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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
4
Mrs Gadd recalls years of left side pain and sleepless nights before using Cardus. She reports gradual improvement after one bottle and full relief after a second course, attributing the cure to Cardus and recommending it to other women. The ad claims many thousands of women have benefited over 40 years and cites symptoms such as headaches backaches and nervousness.
We seek all kinds of furs hides pelts including muskrat and possum. Highest cash prices paid for old metal old rubber rags old paper bones and junk. If you have anything to sell, send word and we will come to buy it.
In a brief wartime style notice, W Luria of Shepherdstown West Virginia requests immediate work aboard a wagon or related job. The author notes possessing a large wallet and a house and signs as Myers.
An official statement emphasizes Europe's hunger amid war, urging strict food conservation. It warns that wasting any food is an absolute sin, as every ounce conserved must reach starving stomachs in Europe and allied nations share no waste. It frames food as life and responsibility for all.
British government spends about 20 million dollars yearly on war bread, helping lower consumer prices in Britain versus America while adulteration and control of grain raise costs. Britain seizes home and imported grain, then sells four pound loaves at 18 cents and one pound loaves at 5 cents, with higher flour extraction and adulteration limits compared to the United States.
Officials announce plans to measure wheat exports to preserve domestic supplies for Americans until the next harvest. The nation has already shipped surplus beyond what is needed for population, with December shipments continuing only as allowed by current conservation and demand.
A historical recipe asserts wheat corn bread is more nutritious than pure wheat bread. It provides steps using milk or water, yeast, salt, sugar, fat, cornmeal, and wheat flour, with two preparation paths including cooking the cornmeal or using it raw, and guidance on ratios and rising times.
The 1917 French wheat crop was well below normal, with a 176 million bushel shortfall, sugar beets lagged 87.9 percent, potatoes were one third short, and meat herds were down 1.8 million. The piece argues America must feed its allies who cannot feed themselves or risk starvation and defeat in the war.
A note warns that carelessness causes delays and possible monetary loss. It advises returning the receiver to the hook after finishing a conversation and to smile when making a telephone call. The text emphasizes courtesy and attention in everyday phone use.
Herbert Hoover, United States food administrator, said sugar control saved about 180 million dollars as the nation’s supply was reduced to 70 percent of normal. He noted prices would have risen to 20 cents a pound without action, and explained voluntary regulations kept retailers within eight to nine cents a pound while consumers saved 180 million. The report discusses shipping limits, global shortages, and the need to curb sugar use to aid war efforts.
War time measures shift cattle and hog production across Europe and North America. American policy urges conservation to protect beef, veal, and pork supplies while France and England struggle with livestock and forage shortages. U S authorities seek to boost flocks and herds, discourage veal killings, and align farm practices with wartime needs.
The government denies any plan to commandeer preserves and foods stored at home. Officials in Washington assure patriotic housewives their home stocked foods are theirs and not subject to seizure despite rumors spread by wartime propaganda and profiteers.
A New York hotel promotes a corn bread recipe blending cornmeal rye flour and dairy ingredients amid notes on wheat flour usage for allied patrons. The recipe yields a large pan and includes milk butter syrup eggs salt cornmeal rye flour and baking powder. A farm anecdote follows about hospitality and milk, then obituaries note Mrs. Mary Cox of Martinsburg born near Middleway in Jefferson county. She left a son and two daughters.
Reports reaching the United States food administration indicate that illegal German food sales persist despite strict controls. Butter sells for 1.75 to 2.25 per pound, eggs 10 to 15 cents each, and bacon or ham up to 2.26 to 8.26 per pound. A Montana sheriff bans card tables in saloons and clubs as a war measure, while Secretary Baker tells Congress the War Department supports discharging draft-age men over 30 who registered on June 5, 1917 and have not yet been called.
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