Britain nears peak in shell and gun production drives reallocation
Government control expands across 4623 factories with 2.25 million workers in munitions. Output rises dramatically from 1915 to present, with 323 heavy howitzers now per 1 then and massive gains across field and medium guns and ammunition as the economy shifts to domestic production and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mminist
Board of Trade
Tay Tie Associated Press
Ministry of Munitions
Amny
Fromyavanaik
Iit
Sina
Aed
Shetbouik
Pers Vita RC
Tostil Wien
Ath Tw
wWerhig
Grand Shell
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Rheumatic Relief
Severe rheumatic pains fade with Hood's Sarsaparilla the old time blood tonic. Advertises the remedy as purifying the blood and improving digestion to treat rheumatism without suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houd
Restore Natural Hair Color With Q-Ban Restorer
Advertises Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a safe, natural method to return gray hair to its original shade without dyes. Claims exposure to air and sunshine completes the coloring, with an ironclad guarantee and money-back offer. Mentions stores Brown & Mardy, Memphis, and distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qban
Q-Ban
Vou Huber
Brown & Mardy Igzist
Memphis
Memphis River Pageant Planned For Harahan Bridge Opening
Memphis Tennessee prepares a pageant May 22 to 24 celebrating the opening of the Harahan bridge the southernmost Mississippi crossing. About 4000 performers will perform with seating for 410000 while the double tracked bridge links three rail lines and dates from 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphus
Tenn
Warahan Bridge
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Memphis
Mississppi River
DeSoto
High Bluffs
Great Waterway
St Louis
J. T. Harahan
Missois Central
St. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern
Iron Mountain
St. Louis and Southern
Cotton Belt
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Rock Island
Morning internal sanitation promises health and beauty
An advertisement promotes drinking a morning dose of water with a bicarbonate. claims clean blood yields vibrant skin and energy. It extols internal cleansing, kidney care, and dietary hints to improve complexion, breath, and overall health for both men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deny
Wei O
Austria Bears Burdens of War
Vienna reports on 1916 conditions in Austria Hungary noting merged German Austrian forces on Eastern and Romanian fronts. Soldiers learn, supply remains adequate though metals scarce. clothing and footwear excellent. Mental tolls rise as front life becomes a profession and civilians grow weary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Wth
Associated Press
Austria-Euungary
Europe
After Forty Years in Solitary Confinement
Jesse Pomeroy, famed Charlestown Mass prisoner, after ten years of solitary confinement, is allowed to associate with other inmates. The photo shows him at age 35 the day the ban was lifted. he was committed for life as a boy for the murder of two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown
Mass
Reverses and Hope for Immigrant Family in Chicago
Sarah Levin, an immigrant from Saludak, saved to bring her father, mother and ten year old sister to the United States. Her funds were wiped out by private bank failures, then reports of her family’s deaths were found to be mistaken after inquiries by a U S commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sarah Levin
United States
Saludak
Vilna
Chicago faces financial crisis after 1917 budget rejection
Chicago officials warn the city will be penniless for spending after midnight Wednesday following the rejection of the 1917 appropriation bill by the finance committee. Employees or payments made after that point could expose officials to charges of unappropriated spending. Osborne calls for reforms in Washington after touring prison conditions.
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Chicago
Osborne
Washington
Tan
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Tom Brown
Portsmouth Naval Prison
Daniels
Jokes and Quips From Barracks and Shops The British Town
A garbled, humorous miscellany features a sergeant scolding a water fetching private in dress uniform, a class on deserts with mispronunciations, a self boasting Englishman and a crowd trick, a boot shop misunderstanding over payment, a zigzag pedestrian joke, and a witty judge remark about jurors.
Chemists Make What They Need In Germany War Substitutes
Berlin reports that Germany now produces saltpeter from many factories, makes aluminum from hay, extracts mineral oils from coal, and develops synthetic rubber and purified Bavarian graphite. Paper textile fibers replace cloth with paper threads, while copper is substituted with aluminum and zinc. Imitations of foodstuffs proliferate as potato flour and chicory based drinks fill shortages, with a shift toward home grown berry and herb teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Chile
France
Ceylon
America
Local market prices for grains hogs and feeds listed
A wide list of local prices includes No. 2 wheat at 1.70, corn at 1.00, new corn 96c, oats 5.5, baled hay up to 12.50, alfalfa hay 22, shredded fodder 8, patent flour 9.60, straight flour 9.40, corn meal 2.60, linseed meal 2.36, cotton seed meal 61.66 per cwt. Hog prices cover weights 160 to 295 pounds with various quotes. poultry, hides, tallow, and grease rates updated by local merchants.
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Milthlag
Cocada
Knollenberg Milting Company
H. P
Ege Seriteh
Missisippi River
Choee
Choice Tess
Lecalibuteiers
Andh Hrothers
Choiice Wheron
Welkning Dow
Davis and Cleaver Co
Oreasea
Bolles & Rogers
Market Receipts Show Quiet Monday at Local Market
Eight loads entered the local market on Monday. Market master Thomas Fitz gerald returned to duty after a week off for burn injuries from a gas explosion. Corn arrived in two loads at $1 and 7 cents per bushel. Baled hay brought three loads at $12.50 per ton for two sales. one sale price not listed. Baled straw arrived in two loads at $7 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fitzgerald
Public sales schedule and comments from 1910 era notices
Public sale listings span January to February across Missouri farms with auctions by Gardner Lyell Davenport Osgood Swartz Seckman Laws and partners at farms near Hunnewell Perry Mt Sterling Palmyra Summer Hill and Emden. An editorial aside questions a millionaire philosopher advising life on six dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Gardner
Hunnewell
C. C. Gardner
A. G. Lyell
Emden
County Line
F. E. Davenport
Alfred Myers
Perry
Ed Osgood
Ursa
Elmer — Lytle
Quincy
Broadway Road
F. W. Swartz
Hull
George W. Seckman
Mt. Sterling
Frank Laws
Pittsfield
Happer & Harris
Palmyra
K. G. von Greyerz
Emmett Stout
Dustin Farm
Summer Hill
Augusta Couple Marry in Carthage
Otlin Wooldridge of Augusta and Nellie Hazel Root of Augusta married at high noon Saturday in Carthage in the county court room. Judge J. L. Martin officiated with J. Martin Hackett and William Gross as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Otlin Wooldridge
Thomas Wooldridge
Augusta
Nellie Hazel Root
William Root
J. Ll. Martin
County Court
J. Martin Hackett
William Gross
BE. A. Payne
New Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Math Street
Jane Feet
Sunding
Shalit
Eridias
Seroxteins
Praam- Ingkten
Arts. Hulls
Gen
Proaukiin
Riday
Addie
Alva Wiallituns
High Ford
Berdie Danapeed
Aiming to Withstand Winter with a Blood Tonic
A persuasive 19th century health notice touts 8. 8. 8. as a tonic to cleanse and purify blood, boost appetite and vigor, and fortify the system against winter illness. It claims the remedy has over 50 years on the market and offers free advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Speteitle Oy
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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England
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
Salko
Reed’s Drug
Savoy Hotel
Cafe
H. E. Grant
Tennessee City
Austria
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Luungary
Cles ET
Beouie
Jesse
John
Tompkins
Johnny
Enelishman
Pat
Fingishman
Hogan Brighten
Philospher
Judge Martin
Helm’s
Hampshire St
Orpheum Building
Lui
Optician
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