Crop and business review predicts wartime prosperity
The Annual Crop and Business Review from Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago says crops will be ample and prices stable, with wheat and corn production high enough to support exports to allies. It notes drought in the Southwest and Northwest reduced yields, while hay, potatoes, beans, and rye rise, and discusses war-time labor, banking strength, and cautious expansion to fund the war.
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Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Migsur
Life
Amazon
Canada
Australia
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Jon T
Mothering Our Boys Over There in France
Belmont Tiffany, with the American Red Cross in France, describes long shifts in canteen service for U S and French troops. She details the exhausting conditions, warm showers, and cheerful American helpers providing meals, music, letters, and comfort to exhausted soldiers, who greatly value the care and cleanliness.
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Y. Belmont Tifany
France
American Red Cross
Idlers Rush to U S Employment Bureau
Professional gamblers and others thronged the federal labor office seeking work to avoid arrest after police dragnet actions. Clerks matched applicants to shifts on rails, camp kitchens, and light duties with passes valid for a day, while Chief Murphy pledged a permanent dragnet as long as required.
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Barr
Federal
Eaement Bureau
Allie
Jere Murphy
A. J. Brantinghas
Ion
Joba
Federal Labor Bureau
Hamilton’ Street
Murphy
Big Army Engaged by Crown Prince Reports Front Alignments
Paris August 5 The German crown prince has 40 divisions amounting to 640000 men in Champagne and 47 divisions or 835000 men between the Aisne and the Marne since July 15, as the Intransigeant notes The front’s shortening saves about 135000 troops. The Entente diplomats in Huss before leaving Volodya for Kanada reportedly said their countries do not wish to maintain ties with the soviet government while it backs the German Junker power in Russia. Phases of independent state office candidates endorsed by the Non Partisan league were filed with the secretary of state. names include Mark Bates for governor A S Putnam for lieutenant governor Gilbert Cornseth for secretary of state and Seth Teesdale for attorney general.
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Paris
Champagne
Aisne
Bmarne
Huss
Volodya
Kandalaska
Pravda
Gereman
Junker
Mark Bates
A. S. Putnam
Double Tracking Will Change Car Routes
The Centerville Walkerville and Milwaukee station cars will have altered routes after double-tracking work completes. Tracks from Quartz to Galena on Main will allow new crossovers, with Centerville cars using Main rather than Broadway and Wyoming. Walkerville cars will enter Granite then Main to Broadway, Montana, and Granite. Milwaukee and Hutte Anaconda Pacific depot cars will run Main to Broadway and Wisconsin street, passing the hotel district. Schedule times stay the same. steel shortages delayed progress but enough materials were secured to proceed.
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Centerville
Walkerville
Milwaukee
Street Railway’ Company
Galena Streets
Main
Main Street
Broadway
Wyoming
Granite Street
Montana Street
Granite
Milwaukee “and Hutte, Anaconda & Pacific Depot
Wi Street
Indictments Ties Freight Rebates to Jersey City Yards
New York August 5 grand jury indicted the Jersey City Stockyards, created by Armour Swift interests, as a subsidiary leasing PA railroad yards to route shipments from the west to New York. Alleged rebates and discriminatory rates benefited packing firms over a five year span between 1912 and 1914. Indictments name Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Armour & Co, Swift & Co, and the Jersey City Stockyards Company.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Armour, &.C
Swift £ Co
Jersey “City
Jersey City
Armour and Swift
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