Germany Denies Divers Operate Across Atlantic
Berlin reports to London deny any German naval forces have crossed the Atlantic and warn against sensational submarine activity rumors. US ships and whaling-echoed notes swirl around alleged U boat sightings off Fire Island and the Maine coast, amid press depictions from Hamburg and Washington.
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Chicago Grain Market Reports May 29
Wheat July open 2.0216 to 2.06 high and 2.032 close 2.03. September 1.83 open with 1.86 high and 1.83 close. Corn July open 1.4244 to 1.44 high and 1.3914 low, close 1.3944. September open 1.29 to 1.81 high and 1.26 low and close 1.26. Oats July and September show fractional quotes with highs and lows in 57 to 59 cent range and around 52 to 53 cent for September.
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Chicago
Grain market changes in Minneapolis cash and futures
Minneapolis grain prices for May 29 show Wheat July at 2.16 to 2.25 dollars, September at around 1.82 dollars, with cash No 1 hard 2.72 and No 1 northern in the 2.62 to 2.67 range. Corn No 3 yellow 1.47 to 1.48, oats No 3 white 0.59 to 0.66, flour unchanged, shipments 53 970 barrels, rye 2.33 to 2.35, bran 29 to 30.
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Northern
Montana
Chicago Cattle and Sheep Prices Slide Amid Weaker Market
Cattle receipts of 3 500 reflect a weak market with native beef cattle selling from 9.25 to 13.70, stockers and feeders 7.85 to 10.25, cows and heifers 6.25 to 11.40, calves 9.50 to 13.75. Sheep receipts reach 7 000 as market remains nervous and 75 to 100 lower, with wethers 11.00 to 12.75, ewes 10.50 to 11.50, and lambs 11.76 to 16.00.
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St Paul Livestock Market Report May 29 Hops Cattle Sheep
St Paul Minnesota May 29 Hops receipts 1500 market 25e lower range 14 75 15 50 bulk 15 00 15 10 cattle receipts 2100 killers 10 lower steers 74 12 cows and heifers 8 10 50 calves 25 lower 6 12 60 stockers and feeders lower 5 sheep receipts 150 market steady lambs 9 15 60 wethers 9 13 ewes 6 50 12 75
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Mother and Daughter Executed by Germans at Mulhouse
GenevIa via Paris May 28 Swiss paper La Suisse details a border case akin to Miss Idith Carvelle. Madame Pfeister and her 22 year old daughter admitted smuggling letters from Alsatian families to relatives in Switzerland as a friendly act. Both were shot at Mulhouse, the mother witnesses her daughter's execution before her own.
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la Suisse
Idith Carvelle
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Mulhausen
Corals polished in Torre del Greco for shell cameos
The article describes coral polishing methods in Torre del Greco, not Venice, detailing bagged polishing with pumice and a process called palimento to brighten coral. It notes locals’ pride in their craft and questions about the exact nature of aqua ossigenata used to color coral and palimento composition.
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Guarding the Bank of England
The London Globe reports unprecedented security at the Bank of England. Outer doors are protected by a balance mechanism and a hidden quartet of guardians observe visitors via mirrors. The bullion area is guarded by costly measures, submerged water systems, and automatic tamper response.
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Bank of England
London Globe
Art and Nature in Harmony Through Longfellow
The passage argues art reveals nature and nature reappears through art. It compares vapors, rain, and streams returning to the ocean with thoughts becoming artworks. Art and nature are described as harmoniously interdependent rather than discordant, citing Longfellow’s Hyperion.
Industrial crisis grips Petrograd factories under worker control
May 28 dispatch from Petrograd reports Russia faces an acute industrial crisis as Socialist ministers urge ending the war. Workers’ committees dominate production, wages have surged 100 to 150 percent, eight hour days are common, and output has fallen about 48 percent. Employers fear closures amid raw material shortages.
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Russia
M. Shingaroff
Moscow
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Ural
Riots in East St. Louis injure six as guards patrol
In East St Louis Illinois three white men and three Black residents were wounded in riots spurred by protests against immigrant labor. National guardsmen patrolled the streets while saloons closed and shots fired near black neighborhoods. One man was hit in the shoulder and others in the chest or side. Dozens were arrested as violence stretched through the night.
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Til
Iinois National
Thomas Ritchie
Ritchie
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Harts
Charles Ervin
Government will not suspend exclusion act or admit Asians
Senator Phelan told the senate the government has no plan to suspend the oriental exclusion act or admit Asiatics to meet wartime labor needs. Senator Walsh backed that view, stating no department intends such action, despite telegrams from California labor groups.
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Phelan
Senate
California
Walsh
Ancient China’s clever carts and distant echoes of taxis
An orientalist claims Chinese inventors built mechanized carts 1700 years ago that counted wheel revolutions to record distance. A drumman figure on top signaled milestones, with cymbal alerts at ten drums. A second note tells of a crane project where a surgeon deems the setup unsafe and jokes the letter should go to an undertaker.
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