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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
6
Readers learn new home grown roasting ears arrive and fruit from California and Georgia improves in quality. Prices hold firm on butter eggs flour and potatoes while vegetables wax beans and cucumbers dominate shelves. Fruits include Bartlett pears grapes Persians and seedless varieties with watermelons and cantaloupes cited as top sellers.
War department notices local officers that a man calling himself Baron Dr. De Orgler poses as an army recruiting agent. He shows war films and urges enlistment in an objectionable manner. If seen in Quincy or nearby, contact local Department of Justice agents.
Army expands baker units with 40 new companies under the quartermaster department, adding to 10 US continental units. Composed of lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, privates, and two cooks, they operate 13 Nopene field bakeries each. Enlisted pay ranges from 30 to 51 dollars monthly. Owen Supplies 1,800 men. Each bakery unit requires a personnel of
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