Iron and steel market outlook in Birmingham district amid war demand
Pig iron prices hold at 14 to 15.50 per ton as blast furnaces show steady loading activity. European orders revive with France Japan and Russia seeking locomotives car components and forgings while domestic mills push higher prices on soft steel bars and wire reductions. Exports remain robust with large tonnage shipments and rising bookings for 1917 production.
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Birmingham
Associated Press
New York
States Steel Corporation
Russia
American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Locomotive Company
Lima Locomotive Corporation
Ussia
France
Japan
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburgh
American Steel and Wire Company
Wilson to Begin Campaign September 1
President Wilson and Democratic leaders outlined a national campaign plan to start after September 1 if Congress remains in session. Wilson will visit Hodgensville Kentucky for a memorial event and may address groups in St. Louis and other cities. The campaign committee roster is nearing completion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Homer
Cummings
Committee
McCormick
Shadow Lawn
N. J
Hodgensville
St. Louis
Gampaten
Maine
William J. Bryan
Van Liew case transfers and city health report
The Meyer transfer of McHu grocery case to Father Doll Baby Store is ordered. An ordinance allowing creosoted poles is adopted as Health Officer Mohr reports July death rate 15.46 per 1000 with typhoid, diphtheria, tuberculosis, infantile paralysis cases and imports. no citywide link found among infantile paralysis cases.
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McHu
Claiborne and
Monroe Streets
L. D. Browne
Mobile
Pillans
Lyons
Schwarz
Charles A. Mohr
Sanitation
City Reports Public Health Inspections And Rainfall
Inspections conducted with 1 199 sanitary notices served and 102 water notices issued. Four stables were inspected while a house to house inspection and anti mosquito work continued. Rainfall reached 20.50 inches with frequent daily showers slowing division work and contributing to favorable breeding conditions.
Milk and Meat Inspection Report Highlights
The report lists inspections across sectors: milk and meat markets, packing houses, dairies, milk depots, ice cream factories, and stores selling milk. It records slaughter totals by species, total animals slaughtered for food, and amounts of meat condemned. It notes two arrests for spoiled meat, four for screening violations, with one conviction appealed. Water bacteria counts rose after a July storm.
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F. F. Paterson
H.C. Meyer
C. c
Street Car Conductors Hire to Amuse Babies
Oakland street car company stalls a second conductor on a car to answer questions help women on and off amuse crying babies and be useful to travelers. If this courtesy tryout succeeds more men will be employed on other cars.
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Oakland
Cal
Rain Relief Promised for Chihuahua Famine Areas
Heavy rains in Chihuahua today give hope for famine relief as crops may receive a substantial boost. Juarez officials say two or three more storms could ease widespread distress in the Mexican state.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Juarez
Dry mayor aids saloons in Herrin Illinois political reversal
Mayor Greer, elected on the dry ticket, cast the deciding vote to permit the reopening of saloons in Herrin. Thirty saloons that had operated during the dry period will resume business after the vote, ending two years of prohibition in the city.
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Herrin
Greer
Diry
Sinalara
Puss in Boots Jr A New Bed
David Cory presents a playful tale in which Puss guides his gray horse away as an awkward hunter misfires at an owl. The owl chides the hunter about shooting, praising the owl’s pest control while the dog watches and the scene ends with a lesson about thinking before shooting.
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Puss IN Boots, JR
Puss
Puss Chooses Woods and Encounters a Huntsman
A talking gray horse leads Puss along a road until a crossway brings them to a forest path. A peculiar huntsman figure appears with a bow and quiver while a small dog tugs at his heels, adding a whimsical turn to the tale.
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Puss
Five Sharks Catch and Slain Near Oyster Bay
Five sharks were caught and killed by harpoons in Land Island Sound near Oyster Bay New York. One shark measured nearly 11 feet long. Fishermen hired by summer residents harpooned the five sea monsters yesterday.
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Associated Press
New York
Land Island Sound
Oyster Bay
Carranza Prefers Border Issue First in Talks
The Car ranza government wants to address the border situation first via a proposed joint international commission and would defer other topics. Eliseo Arrendondo outlined this stance to Acting Secretary Polk, who conveyed it to the cabinet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carranza
Joint International Commission
Eliseo Arredondo
Polk
Grand Circuit Races Postponed by Heavy Downpour
A heavy downpour in Pittsburgh on August 8 ruined the track for the first day of Grand Circuit races, delaying events slated for today. Organizers expect to run the first day’s card tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Fittsburgh
High Official to Be Tried by England
Aug 8 report notes a bill granting civilians rights to appear before military tribunals and allowing civilian members on war office case juries. It mentions rumors of a high war office official facing trial, with the measure read in the House.
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England
London
House of Commons
Weather forecast for Alabama Mississippi and Florida
Piha Aug 8 forecast notes likely showers tonight and Wednesday for Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Mobile area expected showers with a high near 86 degrees.
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Wrather
Piha
Alabama
Mississippi
Methodist Educator J C Rapa Dies in Greencastle
Greencastle Indiana August 8 J C Rapa 3273 former president of ersity and a noted Methodist lecturer and educator in the country died here today after a period of illness from hardening of the arteries.
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Greencastle
Ind
J. C. Rapa
Ersity
Forecast of U S crop production by crop and region
Washington August 8 forecast from the department of agriculture notes predicted yields for winter wheat 455 million bushels spring wheat 199 million all wheat 654 million corn 2.777 billion oats 1.274 billion barley 196 million rye 41.9 million buckwheat 171 thousand white potatoes 364 million sweet potatoes 71 million tobacco 1.197 billion pounds flax 14.1 million rice 34.2 million hay 84.6 million tons cotton 12.9 million bales sugar beets 757 thousand apples 71 barrels peaches 40.3 thousand barrels
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Guards Parade Through Chattanooga Streets
Three companies of the Third Battalion of First South Carolina Infantry, en route to El Paso for border service, stopped in Chattanooga Tennessee this morning and paraded the principal streets. The battalion is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Pat Mc Cullen. Other battalions are due to pass through the city later today.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
First South Carolina Infantry
el Paso
Tex
Border Service
Pat McCullen
First Arkansas Cotton Bale Arrives Ahead of Last Year
The first bale of the 1916 Arkansas cotton crop arrived in Pine Bluff from Rison in Cleveland County. It was harvested on the county farm and reached the market two days earlier than the first bale of the previous season.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
Rison
Cleveland County
Does Your Condition Discourage You
After a severe cold unresolved by care you doubt treatment. The ad claims Eckaes Alterative offers relief for asthma bronchial and pulmonary symptoms and cites lime bearing preparation and various prescriptions as examples.
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Hu I
Braswell
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