American Enlistees in British Army Fight First Trenches
Arthur Guy Empey, an American in Jersey City, sails to England to enlist as a private in the British army. He trains in London and France, experiences trench life, and recalls chaplain Captain Hall’s bravery delivering wounded under fire. The piece highlights harsh baths, discipline, and chaplains as respected noncombatants.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Chaplain
No Man’s Land
Hall
Tommy
Digging No Man's Land Trench Under Fire at Dawn
A naval or army diary recounts a nighttime march to a frontline trench. The narrator recalls disciplined entry, silent digging, and a brutal two-hour assault with machine guns and shrapnel. After the trench reached two feet, bombardment and chaos followed, with 68 casualties and 21 killed 37 wounded the next day. A London official note compares war costs to killing or wounding a soldier.
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Fritz
Royal Engineers
No Man’s Land
Tommy
London
Hay and Grain Market Prices Listed By Item
Market prices for hay grain and related goods are shown by region and item. Colorado and Nebraska upland hay range 17.00 to 20.00 per ton with prairie hay 16.00 to 18.00, timothy 20.00 to 21.00, alfalfa 16.00 to 18.00, straw 2.00 per ton, and local regional values for corn oats gluten bran and flour products also listed with various per unit prices.
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Colo. Upland
Nebr
Upland
Colo
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Mixed Metal Prices Across Markets Reported
Market notes from New York and St. Louis list lead at 7.00 to 7.12 percent, copper at 23.12 percent, bar silver at 991lec, spelter at 7.00 to 7.25, tungsten concentrates at 60 percent 20.00 to 22.50 per unit, and crude ores 60 percent at 22.00 to 25.00 with various percentages and prices noted.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Wool and grain prices mixed in Boston and Chicago markets
The Boston market lists various wool scour prices by grade and blood level, including fine and half blood categories, plus clothing and extra pulled prices. Chicago grain prices show corn No 3 yellow at 1.60 to 1.63 and oats No 3 white at 77 to 79 cents, with barley and timber values also noted.
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Boston
Texas
Chicago
Kansas City Produce Prices Report 1918
Kansas City markets show Butter Creamery at 40 4 cents for firsts and 39 4 cents for seconds while packing brings 29 cents. Eggs for firsts 3 and poultry hens at 28 cents roosters 15 cents, 1918 broilers at 40 cents.
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Kansas City
Grain and dairy price notes from Minneapolis and Chicago
Grain rates show Minneapolis prices for rye at 2.24 and barley at 1.62, with bran at 28.14 and corn and flax figures given. flour is reported as fifty cents lower in general, with flour in carload lots at 9.05 a barrel. Chicago butter ranges 35 to 42 cents, eggs for firsts around 32 to 34 cents, and potatoes in Wisconsin and Michigan quoted with bulk and sack prices.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cooperative marketing ideas from USDA guidance
United States Department of Agriculture urges communities to form co op marketing organizations only with clear need and profit. Democratic structure limits member control by equity and profit distribution. education and preliminary surveys prepare successful cooperative ventures. The department offers guidance to communities considering cooperative undertakings.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Sheep or dogs which
A brief agricultural notice urges passage of a strict dog law to prevent stray dogs from killing sheep. The United States Department of Agriculture advocates separating sheep from dogs and removing stray sheep-killing canines to protect flocks from losses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers Write Insurance Reform Across Cooperatives
Farmers' cooperative fire insurance companies number about 2000 with roughly 5.3 billion dollars in force. They insure more than two fifths of insurable farm property in the United States. The average premium is about 26 cents per hundred dollars annually.
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United States
How Good Cows Pay in Dairy Production Gains
A study of 5,587 cow test records over four years shows income over feed cost rises sharply as butterfat output increases. From 150 to 200 pounds butterfat boosts income over feed cost by about 62 percent. from 150 to 300 pounds it triples. to 450 pounds it nears five times the initial figure.
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United States
War Time Dairy Cattle Policy and Breeding Slogan
The article urges retaining and improving dairy herds to feed the armed forces and support soil fertility. It criticizes unprofitable scrub cows and calls for selection, intelligent breeding, and skilled feeding to profitably expand dairy production during wartime.
Harness Repair Tools and Facilities
The article notes that keeping harness in repair requires simple and inexpensive tools. Much repair work can use general-purpose tools, while a few specialized devices are desirable for better efficiency.
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Pick and Shovel Squad
S. P
Sanitary Police
Holy Joe
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Denver Markets
F. O. B. Denver
Carland, Price
Benverten
Seca
Denver
Navy
Lima
Daov
V.nivain Sale
Eac
Boston Wool
Special Information Service
Western Fruit, Growers’ Association
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