Mushroom fortunes grow in Russia amid labor boom
Reports from Moscow and High Point outline rapid labor demand and rising wages. In Moscow, housing shortages and fuel costs strain residents while wages rise to offset living costs. officials note prosperity yet warn of transportation and supply challenges. High Point eyes 300 new hosiery mill jobs as the city attracts 10 new families seeking work.
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High Point
Industrial Department
The
Commercial Club
Georgia
Associated Press
Stockholm
Russia
Moscow
America
Paris
Empire
Endless chain scam targets High Point ladies in 1917 petticoat promise
In High Point several young women mailed a dime to the National Brokerage Exchange promising a 1917 model silk petticoat if they named five friends. The scheme proved fraudulent as federal agents hunted the promoters and no garments arrived. About 25,000 letters were sent nationwide in one day, with many replies coming from this area.
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High Point
Minneapolis
National Brokerage Exchange
Associated Press
Exchange
Endless Chain
Profit in Wheat Alleged in Complaint by Florence King
Chicago reports Miss Florence King of the Woman's Association of Commerce filed a complaint with U S District Attorney Clyne alleging a $60,000,000 profit by milling interests using rejected wheat and substandard grain while charging flour buyers at top grades. She seeks federal inspection of this year's wheat crop under a recent Congress act.
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Chicago
Florence King
Woman's Association of Commerce
United States
Clyne
Flour Prices Climb Fifteen Cents a Barrel
Minnepalois reports flour prices rising with fancy patent quoted at 9.70 per barrel, up 15 cents from yesterday.
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Associated Press
Minnepalois
Prices and apparel in wartime Russia impose limits on living
The article notes demand for American-made shoes and a business suit valued at 150 roubles. It compares food costs to Berlin and Scandinavia and reports repeated but ineffective attempts to set and enforce maximum prices during the period.
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Berlin
Scandinavia
New Company to Be Sent to Fort Caswell
Wilmington reports an additional company will be stationed soon at Fort Caswell on the Cape Fear river below Wilmington. The full peace strength will then be reached. The new company will form from the two currently at the fort and the recruiting barracks, not from regulars at other posts, as repairs continue and preparations for winter months proceed.
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Wilmington
Fort Caswell
Cape Fear River
RJAD GIVES A LIBRARY TO MEN IN ITS EMPLOY
Announcement from Norfolk Virginia reports RJAD creates an employees library under the direction of the Norfolk Southern railway. The move aims to provide reading and learning resources for men in its service.
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RJAD
Norfolk
Norfolk Southern Railway
Library at Norfolk Southern Expanded With Family Privileges
The start of a library feature is 1 volume and will grow over time. Privileges are peer to all employees and their families. It is a special donation from Marsden J. Perry.
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Norfolk Southern
Marsden J. Perry
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J. H. Adams, V.-Pres
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G. A. Pollock
Asst
H. A. Millis
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