Flour Rulings Set for September 1 1918
New flour rulings become effective September 1 1918 cancel all prior rules. Allies bread must include 20 percent non wheat grains. The 80 20 formula supplements corn bread, not replaces it. Retailers must stock substitutes with wheat flour and sell one pound of substitutes per four pounds of wheat. Various substitute flours may be used. Rye flour used at two to three ratio. Rules apply to all buyers and sellers, including farmers. Millers wholesalers bakers may stock sixty days flour. sales limits rescinded in cities and rural districts. Mixed flour can be sold without substitutes but price not higher than standard wheat flour. Violations lead to penalties and fines.
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United States Food Administration
Akon
Herbert Hoover
Sam Pontelloe
Ft. Wayne
Christ Tsetse
Bodigan
M. Derloshen
G. Barry Tolan
Allen County
Charles Cutilla
Andrew Cantina
Gary
J. Ross Cole
T. B. Templin
R. G. Parry
J. M. Jennings
North Manchester
Cream Separator Described as Simplest Ever Made
Hardware and implements described as having greater capacity and skimmed closer. The item is hailed as the simplest cream separator ever made, emphasizing its robust hardware and practical design.
Food Administration Runs Its Own Restaurant in Washington
The Food Administration feeds 600 daily, uses sugar sparingly, and avoids wheat. Desserts rely on substitutes like honey and syrups, bread is corn and potato based, beef appears weekly, and fish twice a week. Refuse is reused or sold for byproducts, with prices mentioned as low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Washington
The
Hoover
Balloon observers locate still near Camp Jackson
Ralph Hollowell of the 41st Balloon Company writes from Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina describing a still found seven miles from a balloon observation post. He explains how balloons guide artillery by marking movements on maps and coordinating fire. He notes the local terrain sandy with moisture below the surface and mentions melons and families nearby.
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Exchange
Ralph Hollowell
41St Balloon Company
Camp Jackson
Columbia
South Carolina
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed in Van Buren
Van Buren residents report days of dizziness headaches and backache with urinary issues improving after using Dean's Kidney Pills. A local testimonial from Mrs. Dan Struble describes relief from kidney pain and nervous headaches following treatment at Conwell's Drug Store.
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Dean
van Buren
Dan Struble
Vine Street
Conwell
Deane
Oster Co
Mfra
Buffalo
N. Y
Farms for sale in Huntington county listings and prices
A long catalog of Huntington county farms with varied acreages from 40 to 320 acres. Properties feature town proximity, town streetcar lines, multiple 4 to 10 room houses, bank barns, wells and timber, with prices ranging from about 80 to 200 per acre and several near schools and churches. Also notes large tracts and a general notice offering farms from 20 to 320 acres to suit buyers.
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Huntington County
Huntington
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Darkening Remedy
An old time recipe to darken gray hair uses garden sage tea with sulfur or Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. Applied with a sponge or brush, it gradually darkens hair for a natural glossy look after one or two uses. Not a medical cure.
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Wyeth
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Instant Pain Relief
A Cincinnati chemist introduces Freezone a quarter ounce item sold at drug stores for a few cents. Droplets on a corn or callus allegedly remove soreness instantly and loosen the target tissue allowing removal with no pain or skin irritation. Works on hard and soft corns and toe calluses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Grand Pine cough syrup advertised as effective remedy
An advertisement promotes Grande Pine cough syrup from The Grand-Aid Co. in Ft Wayne Indiana. It claims a 49 per cent saving and offers three ounces with syrup to make one pint, suitable for coughs colds bronchial complaints and croup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand-Aid Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit
An old health column extols drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this morning routine improves appetite brightens the face and aids digestion, costing little and helping biliousness constipation stomach trouble and rheumatism.
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van Buren, Ind
France
Us Food Administration
Indiana
van Buren Hardware Co
BE Laval
de Laval Hee Mack
Maine
Mexico
de Laval
de Lavel
de Lavalonuch
W. C. Booz
T. C. Pike
Don Herold
Pessimst
Copa
T Nis
Whitley
van Buren, Indiana
Lady Pink Toes
Hedighie Rade
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