New York Wealth Surges As War Money Floods City
New York, Dec. 12 United Press reports banks hold 816 million in reserve and global funds pour in as Americans and foreign rulers convert wealth to dollars. Wall Street becomes a gamblers’ table while cabarets, hotels, and theaters thrive amid record spending on luxuries and necessities. Wealth flows from farmers to European monarchs and others, fueling a city in a rare prosperity phase despite wartime costs.
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Venison Feast Adds Rev Samuel McKee to Talk Lineup
The Presbyterian pastor of West Salem Rev Samuel McKee joins speakers at the Northwestern hotel banquet hosted by La Crosse County Hunting and Fishing association. U S District Attorney W F Wolfe and Conservation Commissioner W E Barber will also speak with County Judge John Brindley serving as toastmaster.
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German Ruler May Visit Bucharest
Milan dispatch says Kaiser William expects soon to visit Bucharest per the Secolo newspaper. The report notes a possible Romanian destination amid European royal travel chatter.
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Farmers Co-operative sues Nuidea Basket Market over unpaid account
The Farmers' Co operative Packing Company filed suit against Nuidea Basket Market in circuit court alleging non payment of an account. German railroads now employ more than 26 000 women.
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New President of Argentina Still a Man of Mystery
United Press dispatch from Buenos Ayres outlines Hipolito Irigoyen’s elusive ascent to the presidency. Cabinet members are named as radicals with vast fortunes, while Irigoyen remains taciturn and enigmatic amid postwar readjustment fears and diverse theories about his aims and loyalties.
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X Ray Evidence Shown In Court In Bertelson Suit
In La Crosse court Dr. Earnest H. Fowle presented X-ray photos of Bernard Bertelson’s foot from a 1914 gunshot incident. He testified the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones were splintered and that proper early X rays and exploration could have saved the foot.
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Four Powers Worry Over China Invasion By American Finance
A telegram from Torio notes four power loan group concerns over U S loans to China. Germany is no longer in the group and inquiry is sent to the Chinese finance department about the Continental Commercial Bank of Chicago loan. Tokyo and London press warn that if America shifts policy other powers will clash over China loans.
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Argentine President’s Rise From Rags to Riches Sparks Debate
A state institution backed the radical Irigoyen candidate at the last election and celebrates his stay in the Casa Dodanda. Irigoyen, liberal in church donations, is said to be personally agnostic. The president, now wealthy, was poor in youth and built his foothold on borrowed capital used in land speculation.
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Mothless Furs With Tansy Leaves to Save Pelts
Sprinkling tansy leaves over furs kept in storage this spring repels moths as well as black pepper and is gentler to spray. The same method can be used on woolens.
Why Flour Explodes
Records show about twenty explosions in flour and cereal mills over ten years causing $2,000,000 in property loss and over two hundred injuries or deaths. Investigations have not identified a definitive cause. Sparks from grinding during operation may ignite dust. gravel or metal particles can spark on machine plates. naked flames are also a possible cause.
Champion in His Class Wins Thinnest Ham Sandwich Prize
In a brief note from the food show a lunchroom worker won a prize for crafting the thinnest ham sandwich. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports the quirky achievement highlighting culinary creativity in a local contest.
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Japanese Train Children for Conquest of America claim
Representative Miller told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Japan is training school children for war against the United States and that many Japanese secret societies favor conflict. Miss Jane Addams spoke in support of a bill to appoint a three person commission to study immigration clause excluding Japanese and consult with a Japanese counterpart as the bill moves through Congress. The debate follows earlier changes to the exclusion provision in immigration policy.
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Barley Market Slumps as Prices Dip in Milwaukee
Milwaukee barley markets closed dull on Tuesday with two cent drop. Trades included one car No. 4 at $1.14 and another car No. 4 at $1.09.
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