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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
6
A clipped note mentions Col D H Milton in the city for the weekend and notes he remains on the job as superintendent of the Sol project or department.
A ready to use Sage and Sulphur compound from Wyeth promises to darken gray hair naturally. By applying with a sponge through small strands, hair becomes darker, shinier, and looks younger after repeated use. Not a medicine, marketed as a cosmetic. inexpensive and easy for home use.
An advertisement for Florida East Coast Fruit Land Co offers 500 acres on the Indian River suitable for oranges grapefruit and vegetables. Tracts start at 40 dollars per acre with ten percent down, rest on terms, near rail lines and coastal shipping lanes. M C Henley Sebastian Florida promotes inquiries and local conditions guidance.
A clipped line hints at home life in Raleigh where residents, referred to as the boys, fear rebellion if anyone departs even briefly. The brief fragment suggests unrest or strong attachment to the area.
Editors note a failed fruit run in town last week as they pursued blackberries, returning with a half bushel amid scratches and red bugs.
The Food Administration directs all sugar dealers and users to obtain certificates after July 1 by submitting statements of their needs. Those failing to file by July 15 will lose any certificate rights. Wholesalers will receive a 30 day supply to prevent shortages for canning and preserving. After using certificates, purchases will require broker or refinery certificates via retailers. All dealers must keep detailed sale records for inspection.
The Raleigh Food Administration backs the Agricultural Extension Service in promoting poultry in the state urging farmers to save every pullet and only sell cockerels for broilers. Raising pullets to maturity is seen as a bigger path to meat and egg increases than cattle or hog production, with pullets today worth 40 cents contributing several times that value later.
The Food Administration urges grinding new crop wheat into graham flour in North Carolina. Mills report limited success grinding the new wheat and fear imports. graham flour is promoted as a palatable, wholesome alternative with distinctive flavor.
Hoover warns that across war torn Europe 400 million people face food shortages with millions dying or suffering from hunger. He calls the famine a shocking, unthinkable humanitarian crisis created by the war and criticizes the lack of adequate aid from the Allies and neutrals.
Paris reports the war office credits American troops with driving back German forces that crossed the Marne southwest of Fossoy during the fierce fighting along a long sector between Dormans.
Partial text references enemy attack and defense work at the Moose Home and Sapp Building on North Main. It notes the project is progressing and that work remains idle or in a soaker phase with unclear timing.
A local paper announces a shift to cash-only subscriptions effective October 1 1918 with a 30 day grace limit. Readers in arrears August 15 face stoppage unless a written request for indulgence is filed by Sept 1 1918.
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