Food Supply Facts From Britain Study on War Impact
Britain studies war effects on food sources chaired by the Prince of Wales. U.S. grain exports to Britain decline while Canada, Russia, Argentina rise. England milks its own flour. Liverpool tops baking centers. Meat imports drop as Canada and Argentina rise. ham and bacon demand falls. Rabbits, cheese, and butter see reduced exports. Danish and Canadian markets expand.
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Prince of Wales
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Russia
Argentine
England
Liverpool
New Zealand
Denmark
Australia
Heir of Auslia Hag Narrow Escape
Paris reports a rumor of an attempted killing of the Russian emperor arising from a St. Petersburg dispatch about a dramatic incident at Tsarskoe-Selo. A nurse allegedly planned to immerse the infant heir in boiling water until the empress intervened to save the child. Domestic staff were dismissed.
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Paris
Lfe
Petit Journal
St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo
Trade declines threaten American supremacy in trade
The article notes sharp drops in butter sales and food exports to Britain and Germany from 1897 to 1903, with Denmark supplying much of Britain’s imports. It argues that Britain could be pressured by halting food, but such leverage no longer holds, urging business leaders and Congress to pursue liberal reciprocity treaties to preserve commercial power and domestic prosperity.
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Canada
West
Denmark
Great Britain
Germany
Congress
Southern Cotton Association urged to back strong business plan
M. L. Johnston, president of the Georgia division, Southern Cotton Association, urged business leaders to join, fund, and support a campaign to reduce cotton acreage and fertilizer use, hold prices, and build a self sustaining cotton industry in the south. He stressed non political leadership, urged universal membership, and called for accurate统计 on acreage and fertilizer reductions funded by growers and merchants.
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M. L. Johnston
Georgia
Southern Cotton Association
South
Cottton
New Orleans
Johnson
H Ts
Association
Chronic Rheumatism Cured Says Dr H B Hettinger
Indiana physician reports severe rheumatism after ankle sprain, credits Detchon’s Mystic Cure for Rheumatism with restoring mobility in four days after two bottles. Recommends to all afflicted. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons at 105 Clayton street.
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H. B. Hettinger
Indianapolis
Iind
Detchon
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Clayton Street
Old Swindle of Spaniards Warns U S Citizens
The Washington Star reports a learned warning from the U S consul general at Barcelona about a long running swindle in Spain. Conmen pose as prison insiders planning to dupe distant American relatives into sending money to gain custody of a dying Cuban prisoner’s daughter and a hidden fortune. The scheme relies on fake letters, a supposed prison priest, bogus clippings, and a secret valise with a test of deposit funds.
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State Department
United States
Barcelona
Spain
Cuba
Cartagena
America
Free
Augustin Lafiente
Dideleg
Tully
Gar
Washington Star
Unruly Circus Elephant Besets Gollman Cars in Indiana
Hartford City Indiana May 13 A circus elephant still refuses to board or alight from her car since a Kempton train wreck. She bangs her head to watch actions inside the car and ripped a water tank from a station water tower with her trunk. The animal guards her two week old calf amid the wrecks, behavior linked to protecting her young. The Philadelphia Press mocks Indiana anti cigarette law as a joke in a stray paragraph.
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Hartford City
Ind
Gollman Bros.’ Circus
Kempton
L. E. and W
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