Food Prices Soar as Winter Rears in 1911 Era
New York reports rising costs with sugee and cotter up while beef holds roughly steady. Potatoes fetch up to $130 a bushel in the field and canned goods may rise. Prices for wholesale hay and lard edge higher. butter and eggs stay relatively affordable. Flour remains $3.05 per barrel retail. bacon around 20 cents per pound. Experts warn overall prices will rise this winter, though some staples remain steadier. Potential beef price increases as feeding crops stay tight and potato shortages grow broader.
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New York
Cuba
France
cotter
luixuries
mi park
Great Britain
Germany
Market Slump and Sugar Surge Hit Household Goods
Cohl buys good polices in the field at 5h cents a bushel and prices edge up from cents to over $1. Canned peas beans and tomatoes rise while rice remains cheap. Sugar and coffee run high with predictions of demand drops easing to normal, and sugar futures near peak levels since July 1809. European beet crop failure and Cuba pork prospects drive the sugar spike.
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couhl
New York
Cuba
Bar Beulah From Movies Becomes City Censorship Issue
New York theater manager warned by James Wallace Jr to not exhibit Beulah Pinford murder trial images or any scenes tied to the sensational case. License suspensions or revocation threaten violators, as officials condemn grisly depictions in places of public amusement.
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New York
James J) Wallace, Jr
bureau of licenses
Beulah Pinford
Henry Clay Beaitie, Jr
s etter
Strike Over Union Button At Two Mines Teaches Clash Over Emblems
In Coaldale Lehigh Coal and Navigeron camps fifteen Tad men refused to wear nylon buttons on caps prompting a strike. At No 8 operation some workers declined union buttons. leaders urged continued work until wearers complied. Another report notes a 73 year old woman killed by auto near Gut Run after incident at Hanovke terminal. Louis R Hater and Arudmond Adare of Atlantic City involved. An umpire named Charles Meyer Schloshberg, 20, killed after being struck on Riverside course.
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YPoltsvidhe
Nept
Heras
No. b
rallery
Lehigh Coal and Navigeron
Coaldale
No. 8
sid Zhu
wien
geed
Auto
lignover
Sey
Hanovek- Yuin dine
Batvata suites
Guts Run
automobile mSOW bs
Louis R Hater arudmond Adare
Atlantic City
Governors Conference Opens With Welcome at Spring Lake
Governor Wilson of New Jersey welcomed visiting governors to Spring Lake while Governor Carey of Wyoming gave the response. The gathering opened with a temporary organization and talks on conference possibilities. Several governors faced questions about partisan politics and powers, as staffing changes and travel delays affected the program. Fireworks lit the town and a 1200-foot court of honor stood near the Monmouth hotel as the group prepared a reception and a trip to Fort Hancock.
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Sing Lake
meno
Judson Harmen
Ohio
A. E. Willson
Kentucky
Norris
Montana
O'Neal
Alabama
John E. Dix
New York
Spring Lake
Deneen
iHnois
M. BE. Hay
Washington
McGovern
Wisconsin
new Monmouth hotel
Wilson
Fort Hancock
Murder Suspects Caught In Nesquehoning Case
Salva tore Carasso and Antony Figaro were captured at Slatington on suspicion of killing mine contractor Joseph Zehner and Samuel G. Watkins of Philadelphia near Nesquehoning last Thursday. Police from Mauch Chunk arrested them and confined them to Carbon county jail. One suspect is from Little Italy near the crime and the other from McAdoo. Carasso was caught washing clothes with bloodstains. They deny knowledge of the shooting.
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Nesquehoning
Wilkes-Barre
Salvatore Carasso
Antony Figaro
Slatington
Joseph Zehner
Samuel G. Watkins
Philadelphia
Mauch Chunk
Carbon county
Little Italy
McAdoo
Carasso
Prohibitionists Win Maine Vote by Small Margin
Augusta voters kept the prohibitory amendment in the state constitution by a slim majority. Cities showed heavy wet majorities but rural districts delivered enough support to offset urban losses. Turnout was high with early voting and widespread prayer meetings accompanying polls.
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Augusta
Maine
Bath
Rockland
Saco
Portland
questor
Jake
prohibition
JAIL MURDER SUSPECTS HELD FOR CHAUFFEUR DEATH
Three men arrested at Cary Alabama by detectives in the case of chauffeur Frederick Wennerstrom. Suspects Edward Marland William Loggman and Matthew Jeffrey were found drunk and resisted arrest. The slain chauffeur's car was recovered near Crystal Lake at Cary after his body was dumped in the river.
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Cary
Chicago
maysterbugs
Frederick Wennerstrom
Edward Marland
Pittsburg
William Loggman
New York
Matthew Jeffrey
Philadelphia
Marshal Auringer
Women Drowned in Rapids After Wind Capsize Boat
An incident at Helsintors Finland reports two women drowned when wind lifted sunshades capsizing their boat while nine people rode the Mankala river rapids. Seven others were saved. one victim was German artist Lingden. Separate item notes monthly mine wage hike and Mount Etna eruption expanding with new craters threatening nearby towns.
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Helsintors
Finland
Mankala
Lingden
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DEAN
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Frederick County
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Henry C. Beattie, Jr
American Prere Association
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Boston
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National Union of Brewers
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