Strawberries Plentiful as Prices Hold in Local Markets
In Barre and St. Johnsbury on June 25 1919 market notes show strawberries abundant with firm prices. Dressed pork and veal quotes varied little while dairy butter eggs and potatoes held near prior levels. Receipts for the week ending June 24 from W A Rickers market include poultry hogs lambs cattle calves and milch cows with mixed boomed and steady values.
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Barre
St. Johnsbury
W. A. Ricker
Boston butter markets show heavy receipts amid poor quality
Boston June 25 The four chief butter markets Chicago New York Boston and Philadelphia report another week of heavy receipts large accumulations and generally unsatisfactory trading conditions Storing remains heavy with rates near a million pounds daily doubling last year Despite good consumption export is insignificant Poor quality due to heat with mold and odorous flavors noted. smaller stores less active at dealers accounts. Local prices for butter eggs and cheese listed with various grades and values.
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Boston
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Mig@inc
Routing Circus Trains to Stands Not Child's Play
A fragmentary 19th or early 20th century note discusses Selle Floto circus routing, stressing common sense and territory knowledge, with concerns about streetcar strikes, railroad changes, and timing to maximize profits on show trains and openings, highlighting the hard, risky task for an exhibitor.
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Selle-Floto Circus
Montpelier
Bute
Erritory
Liberals Return to Power in Quebec Election
The provincial Liberal government under Sir Lomer Gouin was reelected in Quebec's Monday vote. The new Legislative Assembly will have 70 liberals, nine conservatives, and two labor party members, marking a historic first for Montreal labor forces in electing candidates.
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Labor
Montreal
Quebec
Vine
Sir Lomer Gouin
Discovery of Milk Powders Aids Humanity
Two milestones broaden human welfare. In 1835 Newton developed the vacuum milk condensation with cane sugar to a semi liquid. In 1883 Horlick of Racine Wisconsin created dry milk powder with malted grain extract, named Malted Milk. Its ease, digestibility, and stable shelf life across climates made it an ideal food drink from infancy to old age. Ask for HORLICK'S Avoid imitations.
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Newton
Horlick
Racine
Wis
Horlck
Cattle Tuberculosis Eradication Plan Expands Nationwide
The Agriculture Department's new rules begin July 1 restrict interstate cattle shipments until tuberculin tested, with limited exceptions. The effort, led by the Bureau of Animal Industry, partners with state officials and cattle owners across 42 states to eradicate tuberculosis, funded partly by state appropriations and federal indemnity for some producers.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Weekly News Letter
Department of
Cntire
Lawe
Federal Department
United States
Seattle
Riots in Hamburg Attack Food Factories and Troops
Rioting in Hamburg over two days saw mobs assault food provisioning plants and a war provision office. Managers were dragged through streets as troops attempted to intervene, firing on rioters and reports say several people were killed.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
Cocchi Confesses to Slaying Ruth Cruger Body Split in Two
Bologna hears dramatic testimony as Cocchi admits hiding the body of Ruth Cruger by sawing it in two after killing her in New York in 1917. He claims his wife is guilty and the court orders examination of related New York records amid tense proceedings.
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Cocchi
Miss Cruger
New York
Bologna
Alefred Goeehl
Ruth Couger
Signor Haguoli
Tor
Signor Hagnoli
Alfred Cocchi
Ruth Crager
Coven
New York City
Mre Cocchi
Casualty Totals Reported By War Department
Washington DC war department releases total casualties for American expeditionary forces reaching 280 016 to date. Killed in action 8 754 died of wounds 1 570 died of disease 24 395 died from accidents and other causes 4 942. Wounds died in action 210 084 missing in action 2 270.
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Washington, D.C
War Department
Wours
Two Young Men Convicted in Counterfeiting Case
Hartford June 24. Louis Stoe fel and Andrew Reackas were sentenced to three years in a federal penitentiary in Atlanta for counterfeiting. They had confessed to clipping bill corners and pasting faces to raise denominations, with passes in Scranton and Waterbury.
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Hartford
Conn
Touis Stoefel
Andrew Reackas
Atlanta
Scranton
Waterbury
Tuberculosis Eradication Efforts In Minnesota Cattle
The report notes risks of restocking with unsanitary cattle and the potential for renewed infection. Since cooperative TB eradication began, monthly cattle tuberculin testing has risen, with 252,114 cattle tested between July 1, 1918 and May 1911. Minnesota ranks high among northern states, while Virginia and Alabama lead the south with тест numbers.
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Minnesota
Virginia
Alabama
Tuberculosis Death Rate in 1917 Shows Increase Yet Below Pneumonia
The Census Bureau notes 1,008,032 deaths in the continental United States in 1917, a rate of 14.2 per 100,000. Heart diseases, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and bronchitis dominate the causes, with tuberculosis rising from prior years but still below pneumonia in 1917. Data cover 27 states and 43 ancillary cities, totaling about 75 million people.
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Census Bureau
United States
District of Columbia
Territory of
Hawaii
IMM
Thin Cape
Bank Hold Up in River Rouge Four Men Seize Cashier
Four men armed with revolvers robbed the River Rouge State Bank in River Rouge yesterday, held up the cashier and an employee, and escaped with about $5,000 in cash. Police searched for the suspects as the incident stunned the Detroit area. A separate note reports Pennsylvania Senate passage of the Ramsey House bill permitting brewing and selling certain alcohol.
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Detroit
Midh
River Rouge
Pennsylvania
Senate
Ragrisburg
Ramsey House
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Brunswick
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Tine
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LL. C
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Soston
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Swift
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Chicago, Il
IME Sk
Beadegd Grocer
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