Prussian Pride and British Hostility at Frontline Hospital
British officer reports German prisoners at a hospital in France. A redheaded German accused of shooting two Red Cross men faces court martial after recovery. Observations include Prussian salute bias, German fear of torture, and a British officer’s selfless bed-share with a German officer, revealing human contrasts amid war.
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Joseph W. Griggs
New York World
France
London
England
Red Cross
Hamburg
America
Saved from Pedlar's Cart Loughlin Leaves NY Police
After 23 years with the New York City Police Department the horse Loughlin will retire to a Connecticut farm owned by John L Wendell. The aged mare was purchased at auction for 50 dollars by charitable New Yorkers who urged bidders not to bid.
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New York
Loughlin
City of
E. P. Crissman
Connecticut
John L. Wendell
Ashame
Infantry Attack Is Revolutionized In French Army Tactics
A 1914 description notes French infantry abandoning shoulder to shoulder assaults after Marne. Battalions now function as self contained small armies with independent companies and specialized troops. Each unit carries its own support and can defend and attack without artillery prep.
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The
Marne
Associated Press
Iris Tree to Marry American Artist Curtis Moffat
Miss Iris Tree daughter of Sir Herbert Tree will wed American artist Curtis Moffat in New York within a short time. The ceremony planned amid social circles features the renowned actor’s family and the contemporary artist.
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Iris Tree
Herbert Tree
Curtis Moffat
New York
Court of Appeals Rules Dog Is Property In Georgia
In Atlanta the Georgia Court of Appeals held that a man can lawfully claim his dog as property, reversing a lower court ruling that had declared a dog not to be property. The decision clarifies the status of a dog in legal actions seeking recovery or restitution.
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Atlanta
Court of Appeals
Late Market Quotations From Western Market News
Western Union notes cattle prices with hay fed steers good to choice at 7.25 to 8.25 per cwt and fair to good steer quotes 6.75 to 7.25. Grassers range 7.00 to 8.25 with cows and calves bidding 4.00 to 7.60 for various grades. Breeding stock and feeders listed from 3.75 to 7.76 with ranges by quality and class.
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Dal Regia
Elesay
Ares
Prices for flour hay grains and live poultry here
A listing of buying prices for flour and Hungarian Patent flour cents and hay per ton in various U.S. regions with ranges for Colorado Nebraska South Park and San Luis Valley. Grain prices include wheat rye oats corn and bran with per hundred pounds figures. Live poultry prices show hens turkeys and eggs with F O B Denver references and creamery butter prices.
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Denver
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Colorado
Nebraska
South Park
Choice
San Luis Valley
Gunnison Valley
Suwaww
Doritons. Ce
Colo
Elniee Bran
Ares A Cvaiaicre
Miscellaneous Markets Metal Quotations Summary
Silver in New York at 75 cents copper 29.37 dollars per 100 pounds spelter 9.15. Lead 7.50 per 100 pounds. Tungsten concentrates 60 percent priced at 15 per unit crude ores 60 percent 15 25 percent 9.40 to 12 10 percent 8.70 to 10 per unit Boulder area.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Butter Eggs and Poultry and Chicago Live Stock Quotations
Chicago market report lists Butter Creamery prices 33 39c per half pound. Eggs Firsts 40 41c ordinary firsts 38 36c at mark included cases 32 40c. Poultry Fowls 15 18c springs 19c turkeys 23c. Hog prices bulk 9.95 10.45, light 9.50 10.30, mixed 9.85 10.55, heavy 10.00 10.55, rough 10.00 10.15, pigs 7.60 9.35. Cattle native beef 7.50 11.80 Western steers 7.35 10.00 stockers 5.35 8.40 cows 4.30 10.00 calves 9.00 13.25. Sheep wethers 9.25 10.50 ewes 6.75 10.00 lambs 11.40 13.70. New York January 17.40 March 17.60 May 17.80 July 17.87 October 18.62. Middling upland 17.55.
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Chicago
New York
Winter Quarters for Sows
In winter sow care requires shelter, exercise, and liberal nutrition using nutrient rich seeds. A semimonitor roof hoghouse facing south eases farrowing and allows one man to manage many sows, with two rows of pens and a feed alloy between.
Doctor Sheep With Worms
Copper sulphate drenching may treat stomach and tapeworms in sheep, say Ohio Experiment Station husbandmen. After a 8 to 20 hour fast, yearlings need 2 fl oz and two-year olds 3 fl oz of a solution of one ounce copper sulphate in two quarts water.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Clover and Alfalfa Value in Fattening Lambs
Ohio Experiment Station reports when both roughages are equal in quantity clover and alfalfa give similar fattening value to lambs. Alfalfa is usually in better condition and fetches higher market price, so feeders should not overvalue alfalfa over good clover to save costs.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Guidance for Caring for Sheep in Cold Weather
Do not mind cold weather when the fold is dry and light and there is no draft. Do not crowd the flock. Exercise is essential to ewes and coming lambs. Feed regularly and be quiet and kind. Use a kind, well-modulated voice. Provide plenty of clean fresh water in the barn and change it daily.
Paradoxical Blame in a Rural Exchange
A brief exchange features a rustic jab as one speaker calls a young man a bad egg and his companion agrees he is a fresh one, illustrating sharp but humorous blame in countryside chatter.
California Syrup of Figs Ad Claims Gentle Laxative
An advertisement appeals to mothers to give California Syrup of Figs for feverish or constipated children. It promises quick relief as a fruit laxative affecting stomach and bowels and suggests a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages.
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California
Adv
Bayard Swope Reflects on German Soldiers Spirit
Bayard Swope, NY journalist, described his German visit noting mutilated and cheerfully resigned young men. He cited a Bavarian captain who lost his sight and shared a proverb about hardship and walking the road.
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Bayard Swope
New York
Rman
Germany
Far-Sighted Lad and the Lumber Yard Fear
Irvington lad Raymond, six, refused an errand when the route passed a lumber yard between home and the corner grocery. He feared what lay behind the stacks, not the piles themselves, in a humorous family exchange cited by the Indianapolis News. Russia is a large producer of asbestos.
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Raymond
Irvington
Mamma
Indianapolis News
Russia
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South Dakota State College
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