits. The recipe emphasizes economical ingredients and quick preparation.
The Patriotic league, a war time initiative of the YWCA, promotes applied patriotism for all girls. Over 120 cities have adopted the idea with buttons sold nationwide. Miss Elizabeth French, a Vassar graduate, leads talks, and Burlington calls it Recruiting Officers. The group uses ranks like sergeant and wears navy blue and white armbands. The league will be explained at today 4 PM vesper services by Miss Mary Harness and Miss Mary B Ayde.
Classified by county board lists names of officials and locales including Quincy Camp Point Coatsburg Clayton Beverly Kellerville Lima Coatsburg and other towns. The roster covers multiple individuals with positions and hometowns across Illinois counties.
A taupe faille frock trimmed in blue and taupe checks features black velvet buttons and a slim belt. The very narrow underskirt contrasts with a flaring tunic, a Princess style relief from recent drapery trends, with potential fabric economy using matching lining. High choker collars popular for early spring.
A long roster of individuals is shown with towns such as Quincy Mendon Payson and Ursa, listed by class levels from Two to Five. The list includes Peters Phillips Daugherty Degitz O'Brien Retuter Ehrgott Lindberg Lita Wagner Wright Naderhoff Gooding Smith Schwingels O'Conner Francis Lock Dark Schwartz Ferguson Dedert Pieper McGartland Morton Clark Diker Rust Grovert Linthicum Hendricks Schaberg McLaughlin Dempsey Myers Booth Eber Timmons Bockhold Vradenburg Wollbrink Gabei Vinson Gronewold Conover Dedert Miller Schlipman Schreach Paloma Brookshier Miller and Flack among others.
An old advertisement touts Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues in men and women. It promises bladder regulation for children, mail order option for 31.09, with testimonials and a two month treatment per bottle. Dr BE Halt of St. Louis is named as the provider.
Weather bureau predictions for the week of January 6 report frequent snows in the Great Lakes region with generally cold but not extreme temperatures. Upper Mississippi and Lower Mississippi valleys are forecast to be mostly fair with snow likely midweek and a modestly cooler Sunday ahead.
Chicago January 6 Medill McCormick congressman at large Illinois formally announces his candidacy as a Republican for the United States Senate seeking the party nomination and rallying support from supporters in Illinois and national Republicans.
Fat persons above normal weight can slim down without starvation. Open air, deep breathing, and Korean capsules taken after meals and at night are advised. Claims of rapid results within days accompany guidance to follow box directions for safer, longer life and happiness.
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