Grocers Penalized for Overcharging in War Time
Three Dixon grocers face unfair order actions from the Illinois Food Administration for overcharging wheat flour. Dixon Grocery Co. George J. Downing and Pratt-Reed Grocery Co. are targeted with licenses bans unless they withdraw overcharges for 30 and 15 days respectively. The move signals a broader campaign against retail overcharges on essential foods.
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Dixon
Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement
Ilinois Division
The
Food Administration
Washington
Dixon Grocery Company
George J. Downing
Pratt-Reed Grocery Company
Pratt-Reed Company
Let the Turkeys Grow For Fall Fat and Gain
The Illinois food administration urged letting young turkeys live through the fall bug and seed season to gain weight. A 10 pound October gobbler may reach 12 to 18 pounds in 60 days with extra feed. hens rise from seven to nine or ten pounds. Markets should avoid selling young hens under six pounds dressed and gobblers under eight pounds.
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Illinois Educational Division
United States Food Administration
Food Administration Controls Coffee Imports
The U S food administration now oversees coffee importations via the sugar equalization board to stabilize prices and curb profiteering. Landon Hoyt, resale manager of the Illinois division, said the move protects producers and ensures fair consumer prices amid expected higher profit margins.
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Chicago
United States Food Administration
Sugar Equalization Board
Landon Hoyt
Resales
The
Food Administration
Ilinois Division
County and Township Food Administrators Volunteering
A Chicago leader, George Higginson Jr., states county and township food administrators work for minimal pay and often cover expenses themselves. He urges greater public appreciation and cooperation as the nation plans to ship 50 percent more food overseas this year, stressing Americans are trustees of the 1918 harvest.
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George Higginson, Jr
Illinois
Chicago
Higginson
Saving Fat in the Kitchen Tips
The advice urges using all purchased fat and drippings, frying less, avoiding deep fat, serving butter in small portions, saving plate leftovers in a butter cup, and limiting dressing on salads. It promotes reducing fat in recipes, making one crust pies, and replacing rich desserts with fruit. It notes fat is used to make soap and suggests sending non edible fat to the soapmaker.
Shall They Ask in Vain Food For Freedom Wheat War Effort
Editorial urging daily wartime sharing of wheat with England, Belgium, France and Italy through the U S Food Administration. It frames bread aid as a moral duty to sustain allies fighting for freedom and to prevent famine while Americans maintain scarce supplies. It stresses immediate, continuous action and cautions against depletion of U S reserves.
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Illinois Educational Division
United States Food Administration
England
Belgium
France
Italy
Atlantic
West Front
Hell
America
Grocers Urged to Explain Sugar Shortage to Shoppers
Ernest I. Mitchell educational director urges grocers to tell customers why sugar is restricted. He advises explaining war demands and reduced shipping, Cuba’s role, and overseas shortages to justify selling limits of two pounds per person. He notes Belgium food aid, German destruction of sugar beet fields, and seas sunk by submarines. France and Italy monthly allowances cited.
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Food Administration
Ernest I. Mitchell
Cuba
Belgium
France
Italy
Fragmentary Line Signals Duty Of Stunner And Apprentice
A partial historical note hints at shared duty between a stunner and an apprentice in a contextual duty scene. The legible fragments suggest a formal or ethical obligation but lack full context or clear actions.
Victory Boys and Girls Campaign and School News
The bulletin outlines Victory Boy and Victory Girl enrollment targets in Bureau county, notes campaign appeals to raise at least $5 per child, and lists principals as local organizers. It also covers bi monthly teacher tests, epidemic related exam delays, pay rules for lost time, club work plans, and staff changes in several area schools.
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Victory
United States
United War Work Campaign
Bureau County
Illinois
Board of Health
Clark
Christmas shopping rules urged by Bureau County merchants
Merchants of Bureau County urge the public to follow State Council of Defense guidelines for Christmas shopping. Key points include spreading purchases from October to December, shopping early, buying useful gifts, mailing by December 5, avoiding bulky items, and carrying own parcels home. Cooperation from customers is requested.
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Bureau County
Commercial Economy Administration
State Council of Defense
Germany’s War Aims: Annex Belgium and Key Regions
The article recalls Count Roon’s 1870s Pan-German push as war aims. It states Germany claimed entitlement to terms until victory, including annexation of Belgium, the entire Flanders coast with Calais, and the Briey Longwy basins along with Toul Belfort and Verdun areas.
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Germany
Belgium
Flanders
Calais
Briey
Longwy
Toul
Belfort
Verdun
Germans Demand Postwar Settlement Terms in Open Letter
An open letter outlines drastic territorial and financial punishments for the Allied powers after World War I. It calls for German control of colonies including Kiachow, the cession of naval bases, the transfer of Gibraltar to Spain, and the war fleet to Germany. It also demands Turkey gain Egypt and Suez, a restoration of Greece under King Constantine, and a split of Serbia and Montenegro between Austria and Bulgaria.
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Germany
Kiachow
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Spain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Turkey
Greece
Constantine
Austria
Bulgaria
Serbia
Montenegro
France
United States
Belgium
Oldest resident Anna Baker dies in Arlington aged 112
Anna Baker, claimed as the region's oldest resident, died Friday October 25 in Arlington after a long life begun November 12 1812 in Neenah Ireland. She lived with Mrs McQuaide for the past year and recalled days of her youth with affection. Her departure ends a storied life marked by steadfast memory and community care.
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Anna Baker
Arlington
Bureau County
McQuaide
Grandma Baker
Neenah
America
MRS. BAKER Died After Influenza Mania In LaSalle Parish
Mrs. Baker a longtime LaSalle resident who moved to Arlington four years after coming to the city died after influenza developed into mania. She married Thos Baker in 1852 at LaSalle and had four children Thos Mary Mor Sammie and Wim Baker with two grandchildren Frank and Thos Morracy. The outdoor funeral at Quaide home was well attended with Father Fitzgerald delivering a tribute.
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LaSalle
Thos. Baker
Thos
Mary Morwho
Sammie Baker
Wim. Bake
Kewanee
Frank
Thos. Morracy
Oflington
Ceme
Father Fitzgerald
Bradford Lady Burned In Home Accident
Mrs. Ramey, head of the Bradford telephone exchange, suffered severe burns last Thursday when kerosene heat ignited turpentine and camphor oil on her clothing. A robe was wrapped around her to smother the flames and she was rushed to Peoria hospital where doctors reported grave condition.
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Hospital of
Peoria
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