Beef famine unlikely now says Uncle Sam
The Agriculture Department reports in compact form that beef and cattle production show a hopeful trend. Cattle on farms and ranges on January 1 1918 totaled 66,830,000 head, up from 1917, with beef cattle at 43,546,000 head and dairy cattle also rising. Central market receipts in 1917 reached 22,239,028 head amid heavy slaughterings.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Dwight B. Heard
American Review of Reviews
Heard
Overland Men Hold Regional Business Meeting
The Lostro Auto Sales field organization gathers in their spacious building with speakers from Staude Mak A Tractor Co Federal Tire Co and General Electric. Luncheon at Fowtchs precedes dinner and entertainment at the Masonic Temple then a group outing to see Intolerance at the Opera House. Overland workers from southeastern Ohio and western Virginia counties attend.
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Lostro Auto Sales Company
Staude- Mak-A-Tractor Co
Federal Tire Co
General Electric Company
Fowtch's
Masonic Temple
Opera House
Lostro Force
Ohio
West Virginia
Beef shipments to Allies soar in late 1917 1918
In the three months spanning December 1917 and January February 1918, American ports shipped 128,600,000 pounds of fresh beef to the Allied nations, marking a substantial increase from the previous year.
Indian Chief Promises a “Bit” for Liberty Loan
Wichita April 25 Chief Little Bear after a Liberty loan speech near Standing Rock Indian reservation asked who they fight. The speaker replied The Germans. The chief said Too bad Three Germans were on the reservation Sunday I could have killed all of them easy I go out now and pick up trail.
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Wichita, Kan
Liberty Loan
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Little Bear
Turks Meet Successes in Drive Toward Kars
An official communication says the Turks have met with successes in recent engagements in the Caucasus. The Turkish report states they are fighting toward Kara and have occupied Ozurgeti thirty kilometers northeast of Batum. A Minneapolis man has invented a children's book with lifelike moving animals on turning pages.
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London
Caucasus
Kara
Ozurgeti
Batum
Minneapolis
Ohio and West Virginia locales listed in question
A compilation of towns and cities across Ohio and West Virginia including Marietta Caldwell Lowell Wells ton Oakhill McArthur Coolville Amesville Middleport Gallipolis Parkersburg Spencer Ravens wood Riply Elizabeth Burning springs.
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Marietta
Caldwell
Lowell
Wellston
Oakhill
McArthur
Coolville
Amesville
Middleport
Gallipolis
Ohio
Parkersburg
Spencer
Ravenswood
Riply
Elizabeth
Burning Springs
W. Va
Allies Gain Million Men From German Drive
London reports that the German offensive has brought the Allies an extra 1,008,000 soldiers, cited by Winston Churchill in addressing an American labor delegation. He said the Germans’ attack has strengthened and consolidated the Allied forces fighting them.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Proud keeps dog in jail after attack in Brighton
Mrs. Elizabeth Proud is jailed in Brighton New Jersey after her dog bit two children. Mayor Whitaker suggested letting the city kill the dog to end trouble, but Proud refused defending her pet as gentle and playful and paying $300 to answer for maintaining a vicious dog. Separately Navy officials refuse to comment on Baldwin Locomotive Company's great gun details, citing potential enemy use.
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Brighton
N. J
Elizabeth Proud
Whitaker
Washington
Navy
Baldwin Locomotive Company
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