Roten Meat for Men at the Front
A London dispatch outlines British army meat supply amid war, noting frozen meat imports from Argentina and imperial sources, direct shipments to base ports, and large weekly preserves. It cites ration standards, 60 percent frozen meat used abroad, and massive annual tin purchases by the War Office. Also reports local obituaries and crime notes from Iowa counties.
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London
Middle West
Europe
Board of Trade
South America
Australia
New Zealand
England
France
War Office
Army
Bernard Murphy in critical condition at home
Vinton editor Bernard Murphy remains critically ill at his home with limited access for visitors and nurse care sought by his guardians. The report follows brief funeral notices for William Bixby and Mathew Wilson, local pioneers with ties to the Mount Auburn area and Benton County. Barry Kirk joins the Aviation Corps after taking service despite being above the draft age and a Spanish-American War veteran.
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Vinton
Bernard Murphy
Vinton Eagle
William Bixby
Presbyterian Church
Corning
N. Y
Sugar Shortage Prompts 20 Percent Cutback Advice
Temporary relief from the sugar shortage was promised in Waterloo and vicinity as wholesalers report a small shipment in transit. Merchants will receive limited quantities and the public is urged to reduce consumption by at least 20 percent as a patriotic duty while beet sugar factories operate in several states and cane sugar mills run in Cuba and Louisiana, with a government agent addressing transportation bottlenecks.
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Waterloo
Towets
Iowa
Colorado
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Cuba
Louisiana
Plan to buy meat for the Allies in Chicago
Chicago nov 7 the federal plan for purchasing in Chicago all the meat products needed by the allies is to be put into effect dec 1 according to an announcement today at the office of j p cotton who will handle the purchases as head of the meat division of the food administration.
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Chicago
J. P. Cotton
The
Food Administration
California Syrup of Figs advertises a gentle laxative
The advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults, praising its pleasant taste and cleansing effect. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful when a child is feverish or constipated, notes signs like coated tongue and sour stomach, and warns against counterfeit products while promoting the genuine brand.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Harriet Bone Necklace Wins War Garden Canery Prize
Harriet Bone Necklace of the Wikpamal district Pine Ridge Indian agency South Dakota won a five dollar prize and a national certificate of merit from the nations in emergency food garden commission for best canned vegetables grown in a war garden. The contest, funded at five thousand dollars, includes Indian schools and many fairs. The Pine Ridge exhibit showed a quart of wild plume corn string beans rhubarb garden beets garden peas plum butter and straw-4.
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Washington, D. C
Womer
Harriet Bone
Pine Ridge Indian Agency
South Dakota
Pine Ridge
Necklace
Dandruff Remedy Promises Hair Revival
A vintage advertisement touts a dandruff cure using four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon applied at night. It claims the treatment dissolves and destroys all dandruff by morning, stops itching, and leaves hair looking healthier, urging readers to buy squid maroon, inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
Indian affairs program ships 60000 canning manuals
The commission sent 60,000 food conservation manuals on canning and drying into the Indian achoola of the country with the cooperation of Cato Sella, the commissioner of Indian affairs. Mrs. Nacklace grew her own produce and did all the putting up herself per Mrs Ella’s report.
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Cato Sella
Indian Affairs
Ella
Nacklace
Home Baking Wastage Cited By Mrs Severin
Mrs William Severin chairwoman of the National Women's Association of Commerce urges members to stop bulk baking and buy bread to save waste. She claims from one to three ounces of dough are wasted in every home baking.
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Chicago
William Severin
National Woman's Association of Commerce
Oocration
YMCA Class A Campaign Signs 200 New Members
More than 200 new members joined the Y M C A in the first two days of the membership drive as teams Rely and Biuer lead the effort. Each team covers city sections soliciting all businesses and factories. Workers stress the wartime need for physical fitness and note new gym equipment in the Y gym.
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Rely
Biuer
Campaign Seeks 1006 New Members With Saturday Push
A member drive targets 1,006 new members as a Saturday night campaign close highlights the indoor training work and aims to boost outreach through an organized effort by the group.
Red Cross Workers Center Conference in Chicago
Red Cross workers from central divisions including Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Nebraska gather in Chicago for a two day interchange of ideas. More than 2 000 delegates expected as department heads and national officers attend to coordinate district work with Ivy Lee and Robert Davis among the leaders present.
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Chicago
Red Cross
Michigans
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Alncea
Ivy Lee
Robert Davis
Englewood
N.J
France
Ita
Florence M. Marshall
Washington, DC
Washington, DC, C., Director of the Woman's Bureau
Frank Hibbard
Bureau of Supplies
Central Division
Frederick W. Bravens
Michigan
Atate
5. M. Meledries
Milwaukee
George B. .Stadden
Springfeld
Jit
Marmola tablets promise easy fat loss cure
A Detroit based Marmola Co advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple fat loss solution. It claims the tablets help shed fat after meals and at night, enabling weight loss without dieting or exercise. Prices shown: 75 cents, with mail order option from Detroit, Michigan.
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Marmola Co
Woodward Ave
Detroit, Mich
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West
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