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Domestic News
July 31, 1917
The Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
What is this article about?
In Kansas City, Mo., on July 31, forty volunteer women opened a municipal cannery to preserve vegetables and fruits for school lunch rooms and charities, while learning canning skills in response to a government appeal.
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OPEN CITY CANNERY
Forty Women Volunteers on Hand-To Supply City Institutions.
Kansas City, Mo., July 31.-Kansas City's reply to the government's appeal to can vegetables and fruits came today when forty volunteer women workers formally opened the city's municipal cannery.
The purpose of the cannery, besides furnishing supplies for the city's school lunch rooms and charitable institutions, is to teach these women the art of canning and preserving.
The class period lasts thru an eight-hour day and before the canning season ends all women who have taken the course will be able to can or preserve eighteen kinds of garden products.
Forty Women Volunteers on Hand-To Supply City Institutions.
Kansas City, Mo., July 31.-Kansas City's reply to the government's appeal to can vegetables and fruits came today when forty volunteer women workers formally opened the city's municipal cannery.
The purpose of the cannery, besides furnishing supplies for the city's school lunch rooms and charitable institutions, is to teach these women the art of canning and preserving.
The class period lasts thru an eight-hour day and before the canning season ends all women who have taken the course will be able to can or preserve eighteen kinds of garden products.
What sub-type of article is it?
Charity Or Relief
Education
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Kansas City Cannery
Volunteer Women
Canning Vegetables
Municipal Cannery
Government Appeal
Where did it happen?
Kansas City, Mo.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Kansas City, Mo.
Event Date
July 31
Event Details
Forty volunteer women workers opened the city's municipal cannery to can vegetables and fruits in response to the government's appeal. The cannery supplies city school lunch rooms and charitable institutions and teaches women the art of canning and preserving during an eight-hour class period, enabling them to handle eighteen kinds of garden products by the end of the season.