Help to Housekeeper Box How to Make Bread Rise
Guidance on building a bread box to control temperature for faster dough rising. Details on dimensions shelves ventilation and insulation with asbestos lining for fire safety. Also notes a peanut oil filtration method to make household oil usable, via a US Department of Agriculture chemistry bureau reply.
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Horne
Georgia
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Sour Cream Dressing and Oatmeal Cookies for Lunches
School lunch guidance provides a sour cream dressing and oatmeal cookie recipe. The dressing blends egg, sugar, vinegar, malt, paprika, and sour cream, cooked gently to thicken then strained. Cookies call for oats, sugar, fat, salt, and egg, baked in a moderate oven on a greased tin.
Milk Is Good as Meat Food Price Comparison
A vintage price comparison argues milk offers protein and energy value at low cost. It states milk at 10 cents a quart equals sirloin steak at 22.9 cents per pound and eggs at 279 cents per dozen, while at 12 cents a quart it matches steak at 27.4 cents per pound and eggs at 335 cents per dozen. To equal energy cost when milk is 10 cents a quart, sirloin must not exceed 14.2 cents per pound and eggs 13.3 cents per dozen.
Sugar substitutes urged to ease sugar supply
A 1918 agricultural production plan recommends expanding substitutes for sugar to conserve stocks. It warns crop seed limits prevent large cane or beet increases while urging more sorghum, maple syrup, honey, and related products. Maple syrup output in 19 states exceeds 14 million pounds, while sorghum syrup rose by about 4 million gallons from 1916 to 1917 to aid wartime transport.
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Department of Agriculture
Whitlock’s Story of Deportations Amid German Cruelty
A long, period-voice summary of Belgian deportations and forced labor under German occupation beguiles readers with vivid accounts. It traces Whitlock’s report, Belgian relief politics, and German coercion from 1914 to 1916, detailing arrests, deportations, and punitive fines on towns. It highlights promises kept poorly, the Belgian clergy, and the impact on workers and families.
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Sis
Belgium
Verson Kellogg
Atlantic Monthly
Whitlock
State Department
United States
America
Weussels
Washington
Sint Thuve
Hitle
Comite National
Commission For Relief In
Hivellhoo
Krelghin Committee
Comite National Hive
Ameren
Germany
Eal von Hleing
Belgian
Antwerp
Cardinal Mercier
Allnis
First Methodist church to unfurl service flag Sunday
Grand Forks reports Robert Snyder a 15 year old Arvilla youth is missing after leaving home in January. his parents seek updates as a slater prosecutes the search. War department says life insurance records are being checked for William Whalen the first Grand Forks soldier to die in France from pneumonia. his policy location is sought. The German American alliance faces scrutiny with testimony suggesting strong German ties versus American loyalty. North Dakota notes no local friction over loyalty.
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Robert Snyder
Arvilla
Slater
Jan
William Whalen
Grand Forks
France
War Department
Arrest of Oscar Erickson for importing liquor at station
Oscar Erickson was arrested last Friday morning by Chief Nolan as he stepped from Great Northern train No. 4 at the local station on a charge of importing liquors into North Dakota. He waived examination and was bound to the district court under $500 bonds. His grip contained 21 pints of liquor when opened.
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Oscar Erickson
Great Northern
Nolan
North Dakota
District Court
Williston Fire Driver Resigns After Long Desire to Leave
Nels Bjornstad, driver for the Williston Fire department cart, has filed his resignation with the fire commissioner and will depart once a replacement is secured. He had long wanted to leave and recently made the final decision.
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Nels Bjornstad
Williston
Bjyernstad
Marriage Licenses and a Sharp Domestic Tale
The item lists several marriage licenses issued on February 21 to Gust Kendall and Glora Renn. Clarence Bell and Any Owens. Oscar Stenbox and Alice Ostlund. Nels Tweet and Alma Hagge. Oscar Hagge and Hannah Hillestad. It then mentions a Missouri woman claiming her husband is the meanest, recounting a morning scene with a razor and a lathered face as he denies shaving.
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Gust Kendall
Springbrook
Glora Renn
Williston
Clarence Bell
Alexander
Any Owens
Epping
Oscar Stenbox
Alice Ostlund
Noga
Nels Tweet
Alma Hagge
Alamo
Oscar Hagge
Hannah Hillestad
Mormon
Missouri
Philosophizzles on Fear and Courage in Civic Life
A quirky column swerves through humor and philosophy. It riffs on conscience, bravery in lawmakers, and comic takes on war relief and city life. The piece ends with reflections on friendship and standby bystanders.
Heavy meat eaters have slow kidneys warn doctor
An authority cautions that regular meat consumption strains the kidneys causing sluggish filtration and a range of ailments. He advises stopping meat temporarily, drinking Jad Salts dissolved in water, and suggests this can flush and stimulate the kidneys while neutralizing acids to prevent bladder weakness.
Inside Bath Promises Clear Skin Through Clean Blood
An article urges both men and women to drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this internal sanitation will improve complexion cure headaches biliousness bad breath rheumatism and colds by purging yesterday’s waste and poisons from the digestive tract.
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Bath
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Quick Lift Off
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone for corns and calluses claiming instant drying and painless, effortless removal. A few drops applied to tender spots shrivel and lift away, with the surrounding skin spared. Women are urged to keep it handy to prevent recurring discomfort.
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Cincinnati
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