Livestock Prices at South Omaha March listings
Cattle receipts about 8,000 head on Tuesday, with two days supply 1,000 higher than a week ago. Prices ranged to 13.50 18.80 for choice steers, with feeders easy, and a broad spread for cattle types. Hogs 15,000 head sold 10 20 cents higher. tops to 17.20, bulk 16.60 17.00. Sheep and lambs 10,000 head, prices up to 18.77 for lambs, ewes to 14.25, and assorted grades showing gains.
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Union Stock Yards
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Neb
Sitya
Itti
No So Hard as Living by Mark Twain Quotation
A Twain line laments the difficulty of dying while contrasting it with the daily burden of living. The quote frames mortality as an irony voiced by those who must endure life’s pains.
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Mark Twain
Irkutsk Captured by German Forces in Siberia
Tokto report says eighty thousand German troops, former Russian war prisoners, have seized Irkutsk, capital of its province, with no casualty details and no loss confirmed. German numbers total about 160,000 in Siberia. 80,000 occupied Irkutsk in two 40,000 units. Japanese War Minister Oshima notes Vladivostok supplies remain safe as war prisoner's activities are under investigation. The emperor returns to the capital as elder statesmen gather for a major council.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Lfe
Oshima
Vladivostok
Japan
German Officers Order No Prisoners in Finland and Ukraine
London reports German officers in Finland and Ukraine commanded troops to take no prisoners and execute red guards as bandits. The dispute centered on independent socialist leader George Ledebour who argued Germans should both seek peace with bolsheviks and hang them, drawing rebuke from President Kaempff who called him to order.
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London
Finland
Ukraine
George Ledebour
Amsterdam
Ledebour
Kaempff
Plan Black Sea Helgoland Fortress and Danube Port
Germany plans a new Helgoland fortress on Snake Island near the Danube mouth to command Black Sea commerce. A German commercial port would rise on the Danube’s northern bank, enabling observation over Bessarabia and bypassing Romanian control, per Hamburg Nachrichten.
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Amsterdam
Helgoland
Black Sea
Germany
Snake Island
Danube
Hamburg
Captain Redmond Wins Waterford Seat in Parliament
London reports Capt. Wiram Redmond wins the Waterford seat, succeeding his father John Redmond. Election returns show Captain Redmond with 1,243 votes against Sinn Feiner Doctor White.
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London
Wiram Redmond
John Redmond
Waterford
Captain Redmond
Doctor White
Shell barrage reported at Reims with gas shells
The Eclaireur de Lest reports that on Tuesday and Wednesday German forces launched nine thousand five hundred shells into Reims, including mining gas shells, amid World War I bombardment.
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Reims
Paris
Eclaireur de Lest
German Hate Now Centers On United States
March 18 Washington report says Germany blames the United States for the war and aims to pressure Wilson over peace terms while criticizing Allied for a new peace by the sword. Dutch ships in American ports are held pending requisition with no bunker licenses issued. Rural and personal notices intermingle with ship and draft rumors.
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Washington
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Russia
Roumania
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Wilson
Junkers
Belin
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Ludendorffare von Lindenburg
Ninal
Witteh
Ohbim
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