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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
7
A cross section of 1920s world happenings spans German ex chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg s death in Hohenfinnew near Berne, reports of cannibal killings in Haiti, U S political moves under Wilson and Harding, prohibition plots, fuel and milk economics, lynching records, San Francisco transit gains, Chicago crime losses and labor wage shifts, plus international unrest in Europe Asia and the Americas with strikes, riots, and political shifts.
Federal Reserve Board reports a further price decline in December amid rising unemployment and weaker demand. Declines were greatest in agricultural goods textiles hides leather and iron and steel, while coal petroleum paper cement stayed largely steady. Banks maintained power with normal credit and reserves, and loan liquidations advance in the Chicago district as farm prices stay low.
The Superior Steel corporation, employing 1200 workers, said it would restart operations in some departments on Wednesday at about 15 percent pay cut. Albany reports 900 car workers at West Albany shops returning to work after layoffs on December 23.
Detroit January 4 Frank L Klingensmith resigned as vice president and treasurer of Ford Motor Company stating he was not in full accord with some future business policies. The formal notice says the disagreement has persisted for a year and led to the severance of relations.
Market data lists hard spring wheat and soft winter wheat prices, flour types, and special mill brands in 98 lb cotton sacks. butter egg and cheese pricing. live poultry and dressed poultry rates. potatoes, cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs prices. frying and refrigeration notes. overall cattle and hog quality grades with ranges, plus regional figures and freight-style terms. Contains numerous unit prices, ranges, and product specs from grain to livestock for the period.
An advertisement style composite quotes opinions on animal fur and habits while promoting Cole's Carboligalve as a quick healing antiseptic. It mentions Garfield Tes and Life's Compensation with brief provocative lines about poets and licensing. The ad wraps with a 36c price and a free sample offer from The a. W. Cola Co.
A scarce seventeenth century Nephs silver net, ship shaped and gilded, brings 623 500 at a London private treaty auction, with Christie’s sales last year reaching 10 600. Kings gifted them, wine sealed to prevent tampering amid fears of poison in royal courts.
A fragmented dialogue shows Bolsheviat and Hed debating organization and discipline in a Soviet setting. The text hints at stalled business, unclear rules, and a whimsical question about a Soviet Nazi Soviet. Absence versus presence and aging are touched through disjointed lines about leaving home and gray hair.
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