Meat will be no higher this fall and winter say growers
Chicago July 16 The National Livestock Exchange reports brighter prospects for 1918 with increased production and no sharp rise in meat prices through fall and winter. C B Heinemann cites government requests for higher production, better rail service, and disease control as factors stabilizing markets. Hog and lamb trends show gains over 1917 while beef prices run about $3 to $4 higher.
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C. B. Heinemann
Hineman
Department of Agriculture
Hinemann
Bureau of Markets
Food Administration
National Exchange
The
Quartermaster’s
Eastern
Southern
South
W. G. Hard Ny
Far West
Montana
Chicago
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Mssissippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
East
Ohio
Will of late George Alexander probated in London
The will of the English actor manager George Alexander has been probated, revealing an estate valued at 4500000 dollars. It stands as the largest fortune for an English actor since J. L. Toole's 4000000 estate. Comparisons note Henry Irving's estate at 100000 and Charles Kean at 175000.
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London
George Alexander
J. L. Toole
Henry Irving
Charles
German Diplomatic Marriages Stir Controversy in Bonn
Amsterdam dispatch reports Koelnische Volks Zeitung urging strict adherence to Bismarckian rule that German diplomats wed German wives only. It criticizes Count Bernstorff’s son marrying Marguerite Vivienne Burton Thomas of Burlington and the ambassador’s marriage to Jeanne Luckemeyer. The piece calls for sweeping reform of the foreign service to emphasize business ability and hard work.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Bismarck
Koelnische Volks Zeitung
Count von Bernstorff
Marguerite Vivienne Burton Thomas
Burlington
N. J
Washington
America
Jeanne Luckemeyer
Volks Zeitung
Anti Cigarette Reformers Face Staunch Military Skepticism
Paris July 16 Major surgeons on the front report that cigarettes give quick relief to wounded and exhausted soldiers. They say cigarette use relaxes pain and mental strain, noting the relief appears immediate and not medicinal in nature.
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Paris
United States Army
German Cartoon Depicts New York Bombed Sky
A July issue of the German comic Jugend features a New York roof garden scene with bombs exploding in the sky. An American multimillionaire escorts his richly dressed wife who fears the terror above, while he consoles her with a smug remark about Parisian novelties.
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Amsterdam
Jugend
Airrad
New York
Sayng
Alwas
American Army Provost Marshal Service Active in London
The American army provost marshal service operates in London with military police in new field service caps seen on duty around the clock in the West End.
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London
West End
Fotey Widneys Pills Promise Kidney Relief
An advertisement from Mann Drug Co promotes Fotey Widneys Pills to aid overworked and diseased kidneys and bladder, describing the kidneys as hard at work filtering impurities and aging kidneys needing relief.
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Mann Drug Co
Lettgallen Seeks Union With Courland and Livonia
Amsterdam reports Lettgallen residents, mainly Roman Catholic Letts, favor joining Courland and Livonia. Landowners with German names proclaimed independence and passed resolutions seeking German aid. Deutsche Tages Zeitung cites Lettgallen as a border state to shield against Russia.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Lettgallen
Livonia
Kultur
Dunaburg
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Men Abroad Seek Christmas Package Relaxation
Letters from U S and Allied troops in England rest camps and training centers ask whether wartime parcel restrictions might ease before Christmas. Officers, censors, and YMCA secretaries note no resentment, but suggest American-relations efforts to move packages to soldiers in trenches or awaiting orders, despiteSpace cuts on ships.
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England
Christian Association
America
Friesian cow Eske Hetty sells for record price
London reports Eske Hetty a Friesian cow producing ten gallons daily sold for 18375 dollars at Heybridge Essex. Eske holds a British yearly milk record of 2410 gallons and the price set a new high for Friesian cows. Milk in London now sells at 14 cents a quart. Over 100000 women are employed on Prussian Hessian railways in Germany versus 10000 before the war.
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London
Eske Hetty
Heybridge
Essex
Eske
Germany
Crowder's Office Embraces Women in Workforce Shift
Washington July 15 crowds crowder's office shifts to women under work or fight order. Six high school girls replace six men at headquarters Eighth and F streets NW. They are Florence Morford Rose Killian Cecelia Furey Elizabeth Lynch Inez Ashton and Lena Johnson. Two New York girls Gertrude Cohen and Essie Cohen win first U S appointments to lab technician posts at Camp Wheeler Macon Ga.
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General Crowder
Eighth
FE Streets
N. W
Florence Morford
Ethelhurst
Rose Killian
First Street
Cecelia Furey
Rhode Island Avenue
Elizabeth Lynch
Fourth Street
Inez Ashton
Third Street
Lena Johnson
F. Street
Gorgas
New York
Gertrude A. Cohen
Essie H. Cohen
United States
Lierto
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Sisters Selected From 24 Candidates
Paris reports on July 15 that in the front between Chateau-Thierry and Main Mas siges the Germans attacked again this morning. The war office says the French met the attackers with energy.
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Paris
Chateau-Thierry
Main Massiges
War Office
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