Packers Control Market Is Claim
The big five packers Swift Armour Morris Cudahy and Wilson allegedly deter changes in daily livestock prices. They reportedly own stake in 28 of 50 market yards and a majority in 26, controlling most traded livestock and over 73 percent of interstate meat trade. They are accused of discriminating against independents and manipulating prices to restrict supply and raise meat prices.
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Big Five
Washington, D. C
Swift
Armour
Morris
Cudahy
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Wilhelm's Abdication Denied in Pan German Papers
Berlin newspapers publish an expose on the German revolution linking Prince Maximilian of Baden to a claim that Emperor William abdicated. They allege he forged an official statement to the Wolff Bureau and pressured advisers to move the emperor to Holland, while doubting the abdication itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prussia
Maximilian
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Amerongen
Bandits Release American Boy After Ransom Payment
American ranchman John West Thompson paid 1 560 pesos to bandits near Mexico City for his 14 year old son’s release. Mexican authorities feared harm if funds were not sent. Secretary Lansing said Mexico would defund the ransom and pursue the bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John West Thompson
Mexico City
State Department
Lansing
Foreign Office
Seven Die in Chicago Race Riots on South Side
Seven persons were killed and more than forty wounded in five hours of clashes in Chicago's black belt. The battles stretched over a five mile area on the south side with fights between whites and blacks and police and rioters. Five of the dead are Black and two are white.
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Chicago
Black Belt
Germany to Get Large Loan From Berlin Bank
An American loan of E105 B6055 was obtained by Rardin Noriege representing Leche bank of Berlin, via an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin. It states that some portion of the loan will be deposited in German bonds at the Berlin bank.
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Germany
Rardin Noriege
Leche Bank of
Berlin
Halen Ambassador to Be Recall Amid Romana Dispute
A government notice states the Halen ambassador to the United States will be recalled soon as Romana relations face tensions. Court Macchiga officials cite ongoing disputes and plan formal communications with Washington.
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Halen
Fiecatad
Romana Aighl
Hawkeye State News Highlights Iowa Local Updates
Vinton marked its fiftieth anniversary of incorporation. The Victory fair runs August 20 29 with premiums totaling 106,911 the state’s highest. A new Story county home is ready for dedication. Congressman Burton Sweet seeks a 160 009 post office building in Hampton. No burials in Charlies City in June. J M Dowell hired to fill Marion county agent vacancy. James Bradley Orman, former Colorado governor, dies at 69 in Pueblo. State hotel inspector named for two years. deputies appointed. Roy Emerson sentenced to life for murder of his mother Kate Emerson. bail set at 15,000. Des Moines youth George Taylor faces charges for check fraud. Old Mystic Toilers Fraternal Insurance transformation certificate contested. Dr Clinton Braun joins State University dental college faculty. Martinsdale voters form consolidated school district. Mildred Preston dies en route to Marshalltown for tonsil operation. Traer rents out municipal light plant. 25 votes opposed. Rail and Light plant to be remodeled. U.S. crop bulletin predicts a good Iowa crop. half inch rainfall every ten days may boost yields.
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Vinton
Iowa
Story County
Burton 2
Sweet
Hampton
Charlies City
J. M. Dowell
Bedford
Farm Bureau
T. R. Miner
Marion County
James Bradley Orman
Towan
Colorado
Pueblo
Sac City
Bac City
Mystic Toilers Fraternal Insurance Company
A. Co
Germany
Dental Collige
State University of Town
Martinsdale
Mildred Preston
Melbourne
Marshalltown
Traer
Fong Railway and Light Company
Towa
Enited States Crop Service
Dow
Charles B. Reed
Curing Hay by Use of Trucks
A new economical hay curing method using hay trucks improves protection from ground moisture and rain. The system stacks partly cured hay on wheeled frames under canvas covers, reducing handling and labor while enabling direct hauling to barn or baler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Clover as a Soil Builder Demonstrations Pay Off
County agents in McCormick South Carolina started clover demonstrations several years ago. Farmers in trial areas show rising yields: 1914 corn ten bushels per acre and cotton 500 pounds per acre. After clover, 1915 corn 15 bushels and cotton unknown. 1916 cotton 1,200 pounds per acre. Last year corn 40 bushels and cotton 1,600 pounds per acre.
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United States Department of Agriculture
McCormick County
South Carolina
Sorghums Endorse Silage Crops For Light Rain Areas
The U S Department of Agriculture urges wider use of sorghums for silage in regions with light rainfall. Sorghums need less moisture than corn and can yield more forage per acre, with kafir and sweet varieties offering strong feeding value. Proper harvest at maturity and timely siloing are essential for quality silage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas Experiment Station
Cornstalks as Fertilizer Value Estimated
It is estimated that cornstalks, when not feedable, provide fertilizing value from five to fifteen dollars per acre. With current fertilizer prices, a conservative average would be ten dollars per acre depending on soil quality and conditions.
Crowding in Hot Weather Affects Coop Breeding and Care
The report notes chickens crowd in coops during hot weather as they do in cooler conditions when frightened. It urges adequate ventilation and open coops to keep birds cool and reduce stress.
Students write play on Washington flag at Hull House contest
Chicago students parody colonial scenes in a prize contest at Hull House. The fragment shows lines about George Washington Betsy Ross and a Revolution flag with humorous misprints and English lesson framing.
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America
Hull House
Chicago
George Washington
How Heaven Protected This One Poor Working Girl
OTISVILLE KY A poor worker earns seven dollars weekly and is offered a two week vacation but is enticed by a Shriners caravan passing through Louisville to Indianapolis. A street auction of her lunch raises two hundred fifty dollars for her, after onion and apple sell for high sums, and she arrives ten minutes late to work with extra money and a fluttering heart.
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Otisville
Yaarab Temple of Shriners
Louisville
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Prince of Wales Dances With UC Girl in Coblenz Ball
Elizabeth Witter of University of California recalls dancing with the Prince of Wales at a Coblenz ball during American occupation. She and two other UC and Sierra Club members served with the Red Cross in France, later meeting Gen Pershing and Gen Mitchell.
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Errelny
Cal
Army of Occupation
Coblenz
Witter
John G. Pershing
Mitchell
Prince of Wales
Philadelphia Man Claims Youngest Grandparents Title
In Philadelphia Frank Miller of West Passyunk Avenue proclaims himself likely the nation’s youngest grandfather. His 20 day old granddaughter Helen, daughter of his daughter Mary Donovan, makes him a proud patriarch alongside a large family including Mary Shields, his wife, and children Johnny, Emily, and Charlie.
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Hiladelphia
Frank Miller
West Passyunk Avenue
Miller
Helen
Mr. Miler
Mary Shields
Earth
Helen Higgins
Helen Miller
Iis
Marie Donovan
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Don Marsh
Lehigh
Rg Kinney
Dayton
Marsh
Pauline Nelson
Sioux City
Smyth
Post Office
J. A. Sherkowski
Tioney
Ilem
Frankin C. Fentte
McGragor
Ninese
Department of Physical Education
Pekin Elgher Normal College
Fahtte
Ariga AlcGovrern
Department of Education
Iowa State
Col“Ce
Ceder Balig
Collge
Alsike Glover
Betsy Ross
Betsy
George
He Searle
the Frince
Philadelphia
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