Advance in Freight Rates Affects Wheat Prices Across Mississippi Valley
In a bid to shield farmers from higher costs, a June 24 freight-rate increase will likely raise wheat prices by a few cents a bushel at key Mississippi Valley and eastern terminals. A Washington committee will discuss necessary compensation on June 25 to keep farmers in their pre-change position, while a broader plan aims to offset losses from the rate rise. A hospital train arrived within an hour after a bridge was tampered with, disrupting troop movements from Camp McArthur. Batteries E and F were reassigned, and Paul Gardner remains stationed at Camp McArthur in the field artillery.
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Mississippi Valley
Railroad Administration
Washington
Committee of Traffic Exporta
Camp McArthur
Paul Gardner
Field Artillery
Atlantic Soldier on Waco Train Crash Aboard Troop Train
Paul Gardner, son of Mrs. Katherine Gardner of 704 Hazel Street, was aboard a troop train that crashed through a railroad bridge near Waco Texas on Tuesday afternoon. One soldier died and thirty three soldiers plus four civilians were injured. Gardner escaped unharmed. Camp McArthur officers suspect bridge tampering. The train carried Batteries E and F of the Eightieth field artillery crossing a creek seven miles from Waco when the bridge failed, sending the locomotive and five coaches into the creek bed.
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Paul Gardner
Katherine Gardner
Hazel Street
Waco
Tex
Young
Gardner
Camp McArthur
Crook
Eightieth Field Artillery
Towha faces coal shortage says fuel administrator
A letter to Chairman Goff from D F Cushing warns of an imminent coal shortage in Iowa this winter. He cites reduced mining and fewer cars, urging residents to stock up on Town coal now to lessen hardship later.
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Federal Fuel Administration
East
Goff
Atlantic Coal Committee
D. F. Cushing
United States Fuel Administration
Cushing
Iowa
Mr. Cushing
Exploits of British Submarines in the Baltic Sea
Petrograd correspondent notes British submarines in the Baltic entered German waters unscathed and wrecked to prevent capture. Seven boats remained, conducting daring dives under minefields, sinking enemy transports, and destroying stores and a repair barge. Downie led operations at Helsingfors. Beta 80 commanded by Sealey struck a destroyer and a transport, while Beta 33 and 20 faced heavy depth bomb attacks and damage, all seven subs ultimately sunk to save British property.
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Baltic
Petrograd
London Morning Post
Germany
Russia
Sterval
Finland
Helsingfors
Toovarlstedt
Helsingford
White , Guards
Red Guards
Tooyaristeh
Helsingforn
Downie
Hango
Mossel
Daga
Sealey
Dowanle
Fred
Canadian Bulldog Resting in Kennel
The Canadian bulldog is described as harmless while in his kennel but becomes aggressive when unleashed on the Germans, living up to his name.
Chill in Jail After Antiwar Activist War Critique
August Chill of Pine Bluff Arkansas, once active in opposing U S efforts to defeat Germany, is jailed awaiting action by the federal grand jury. He is charged with obstructing the draft failing to register as an alien enemy and publicly predicting a German victory with Americans under German rule within two years.
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Chill
Pine Bluff
Art
United States
Germany
Federal Grand Jury
CAI
Treia
Potato Bread Forbidden in Switzerland Amid Shortage
Switzerland faces a potato shortage that forces a shift in bread production. The Swiss military department rescinded the order requiring bakers to use potato flour or potatoes in bread, and now bans any potato use in bread making.
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Swiag Millitary Department
Switzerland
Knitting Honore Claimed by St Louis Mrs Amelia Delporte
Mrs Amelia Delporte of St Louis is credited as the country’s champion knitter with a record of four dozen sweaters three dozen helmet mats and numerous other items. Her prolific work includes whitebands knee caps and abdomen supports amid efforts to aid soldiers and communities.
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Honore
Amelia Delporte
St. Louis
Champloy
Ron Rarvil
Turned Dreams to Account in a Damp Night
The article recalls how dreams have inspired profitable works by Mrs. Radcliffe and others. It recounts Turton d's tale of a devil appearing in a nightmare that dictated a violin sonata, and De Quincey the English Opium-Eater whose fame rested on dreams induced by opium and described in Confessions of an Opium Eater.
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Radcliffe
Turttnd
de Quincey
Sam Miles and Benny Bates Stir Tipton Class Pull
In Tipton two six year olds Benny Bates and George Elbert Shorpe raised a light on school spirit as Benny explained he didn’t need to punch another boy because George Elbert had already done the cheering for Sammies. The boys, sons of local Tipton businessmen, were referenced by the Indianapolis News in a humorous anecdote about schoolyard pride and rivalry.
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Leavell
Tipton
Benny Bates
Charles Bates
Mr. Leavell
Kaiser
Benny
Ess
George Elbert
George Shorpe
Indianapolis News
Archaeology in Rome Persists Through War Time
A London Times letter by Eugenie Strong notes Rome's archaeology continues during the war. Researchers at the British School in Rome report ongoing work in follow up excavations rather than new digs, preserving the era’s grandeur amid global conflict.
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Rome
London Times
Eugenie Strong
Archaeology, History and Letters
British School At
Candy Flowers Newest Love Gift
A Chicago firm markets a new confectionery bouquet style named bouqueta or sweet meats. The molded candy forms flowers wrapped in colored papers create a floral display that can be admired, then the candies are eaten after removing the paper.
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Chicago
Ocean Furnishes New Food Item From Japan
Intelligent commercial development of a little known fish for other markets is shown in a new Japanese product, Kipper sammas. Described by the Puetfle Fisherman as a mackerel pike and peculiar to Japanese waters, a packing company plans kippered or smoked form. Experts praise quality and foresee a market in this country.
Swiss Food Ration Cuts Under New Regulations
Swiss citizens face strict monthly limits with a per person allowance of one pound of agar and butter ration reduced to one fifth of a pound. The measures reflect wartime scarcity and government control of food supplies.
Pitt Johnson Combine in Legislature Broken
Primary returns from the June 3 election show the Thirty-eighth general assembly will be dry regardless of outcome. The Pitt Johnson machine that controlled the house in the Thirty-seventh is badly wrecked. Milton Pitt, speaker in 1917, will not return and may lose his senate bid in the Thirty-fourth district to Ed M. Whiting. Caswell, formerly in the Thirty-seventh, hails from Denix ton and the district tilts Democratic by about 600 votes, making Pitt’s race uphill.
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General Assembly
Pitt Johnson
Milton Pitt
State Senate
Grant L. Caswell
Denixton
Ed M. Whiting
Whiting
Farm Loans At 5 4 4 6 Percent From Wood & Savery
Atlantic Iowa loan agency Wood and Savery announces farm loans available at 5 4 4 and 6 percent. Call and inquire at their Atlantic office for terms and application steps.
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Wood & Savery
Atlantic
Iowa
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