Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1917 — Nation Is Observing Food Conservation Week. [ARTICLE]

Nation Is Observing Food Conservation Week.

Conservation week, to be observed nationally, started Sunday and will be continued until Sunday, Nov. 4th. The primary purpose of Conservation Week is to enroll the housewives of the country in the campaign for food saving. But there will be special days during the week when the people will, by self denial, conserve the precious stocks of meat and flour. There will be two “meatless” days and a “wheatless” day. During the week every home in Jasper county will be reached by personal solicitation and every housewife will be asked to sign a pledge card in which she promises to carry out the advice and direction of the food administration.