Dutch Exports and Grain Shortage Press Dutch Economy
Amid wartime strain, Netherlands farmers plead for exports to ease overstocked markets and rising prices. Government faces frontier exports limits, reliance on Germany for coal and grain, and strategic shifts to substitutes like beet for pork to stabilize supply.
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Netherland
Holland
Britain
France
Amerita
Netherlands
Anderstowil
Associated Press
Germany
Bres
Uiler
Freigh
Aerio
United State
Continulus
le Ander
Americans Reported in Fight on Western Front
London dispatch says wounded American soldiers reach a hospital in Nath and claims Americans have joined active fighting in Europe. U S officials have no confirmation. prompt report promised when information is available. Classified ads note results.
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Western Front
Nath
Europe
Washington, Pdc
War Fortavy Department
Division of Louvain University to create Walloon and Flemish parts
The world renowned Catholic University of Louvain will be split into two language sections, Walloon and Flemish. Lectures in French will continue while Flemish courses move to Malines. Scientific collections stay shared and professors travel between Louvain and Mechlin as announcements are expected.
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Trager
Aue
Helen Roman Catholic University of
Petition Filed To Save Colorado Road In Public Protest
A voluminous petition to the state utilities commission protests the planned abandonment and dismantling of the Denver Laramie and Northern railroad. Farmers and shippers in Greeler Celeryvale Welby and northern Colorado warn of crop ruin and land devaluation if the line is junked. Protesters argue the road is essential for hauling a record harvest and dispute whether the line falls under Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction.
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Cubbley Pakhmers
Wyoming
Denver
Larante
Greeler
Celeryvale
Welly
Colorado
Atate Utilities Commission
War Council
Laramie
Norhhern
Radetsky
Welby
Colo
Fort Produce Company
Paul Tarren
Greeley
Interstate Commerce
J. H. Woolf
Rothschild Produce Company
David Robert
Milligan Flour Company
Charles Attenberg
Wattenberg
George Hodgson
J Fort
Liberty Loan Ad Plan Proposes 1 to 2 Million Budget
Washington August 16. The national advertising board presented to Secretary McAdoo a plan to advertise the next liberty loan issue in newspapers and other outlets at a cost of 1 to 2 million dollars with the government funding the expense.
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Washington, D. C
Liberty Loan
McAdoo
National Advertising Board
Sons Join the Army as Plains Dairy Sells
Chris tianson owner of the Plains dairy north of Cheyenne announces sale of the dairy due to his two sons Axel and Vladimir Christianson joining the regular army. The sale includes 12% head of stock and eighty five milch cows with the ranch, starting at 12 oclock August 24.
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Axel
Vladimir Christianson
Christianson
Plains Dairy
Cheyenne
Nfe
Kansas hog plea to Nebraskans aims to save hogs
In Lincoln on August 16 J C Mohler secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture appeals to Nebraska corn growers to buy undersized Kansas hogs to prevent slaughter as pork prices rise and Kansas hogs stay at risk.
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Kansas
Lincoln
Neb
William Allen White
J. C. Mohler
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska
Campaign to boost apple popularity by shippers group
New York, Aug. 16. An education drive to raise the popularity of the American apple is planned by the International Apple Shippers' Association. Representatives across the United States and Canada are involved. The convention noted no prospect England will lift its embargo on apple imports, closing the American growers' key foreign market.
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New York
International Apple Shippers’ Association
United States
Canada
Nho
England
Ban on language sparks US senate debate in Amsterdam
Teutung Press notes a Senate bill requiring foreign language publications to print English translations. The Koelnische Volks Zeitung condemns it as creating second class citizens and Anglo Saxon rule with Germans as servants. It contrasts American liberalism with Prussian policy.
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Amsterdam
United States
Senate
Koelnische Volks Zeitung
America
Kerr Wilson
Growing American flag blooms in yard of Indiana poet
Alonzo Loera Rice of Union township Shelby county plants a large flag made of clematis in three colors red white and blue on a wire trellis. The four by twelve foot display has seen hundreds of viewers across several counties and features white flowers forming stars and blue field shapes. The hardy clematis blooms until frost.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Alonzo Loera Rice
Shelby County
Union Township
Conservation failure in New York hotels
After two weeks of trial Copeland Townsend of a major New York hotel reports food conservation efforts failing. Menu card appeals and meatless menus did not curb spending as patrons opt for more expensive dishes while substitutes attracted only one customer in two weeks.
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Copeland Townsend
Leader classified ads spark broad market reach
A leader classified section notes how a single particle message expands to the largest possible market, reaching every part of the plate with wide distribution and impact.
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Leader
Wifes Biscuits Save Him in Kansas City Court
Judge Latshaw paroles John Jones after he wrecked the judge’s car citing his wife’s biscuits as the extenuating circumstance. Justice Shepard sat in, deciding six months jail with parole. The case highlights a humorous twist in a county court proceeding.
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Kansas City
Ralph Latshaw
John Jones
Latshaw
Justice Shepard
Germany Denies Germs in Court Plasters
A New York dispatch reports an official warning against German bandage materials and court plasters, later published in German papers, with Berlin denying the claim and condemning the dispatch as a clumsy lie and an insult to Americans.
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Germany
Amsterdam
New York
United States
Revolt Follows Strike in Spain Disrupts Catalonia
Paris reports, Aug 16, that strike disorders in Catalonia have turned revolutionary with clashes in Barcelona. Troops used cannon and machine guns to quell the unrest, with several killed. Premier Data says the government has the situation in hand and the general strike will soon collapse.
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Paris
Catalonia
Barcelona
Navy Presses for Active Role in War
The American navy seeks a larger combat role with officers and sailors urging action. A White House briefing with President Wilson, Secretary Daniels, and Admiral Mayo discussed proposals to increase operations and protect troop and supply transfers. Naval sentiment grows for an aggressive campaign against submarines to push the war to German forces.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Wilson
Admiral Mayo
Mayo
United States
Bureau of Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Grocery Stores Closed For Hugo Olienstein Funeral
Notices announce all grocery stores and markets will close this afternoon in observance of Hugo Olienstein's funeral. Signed by the Grocery and Meat Market Association.
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Hugo Olienstein
Grocery and Meat Market
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