Allies Demand More Cereals Amid Meat Supply Worries
The Food Administration explains enlarged meat supplies for the next two to three months and urges continued reductions in bread consumption to balance exports to Allies. It notes hog weights rise as feeding and transport improve, and suggests home pork preservation to ease packing and transport pressures. The aim remains to adjust food balance without relaxing overall conservation. Uncle Sam’s War Savings Stamps encourage public savings.
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Food Administration
Pood Administration
War Savings Day Calls for Subscriptions in June
National and state proclamations call all taxpayers and wage earners to meet on Friday June 28 to subscribe to War Savings Stamps. Meetings will be held at 8 30 PM in rural school houses with records of attendance and subscriptions kept. Subscriptions may be paid during 1918 and will be redeemed for five dollars each on January 1 1923. The price per stamp rises monthly from four dollars nineteen cents in June to higher amounts as the year progresses.
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War Savings
Kansas
United States Treasury Department
Red Cross Canteen Boosts Soldier Morale from France Letter
A mother preserves a Red Cross worker son’s letter from France describing a canteen visit near a trench line. The soldier recalls baths, meals, barber services, films, and a dry bed, praising the Red Cross for restoring dignity and nerve to press on against the Kaiser. Other local items include a county school commencement with 162 graduates and a birthday party at Mrs Ostberg’s with Teddy.
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France
Paris
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American Red Cross
Hawking and Weislagel Visit. Aggie Town Market
Mrs H D Hawking arrived from Republic for a short visit with friends and relatives. Will Weislagel came up from Manhattan and works as a meat cutter in a major market at the Aggie town.
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Republic
Will Weislagel
Manhattan
Will
Aggie Town
Gow
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