Wheat prices surge after eight-hour law ruling and strike settlement
Chicago reports advances in wheat and corn as the Adamson eight-hour law is deemed constitutional and a railway strike settlement eases embargo fears. Prices firm across May and July contracts with rising pork and lard as hog arrivals tighten. Spot quotes appear in New York Minneapolis and other markets with robust demand from sea shipping and industry.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Jorn
Sec
Aals &Ec
Wwe
Germany
U. S
Long Communission Co
Mayo
Northweray
Lota
Minneapolis
Puiluth
Winnipeg
Lote
Grain Markets Grain prices and bids across cities
Grain price listings from St Louis and Kansas City show multiple grain types with bid levels for No 2 hard No 4 white and yellow varieties. Wheat and corn prices are posted with spot and futures style quotations, reflecting widespread trading activity and regional quotes across markets.
Gossip On The Board Of Trade Wheat Market Update
World wheat shipments for the week reached 7 606 000 bushels with prices and futures mixed. Argentine cables report clear warm weather and unfavorable corn yields with light interior offerings. Kansas notes greening fields, wheat emerging and moisture improving, while western Kansas reports wind damage and moisture shortages. Liverpool says arrivals are moderate and demand light as stocks rise. Visible wheat supply fell by 1 727 000 bushels this week, corn rose 270 000, oats up 106 000.
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Liverpool
Wheat market moves amid cautious Chicago openings
In CHISAGO Miareh 20 urgent effort to recover from early drops in May wheat. Decline triggered by bear pressure, but markets rallied by Saturday close as cash demand shifted to interior points and seaboard. Corn held firm, widespread bids improved as strike news eased.
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Ts Rsee
Seaboard
Oaia
Chicago
Krear
Barrett's Letter Wheat Market Signals Daily Action
Chicago March 20 Wheat traded active early on locals buy interest and finished near day’s high after shorts covered. May eased to 1.82 1 2 cents then rebounded on news of strike settlement Berlin victories and German revolution, suggesting July may see selling on bulges. Corn rose with wheat while oats remained firm but light trade.
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EK. Towltz & Co
Chicago
Shorts
Berlin
Markets Report From Chicago And New York
Chicago markets show butter steady at 2.32 to 74M with varied creamery quotes and receipts near 3,937 cases while potatoes trade lower with mixed western origins. New York reports butter firmer at 4.2 to 4.2 and coffee steady near 9.80 with standard spreads across dairy, molasses, and sugar products.
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Chicago
Caren
Wisconsin
Michinan
Auction Prices for Horses and Mules
Fragmented OCR lists prices and descriptions for horses and mules. It notes fast work horses, mule prices, and various terms like hands and values such as 90, 150, and 50 dollars. Names and locations are garbled, but the baseline is a local sale listing.
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ST. Loula
Eargtern Chun
Rontherne
Hamae
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Remedy Ad
A nostalgic advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup for children. It claims soothing pine balsams relieve hacking cough loosen phlegm and heal irritated throats urging parents to buy at the drugstore and begin treatment immediately.
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Dr. Bell
Railway adjustment boosts market in brisk New York session
New York reports bullish market reaction to railway labor settlement and Adamson act ruling. Broad gains drive heavy turnover with 1,610,000 shares traded and U.S. bonds steady as stock issues trend higher amid mixed early trading.
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New York
Supreme Court
Germany
U. S
Toco
N. WL
Eria
Nor
Petrot
Seary Hoe
Studebaker
Union Pac
U.S. Steel
West
Union
Ste
U.S
Louigd UV
S&s. Ds
Midwest and St Louis Livestock Receipts Report
Chicago and several hubs report cattle hogs and sheep receipts with price ranges and new high marks. Markets show mixed to higher bids across regions including heavy hogs at Chicago and St Louis, with cattle and sheep varying by grade and locality.
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Chicago
Wehr
St. Louis
ST. Lois
Hawanan City
Kansas City
Omaha
Seed Market Report From Chicago and Toledo Prices
Chicago and Toledo market notes show barley at 1.82, Timothy around 3.75 to 5.75 with futures. Wheat cash 198, May 3.08, July 1.80s. Clover seed primsy cash Slava March 10.59. Aliske prime cash and March 11.50. Timothy prime cash and March 2.50.
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Foledon
Toledo
Primsy
Aliske
Timothy
Japanese War Relief Fund Drive Urged by Tokyo
A Japanese organization led by Prince Tokugawa calls for a public subscription across the empire to aid entente war relief. The commission will visit Europe to distribute funds for millions of dead injured sick orphans widows and other sufferers while Japan remains allied.
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Tokio
Prince Tokugawa
Europe
Finland Home Rule Grant of New Order
A Reuters report from Tammerford Finland says home rule for Finland is Russia policy under the old regime, with the Russian governor of Finland sent to Petrograd as a prisoner in a sweeping move linked to the new order.
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Finland
London
Reuter
Tammerford
Petrograd
Wheat price up as No 2 advances to 1.85 a bushel
Market notes report No 2 wheat at 1.85 a bushel this morning an advance of five cents. flour retail price unchanged. Local hog prices steady. City lot received seventeen product loads including hay baled and loose, with prices ranging from 10 to 14 dollars per ton. oats and corn prices also listed.
Local Markets Report Mill Products and Hogs Prices
Local markets show May prices for grains and milling products from Knollenberg Milling. No. 2 wheat 1.85, corn 1.12 to 1.20, oats 0.60, hay and straw values, various seeds and meals. Hog prices listed for shipments west of the Mississippi at stockyards with multiple weight classes and local butcher quotes. Poultry and egg prices, hides and miscellaneous livestock values included.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Hara
H. P. Kes
H. P. Bexs
P. Cuick
Mississippi River
Hough
Public Sales Notices in Adams County Region
March 20 list includes F G Williamson two miles south of Melrose Chapel Adams County March A Brose Palmyra Me Marehee Charles Stauffer four miles northeast of Marry Read as a compact notice of upcoming sales with names and locations from the regional ad section.
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F. G. Williamson
Melrose Chapel
Adams County
A. @ Brose
Palmyra
Marehee
Charles Stauffer
Marry
Adams III Born to Knuffmian couple Friday night
Adams III born to Mr and Mrs Alvin Knuff Mian jaosen Friday night. The pie supper scheduled for Friday night is postponed to Tuesday March 20 at the school house. Mr and Mrs Cornwell visited Mr and Mrs Henry Althoff. Suns Nellye Stewart stayed with relatives near Plainville. Truth Seekers class of the Baptist church entertained Saturday night at the Harkness home marking its fifth anniversary. Rev C Ia Faylor of Mainville conducted services Sunday.
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promised Ease
An old advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills regulate bowels cleanse congested intestines and relieve heaviness. Take one pill before bed to ease dull head and spring fever. Available at druggists for 25 cents. Adv.
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Dr. King
Missouri Assembly Ends Session at Noon
Jefferson City march 20 the forty ninth general assembly adjourned at noon after eighty days enacting revenue measures to rescue the state from bankruptcy. Governor Gardner arranged with St Louis banks to advance funds at 4 percent to cover the deficit. The tax commission plan aims to raise real estate valuation and curb tax dodging doubling direct tax revenues. Other measures include income tax inheritance tax whisky tax debt tax capital surplus tax soft drink tax higher saloon license and a roads bill. A state prison board was created to reform penal system with 750000 for convict labor. attempts to call a constitutional convention workmen’s compensation and a board of control for eleemosynary institutions failed.
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Jefferson Clay
Forty-ninth General Assembly
Gardner
St. Louis
Itawes Good Roads
No New Buildings Says Gov Gardner
Jefferson City report says Governor Gardner bans new construction and repairs at all state institutions for the next two years due to a depleted treasury. He pledges to veto construction appropriations including 30000 for repairs at the executive mansion, aiming to align spending with estimated revenues of about 19.52 million and a shortfall near 3 million.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Executive
Gardner to Sign Whitaker Bill Abolishing Death Penalty
Jefferson City reports Gov Gardner will sign the Whitaker bill abolishing capital punishment in Missouri. The measure, introduced by Representative Whitaker of Hickory county, replaces the death penalty with life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for offenses previously punishable by hanging.
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Jefferson City
Gov. Gardner
Missouri
Representative Whitaker
Hickory County
Wilmington Police Probe Plot Evidence In Rooming House
Wilmington Del March 20 Detectives seized the possessions of two men found in a rooming house with gas flowing from a stove tube One man Wilhelm Knoex was dead from asphyxiation The other Oscar Finck was revived and jailed as a witness The belongings included German letters machinists tools magnifying glasses town nicknames Mexican money newspaper clippings about explosions and photographs of California coast towns
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Wilmington
Del
Wilhelm Knoex
Oscar Finck
California
Soap Classes Divided Into Three Main Types
The article divides common soaps into three classes: fine white and scented soaps as the first class, coarse household soaps as the second class, and soft soaps as the third class.
India Adopts Heavier War Burdens to Aid Allies
Delhi reports India deepening war role as central government shifts to war duties. Women and children barred from England travel except urgent cases. import of food from England limited. railways cut by miles monthly. coal economy tightened. Viceroy and firms curb extravagance. Cawnpore Woollen Mills turn over 23000 pounds from extra war profits and invest 200000 pounds in war loan.
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Delhi
India
England
Tey
Cawnpore Wooten Mills
Campaign Dangers in Mesopotamia
Basrah Mesopotamia March 20 An army there faces mud floods and heat hindering movement except October November. For ten days mud suspended carts and pack animals camel safety worsened. Transport rises to meet demand by lightening loads and improvisation while awaiting floods and hot months. Heat protection and comforts improve compared with India. last summer river transport was inadequate but now facilities increased to ease supply.
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Basrah
Mesopotamia
Transport Department
Punjab
Tigris
Indus
India
Turks Turn Guns On Flying Army In Mesopotamia
London dispatch cites British Official Eye-Witness reporting that Turkish gunners fired on their own troops to prevent surrender as British forces in February broke through to clear the Dahra Loop of the Tigris. Over 2,000 Turks surrendered amid a mass white-flag procession.
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London
Mesopotamia
Dahra
Tigris
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Seen in 1886 Ohio Legal Notice
State of Ohio Toledo oath by Frank J Cheney senior partner of FLJ Cheney & Co. promises one hundred dollars for each cage of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Sworn in Toledo on December 7 1886 by Notary A W Gleason. Details on testimonials and Toledo address. Includes Hall's Pills for constipation.
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State of
Ohio
City of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
FLJ. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Cheney & UO
Government plans voluntary press censorship during war
May report from Waston gin shows Secretary Daniels and leading press associations agreeing to broad censorship rules for information that could aid an enemy. They pledge voluntary compliance without legal censorship, with rules drafted by government and press leaders for news on naval and military movements.
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Danils
Daniels
Daneils
MacArthur
War Department
Belknap
Navy Department
State Department
Russia Extends Education Work Amid War Efforts
In Petrograd and across Russia large scale educational expansion continues despite wartime pressures. Sanara’s council allocates a million roubles for a university, Ekaterinburg to open a School of Mines by autumn, and to host a road and bridge building school under the roads department. An agriculture school is planned at Ekaterinburg in the vast farming region.
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Petrograd
Spenaki
Russia
Sanara
Ekaterinburg
Department of Roads and Bridges
Sloan's Liniment Relief Ad with Pain Claims
An ad touts Sloan's Liniment for quick relief from muscle soreness and strains. It promotes easy application, non staining penetration, and suitability for rheumatism gout lumbago grippe bruises stiffness and backache with a 26 cent price at retailers.
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Sloan
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