Dealers in Plot to Raise Prices Claimed by AP
Information to support rumors that produce dealers rot fruits and vegetables to create shortages and drive prices up prompted government investigators. A Gary Indiana farmer reported pumpkins sold for cash but fruit left to rot with fictitious buyers. Reports of bean price plots and stockpiled beans in Norfolk Philadelphia and Saginaw were noted. An agent investigated dumping twenty eight carloads of potatoes into a river at Peoria Illinois.
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Associated Press
Chicago
B. L. Brundage
Gary
Ind
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Saginaw
Mich
Peoria
Berkeley Women Seek Food Embargo Petition
Mrs W T Cleverdon president of the Alameda County Federation of Mothers' Clubs says 3000 club women in Berkeley and Oakland will sign petitions to President Wilson urging an embargo on foodstuffs.
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Berkeley
Cal
W. T. Cleverdon
Alameda County
California grocers push to cut staple prices statewide
California grocerymen have moved to lower the prices of wheat flour sugar canned tomatoes and canned milk. Housewives are asked to cooperate by signing wholesale petitions calling for an embargo on these commodities. Petitions will be sent to every California grocer under the California State Grocers' Association.
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San Francisco
California
California State Grocers’ Association
Get the Habit of Drinking Hot Water Before Breakfast
A mass of readers are urged to drink a glass of very hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The note claims internal cleansing prevents toxins and diseases and improves wellbeing, comparing it to external cleansing with soap.
Capital needed for fair amid losses and storms
The 1916 fair faced storms and lower receipts yet continued with a reduced operating expense of 24 373 31. Directors considered higher capital to retire obligations, estimate current liabilities at 19 000 90 and note assets at 116 259 47 versus 111 082 92 in 1915.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Dies at 68 Years
The aged emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria died after 68 years on the throne. He ascended in 1848 at age 19, witnessing vast political upheavals, wars, and reforms across Europe. Archduke Charles Francis becomes heir, married to Princess Zita of Parma, with Otto as his uncle.
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Austria
William
Schoenbrunn
Amsterdam
Central News
Marie Valerie
von Burian
Berlin
Emperor William
Francis Joseph
Ferdinand I
Hungary
Second Empire
Republic of Today
Italy
Spain
Japan
Russia
Turkey
Persia
United States
Archduke Charles Francis
Emperor Francis Joseph
Austria- Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Zita
Parma
Archduke Otto
Francis Ferdinand
Tick damage lowers hide grading and value
Tick punctures reduce hide quality from No 2 to No 4, lowering value by about 1.25 dollars per hide. The diagnostic note highlights how infestation devalues hides in trade and grading.
Allied Comment on Franz Josef Shows No Mercy
Paris reports no official confirmation of Emperor Franz Josef's death but presses predict a death impact minimal on the war. Newspapers harshly judge the aging ruler, praising his downfall while noting his era ended with public reproach and horror. The Paris view sees him largely a figurehead who signed without engagement.
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Paris
Franz Josef
Recorder Frees Flinn in Prohibition Case at Southern Hotel
W E Flinn discharged by recorder after liquor found behind a desk in the Southern Hotel where he operates. He testified the bottle was left by a traveling man. Prohibition case against W H Blalack continued to Thursday. John M Clark, owner of a soft drink stand at Royal and Lipscomb, ordered on the docket after a raid the previous Tuesday with no arrest at the time.
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W. E. Flinn
Recorder
Southern
W. H. Blalack
John M. Clark
Royal and
Lipscomb Streets
Clark
Emile Frits v Mobile Electric Co on trial in Mobile
Law and Equity Court on the law side presided by Judge Berney reports Emile Frits versus Mobile Electric Company in trial. Thursday call listed Edward S. Brown versus City of Mobile A W Metzger versus Chas Schimpf et al.
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LAW and Equity Court
Law Side
Berney
Emile Frits
Mobile Electric Co
Edward S. Brown
City of Mobile
A. W. Metzger
Browne Court Docket Darkens with Default Judgment
Circuit Court Browne presides as H Bixler vs W S Pugh ends in default judgment for plaintiff on property in complain. Knoph Mfg Coq Star Theater suit dismissed with non suit. Call for Thursday Harry Gill vs Barrett Bros Shipping listed.
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Circuit Court
Browne
H. Bixler
W. S. Pugh
Knoph Mfg
Coq Star Theater
Harry Gill
Barrett Bros. Shipping
Chancery Court Sessions List with Cases Set
Chancery Court under Chancellor Smith convenes to hear T B Pace versus P W Oliver and Company on report and exceptions G K Donald versus Robert Jeffreys et al on pleadings and decree pro confesso Winfield Long versus Laura Long de Troy 8S Taylor versus Janey E Taylor pleaded and proven.
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Chancery Court
Smith
T. B. Pace
P. W. Oliver & Company
G. K. Donald
Robert Jeffreys
Winfield Long
Laura Long
Troy
Taylor
Janey E. Taylor
City Court Docket Faces Guilty Plea and Trials
Grand larceny defendant James Knight pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was fined 150 dollars plus costs. John Ladis’s case on permitting minors to play pool is reset for December 4. Erick Robertson remains on trial under cattle lick eradication law. The Thursday call lists Tom Carter for murder in the first degree.
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Grayson
James Knight
John Ladis
Erick Robertson
Tom Carter
Fitzgerald Aims Embargo On Foodstuffs In Congress
Representative Fitzgerald announced support for an embargo on foodstuffs to bar Britain’s blacklist and to curb domestic price distress. He argues the embargo offers stronger leverage than diplomacy and would prioritize American interests, with broad public backing and opposition from President Wilson’s administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fitzgerald
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Great Britain
Plans for New Grounds for Yank Club Discussed
President B. B. Johnson of the American League heads to French Lick Indiana to confer with Jacob Ruppert and Huston owners of the New York Americans about a new park site. Johnson says the Polo Grounds lease covers the 1917 season and no new plant will be built before 1918.
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Chicago
B. B. Johnson
French Lick
Ind
Jacob Ruppert
H. YT. Huston
New York Americans
Polo Grounds
Johnson
Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Claims Soothing Cough Relief
The ad touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as soothing for irritated membranes and loosening phlegm to ease a severe cold. It promises relief for stuffed sinuses, tight chest, and throat with a dose and notes availability at druggists. Also cites cattle tick quarantine figures from 1906 and later improvements by 1916 with arsenical dipping baths.
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Dr. Bell
Norfolk Yard Plans Call for $15 Million Navy Expansion
Norfolk navy yard would become a major construction center with an ultimate expenditure around 15.044 million dollars. The plan provides mooring for thirty two capital ships and complete facilities for capital ship construction, making it second only to League Island Philadelphia.
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Washington
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy
Department
Harris
Bureau of Yards and Docks
House Naval Committee
The
League Island
Philadelphia
German Foreign Minister Resigns Over Ill Health
Berlin dispatch reports Gottlieb Von Jagow, German foreign minister, resigns due to ill health. Alfred Zimmermann likely to succeed him as successor. Rumor in Tageblatt suggests Von Jagow may become ambassador to Vienna.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Gottlieb von Jagow
Bertn
Alfred Zimmermann
Herr von Jagow
Tageblatt
Vienna
French To Go Meatless Two Days A Week
Paris reports the cabinet approved two meatless days weekly set for Thursday and Friday with a decree to follow. It also bans fresh pastries cakes rolls and fancy bread. Separately scientists say a starfish has no nose and its entire underside has a sense of smell.
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Paris
War Office
Guynemer
France
Amiens
Cirold
French Aero Corps
Associated Press
Federal reserve leaders note little danger from gold inflow
The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Advisory Council report no unavoidable risk from the continued influx of gold as trade settlements rise toward eight hundred million dollars this year. They urge caution with renewal credits, propose branches in reserve cities, shifts of cash between vaults and reserves, and reassess reserve balances at winter’s end while deeming current business conditions excellent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oral Reserve Board
Fede Advisory Council
Federal Reserve
Itl
Bromo Quinine Box Signed by W. Grove
A box labeled Bromo Quinine bears the signature of W. Grove. The text notes colds cause headaches and mentions laxative bromide. The fragment provides a product reference with a single signature and a brief health claim.
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W. Grove
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