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Newspaper

Russiaville Observer

Location

Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1918

Page

4

Officials Crack Down On Indiana Food Reports

More than forty Indianapolis bakers confectioners and restaurant keepers were cited to appear before the federal food administrator for failure to report correctly and to use approved substitutes. Licenses of Nicholas Prescan and N. K. Manolea were revoked. Wm. Greisinger’s false affidavit led to control measures over his confectionery business. A sugar seizure followed misrepresentation. Hoover's meat menu minutes suggest limiting beef to 144 pounds per person per week.

Indianapolis Nicholas Prescan N. K. Manolea Wm. Greisinger South Bend A. E. Eby St. Joseph County Harry E. Barnard Indiana Hoover Enti Ford Administration Indlang

Sugar Ration Rules Tighten In Indiana For Fourth Of July

Indiana imposes strict sugar limits to curb waste and prevent shortages. Affected are iced beverages and confections, with two pounds allowed city customers and five pounds rural, plus a 25 pound cap for canning. Purchases require sworn affidavits and certificates. Hoover urges ongoing conservation to sustain feed Europe and future harvests.

Indiana United States Europe Herbert Hoover

Food Reserves and Fire Hazards Warned for Rural Areas

The Food Administration urges farmers to guard stored crops during peak harvest season. Fire sources include lightning, defective flues, matches, and careless disposal of trash. Emphasis is on removing inflammables and having ladders buckets and lightning protection to save barns and feeds.

The Food Administration

Science letter questions depth and density arguments

The article discusses a debated claim about whether a heavy body sinks in water and how deep water could become as dense as cast iron. It notes a Scientific American rebuttal and a Washington laboratory authority letter calculating water density to extreme depths, suggesting ice forms and freezes at high pressures.

Shinoeren Scientific American Geographical Laboratory Washington

Curiosity and motor reveal in fragmented memoir

Fragmentary OCR reads as a memoir note describing early curiosity during a motor reveal event. The speaker recalls spending part of the section on a motor reveal and mentions Levi and a perilous moment, indicating a personal recollection with incomplete context.

Levi

Force of Habit Court Finds Willie Fined

A police magistrate imposes a fine of 10 dollars plus costs on Willie for disobedience. The incident involves a domestic dispute and appears in the local court record.

John Willie Hubby

Winter Flowers in Bright Winter Arrangements

The article notes how rooms can be brightened in winter with tastefully arranged everlasting flowers. It highlights the European use and commercial cultivation in France for wreaths and bouquets, and lists hardy perennials such as sea lavender, pearly everlasting, chalk plant, sea holly, and globe thistle.

Comet Speaks on Earth Journey and Tail Unfolding

ITS MISSION. Are you going to earth asked the Star of the Comet. Yes replied the Comet and when I get there I will a tail un fold.

Earth

Grocer Carman Suspended as Wheat Flour Substitutes Scrutinized

Lafayet te grocer E A Carman faces a one week business suspension starting May 12 after selling pancake flour as a wheat flour substitute at high prices. Tippecanoe county food administrator led the action, with Carl Simms directing price investigations of cereals and substitutes. Herbert Hoover warns corn meal and white corn flour should be priced 10 to 15 percent below wheat flour and promises summary action against inflated rates.

E. A. Carman Lafayette Tippecanoe County Carl Simms Washington Herbert Hoover Dr. Barnard

Hoover criticizes bread price rise over substitute costs

Mr. Hoover says there is no justification for higher bread prices given cheap substitutes. He notes corn meal and corn flour prices have fallen and warns dealers proposing bread hikes must provide stronger reasons or face possible profiteering charges.

Hoover

The Lesson in Liberty Bonds Bragging

Miss Cayenne questions ostentation as a man boasts about buying many Liberty bonds. The exchange reveals tension between social propriety and pride in wealth.

Miss Cayenne

For Rent: Six Room Cottage and Five Room Bungalow

For Rent: a six room cottage and a five room modern bungalow at Russiaville. Apply to Enid Maris, 608 S Main Street, Kokomo Indiana. Free sale bills for that sale. Won't that sound pretty good. Come in and let us tell you about how you can get them that way.

Russiaville Enid Maris S. Main Street Kokomo Indiana

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Geo. L. Woodey Congress Fred S. Purnell Don P. Strode D. Lawrence Bock Thurman C. Sanders Ora Butler Henry Quigley William B County Recorder QO. W Bill) Bailey Surveyor Elsworth Hunt Robert C. Davies Lommi Goner Joe Rodkey Ezra Jackson Honey Creek Thomas E. Lindley William Howard Smith Sylvester N. Hamilton Constable John Tingle Owen L. Ratcliff Earl J. Butler John M. Waddell Hunter Chalman & Levi Shoe Department Rome’ S Growing Girls Paplew Ag Wwe Bae Niccaim Bo Olbad Lelie Elwood Callaway Park Madison County County Council of Defense Ft. Ben Harrison Lilly J. P. Buckley the City Drug Store G. W. Kemp C. H. Allison Insurance Hartford Fire Insurance CO Home Fire Insuranc Company N. Y
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