Argentina Divided Over War Policy and Bastile Day
In Buenos Aires the Chamber of Deputies supported making Bastille Day a national holiday, signaling pro Entente sentiment amid a split in the Radical party. President Irigoyen faces a veto dilemma as clerical and conservative elements favor neutrality while Extremists push for overt Entente sympathy.
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Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Argentina
Chamber of Deputies
France
Friends of the Entente Nations
Chamber
Irigoyen
Friends of the Allies
Germany
Radical Party
Spain
Mexico
South America
How Germans Robbed Belgian Nation
Paris reports that Germany exacted war contributions from Belgium totaling 466 million dollars in four years of war and seized vast assets. It details monthly levies, bank vault burglaries, and the 1916-17 escalation to 50 60 million francs, ending with the 430 million francs seizure from Belgian banks.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
Belgium
Brussels
Little Kingdom
William
Liege
Baron van der Goltz-Pasha
Baron von Bissing
von Bissing
Banque Nationale
Societe Generale de Belgique
Societe Generale
No Chance for Them Told by an Irish Pig-Wagon Driver
A humorous vignette about Pat the Irish driver of a pig load who refuses two inside seats, explaining he must keep inside seats for those as good as themselves. Also a dated ad for Prickly Ash Bitters from Gwin & Mays Drug Co. promoting digestive strength and bowel purification at $1.25 per bottle.
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Pat
Gwin & Mays Drug Co
Exports Rise Slightly as Imports Dip in July
Washington reports July exports at 508 million dollars up from June's 485.6 million while July imports fall to 241 million from 260 million in June. For the first seven months, exports total 3.483 billion and imports 1.787 billion, with gold and silver movements noted as smaller or rising compared with last year.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Greenland Holds Riches of Metals in Vast Territory
Greenland, the large Danish territory, yields copper lead silver and tin. Fragments of nearly pure silver were found in cliff crevices while huge iron masses are reported. A European brought iron ore chunk measuring six and a half feet by five and a half and weighing 46,000 pounds.
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Greenland
Europe
Painting a Pine Floor With Deck Paint and Wax
A white pine kitchen floor was finished with deck paint in three coats and allowed to dry overnight due to the heavy dryer content. After the final coat dried, it was treated like a hardwood floor with a coat of floor wax to protect the paint and ease maintenance.
Man with Small Family Seeks Orchard Work
Notice seeks a suitable man to work in an orchard for a small family. House furnished and gas piping available. Contact Joe Rushing. 9-3-1f.
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Joe Rushing
Edison New Edison promises superior talking machine sound
Advertisement extols the New Edison as the only talking machine with a mechanical reproducer feed, floating diamond stylus, and Edison diaphragm and horn. It argues competing devices cannot reproduce overtone details or sound quality and invites readers to visit the store to hear Edison Re-Creations.
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Edison
Oklahoma to Exhibit Food Admins at State Fair and Muskogee
The Oklahoma division of the Food Administration will display exhibits at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City and the State Fair in Muskogee and support broader county fair exhibits. Posters will highlight saving wheat, sugar, meats and fats as part of a nationwide push with a twelve panel display and a 5000 square foot new building north of the Indian Exhibits structure to house government exhibits.
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Oklahoma
The
Food Administration
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
United States Food Administration
National Food Administration
United States
America
J. F. Owens
Oklahoma Food Official Clarifies Wheat Pledge Reopenings
The release of hotels restaurants and individuals from the no wheat pledge until the 1918 harvest does not grant full wheat flour freedom. C B Ames federal food administrator of Oklahoma says responses show some think all wheat restrictions are ended.
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C. B. Ames
Federal
Oklahoma
The
Food Administrations
Mill feed market stabilizes after September first
Federal food administrator C. B. Ames of Oklahoma urges buying mill feed early to avoid spoilage. With licensing limits on prices, mill feed becomes a safe, definite market like wheat, and delayed orders will not yield savings.
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C. B. Ames
Oklahoma
Sugar Stocks in Paris Fall in 1918 Appeal for Conservation
Sugar stocks in Paris on May 1, 1918 stood at about half of 1917 levels and France's total sugar is at a wartime low. The U S Food Administration stresses the need for sugar conservation in the United States to sustain the ration of 1 1/2 pounds per person per month.
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Paris
France
U. S. Food Administration
United States
Horseflesh Eating In France Sparks Food Debate
The number of horses slaughtered for meat in France surged with Paris reporting over 70 000 horses killed for food last year. Officials and citizens debate ethics, safety, and cultural norms surrounding equine consumption.
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France
Paris
Grain for Malting Held Up in Grain Ruling
The Food Administration bars malsters from buying any grain for malting before October 1918 while the required malt amount for next winter's operations is determined.
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The
Food Abstration
Sugar for Soldiers Plan Aims at Two Pounds Per Person
The International Sugar Commission assessed on hand stocks and Allied needs while the Food Administration set two pounds per person for American troops. The message urges immediate action at home to support the war effort and fast, practical steps over delayed or theoretical plans.
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International Sugar Commission
The
Food Administration
Summers Chapel Community Notes Harvest Rain Relays Activity
A weekend rain boosted corn prospects while farmers in Summers Chapel gather a heavy yield. Dr. and Mrs. S L Burns returned from Arkansas with crops not looking as good there as in Oklahoma. Edna Holliday and children of Lindsay visited then went home. Pentecostal Holiness held a revival at the chapel. Albert Young of Yeager visited Sunday evening. Grandma Summers stays with son T G Summers this week. G W Keener shopped in Vaness. A Summers completed a new gin ready to operate. Cotton picking begins as the rain aids the crop prospects.
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S. L. Burns
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Edna Holliday
Lindsay
Albert Young
Yeager
Grandma Summers
T. G. Summers
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as constitutional remedy
There is more Catarrh in the section of the country than all other diseases put together. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio is claimed to cure through the blood on mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered if it fails to cure. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Preiness Mer
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Maceo
Oie
Phy
East Main Street
Phonograph Shop
Cvs Music Center
Federal Food Administration
J. Cecil Brown
Dei
Jackson Bros
Summers Chapel
G. W. Keener
Vaness
A. Summers
Emerson
Ada Electric & Gas Co
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