Estimating Monthly Food Costs in a War Era Family
A historical cost guide compares prewar and wartime daily food allowances. It details minimum sustenance at 80 cents per person per day, with ranges for comfortable 45 to 60 to 75 cents daily per capita and a maximum of 90 cents. It cites wartime division of a $10 weekly budget for a five person family and explains daily purchase guidelines for a moderate work man, including vegetables, milk, meat, cereals, and fats. It notes adjustments for active women and families with children and mentions Chicago girls taking to air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esason
U. S
Massachusets Food Administration
Engagement notices and social gatherings fill local pages
Mrs L B Diffendarfer hosted a Tuesday dinner with Miss Diffendarfer and George E Denman engaged by a bridal rose announcement. The event featured yellow and white decor and a music evening. A Hartfield slumber party followed with friends Truth Milner Gladys Channel Beatrice Cox. P O E met at Mrs E White where nut announcements signaled Miss Nellie Teasdale to Arthur Ostrom. A Shoshone Falls picnic and a Wednesday Bridge club at Miss Cora Greehow completed the social run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Diffendarfer
Miss Dith
Diffendarfer
Miss Diffendarfer
George E. Denman
Mesdames
H. G. Blue
W. Harter
M. Whitney
E. Bailey
Micklewalt
Alma Groshand
Edna
Opal Billington
Barbara
Pearl McShae
Eleanor Taylor
Brittomart Wolfe
Ruby Hartfield
Hartfield
Misses Truth
Milner
Gladys Channel
Beatrice
Doris Cox
E. White
Nellie Teasdale
Arthur Ostrom
Buhl
Wemssday Bridge Club
Cora Greehow
M. J. Sweeley
Parasol Trim Suit and Other World Notes
A look at fashion notes describes a Jap anese parasol carried jauntily by a maid in KumsiKumsa attire, praising the blousey jacket with tuck details. The piece also mentions inventions including inflatable pneumatic baby helmets, snow plows on sled runners, and an electrically heated wagon for hospital meals amid surges in Italy’s agricultural station plans and Guatemala’s growing salt output.
Call Out The Guard Big Dance On Friday
Twin Falls post commander in chief Taylor Cummins says the American Legion forces will stage a major event Friday night to boost morale and break records as they prepare for a significant fight in Twin Falls. He warns those absent will miss a crowd and a grand effort by the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Cummins
Twin Falls
American Legion
Otta
Cummins
Newest Notes of Science Report Innovations and Experiments
A roundup of scientific advances includes electric fog sirens heard up to 14 miles, a European bicycle tire of tightly coiled steel wire, rim pins for secure carving on platters, and patentable billboard figures driven by electric motors. British scientists detect light traces over 300 feet underwater, electricity expanding in Bombay mills, malt extracts aiding laundries to remove starch, and peanuts grown successfully in Mesopotamia by English researchers. An English invention electrolyzes sea water on ships for disinfection, pliers redesigned with pistol-stock handles for grip, a vocational Idaho mine school for its employees 14 000 feet underground, and GPA anticipated to break its sugar output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Mesopotamia
Ita
Idaho
Gpa
Is It Wrong To Kiss In The Park
Betty argues in New York that kissing in parks is an escalating moral issue. She notes six couples cited for disorderly conduct after sunset in Central Park this season, including two soldiers who defend Paris allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
New York
Central Park
Paria
City Germ War Dance Plans and Flag Display
A wartime social plan outlines a night event to honor veterans with AI themed decor and national and ally flags. The committee intends to police the hall, invite ex servicemen including doughboys and artillerymen, and encourage public attendance to support the veterans group.
Twin Falls Visitors Attend Local Events and House Guests
Mrs G Bison and guests from Kimberly and Berkeley, including Miss Alma Grophand and Mrs Whitney, traveled to Twin Falls for a dinner and short business meeting. Edna Dittendarter’s dinner announced. Miss Helmer to return with her mother to Twin Falls in August after graduating from Twin Falls High School.
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Mra. G. Bison
Rupert Shaw
D. Brown
Kimberly
Twin Falls
Veece
Hingos
Alma
Grophand An
Whitney
Twin ‘Palisa
Edna
Walth ™ Helmer
eeRameter
Berkeley
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Chicago
Orange Police
Eileen Keily
Marjorie McIntosh
Vivian O'Gara
Louise Hessert
Alma Benoit
Leota Morgan
Eva Benglish
Leslie Williams
Hazel Bishop
Albert Benoit
Harry Benoit
Andrew Myres
William Bailey
Clyde Simpson
Shoshone Falls
Italy
Tripoli
Guatemala
Betty Brown
Europe
Napoleon
Gibbs
Gubcomr
fMets
Unch
Swift & Company
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