Sugar Ration Rules Highlight Allied War Time Tradeoffs
The United States urges a two pounds per person monthly sugar ration while Allied nations face strict limits. England offers two pounds, France one and a half, Italy around two, with prices from ten to twenty cents per pound abroad. German supply remains ample for home use.
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More Wheat in England Boosts UK Output Estimate
The Wheatserenge in Great Britain has risen but the extra yield in the United Kingdom for 1917 will not greatly affect the tonnage the United States and Canada must export. Britain’s 1917 wheat output was 64 million bushels with a 45 percent higher area expected this year.
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Kingdom
War Production Milestones Reported by Ordnance Department
The article details wartime manufacturing totals in the United States. It notes June production of about 27 million cartridges and a weekly rifle output near 10,142 rifles for the modified Enfield and Springfield types. It cites 2,014,816,584 cartridges, 1,886,769 rifles, and 82,640 machine guns produced since entry into the war, with daily cartridge output at 16,000,000.
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Follon Syore
Riguet Mystery: Who Holds End of Kiss Before Departure
Fragmentary lines ponder who retains the last kiss before a soldier sails away. A mother’s guiding role from infancy to now is touched, hinting at familial bonds and farewell rituals in wartime.
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Omaha Daily News
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Weasening Freedom of the Press Sparks Mr. Rep Comment
A newspaper man laments authorities curtailing his business and ordering economic controls while sending him about forty columns weekly to publish for free. The missive reflects tension over press independence and imposed costs.
Ice Company Notice and Settlement Demand
Notice to those owing ice debts to Titonka Ice Co. requiring settlement by September 1 and announcing no further ice sales due to high country demand. Patrons may finish existing ice books but no new books will be issued. Signed by W. J. Denton and Titonka Ice Co.
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