Doan's Kidney Pills End Backache Say Estherville Resident
Local resident S Blacketer of 604 North Sixth St. endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for lameness across the kidneys and backache, claiming rapid relief and recommending the kidney medicine. Also notes Red Cross membership in the Central Division and efforts to aid wounded soldiers and disabled veterans through programs and new magazine Carry On. Army meat procurement sets world record orders for bacon and canned meat for overseas use.
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Doan
Dean
Red Cross News
Red Cross
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
The
Red Cross Magazine
Michican
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Poland
Bureau of Communication
American Red Cross
Washington
Condi
United States
United States Army
Carry On
Fourth Avenue
New York City
Army
Chicago
Larest
Quartermaster’s Department
U. S. AL
Louis F. Swift
Packers Brace for Wartime Hog and Cattle Demands
Bwitt explains current tie day measures for stock producers as hogs and cattle needs rise to meet military and domestic orders. He notes costs will double pre war levels and that packers are already devoting a quarter of facilities to military demands. Canner shifts will be used to rush canned goods while five major packers kill about 360,000 hogs weekly to keep pace.
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Bwitt
Food Reserve Priority From Federal Admins in Washington
A meeting of federal food administrators representing 48 states urged saving every grain and maintaining wheat and bread restrictions during the war. They stressed substitutes, high milling extraction, and waste elimination to build national reserves, noting famine history and continued wartime drafts.
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Woshington
Sears
Egypt
Our Ration of Beef Is Cut Way Down
Public address by Herbert Hoover urges substitution of pork for beef to aid the army and allied populations. He calls on hotels and restaurants to limit beef dishes to two meals a week and beefsteak to one, roasts to one, and households to restrict beef purchases to one and a quarter pounds per person weekly. The measure aims to hold until September 1918 with public cooperation urged.
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Herbert Hoover
France
Publica
Wheat not essential says Iowa health official statement
Secretary Dr Guilford H Sumser of the Iowa health department and state medical examiner joins health experts in assuring Herbert Hoover and Food Administrator Deems that wheat flour is not essential to the diet for health and strength. He adds that while wheat is nutritious, cereals like oatmeal also provide nourishment.
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Guilford H. Sumser
Iowa
Wheat Substitutes and Nutritional Observations in 1910s Speech
The speaker notes barley and rye can substitute for wheat in animals and humans. English racehorses fed on oats contrast with Hungarian horses fed on hay. Some nutritious wheat elements seem reduced in bread making. Rice cannot replace wheat for large intake. Milk and cottage cheese are natural dairy staples. The speaker claims the U S could live a year without wheat if needed.
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United States
Sugar ration cut down fifty per cent in Iowa
The U S food administration for Iowa lowers sugar sales for general use to two pounds in cities and two pounds in rural districts, with a canning certificate required for larger quantities. Violations will be punished with immediate suspension of sugar supply.
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United States Food Administration
Iowa
Washington
French Potatoes Taken by Germany in Offensive Losses
One of France's greatest losses amid spring offensives described as serious in a French report. Details are fragmentary and focus on the impact of captured provisions and casualties.
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Germany
France
German potato economy and English home use urged in wartime bulletin
Wartime text discusses German potato production and rationing, noting 50 000 acres seized and the emphasis on potatoes as a staple. It cites Berlin per capita potato shares and warns against peeling to avoid waste, sharing an English bulletin recipe to reduce bread use and stretch supplies.
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Germany
United States
Berlin
Food Ministry
Jess Tre
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Bulletin
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