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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
6
War reporting surveys food production under Wilson embargo to neutrals while US crops surge and grain reserves grow. Navy and shipping plans unfold, with steel and vessels, draft and National Guard mobilizations, and IWW suppression amid German internal upheaval, Bethmann-Hollweg ousted, and China’s Manchu revival failed.
State bank commissioner plan shifts offices and personnel as Messenger steps into the post while Linden Bank stake is sold to partner. Iowa officials discuss blue laws, food values, juries, Camp Dodge land transfer, and a July 20 loyalty conference with Gov Harding and Judge Wade among speakers.
An Oschange Telegraph dispatch from Lausanne notes no new Zeppelins built at Friedrichshafen. Berlin says Crown Prince left for the western front amid political unrest. Paris reports Oscar Lapix, famed French cyclist, killed in a duel with a German aviator on the Western Front. A labor strike threat by I W W affiliates west of the Mississippi was denied by Chicago headquarters. A cyclone tracked Champaign Ogden Homer. an Illinois Traction car derailed between Ogden and Tomer injuring seven. Nine Mexicans drowned near Temple July 7 when a launch was cut to pieces by the American tug Gulfport. American troops in France spent their first night at a permanent camp near the front. equipment and transport arriving on schedule. Russian forces in the Lodziany sector southwest of Kalusz east Galicia forced Austrian retreat with 1,000 prisoners and guns captured. Rear Admiral William H. Emery, D S, retired and died at Newport R I aged 71. Postal workers report 55004.31 for Red Cross work. totals expected higher. M Dubers of Comptegne sues German Prince Eitel Friedrich for housebreaking and pillage. Harvey D. Gibson named manager of American Red Cross by Henry P Davidson. will serve without pay.
The Norwegian American liner Kristianiafjord carrying 1200 passengers from an American port via Halifax to Norway ran aground seven miles west of Cape Race on the southeastern Newfoundland coast. All passengers were safely landed at Portugal Cove after crews removed them in a night of heavy rain and fog.
Reports from Athens indicate a rift between King and Premier Venizelos over re summoning the 1915 chamber of deputies dissolved by Skouloudis. The king delays signing a decree while Skouloudis calls for ceasing his policies.
The Chicago markets report mixed grain and livestock prices for July 1 with wheat grades varying from $9.00 to $12.00 per bushel and rye around $11.70. hay and timothy prices shown, cattle ranges from $5.00 to $14.50 per hundredweight, hogs around $15.00 to $15.90, and sheep and beer prices noted with several quality distinctions.
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