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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
6
Government food controls and substitutes literacy are spread through public libraries which carry bulletins on sugar limits, wheat substitutes, canning, and preservation. libraries guide residents to home uses from cookery to poultry feeding and domestic conservation during shortages.
About 2 000 cases of Food Administration violations in Illinois were investigated over three months by the Bureau of National Enforcement. Offenders included grocers bakers and milk and ice dealers who sold flour beyond limits or without substitutions or sugar limits. Most penalties came from flour rule breaches as violators responded to new food rulings and desired fair pricing.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges housewives to can fresh fruits and vegetables now to stock for winter. Guides describe sugarless canning, neutralizing acid, and sterilizing fruit juice for jelly and tart fruit butter, with bulletins 85a 839 853 and 900 issued free on request.
The United States Food Administration Illinois Division issues beef serving rules for public eateries. Beef in any form may be served Friday to Monday 10 30 am to 5 pm and Tuesday to Thursday 5 pm to 9 pm. Leftovers cannot be served outside these hours. By products such as heads tongues tails livers hearts tripe feet barreled beef potted beef beef loaf chili con carne beef trimmings frankfurter sausage and bologna sausage have no restrictions. Violations should be reported in writing to the Illinois Division office at 111 W. Washington St Chicago.
The United States Food Administration urges households to conserve ice as heat increases. Preserve food and comfort by cooling practices, keep refrigerators cool and doors closed, avoid warming foods, limit ice in drinks, and use bottled water from the fridge. Cooperation helps extend supplies and free labor for other tasks.
The U S Food Administration seeks a nationwide effort to save garbage for food and material use. Chicago reports 18 tons wasted daily from apartment incinerators, urging landlords and residents to stop burning waste and keep food scraps separate for collection and reduction.
A terse wartime verse urges small daily acts of effort. It calls for extra labor and discipline from Deo and others, implying sustained effort until victory despite hardship.
August Rinnick, renowned for brevity, tries to persuade his stenographer Miss Perch to marry him by offering to change her surname to Rinnick. Miss Perch replies simply that she is otherwise engaged, sending a brisk, humorous refusal through the mail.
In 1908 Hyderabads independent state gained a modern mint and recalled coins used before. The old Hyderabad mint resembled a coppersmith shop with scrap copper melted and hammered into rough tolls, varying in weight shape and quality. Licenses were issued to aid production and unlicensed makers adulterated with lead, some coins sent to England rejected for impurity and repurposed locally.
Osceola Ark inventors unveil a new breath-guard device. A curved glass shield covered by a nose clip is worn to block inhaling germs from patients, offering protection for dentists barbers and physicians in close contact settings.
The English government outlawed suttees in December 1829 but incidents continued. The text notes a Beigoon rajah’s son’s wife dying in 1864, wives of Sir Tung Bahadoor in 1877, a Poona suttee in 1890, and isolated cases into 1905 with participants punished.
A passage notes songs helping sailors time rope work aboard ships. The piece recalls singing while loading cargo and adjusting tempo with the windlass, citing a favorite ditty about a new ship and a Yankee crew to illustrate morale and teamwork at sea.
Master in Chancery will sell at public auction on August 3 1918 at 2 PM at Spring Valley City Hall West Front Door Bureau County Illinois Lot 13 Block 12 Greenwoods Addition to Spring Valley excluding underlying coal and fire clay rights with digging rights subject to 1918 general taxes and special paving installments. Cash in hand day of sale. Complainants solicitor N Hollerich.
Notice is given under an 1911 city ordinance to control dogs due to danger from mad dogs. The city warns dogs must be muzzled and not allowed to roam freely, effective from the seventh day. The declaration cites the city council and mayor and references the ordinance text.
The city ordinance requires proper dog tagging and warns that untagged animals will be killed. Dated June 5, 1918, this notice from Mayor W. H. Burnell of Spring Valley Illinois states enforcement until further notice.
The undersigned as Executor of the last Will and Testament of Antonio Viano deceased of Bureau County Illinois gives notice he will appear before the Bureau County Court at Princeton Court House in August to adjust claims. Creditors must attend and debtors must pay promptly. Dated June 6, 1918.
A western household found their pet goat ate two sticks of dynamite and tethered the animal at a stake. After days and weeks passed, the goat did not explode, astonishing the residents.
An advertisement claims Bliss Native Herbs will cure rheumatism and related ailments by cleansing blood and improving kidney and liver conditions. The offer promises 200 tablets for 100 dollars with a delivery guarantee, attributed to I. J. Jagodzinske.
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