Sugar Ration Plan Aims at Two Pounds Per Person Monthly
The Food Administration outlines voluntary sugar reductions for households to two pounds per person per month and two pounds for institutions per ninety meals served. Merchants will base allotments on this rate to ensure equitable distribution. production shortfalls and naval losses complicate supply while large-scale needs for troops and allies persist.
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North Carolina Anxious Over Sugar Shortage Not Suffering
State leaders say North Carolina faces no sugar shortage as experiments with substitutes expand canning and preserving. Mrs McKimmon and aides test syrups from corn, sorghum, and fruit to age for best results and plan bulletins to guide home canning across the state.
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Classified Ad Column Sparks on First Street and Local Stores
A jumble of small notices mentions a sidewalk advertisement on First Street between Roanoke Avenue and Hamilton Street last Thursday night. It notes a local jeweler sale at Lynch's Jewelry Store and references civic items, examinations, and various service charges.
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Roanoke Rapids
Lynch’s
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Paper skullcaps for hats spark medical debate
An article ridicules a proposal by Dr. W. A. Manheimer to require paper skullcaps for hat wearers to prevent hatband disease. It notes impracticality, argues against universal adoption, and jokes about wider sanitary schemes while urging patience until next season.
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W. A. Manheimer
American Association For Promoting Hygiene
Manhetton
Mahelmer
Pulping Fruits By Haglich Method For Preserving
Drying and pulping fruits guides describe pressing Piney fruit until moisture prevents burning, then heating to pulp and filling sterilized jars. Add water to prevent scorching for apples and note sugar cautions. Pulp used for jam, stews, puddings, and pan sauces. sugar amounts vary. Some items can be canned without sugar this year.
Food Administration Motto in Wartime Speech
A clipped wartime exchange shows critics urging thrift and fair dealing. A dealer deflects with a joke about dictionaries as a buyer and seller clash over prices and profiteering in a period of rationing.
Reputation Value of Strength and Perseverance
A quotation underscores the priceless value of a strong willed and indefatigable reputation. Charles Darwin notes that such character intimidates foes and clears the way for undertakings.
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Charles Darwin
Tar Heels Will Get Higher Wheat Price in NC
North Carolina wheat growers are to receive higher prices for the new crop under Grain Corporation rules. The base prices set include No 1 red wheat around 445 per bushel and No 2 red wheat per bushel, with assurances that mills must not sell flour and mill feeds above fair prices. The plan ties local prices to St Louis figures and freight, with Newport News sale optional, as North Carolina remains an importing state.
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Newport News
Hops Eaten As Vegetable In Ancient and Modern Diets
The article notes that Romans and Bavarians ate hops as a vegetable, preferring tender top shoots to blossoms and preparing them like asparagus salad. It also mentions a French electric heater for rooms, a carpet woven with wires to distribute current from a light socket.
Health and hygiene myths in medical history
A critical piece from the State Board of Health discusses how old medical dogma about open air and disease prevention has shifted. It covers beliefs on exposure to fresh air, temperature effects on infections, and the persistence of “grippe” and related illnesses despite evolving theories.
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