The Hershey Press 1918-02-08

              Wheat Substitute Ruling Made by
Food Administration is a
Necessary Order
Donold McCormick, the Representa-tive
df the Food Administration .in Dau-phin
County, on Monday, February 4th,
issued instructions to the dealers in this
section to enforce the wheat conservation
order which is as follows:
It is ordered that beginning Monday,
February 4, and continuing until further
notice, all dealers in wheat flour , either
wholesale or retail, will be permitted to
sell it only in combination with other
recognized wheat substitutes in the mini-mum
ratio of one pound of wheat substi-tute
to each one pound of wheat flour
sold, unless it is first definitely determined
that wheat substitutes in equivalent
quantities have been previously purchased
from another source. For the present a
written and signed declaration by flour
purchaser within the trade will be con-sidered
sufficient evidence on which to
base this determination.
Cereals to be recognized as wheat
substitutes are commeal, cornstarch, corn
flour, hominy, corn grits, barley flour,
rice, rice flour, oatmeal, rolled oats, buck-wheat
flour, potato flour, sweet potato
flour, soya bean flour, feterita flours, ex-cept
that rye may be used until March 3.
All county Federal food administrators
are charged with the duty of seeing that
these regulations are strictly observed
by the trade and will promptly report
violations to the State administrator.
This is a necessary war measure and
appeal is made to the public for patriotic
acceptance of the conditions imposed,
even though inconvenienced in the pur-chase
of any flour by fact of temporary
trade shortage of substitute materials.
The Hershey Department Store being
the only licensed dealer in food products
in this vicinity took the lead in enforce-ment
of this necessary order, necessary
because if every man, woman and child
in this country gives of their share of
wheat to be sent to our Allies they can
continue our fight until our "boys" get
"over there" to help; otherwise there will
be a shortage which holds untold disaster
in store and will prolong the war.
Start now, help your son or brother
who has gone, to'do his bit by stinting
yourself and the family on wheat products,
(white bread, cakes, pies, etc.) It is
little to do in comparison to what the,
boys are doing now.
Eat dark or corn bread and let that
extra pound of flour go across.
Shame that person at your table who
demands white bread at every meal by
serving only dark breads and ask him or
her if a real-American will want other than ¦
you -offer.
TwcMvheatless Days a week, Monday
and Wednesday, and one wheatless meal
every day may conserve our supply until
next harvest. Start now. Do your bit.
To use the cereal you purchase with
flour to advantage try some of these
recipes:
Corn Bread: (1 loaf)
11-2 c liquid; 1 c commeal; 1-4 to 1-2 yeast
cake softened in 1-2 c lukewarm water;
1 1-2 1 salt; 1 tb. sugar and 1 tb fat; 3 c
flour (more or less).
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piuiuiM ^ J THR IF T J ( Relatively the people of Pennsylvania are thrifty. jj
1 Naturally they are intensely patriotic. 1
Actually they are extravagant. -I The people of the State are living in luxury as compared j
with conditions during and after the Civil War. g
jj It is a duty we owe ourselves and our families to save. j
1 Sometime early this year the Government will ask the J
1 people to loan it more billions. jj
I The money must come very largely from the savings of J j§ the people. g
jj The banks must furnish the people of the State money 1
1 to carry on their business. B¦anks cannot' help in this respect
1 by selling their securities and| investing the proceeds in Liberty
1 Bonds. | •' , _- .
1 Save and deposit in banks, or buy War Savings Stamps. 1
g ' Begin saving at once and practice,, saving until it be- jj
1 comes a habit. *' jj
1 Do not withdraw savings from the bank. The bank 8
s will buy Liberty Bonds with every dollar they can spare.after jj
1 furnishing money required to carry on the necessary business §§
1 of the people of the State. . jj
1 Owing to the wise banking laws and the careful attention j
1 given'to investments, the banks of the State are in excellent jj
condition to serve the Government and their patrons, but the jj
people must do their full share. a
1 There will be ample money to carry on the necessary g
business of the State and still loan to the Government Pennyl- g
1 vania's share in carrying on the war, if every citizen of the • §§
I State will appreciate the importance of SAVING REG-v * l
ULARLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY, and then act accord- §
1 ingly. m
' |DANIEL F. LAFEAN,
P Commissioner of Banking. §}
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| NOTICE TO |
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I Electric Light and Power Consumers §
g Commencing Thursday evening, February 7th, all street (
1 lights will burn from 6.30 to 9.00 p. m., excepting on Saturdays jj ^:
jj when the hours will be from 6.30 to 9.30 o'clock. g
( All alternating currrent will be cut off at 11 o'clock, p. m. J
§§ and will be turned on again at 5.00 o'clock, p. m. B
p This fuel conservation policy will be effective until fur- ; I
jj ther notice I
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new record of economy—for the house-
Keeper, the store and for the nation.
The opportunity to save the" earnings
made by paying cash and carrying gro-ceries-
are not small and when invested
in Thrift Stamps will soon accumulate.
The stamps can be bought at the store
and every 25c stamp is 25c invested in
your children's future and will help make
it secure.
One full card of stamps, and 13 cents
exchanged this month for a War Saving
stamp which is a "baby bond" will show
you a return of $5.00 or 4 per cent interest
on January 1st, 1923. Start now to save
them. Get an information folder at the
store.
NEW MAIL CARRIER
B. Frank Zentmeyer has taken a hold
of his hew postion, as Hershey's mail
carrier, with a vim. He makes two trips
a day .leaving office at 7 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.
One Letter from "Over There," the
Other Letter from "Over Here"
No Famine in England
.¦ Strand Palace Hotel,
Strand, London, W. C..2.
. Sunday, December 30th.
My Dear Mr. Leithiser—
.Landed in Merry England on
Merry Christmas day. Took the train
immediately to a rest camp which we
reached at 3.30 the next morning, after
a four mile marcfi from the station. This
sounds like we were really soldiers, but
it was about the; only time, we nave had
anything approaching strenuous work.
Got to London the day after Christmas
and have been here ever since, spending
most of our time sight-seeing and learning
to drink tea. However, we start to work
tomorrow, and wjil probably be kept busy
until the middle of February at least.
Everything has gone very nicely /so far,
and I like it very much. If England is
starving I am willing to starve. The
meals here are -really very substantial,
although restricted as to quantities of
certain foods. About the only thing we
cannot buy here is good chocolate ajid
candy—so if the Hershey Chocolate
Company have a mailing list for soldiers
please see that my name is placed on it.
Hope your new plant is nearing com-pletion,
and- that all the arrangements
between have been or will be carried out
to your entire satisfaction.
From the newspaper reports here am
anxious to see how, the government control
of the railways works out. Think it will
be of immediate benefit to the public
and eventual.advantage of the carriers.
Though the New Year will be well on
its way by the time this reaches you-, I
am going to wish you a very happy New
Year—and hope k shall bring for all of us
a satisfactory conclusion of the present
world conflict. Believe me,
Yours,
G. MALLY.
> "'r Post Exchange,
Fotr Du Pont, Delaware.
January 24, 1918.
Dear Joe^
Since you are again publishing the
"Hershey Press" I thought I would write
and ask you what the chances are of
being served with news through the paper.
I always like to get the home news while
I am away and know of no better means
than the above mentioned paper. You
should consider that as beinga compliment
or advertisement. '
Everything seems to be going normally
here with no special.news to mention.
I have been exceedingly busy of late as
I am appointed Post Exchange Officer of
Fort Dupont,'Del., and have all the duties
connected with it tb attend to as well as
my regular duties in Coast Artillery. We
are running an Officers School in Artillery
here which takes quite a bit of evening
time as well.
In case my address is changed at any
time jLwili give you the necessary changes
to be made in it.
Wishing you success in your work, I am
v Your cousin,
i A. BOWMAN SNAVELY,
I ,» 2nd Lieut. C. A. R. C,
\ ¦•-'"Exchange Officer.
Two Letters
Prom Soldiers
The Savings Can Be Invested in Thrift
Stamps, Obtainable at the Her-shey
Department Store
The first week of operation under the
new plan of selling groceries at The Her-shey
Department Store was a revelation
of the real desire of the housekeepers of
this vicinity to save money on their food
and to further the "big cause" by helping
do the work themselves that figures sp
largely in the. cost of conducting business:
that of soliciting and delivery,
The first week's business doubled in
amount the total for the first week in
February, 1917, and when the plan has
a thorough try-out by all the housekeep-ers
in this section there is no doubting
the fact that February 1918, will set a
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