Market Quotations Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago June 8 hog prices weak with bulk 15.20 to 15.70, light 14.85 to 15.55, mixed 15.00 to 15.70, heavy 15.00 to 15.50, pigs 10.50 to 14.50. Cattle firm natives 9.20 to 13.70, stockers 7.40 to 10.50, cows 6.25 to 11.75, calves 9.75 to 50. Sheep steady wethers 8.30 to 10.80, ewes 7.00 to 9.75, lambs 9.50 to 14.50. Baltimore grain no. 2 red 2.74, western 2.79, oats 0.674%4, hay no.1 timothy unchanged. Eggs and poultry Philadelphia June 8 eggs 52c, live poultry 28c and 38c, fowls 21c and 25c. Pork Chicago July 37.95 and September 37.95.
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Chicago
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Tuxedo Horse Show Aids Red Cross Funds
Proceeds from the Tuxedo Horse Show Association exhibition at the speeding track go to the Tuxedo Red Cross Auxiliary. The event draws many notable attendees and marks a strong community effort amid concerns of disease and medical preparedness.
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Red Cross
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Tuxedo Horse Show Association
Tuxedo Red Cross
Baseball scores and standings from June games
Philadelphia pitchers unraveled in a 11 to 2 loss to St. Louis. Meyers yielded six walks and five hits as Davenport and Hale held the Phillies. New York beat Cleveland 7 to 4 behind weak first inning pitching by Bagby and Gould. Washington toppled by Chicago 11 to 4 as Benz allowed runs. Detroit defeated Boston 7 to 4 before rain halted play in the eighth inning.
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Poston
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Philadelphia
Meyers
Seibold
Esa Em Hs Cde
Davenport
Hale
Severoid
Falkenberg
Schang
Bagby
Gould
Igvossing
Betes
CBOE
Bagoy
Klepfer
O'Neill
Billings
Caldwell
Walters
Shaw
Ayers
Benz
Natch
Lynn
Ainsmith
Tigers
Red Sox
Boston
Detroit Today
James
Jones
Beland
Stanage
Leonard
Bader
Thomas
National League Fight and Key Games Report
Cincinnati beat New York 2 to 1 as the series continued on June 8 in Cincinnati. After New York scored in the second, Cincinnati tied it in the sixth and won in the ninth. A postgame fight occurred between Giants manager McGraw and NL umpire Byron. Rixey and Douglas pitched in Chicago where Philadelphia shut out Chicago 1 to 0, then Pittsburgh rallied to beat Brooklyn 5 to 4. Batteries and summaries noted for each game. details include pitching duels and late-inning rallies.
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Meshaw
Fight
Cincinnati
New York
Anderson
Rariden
Mitchell
Wingo
Rixey
Chicago
Philadelphia
Douglas
Killifer
Hendrix
Wilson
Pirates
Pittsburg
Brooklyn Today
Wienne
Marquard, Dell
Coombs and
Meyers
Cooper, Millar
Wagner
Base hits power rout of Boston in nine to one victory
The team pounded Boston with runs in the first, fifth, and eighth innings aided by errors and passes, beating Boston 9 to 1. Rudolph and Gowdy teamed on the battery for the winner while Packard and Snyde did the catching duties for the losing side.
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Boston
Bone Freie
Louis
Rudolph and
Gowdy
Packard
Snyde
Big Track Meet Opens at University of Chicago
Western intercollegiate conference track and field meet gathers athletes from conference schools in Chicago Illinois for the annual event at the University of Chicago. War service enlistments have crippled many teams, but enough competitors are expected to provide interesting events with proceeds aiding the YMCA war fund.
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Chicago
Ill
University of Chicago
Tomorow
Y M. C. A. War Work Fund
Keep Your Hands Clean and Wash Before Food
A Philadelphia Record advice piece urges soap and water to cleanse hands after contact with objects and before handling food. It warns hands can carry deadly germs that cause diseases and blindness, and stresses washing to prevent illness and death.
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Philadelphia
Below the Mountains Coast Geodetic Survey Findings
Researches by the United States coast and geodetic survey show mountains are buoyed by lighter outer earth materials rather than Earth’s rigidity. The lighter material extends about sixty miles beneath, while the ocean bottom remains heavy and denser than normal. Normal conditions occur in river valleys and coastal plains.
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Fee Yo
Swiss Military System and Death Euphemisms Compared
The article notes Switzerland could field 500 000 soldiers from a population under 5 million, detailing universal service, compulsory gymnastic training for boys, and military cadet work from ages seven to fifteen. It also discusses Latin etymology and Roman euphemisms for death such as vixit meaning he has lived.
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Switzerland
Alpine Republic
Remarkable Australian frilled lizard walks on hind legs
Some lizards can walk on hind legs and the frilled lizard of Australia is noted as a powerful example reaching about three feet in length. When threatened it scuttles away on its hind limbs with speed, moving thirty to forty feet in a half crouch as its fore limbs hang and the frill folds up.
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Australia
Liberty Loan lagging behind amid returns urged to accelerate
Secretary McAdoo reported the Liberty Loan total subscriptions at 1.5 billion dollars, 760 million short of the 2.26 billion goal, with seven days left to raise 700 million and oversubscribe. Federal reserve banks will push to speed up mobilization and avoid complacency as June 15 approaches.
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Federal Reserve Banks
New Orleans
McAdoo
Treasury Department
United States
America
Pershing in London after uneventful crossing
General Pershing and staff arrived in London after an uneventful trip. Reports say the crossing vessel was on time. Paris reports indicate sites for American troop camps have been selected and Pershing will inspect them. No details yet on force composition or arrival date beyond a regular division with a marine regiment to be sent at earliest practicable date.
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Paris
Pershing
France
One Hundred American Aviators Reach France
Washington reports that one hundred naval flying corps aviators have reached France for anti submarine or active duty. Lieutenant Kenneth Whiting commands the detachment with Lieutenants Chevalier Griffin and Dichman, plus others training in France. Several officers hail from New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Alabama and Georgia.
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Washington
Naval Flying Corps
France
Daniels
Kenneth Whiting
Whiting
Godfrey de C. Chevalier
Virgil €. Griffin
Grattan
Dichman
Ihorn
Massachusetts
Academy
New York
Chevalier
Orn J
Whode Island
Griffin
Alabama
Georgia
Ypres a Historic Belgian City Under Fire Again
National Geographic Society describes Ypres, Belgium, a 17 000 population industrial town famed for Valencienne lace. Germans occupied Oct 8 1914, retaken by British a month later, and shellfire has damaged landmarks including the Great Cloth Hall begun in 1200 by Count Baldwin IX of Flanders.
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Ypres
National Geographic Society
Washington
Yperlee
Yser
Ostend
Belgium
Kingdom of
Baldwin IX of
Fland
Ypres and Its Storied Past in War and Triumph
The narrative recalls Ypres historic arc from medieval cloth wealth to later decline after plagues uprisings and four French occupations, noting the 1202 Courtrai battle and red coats of townsfolk fighting with spears and flails to aid Bruges and Courtrai against Count Robert. The cloth hall and St Martin cathedral endured until WWI shelling, with restorations completed shortly before the 1914 outbreak.
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Ypres
Planders
Courtrai
Hastings
Bruges
Robert of
Artois
Petersburg Approved as Site for Cantonment
Washington Junes Nearly a score of captains in the quartermaster corps were ordered to report to Col Littrel for cantonment construction. Seven sites have been approved for the 16 cantonments to house 600000 young men by September with Petersburg Va. added to the list alongside Ayre Mass Wrighttown N J Atlanta Ga American Lake Wash and Columbia S C. Army orders also named captains to command reserve wagons motor trucks and bakery units.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corps
Littrel
Chillicothe
Ohio
Petersburg
Ayre
Mass
Wrighttown
N. J
Atlanta
American Lake
Wash
Columbia
S. C
Quartermaster Reserve Corps
Melon Shower Surprise for Miss Graham in Welgh News Notes
Miss Louise Joanson hosted a surprise birthday gathering for Miss Bess Graham at Mrs. C. M. Kyle's home. The plan used a watermelon centerpiece to conceal a party with twenty guests, unwrapping handkerchiefs and fabrics once the melon was cut. Sunday school follows at 10 a.m. with L. C. Anderson and E. Woods as superintendents and Rev. L. W. Pierce as pastor.
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Bess Graham
Louise Joanson
C. M. Kyle
Miss Graham
Jobson
Miss Johnson
Church to Preach Morning and Evening Services
The church will preach both morning and evening. The public is cordially invited.
Sunday church services and local visits reported
Sunday school at 10 am with Warren A. Wilson as superintendent, morning service at 11 and evening service at 8 46 led by Rev. Theo S. Smylie. Visitors include H St John Henry of Bluefield. Attorneys J Randolph Tucker of Lynchburg arrives in Welch to join Graham Sale. Miss Planche Hurley to leave Radford after music class. Mr J F Logan of Algoma spent yesterday in Welch with relatives.
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Warren A. Wilson
Theo S. Smylie
H St. John Henry
Bluefield
J. Randolph Tucker
Lynchourgeon
Welch
Graham Sale
Planche Hurley
Radford
J. F Logan
Algoma
Weleh
Alaska bans mining employment for boys under sixteen
The territory prohibits hiring miners under sixteen for underground work. The rule targets child labor in hazardous conditions and aligns with broader labor standards. No specific dates or entities are provided in the source text.
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Alaska
Cardui touted as female tonic in Trenton testimonial
Mrs. Elie Gifford of Trenton reports relief from long standing pain and nervous symptoms after using Cardui. She says two bottles calmed period pains and two more stopped nervousness, attributing cure to Cardui and Black-Draught. The ad claims Cardui is a pure vegetable tonic with medical value for women’s ailments.
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Chamberlain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
Trenton
Elie Gifford
Bankrupt Petition for Discharge in West Virginia Court
H. B. Strow of Huntington Cabell County West Virginia petitions for discharge from all debts under bankruptcy acts. Hearing set July 2, 1917 in Bluefield before Judge Benjamin F. Keller. notices mailed to known creditors.
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District Court of the United States
West Virginia
Southern District of
Bluefield
Edwin M. Keatley
Id. W. Way
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Ad. Ire
Sameth
Bluefield Hargain House
Pearls Building
X. Y
Care Telegraph
Winding Gulf Colliery Co
Winding Gulf
W. Va
Nash Motor Co
Princeton
Norfolk Fruit and Produce House
Norfolk
J. KH. Keesling
Pocahontas
Ima
H. E. Shedd
Appalchian Power Company
L. BE. Stenger
Switchback Power House
Nature Winders
Guyan
Logan
Smith
Daily Telegraph
D. M. Deverle
Oakhurst _oversue
Richmond Bag Company
Richmond
Wangee Lane
Honaker
J. BE. Biggs
Bramwell
J. H. Dangerfield
Summit City Business College
Bluefield Avenue
Anah
Steeeanialinei
Union Street
South Bluefield
M. K. Harmon
Bath
Raleigh Terrace
F. L. Black
Mercer Street
Care Daily Telegraph
Wantel
Joe Ponton
Shull’s Mills
N. C
Tazewell
West End
New Rex Theater
Ieee
W. EB. Keiser
Harry ‘Hardware Co
National Bank
Bluefield Furniture Co
Bowser
Todt
Winton
Walker Street
H. X. Morton
Hasley-Wilson Co
Law and Comerce Bldg
R. P. Johnson
Wytheville
Bluefield Normal & Business College
W. H. Cunningham
Tyler Street
P. O. Box
Albert’s Barber Shop
Lettie F. Goodwyn Cosmetician
Marinello
Bluefield Insurance Agency General Insurance
John F. Land
John A. Udy
Mgr
Kelly & Lhivyer Bldg
West Virginia Armature Company Electrical Contractors
Armature
Chicago Grain Market
Rector, Barham & Taylor
Law and Commerce
St A
Baseball
Braves
Cardinals
T. Louis
Brooklyn
Swiss Military System
Liberty Loan
London
Ypres Described
Welgh News
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Cardus
H. 8
Strow
Husband Ice Cream Co
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