What the Food Administration Has Done
A special dispatch notes how the Food Administration under Herbert Hoover began with voluntary measures on April 6, 1917, to regulate food by production, distribution, and pricing. It explains actions to curb speculation, hoarding, and inflated prices, while aiding supplies for allies and the American public. It covers 1918 challenges and the shift toward formal price regulation only with Congress.
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Washington
United
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Mr. Hoover
United States
Food People
Sis
Food Administration
Altys
Sysof
Universal Pictures promotes War Savings via Thrift Stamps
Carl Laemmle announces that Universal photoplays will feature War Bond Thrift Stamp messages in ads and new releases. Stars in Bluebird Universal films will urge audiences nationwide to invest in Liberty Bonds and War Savings through on screen signs and posters.
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Moving Picture
Carl Laemmle
Universal Film Mfg. Co
Boon
Bluebird Universal
Universal
Universal Co
Liberty Bonds
Piczo
Bentversal aids war work for two girls contest
Universal has started a program to aid war work in connection with M Ship. The producers will prize $1,000 in Liberty Bonds savings stamps and thrift stamps to the two girls who compete in the contest.
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Universal
Theda Bara To Appear As Blonde Vampire On Screen
Theda Bara plans a first time blond role using a wig to portray Du Barry style vamp. She will retain her dark hair with peroxide shade only temporarily and audiences must wait to see if she can vamp without her usual makeup.
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Theda Bara
The
du Barry
Theda
Tom Terris Becomes American Citizen
Vitagraph director Tom Terris, son of the renowned English actor, has received his final papers and is now a U S citizen.
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Tom Terris
Vitagraph
United States
Red Cross moves headquarters in Maxton area
Sons of Wilmington member serves as shipping clerk for the chapter though he says he holds no higher office than packer. Red Cross HQ relocated from near the post office to the Bank of Maxton building.
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Sons
Wilmington
Packer
Red Cross
Bank of Maxton
Marion Social News Involves Local Returns And Travels
Misses Eunice Ford and Montague McMillan return to Limestone College. Several residents visit family in Easley, Dillon, Ridgland, and Indianapolis. Edward Hamar resumes aviation training likely to go to France. Covington returns to Yale. Various students resume studies at Queen's College Meredith College St Marys School after holidays.
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Marion
S. C
Eunice Ford
Montague McMillan
Limestone College
Gertrude Davis
James Smith
Easley
Cantey Davis
R. N. Pfaff
T. J. Monroe
Edward Hamar
France
F. F. Covington, Jr
Yale
Joe Glover
Ridgland
Rufus Ford, Jr
Washington
Paymaster’s Department
R. J. Blackwell
J. Whilden Blackwell
William Murchison
Dillon
Ed. Fleishman
P. L. Whittington
Portsmouth
C. S. Howell
Camp Greenleaf
Howell
Kingstree
McCabe
Local Social News From Fayetteville
Mrs. George B. Underwood and her young daughter Margaret returned to Charlotte after visiting Mrs. Underwood's mother Mrs. J. A. Pemberton. Miss Virginia Bidgood departed for Baltimore after visiting her parents on Gillespie Street. Mrs. W. T. Bowen returned from New York after a two week trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whitlock have.
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Fayetteville
N. C
George B. Underwood
Margaret
Charlotte
Goldsboro
Benjamin Grant
New Hope Township
Bessie Grant
D. J. Jones
W. A. Piland
First Presbyterian Church
Woman’s Society For Christian Work
Woman's Missionary Society of
St. Paul Methodist Church
Home Economic Department
The
George Spence
Geo. W. Waters
Palace Drus
Greenville
S. C
J. T. Lashley
W. C. Massey
Princeton
E. R. Warren
Chatham
Richard W. Spicer
117Th Field Hospital
Camp Sevier
Geo. L. Kirby
W. R. Crawford
Raleigh
Cora Kornegay
Faison
D. H. Dixon
Lionel Weil
Baltimore
Missey Lizzie
Mary Moore Allen
Mildred Edmundson
New York City
Sam Hummell
Ross McElwee
L. A. Raney
Heber Sutton
C. A. Taylor
Durham
Z. W. Sutton
Oxford
L. E. Sutton
Charles Lu
Prices Rise Then Stabilize After Food Control Law
The article notes the food control law signings and rapid price increases from April 6 to May 7, followed by stabilization and a small decline. It cites war era price shifts across Germany England Canada and the United States, Hoover's May actions ending speculative wheat trading, and potential consumer savings from lower flour costs.
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Canadian Food Controller
Canadian Department of Labor
Germany
England
Canada
United States
Hoover
Washington
Ice Mountains at $1,000,000 Hoboken Water front Fire
Guests gathered in the dining room to enjoy two salads and an ice course. Attendees included Mrs A A Joseph Miss Gertrude Weil and many other local residents. Mr D H Dixon planned a Harrisonville visit as Mrs G W Brown shows signs of improvement.
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Ice Mountains
Hoboken
A. A. Joseph
Gertrude Weil
W. H. Smith
P. McIntyre
Wildher
James Crawford
John Fuller
Arnold Borden
Leslie Weil
Walter Borden
J. D. Langston
A. H. Edgerton
John Spicer
Einstein
Mary DeVane
D. H. Dixon
Harrisonville
Boschee’s Germany Syrup Advertises Cough Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as effective for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It claims fifty one years of use across the United States and promises restful nights and easy morning excretion. Sold in 25 and 75 cent bottles at Green's Drug Store.
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Boschee
Germany
United States
Nature
Green’s Drug Store
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Marietta Social News Recaps Local Movements and Visits
Marietta thin local column notes Christmas vacation end as school resumes. Visitors include Mrs Bowls of Hickory visiting Mrs W M Oliver and sister from Hickory. Oliver family members travel to Raleigh, Kings Mountain, Oxford, New York, and Wilmington for studies and business. The new pastor Rev Draper preaches, presenting favorable impressions.
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Marietta
N. C
Bowls
Hickory
W. M. Oliver
Ada Henley
Oxford
Florine Rogers
M Florida
Joe
Lenton Page
Wake Forest
Alyce Page
New York
Fowler
Hamlet
J. S. Oliver
Hal
Lumberton
Lannie Oliver
Nichols
S. C
L. M. Oliver
Wilmington
Local Notes From New Bern Area Visitors
New Bern residents report visitors and departures this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Reed left for the North for a short visit. Miss Vivian Dillion of Tuscarora passed through en route to Bayboro. Mrs. George Wallace visits friends in Kinston. Mrs. R. A. Richardson Jr. of Raleigh visits relatives in the city. Miss Mary Uzzell returns from LaGrange. Miss Mary Tremwith returns to Hoboken to resume teaching duties.
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North
Vivian Dillion
Tuscarora
New Bern
Bayboro
George Wallace
Kinston
R. A. Richardson, Jr
Raleigh
Mary Uzzell
LaGrange
Mary Tremwith
Hoboken
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