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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
11
Captain Harmon recounts a naval battle around the Leviathan as three U boats attacked the American transport. Two submarines were blown to atoms by destroyers while a third was overwhelmed in a rapid, chaotic chase across rough Atlantic seas.
In Cleveland schools the manual training and domestic science programs have switched. Boys are taught cooking and grocery buying while girls learn household carpentry. Both genders show proficiency with tools and culinary tasks.
In Cheyenne Wyoming three Campbell County women Miss Lulu Munson Belle Pattison and Grace Keenan have become sheepherders at 50 dollars a month and found. Each oversees 2500 sheep under B J Reno. They are cited as the first female sheepherders in the United States.
War reshapes New York finance as banks foreign exchange and markets adjust. Officials curb rumor-mongering on the New York Stock Exchange and Cotton Exchange, aiming to curb harmful stories that sway prices and sentiment.
Denver market figures list buying and selling prices per ton for hay including Colorado upland, Nebraska hay, prairie hay, Timothy, alfalfa and straw. Grain items cover oats corn gluten bran and flour while fruit prices note Colorado apples cherries gooseberries strawberries and related crates and pints.
Price listings show lead at 7.80 to 7.90, copper at 23.12, silver at 99, gold withheld, spelt er at 8.40 to 8.60 in St. Louis. London quotes bar silver at 48 percent per ounce. Boulder Colorado lists tungsten concentrates at 22.00 to 22.50 per unit, with crude ores 60 percent at 22.00 to 25.00, 25 percent at 12.00 to 12.50, and 10 percent at 9.40 to 12.20.
Chicago market quotes show hogs mixed from 15.50 to 17.00 per cwt with weights listed as light packing rough and bulk sales. Cattle prices range from 7.00 to 18.00 for various grades including beef cattle and canners. Sheep quotations include prime Idaho lambs at 18.75 and natives up to 18.60 with various ranges for m ium and good and ewes.
Market notes from Duluth indicate linseed prices with bids of $3.95 to arrive and $3.94 offered in July and September respectively. Futures show $3.82 to be asked for October and $3.98 asked for September.
Kansas City produce market notes show eggs firsts at 33c, seconds 26c. Poultry hens priced at 24c. Ike mentioned as spoilers with 30 to 35c. Listings include 10c firsts and 38 1/2c seconds, general packing 30c.
Federal meat inspection extended to military supply. Sixty seven inspectors with the Army and thirty with the Navy ensure safety from slaughter to mess. Inspectors advise on storage and handling, oversee sanitary transport, and condemn unsound products.
Agriculture inspectors at official establishments must collect and forward representative samples from every batch of food products for the army or navy to meat inspection laboratories. Analyses prioritize this work and test for adulterants and poisons among other chemicals.
The Agriculture Department promotes a nationwide plan urging every farmer to store one case of eggs for home use and sell one case to a neighbor. Benefits cited are conservation of supplies, equalized distribution, and price stabilization. Water glass or lime water methods advised for preservation with only fresh eggs.
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