Invasion Threat as Japanese Move Amid Siberian Plans
A Western Newspaper Union dispatch reports Workmen's and Soldiers' Association pursuing a separate Siberian republic from Irkutsk. Petrograd evacuated. Moscow hosts ministries. Bolshevik reprisals, Allied and German advances, and sieges ripple across Kharkov, Mohilev, Gomel, and Odessa as German forces push toward Briansk and Briansk.
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Tokio
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Association
Siberian Republic
Irkutsk
Violent clashes swirl in Belfast as riots erupt
A Reuters report notes severe rioting in Belfast’s national quarter between Sinn Fein and police. It also cites widespread devastation in Innisfail Australia from a cyclone and other global war and economic developments including wheat forecasts, casualties, and political shifts.
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Belfast
Innisfail
Australia
Reuter
London
Blagovetchensk
Rathmore
Kingstown
Ireland
Turkestan
Petrograd
Belgians Repel German Raid Across Front
Belgian official statement says storm troop attacks in the Nieuport Dixmude and Merckem regions gained footing at points but were expelled by counterattacks. Allied forces from the Americans French British Belgians and Portuguese hold the front from the North Sea to Switzerland as artillery grows in intensity. The anticipated German drive has not materialized and the Allies may launch offensives at various points.
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Paris
Nieuport
Dixmude
Merckem
Teuton
North Sea
Switzerland
Enlistment quotas set for 250000 boy farm workers
Washington reports the labor department has announced state quotas to furnish 250000 boys for a farm labor reserve starting March 18. States listed include California 37000, Texas 25500, Kansas 17000, Nebraska 12000, Washington 15000, Oregon 9500, Colorado 10000, New Mexico 1500, Arizona 1500, Utah 5000, Nevada 1000, Idaho 4000, South Dakota 4000, Wyoming 1500.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Oregon
California
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Wyoming
Central League suspends operations for year
President Harry Stahlhofer announced in Terre Haute Ind that the Central League of Baseball Clubs will suspend operations for the year. Wladek Zbyszko defeated Pat Comley in Sioux City Ind in two straight falls using head scissors and toe holds. Ralph Greenleaf set a new world pocket billiards record with a 137 unfinished run in a 150 point match in Camden N J.
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Central League of Baseball Clubs
Harry Stahlhofer
Terre Haute
Ind
Wladek Zbyszko
Pat Comley
Sioux City
Zbyszko
Ralph Greenleaf
Monmouth
Ill
James Lanagan
Camden
N. J
Greenleaf
Local seed corn sold cheap by Will county farmer
Seed corn ranges from 15 to 25 per bushel in markets but John A Stephens of Will county Illinois sold his 1000 bushels to neighbors for 4 a bushel refusing a 10 offer from a seed house. Also notes on Prohibition era saloons, war era jobs, and a long lived centenarian.
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John A Stephens
Will County
Ill
Market price list for Colorado and Nebraska feeds
A dated price sheet lists buying prices per ton for upland hay and timothy for Colo and Nebr, prairie hay new crop, and alfalfa with ranges from 18 to 24 dollars. It also shows oats and corn figures, grain items including gluten feed and bran, plus a Hungarian patent item with a discount note.
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Colo. Upland
Nebr
Upland
Colo
South Park
Gunnison Valley
DCUAW
Besia
Unclear product listing with eggs fruit prices identified
Fragmented OCR text shows graded eggs with counts 33 and 26, box fruit items including apples and pears from Colorado, and a total price of 3.00. The readable items include egg grades and miscellaneous cases, but many words are garbled.
Dry Hides Market Prices in Flint District
Flint prices for dry hides show fallen rates for beef hides at 23d per pound and bone for bull and stag at 12d per ounce, with culls and glue at 1s 12d. Salt hides range 2d to 2 1/3d per pound and horse hides priced at 1/2 to 2/3 the cost of green salted hides.
Green Salted Cured Hides and Related Goods
Trade listing notes green salted cured hides and skins with various quantities and grades. Mentions bull and stag hides, part cured stock, and price references such as 2c less than cured. Includes references to ADs and girder items.
Metal Market Prices and Ore Rates Across Cities
The report lists metal prices in New York and Boulder with details for lead at 7.37 to 7.62 dollars, bar silver at 84.44 cents, copper at 23.12 dollars, and tungsten concentrates around 20.00 dollars per unit. Boulder figures include crude ores and various tonnage or percentage values.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Colo
Chicago grain and provision prices amid market notes
Chicago grain and provision prices list corn No 3 yellow 1.70 No 4 oica 1.45 to 1.60 oats No 3 white 0.24? 0.94 standard 0.98? 0.94 rye No 2 2.90 barley 1.75 2.28 Timothy 5.00 8.00 lard 25 ribs 23 07 387.
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Chicago
Butter Eggs Potatoes and Roosters in Chicago Dairy Market
Chicago market report lists butter at 40 to 44 1/2 cents per pound with creamery terms, eggs firsts at 36 cents, ordinary firsts 35, cases included 34 to 35. Potatoes from Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota bulk 31 to 31.50 per cwt, sacks 1.30 to 1.40. Poultry roosters quoted at 28 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago Live Stock Quotations Overview
Chicago hog and cattle prices listed with ranges for hogs in multiple kinds including bulk light mixed heavy and pigs. Cattle quotes show native steers stockers and feeders cows calves with varied price spans. Lambs are priced at 14.50 to 18.50 per hundredweight in the same market.
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Eeeeeario
Wicenger Pecs Nutes Conc Mines
Hesou G
Chicago
New York Cotton Prices Reported for Futures
New York cotton prices show middling at 33.20 with futures: March 32.20 May 31. a7 July 81.22 October 30.20 December 30.00.
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New York
Linseed prices mixed across months in Duluth market
In Duluth Minnesota linseed prices show May bid at 4.20 dollars per unit and July 4.20 dollars asked while October 8.77 dollars asked indicating a varied market. The notes also reference a general price around 4.16 to 4.264 percent figures for May and other periods.
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Duluth
Minn
War week in review shows heavy fighting and air raids
British casualties for the week ending March 16 reach 3,562 as British aviators drop bombs on Coblenz. German positions near Samogneux and Dezonvaux report assaults while French troops push into enemy trenches at Malancourt. Odessa and Nikolayev reportedly captured with no fighting. Berlin notes losses among civilians in Menin and Halluin as Verdun offensive stalls. Dutch government accepts entente use of Dutch ships in danger zone amid treks by Entente aviators hitting Treves Saarbrucken Mannheim and Pirmasens.
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Haparanda
Sweden
Petrograd
Moscow
Council of Commissaries
Leon Trotzky
Nikolai Lenine
Voroshba
Kharkov
Belgium
Mohilev
Gomel
Dnieper
Germany
Japan
Martoff
Voronezh
Kazan
Irkutsk
Siberia
Blagovestchensk
Harbin
Semenoff
Odessa
Nikolayev
Russia
Black Sea
Kherson
Vasa
Finland
Abo
Aland Islands
Bakhmatch
Konotop
Tchernigov
Briansk
Orel
Coblenz
Rhine
Prussia
Geneva
Paris War Office
Samogneux
Bois Des Courieres
Dezonvaux
Reuter
Berlin
Menin
Halluin
Ypres
Verdun
Amsterdam
Arizona War Era Bulletin Covers Local and National Issues
Arizona news spans charter vote defeat in Tucson to war effort notes. Posts, bonds, and appointments accompany reports on draft enlistments, war gardens, fund drives, and local industry. Major items include officers slain near Hachita, a Miami incorporation order, and potash discoveries near Jerome.
Embargo on seed corn shipments lifted by Nebraska council
The Nebraska council of defense lifts the embargo on seed corn shipments out of the state. William J. Bryan will open the Wisconsin campaign for ratification of the national dity amendment March 26 at Madison. John Grant, a sheepherder, was found dead in his cabin fourteen miles northeast of Bozeman Montana. The body of George McNeel, implicated in the assault of a young white woman, was found hanging in the courthouse yard at Monroe Louisiana. J C Anderson, a Russellite preacher, was held at Carlsbad New Mexico to await action of the federal grand jury on charges of violating the espionage act by distribution of the finished mystery.
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Nebraska Council of Defense
William J. Bryan
Wisconsin
Madison
John Grant
Bozeman
Mont
George McNeel
Monroe
J. C. Anderson
Carlsbad
N. M
Federal Grand Jury
War Department lists forty nine names on casualty list
The War Department released a casualty list naming forty nine individuals. Senator Thomas proposes tearing down Frederick the Great statue at the War College in the Senate. The U S extends an extra 11 200 009 in credit to Belgium bringing total loans to 104 600 000 and allies loans to 4 960 600 000. Wilson imposes licensing on coal brokers and dealers per Fuel Administrator Garfield. Wheat shortage prompts food plan to cut consumption while Senate debates raising 1918 crop prices to boost production.
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Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Frederick the Great
War College
United States
Belgium
Wilson
Garfield
Food Administration
Nervous Breakdown Reversed by Vegetable Compound
Miss Kelly of Newark New Jersey says after three years of nervous breakdown and daily headaches she found relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with going to the root of her trouble and restoring normal health enabling her to work again. Her letter is published with permission.
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Miss Kelly
Lydia E. Pinkham
Newark
N. J
Lydia E.pinkham
Misa
Kelly
14Th St
Lost Opportunity and Health Ad Patter in One Page
An old advertisement jostles with a joke exchange about missed chance. The page pairs a Cuticura soap and ointment pitch with a humorous quip about a dream of striking Marie, hinting at magazine-style light fare accompanying ads.
Red Cross Bag Blue Adv Promotes Superior Stain Remover
An advertisement touts Red Cross Bag Blue as far more effective than liquid blue, claiming it travels farther from the scoop and can be obtained at any grocer.
Old Man and Mule Speak on Courtesy in Kansas City Star Voice
A Kansas City Star flavor vignette retells a stubborn mule tale told by Parson Bagster. Brother Wack explains cussing a mule, dressing it in polite language, and the stubborn beast’s stubbornness. The dialogue satirically contrasts harsh treatment with patient, plain talk.
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Brother Wack
Bagster
Kansas City Star
Informal Affair Sparks Dress Up Comment
The hostess noted the gathering would be strictly informal, prompting the women to dress up for the event.
Hot Water and Cold-Blooded Relief
The dialogue centers on Mr. Brown who is repeatedly in hot water, with a biting remark noting his cold-blooded nature. A quip suggests his chilly demeanor offers a strange form of relief to others.
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Mr. Brown
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Trotsky
Slav
Republic OF Siberia
Tinues
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Hangoe
Haines
Helsingfors
Bjorneborg
Morris
all-Russia Congress of Soviets
M. Ryazenov
Bolshevik Party
Peter the Great
Washington Economy Board
Teutons
SPORT
Philadelphia
Little Rock
Ark
Margaret Wilson
Wissahickon Barracks
Naval — Reserve Force
Cape May
France
St. Louis County
Richard H. Norton
Troy
Norton
Congress
Champ Clark
Pacific Coast
Frederick S. Strong
Fortieth
Camp Kearny
Cal
Joseph Bashaw
Leominster
Mass
Mr. Bashaw
St. Hyacinthe
Canada
Denver
F. O. B. Denver
Carlond Price
Eges
D. P
Lima
Story OF
Union News Service
Malancourt
Entente
Treves
Saarbrucker
Mannheim
Pirmasens
Arizona State News
Victory
Tucson
Mary E. Brown
Parker
Florence
Yee Wan
Phoenix
Rowood
P. H. Holcomb
Fort Riley
Kan
Cochise
Palestine
London War Office
Luneville
Badonvilliers
India
Persia
G. W. P. Hunt
Anna A. Porter
Dos Cabezas
John Widsom
Wickenburg
Ben Olney
John Hawkins
Superior Court
Gila County
Miami
Board of Supervisors
Arizona State Bureau of Mines
Martin
Prescott Public Schools
Camp Funston
National Army
Tempe
Sonora
Nogales
Treasury Department
Mexico City
Stanford
Maricopa County
Will Heilman
J. L. Spoon
Hunt
Jerome
158Th Infantry
340Th Field Artillery
Arizona Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Inspiration Copper Company
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Inspiration Company
Frank McBride
Mark Kempton
Dave Wootan
Graham County
International Boundary Line
Hachita
Safford
Tom
John Powers
Tom Sisson
Frank Haynes
Globe
Western
War Department
Henpeck
Bill Marie
Good Old Brother Wack
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