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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
9
A letter to Mr Hoover from a correspondent urges Americans to endure sugar shortages and rationing to support the war effort. She notes declining supplies and the need to conserve, while praising Allied support and emphasizing personal sacrifice for victory. Also mentions peanut flour innovation in Florida as a wartime food alternative.
The page mixes culinary notes on peppers with a U S food administration inspired pickling guide for peppers and sweetbreads with peppers and cabbage dishes and parboiled peppers stuffed with mixtures. It also quotes Tenest Poole discussing Bolshevik concepts during a meeting in Troy and a tongue in cheek train scene about training until the end of a journey.
Fort Douglas orders a figures of engineers from Fort Benjamin Harrison to build a Denver and Rio Grande spur at Sugarhouse. Arrival in Salt Lake City is expected tomorrow with the full battalion due by Thursday night after delays caused by equipment shortages.
Royalty joins the war effort with assignments for posts and cantonment quarters. Trains are expected the next day as engineers prepare to occupy the designated quarters in the post area.
Montreal dispatch quotes Canadian press chief praise from Marshal Haig and French premier Clemenceau. It notes a stale advance, a strong enemy counterattack repelled, and prisoners and guns to be counted later. Describes enemy troops as diverse and battle worn, with Somme battlefield in front and caution to conserve manhood.
An Ogden testimonial says a Oregon farmer regained health after taking Tanlac. The writer recounts severe weight loss, weakness, and renewed appetite. After two bottles, he reports gaining seventy eight pounds and feeling stronger, crediting Tanlac for recovery and improved well being.
An old advertisement warns backache signals kidney trouble and promotes Gold Medal brand kidney pills. It claims prompt relief and a money back guarantee, urging readers to ask for the Gold Medal product at drugstores. The copy emphasizes direct import and correct dosage to ensure effectiveness.
A Food Administrator table suggests a sugar guidance where the monthly allowance per person equals two pounds. It implies about 15 grams per day or roughly one ounce of sugar daily, with equivalents such as two and one half tablespoons. The fragmentary text is difficult to read and includes garbled phrases.
British artillery pounds Chaulnes and targets bridges across the Somme at Bothencourt while larger caliber guns arrive. Bombing by British aircraft disrupts German transport as heavy shelling continues along the new front south of the Somme. Reports describe aerial combat, damaged planes, and brave pilots as air and ground forces press the offensive with persistent shelling and counterattacks.
Amsterdam reports a Berlin dispatch claiming the Anglo French attack plan targets Peronne and the Avre front with tank supported infantry and cavalry. Allies aim to break German defenses protected by a brief bombardment. German resistance and heavy fire disrupt telegraph lines as tanks and infantry clash along a Somme theater.
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