Evanston Adopts Community Kitchen To Bring Home Cooking Back
In Evanston Illinois a pilot community kitchen opens in the Woman's Club basement delivering hot meals by insulated containers. The venture aims to provide home style cooking amid scarce servants and rising food costs, with plans for delivery and expansion to Winnetka and Chicago suburbs. Urban interest grows as wealthy and working households test the model.
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Ugt
Iva Lowther Peters
Woman's
Council of National Defense
Svar
England
Peters
United States Food Administration
Carthage
Kilcher
Doctor Peters
Chicago
Eyanston
Tivanston
Lake Michigan
Evanston
Northwestern University
Salvation Army
Avanston
Iino
Virginia
James Wells
James Patton
Red Cross
Kingsley
Rufus Dawes
New York
M. Ti. Kennedy
Hivansion
Rachael Madison
Olive Blystad
Winnetka
John RK. Dickinson
H. J. Orwig
Winnetka Woman's Club
Dickingon
Americans Eager to Return to Farming Says Rail Bureau
The homeseekers bureau reports about 14 000 applicants in the first quarter of 1919 seeking farms. Many are returned soldiers and their partners, with interest in fruit growing and dairying. vast tracts of idle US farm land offer opportunities as global demand for American crops grows.
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Ashington
Homeseekers’ Bureau
United States Railroad Administration
Bureau
Canada
United States
Public tastes test luxury tax on ice cream and bonds
Washington readers weigh public reaction to a luxuries tax as bonds gain quick support while a daily ice cream tax faces resistance. The piece argues Americans prefer painless, lump-sum taxes and dislike ongoing small charges, despite the luxury tax being fair and economical in theory.
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Orcray
Washington
Revenue Office
Congress
Women of the American Legion Form First Post in Navy Yard
The Edith Cavell post of the American Legion will be staffed by yeomanettes at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. After a St. Louis caucus allowed women to join, the Brooklyn Navy Yard yeomanettes filed the first post charter on May 12. Other early posts include Betsy Ross in Washington and Martha Washington in the West. The article honors women’s wartime service and honors from governments for courage and sacrifice.
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American Legion
Nwse
Cavell
Lhe
Edith Cnvell
Brooklyn Navy Yard
St. Louis American Legion Caucus
Legion
James F. Goerick
Brooklyn Station
Union
Washington, D. C
Serond
Besty Ross
Weat
Martha Washington Post
Molly Pitcher
Manhattan
Barbara Frietchie
War and
Navy Departments
France
Europe
Motion Picture as a Universal Trade Aid
The motion picture is a universal language that helps American exporters sell goods abroad. In tropical hinterlands and village markets, moving pictures overcome native suspicion of new furniture and products. A reel shown in the market clarifies use and construction, aiding sales and trust.
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Tropics
Rales
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Samuel Johnson
Owen Meredith
William S. Carson
D. ByrcMillan
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Ulysses S. Grant
Dean Grant
Rufus. Dawes
M. H. Dawes
Phi Delta Theta House
Sigma Alpha Epsilons
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