May Wheat Declines Amid Week of Markets Report
Bureau of Markets notes net weekly declines despite strong cash market, export sales, and bullish foreign news. Chicago cash prices show No. 2 red winter wheat at 1.32, corn at 0.56, oats at 0.36, with May futures slipping across grains. Livestock and dairy move down or steady as beef and hogs shift, butter and cheese soften, and fruit veg prices vary, while Minneapolis cash closes show mixed grain and livestock readings.
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Bureau of Markets
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Iowa
Kansas
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Timothy Chicago
Prairie Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Wisconsin
North
Florida
Irish Leaders Ordered to London for Talks
London reports the colonial office says the government formally asked Premier Craig of Ulster and Michael Collins head of the provisional Irish government to travel to London to discuss all aspects of the crisis. The move follows the gravity of events in Ireland and aims to review the situation with both leaders.
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London
Colonial Office
Ireland
Craig
Ulster
Michael Colins
Irish Provisional
Farm Loans for Minnesota War Finance approves 102 loans
Washington approves 102 agricultural and livestock loans totaling 2,847,000 dollars. Minnesota receives 205,000 dollars, South Dakota 208,000 dollars, and North Dakota 267,000 dollars as part of the distributed funding.
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Minnesota
Washington
War Finance Corporation
South Dakota
North Dakota
Bandits Loot Downtown Pawnshop for 20000 In Jewels
Bandits raided a downtown pawnshop, escaping in a car with jewelry valued at about $20,000. Police report hundreds of bystanders were present but uninjured as the theft occurred in a busy street. Authorities seek two suspects seen fleeing the scene.
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Chicago
Soldiers' Bonus Bill Passes House in Lopsided Vote
The House approved a four billion dollar Soldiers' bonus with 338 to 70, including 242 Republicans, 90 Democrats, and one Socialist. The plan offers four options for veterans, including cash payments up to 50 dollars, adjusted service certificates with bank loans, vocational training, and farm or home aid. The bill replaces cash with bank loan backed certificates and adds a 20 year maturity with tiered interest. Senate fate is uncertain.
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Washington
House
Senate
Democrats Indorse Lawler at Ramsey County Convention
St Paul Ramsey county Democrats meeting at the St Francis hotel endorsed Daniel W Lawler for Congress in a unanimous vote while opposing the Volstead Act and calling for repeal of Prohibition enforcement in principle and practice.
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Ramsey County
St. Paul
St. Francis
Oscar E. Keller
Daniel W. Lawler
Fomer
Congress
Union mine walkout ordered for 600000 workers across US
United Mine Workers officers ordered a midnight March 81 suspension of work by all union coal miners, covering about 600000 men in bituminous and anthracite fields. The action directs cooperation to protect property, urges nonviolence, and extends to approximately 6650 Western Canadian workers while excluding 14000 Nova Scotia miners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Canada
Nova Scotia
Board of Tellers
Minister’s playful ruse about marriage shocks family
A widowed clergyman with three daughters writes from away that he has married a widow with six children. The family reacts with tears until he reveals he married the widow to another man, apologizing for not informing them earlier. The Los Angeles Times reports this anecdote.
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Los Angeles Times
Luxury and War: Causes of Conflict Across Civilized Life
A quotation from Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske argues that luxury drives urban coalescence and foreign trade, linking wealth, territory, and war. He notes Fifth Avenue in New York as an emblem where luxury goods dominate, illustrating how opulence reflects and sustains global competition and conflict.
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New York
Twenty-third
Bradley A. Fiske
North American Review
We Demand More Weeks We Do Not Believe in Short Weeks
A fragmented statement argues there are not enough weeks and mocks the pace of time. The speaker asserts weeks lack significance and urges longer intervals. No clear author or event is identified.
Pug Dog Week and Odd-theme Weeks Suggested
A humorous call endorses a playful proliferation of themed weeks to absorb excess spending. The proposal lists several quirky week ideas such as Pug Dog week, Why-Wear-Corset week, Smart Set Sufferers' week, Mousetrap Inventors' week, and One-Arm Restaurant week, with mentions of Ray K. Moulton in the New York Mail.
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Ray K. Moulton
New York Mail
Cartoonist J H Donahey Draws Credit Men Lesson
The Youngstown Telegram notes Donahey drew cartoons of about a dozen Credit Men's Association members and remarks he avoids caricaturing women, making them appear prettier, a lesson he cites from years of work.
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J. H. Donahey
Credit Men’s Association
Donahey
Youngstown Telegram
Notice on 1922 vehicle licenses before April 15
police chief Henry Wittmayer announces strict enforcement of the 1922 vehicle licensing rule requiring all types of vehicles to be licensed by April 15.
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Henry Wittmayer
Succes Begings at School at Ota Business College
Graduates of Ota Business College Fargo N D receive positions in banks and firms. Students Laura Fogderud and Dora Howell are named among recently placed alumni. Enroll now for fall, contact F L Watkins president 806 Front St Fargo.
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Ota Business College
Fargo
N. D
Laura Fogderud
County Auditor’s Office
Bowman
Dora Howell
Bank of Seal
F. L. Watkins
Pres
Front Sc
Fargo, N. D
Corsets Designed in the Sixteenth Century
A historical note describes corsets as a fashion item developed in the sixteenth century, highlighting early structure and styling ideas that shaped later garments.
Americans Demand War Costs From Five Powers
Washington reports state the American army in Germany operates under the right to be paid its actual costs on an equal footing with the Allies. Diplomatic messages to Belgium, Britain, France, Italy and Japan assert the justice of the claim is fully recognized.
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America
Washington
Germany
United States
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Destroyers to Be Stored at Navy Yards by Denby Orders
In a Washington dispatch Secretary Denby approves moves to store 68 Pacific fleet destroyers at San Diego California by June 30 and 82 Atlantic fleet destroyers at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Leavenworth Prison population hits historic high with 46 new prisoners bringing total to 3 547.
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Navy
Denby
Washington
San Diego
Calif
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Leavenworth Prison
Leavenworth
Kan
The
Federal Penitentiary
Suitor Kills Rural Teacher Then Takes Own Life
A rejected suitor Maggarino Stabio, 36, shot 22 year old rural schoolteacher Col. Helen Mare in view of her 20 pupils in Fort Morgan. He then shot himself, dying at her side in a tragic crime.
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Morgan
Helen Mare
Maggarino Stabio
Stabio
Oklahoma Governor Arrested in Bank Bribery Indictment
Governor J B A Robertson of Oklahoma was arrested on a charge of accepting a bribe to permit operation of the Guarantee State Bank of Okmulgee while insolvent. He posted a $5000 bond. The indictment names Robertson and Fred Dennis, former state banking commissioner, as recipients of 25000 dollars from John Rebald, oil operator and bank vice president.
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Okmulgee
Okla
J. B. A Robertson
Oklahoma
Guaranty State Bank of
Robertson
District Court
Fred. Dennis
John Rebald
Britain to Stop Irish War Border Plan Hinted
London reports the British government may seek to form a cordon of imperial troops on the Ulster frontier to separate warring elements, as stated by Winster Churchill, the colonial secretary, in the House of Commons.
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Britain
London
Ulster
Winster Churchill
House of Commons
Lady Esther Davidson Leaps to Death from Times Building
Esther Davidson an office employee in New York despondent over ill health wrote a will on scrap paper and jumped from a twenty third story window of the Times building. Witnesses reported the tragedy in the absence of any known survivors. The incident adds to a string of suicides linked to mounting pressures in the city.
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New York
Esther Davidson
Times
Dynamite Used to Break Ice Jam Near Fargo
Flood fighters used dynamite to break up an ice jam on the Cheyenne river ten miles west of Fargo to prevent damage to the Northern Pacific railroad bridge. The operation aimed to avert collapse of the bridge and protect rail traffic in the region.
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Fargo
N. D
Cheyenne ‘River
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