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100 Years Ago: Food Conservation–Meatless and Wheatless Recipes
I recently wrote an article about the Hoover Pledge, a voluntary commitment for Americans to conserve during World War I. A writer-friend Elizabeth Gauffreau commented that she was curious about conservation food. This article offers a variety of both wheat-less … Continue reading
100 Years Ago: A New Hampshire Halloween and The Hoover Pledge
Two topics–Halloween and The Hoover Pledge–seem to have nothing in common, and yet they do. 100 years ago on October 30, 1917 the Nashua Telegraph was promoting both Halloween events and the signing of the “Hoover Pledge.” A headline blares, … Continue reading
Posted in Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, conservation, fat, food, Hoover, I, meat, Nashua, pledge, ration, war, wheat, world, WW1, WWI
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