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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
16
The U S Food Administration asks every American to limit sugar to two pounds per month and half a pound per week until January 1 1919 to ensure military and allied needs. Sugar sources including Sudan beet and Louisiana cane will be used to maintain stocks as October arrivals begin and November crops appear.
A prompt asks readers to declare nationality and heritage, claiming a required American identity while referencing German ancestry. The note presses membership and subscription concepts, framed as an invitation to join the newspaper’s reader family.
A call to all able bodied citizens to engage in either direct struggle for humanity or constructive work aiding humanitarian goals. The stance emphasizes duty and collective effort during national or social crises.
Indiana allocates 8883 pounds of sugar for August a sharp cut from prior levels. July certificates totaled over 14 million pounds with 13 million distributed. August allocations set at 2 pounds per person per month. Saccharin use rises as sugar scarce. Indiana law bans saccharin in production. Egg stocks remain steady with rising consumption and scarce poultry. beef exports surge to Europe.
S Moskowitz of Evansville, a poultry shipper, was allowed to contribute $500 to war charities in place of a one week business suspension. He admitted to improperly feeding poultry en route from Evansville to New York. the feed contained sand and gravel.
Large fall feed led to heavier hogs at market and stronger exports. European buyers had grown used to fatter weights, and they now seek a return to customary weights as foreign agencies request adjustments.
The Gary Baking Company of Gary Indiana confessed to using too little substitutes with wheat flour and was permitted to contribute 500 dollars to local war charities.
Charles G. Vahl of Browns Town Indiana admitted neglecting the required substitutes in his bakery products after repeated warnings. Federal food administrator C H Wiethoff for Jackson County ordered the shutdown of Vahl's business for 90 days.
Local readers hear of a Bayliss Overland Show coming Friday evening featuring 21 cents worth of clean amusement from a troupe of skilled artists. Multiple local residents visited, including Harvey Homman and family, I A Snoberger, and W G Bussard families, with many attendees listed at several homes.
Ed Skinner and family visited from Peru staying until Monday at the J Skinner home. John Isaac visited grandparents Jerry Chapman and family. The Bayliss overland show and performers arrive Friday with acts including Trish and negro comedians. Mrs F D Hayman offers reward for a missing item as Lake Tippecanoe and local visiting rounds wrap the week.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of Fr Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason witnessed on December 6 1886. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act directly on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials available. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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