Record beef price hits $2.50 a pound for steer at expo
Fyfie Knight a 21 month old grand champion yearling Angus steer from University of Illinois sold at the International Livestock Exposition for $33. Wilson & Company paid $2.50 per pound, a new high, surpassing last year’s $2.10. Part of the beef from Fyfie Knight was offered to President Poincare for peace delegates’ dinner.
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Chicago
Fyfie Knight
Wilson & Company
University of Illinois
Merry Monarch
Bay State Men Get Wage Demands
The War Labor Board awarded wage increases for Bay State Street Railway employees in eastern Massachusetts. Motormen and conductors receive 41 to 45 cents per hour, with others gaining about 1 percent. retroactive to Oct. 22, and fares may rise to cover higher operating costs. Motormen and conductors with three months service earn 41 cents, nine months earn 48 cents, and one year earns 45 cents per hour.
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Washington
Bay State Street Railway
Massachusetts
War Labor Board
Belgian King and Queen Receive Enthusiastic Paris Welcome
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium arrive in Paris with their son to a crowded route from Bois de Boulogne. They visit the Foreign Ministry, the Elysee Palace, and attend a reception at the dOrsay Palace before a formal dinner at the Elysee for about 240 guests.
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Paris
Albert
Elizabeth
Belgium
Bois de Boulogne
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Elysee Palace
Poincare
d'Orsay Palace
Brighton contractor testifies in alienation suit trial
Albert J. McMurtry a Brighton general contractor defends a $25,000 alienation suit by Harris Gruber. He admits paying Gruber $2500 and $5500 to secure a release after Gruber sought money from Frances Gruber. He says Gruber used his wife to extract funds, denies calls to call on her without witnesses, and reports a letter granting continued acquaintance. The case continues.
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Albert J. McMurtry
Brighton
Harris Gruber
Boston
Frances Gruber
McMurtry
Gruber
New York
Albert J. MceMurtry
Mrs. Gruber
William J. Patton
Mr. Lurie
Parker House
Simple home remedy claims to cure catarrh symptoms
An advertisement promotes Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar as a home treatment for catarrh and related symptoms. It claims relief from deafness head noises breathing difficulties and loss of smell taste and hearing with a daily tablespoon dose four times a day and notes many ear issues originate from catarrh.
Acid in digestion and the danger of gas in the stomach
The article warns that excess stomach acid causes gas and a bloated feeling, risking gastritis and ulcers. It advocates Bisulated Magnesia as a safe, inexpensive remedy to neutralize acid, relieve gas, and improve digestion after meals.
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BAY State
Sheraton
Smoker
Adams
York
Trinity Court
South Station
Mr. McMurtry
Essex Street
Bailey
Educational Boards
Tin
Ags
Tinkerbox
Toy
Little Prudy
Boy Scouts
Roy Se
Henry and Alger
Iibhel Morton
Bath
Copenhagen
OSCE
Infants’ and
Blue Edge
Waldemar
Gef
Horn
Washington Street
Winter St
Dr. Greene
Greene
Temple Place
Jetter
Albany Street
Cox
Canton
Mesa
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