Winter Wheat Prices Jump to Record Highs in Chicago and St Louis
Chicago and St Louis markets saw No. 2 red winter wheat sell at record highs with futures climbing in response to tight cash supplies. President Griffin of the board of trade reported $8.04 in Chicago and $8.10 in St Louis for car lots, signaling strong demand and potential flour price increases ahead. Futures for May July and September rose, while cash sales of corn and oats also increased as traders secured profits amid bullish market conditions.
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Chicago
Joseph P. Griffin
Board of Trade
St. Louis
Dodgers Face Long Trek Through Tight NL Contenders
The Brooklyn Dodgers enter the season as the last major league team to post a run in the weh column and must travel far to navigate a crowded National League field.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Holland implements government ration system amid war ships halt
The Hague reports nearly all of Holland on government rations after April 28 1917 due to submarine warfare and poor crops. Bread cards since February, peas and beans limited to about one pound monthly per person. Rotterdam central kitchen distributes quart meals for four cents to 17 city districts amid hunger protests.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Holland
Germany
Rotterdam
Chicago Association postpones foreign trade dinner
The Chicago Association of Commerce indefinitely postpones its annual foreign trade dinner planned for tonight as part of an economy program.
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Chicago
Chicago Asociation of Commerce
Farmers Work Out a Cooperative Plan for Their Benefit
Wellington, April 28. The New Zealand Farmers union outlines a plan for cooperative settlement of ex soldiers on land. Each settlement has 30 settlers supervised by an experienced farmer. Farms consist of 60 acres mixed farming, 25 acres food production, 10 acres market gardening and poultry. Thirty farms to be worked together on cooperative machinery use while each settler runs own farm independently.
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Just
High Point to Winston-Salem and Greensboro Train Schedule
Operating daily between High Point and Winston-Salem and between High Point and Greensboro with multiple departure times. The 7 30 car connects with trains at Winston at 9 for Elkin Wilkesboro Mt Airy and westward routes. The Elwood Hotel in High Point is mentioned in relation to Greensboro and banking.
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High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Winston
Elkin
Wilkesboro
Mt. Airy
High Point Elwood Hotel
Bishop Olmsted Marks 75th Birthday in Utica
Rt. Rev. Charles T. Olmsted Episcopal bishop of Central New York received numerous birthday greetings in Utica on April 28 for his 75th anniversary. A Cohoes native, he was ordained in 1868, consecrated coadjutor in 1902, and became bishop in 1904.
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Bisop Olmsted
Utica
N. Y
Charles T. Olmsted
Central New York
Bishop Olmsted
Cohoes
Protestant Episcopal Church
First steel power craft launched for coast patrol
One of the largest new power boats for coast patrol service is ready for launching at the Herreshott yard. The 110 foot steel craft is built for Alfred I. DuPont of Wilmington Del. It will be the first steel power craft built to government specifications launched in the United States. It uses steam power with oil fuel and is guaranteed to reach 27 miles per hour.
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Bristol
R. L
Coast Patrol Service
Herreshott Yard
Alfred I. DuPont
Wilmington
Del
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Chicago Board
the Moffitt Furnishing Company
America
Wellington
New Zealand
New Zealand Farmers’ Union
High Point, N. C
Nterurban Motor Lines
C. A. Kirkman, Sec’ and
Treas
Bank of Commerce
O. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
A. M. Rankin
H. A. Millis
G. A. Pollock
Asst. Cashier
Winston Salem Line
Elwood
Winston Zinzendorf
High Point Greensoro Line
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
V.-Pres
V. A
Pearl White
Pearl
Helen Holmes
Big Boat
J. W. Guire
Stage Road
Mechanicsville
John Blair
Penny Brothers
First National Trust Co
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