Beef and cattle trade shifts show rapid growth and imports
The report traces beef and cattle value rise from 1913 to 1918 with exports of 185,069 head in eight months ending August 1918 averaging 34 dollars per head and 1914 figures of 418,865 head at 68 dollars per head. Imports show a drop of about 20 percent per head, with 340,105 cattle imported in eight months to August 1913 valued around 15 dollars per head.
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Department of Corn
Mexico
England
Tuugust
Rea Ely
United Fruit Faces Fleet Dilemma Over Passenger Use
Boston Oct 18 One of the remarkable internal developments of United Fruit Co in eight to nine years is the creation of a large owned and refrigerated steamship fleet, largely used for passenger service. The question remains whether the twelve new steamers now building should serve freight only or include passenger accommodations. The Panama Canal opening is seen as potentially reducing tourist volume, a material part of United Fruit’s profitable traffic.
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Boston
Ited Fruit Company
Panama Canal
Panama
Unit- Fruit
United Fruit
Unnamed Women Remember Life-Savers in Coast Charity
Two unnamed New York City women who sent money for Christmas aid would not be named in this item. They contributed to a coast charity, totaling $17 so far, with the funds described as assistance for friends along the coast and carried from year to year.
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Ized Press
New York City
Mosquito Warnings Prompt Community Actions
Residents fear mosquitoes in the area and consider kill hunt or attendance at control events. Officials urge elimination measures and provide guidance on protective steps. The note highlights health concerns and community efforts to reduce bite risk this season.
Sikh seeks deportation after jobless wait in Mobile
Mihar Singh, a 37 year old East Indian ex royal artillery man and Isthmian Canal Commission employee, asks immigration officials to send him home to Calcutta. He has lived in Mobile since last March and struggled to find work as a watchman, remaining unemployed despite papers and recommendations. He hopes deportation can be arranged if he becomes a public charge or is jailed.
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Mihar Singh
Royal Artillery
Isthmian Canal Commission
Mobile
India
Mihar
H. C. Brownlow
Calcutta
Brownlow
United States
T. J. McSweeny
McSweeny
Hong Kong
Singapore
Panama Canal
Delhi
Bride Drowns in Venice Canal During Honeymoon
International News Service reports Frau Strerer, daughter of a Viennese banker, died after standing up in a gondola to adjust her dress. The couple, honeymooners, were returning to their hotel in Milan observing midnight when she overbalanced and vanished in the canal. The gondolier barely kept the husband from diving in.
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Milan
Venice
Frau Strerer
Venice Canal
Mouth Hygiene Message Urges Clean Teeth for Health
An urgent health note emphasizes the mouth as the body's gateway and teeth as guards. It warns that poor dental conditions multiply bacteria, leading to infections in digestive organs, and recommends disinfecting the mouth with a well known mouth antiseptic.
Wild boar injures farmer near Washington road
R D Simpkins of the Central House clashed with a wild boar at his Nevada City property. The boar grabbed his clothing and bit his hand, forcing Simpkins to seek medical aid from Dr. Sawyer who sewed and cauterized the wound to prevent infection.
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Nevada City
Cal
R. D. Simpkins
Central House
Washington Road
Simpkins
Simoking
Woman risks life for a gat in Richmond Heights house fire
Oct. 18 Miss Frieda Meyerer a Richmond Heights school teacher tried to save her cat by throwing it from a second story window of her burning home at 1401 Hawthorne Ave. The cat fled then returned inside as Meyerer searched. Neighbor Mrs. W B Martin entered the blaze through smoke and rescued the cat but was scratched and required medical attention.
Ballroom Floor on Springs Shakes Davenport Hotel
Spokane officials report a spring loaded ballroom floor in the Davenport Hotel project. The buoyant surface adapts to dancer movement creating a wave like, dream effect while remaining smooth and rigid. If built as planned it would be one of the largest spring floors in use and could redefine ballroom dancing in the city.
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Spokane
Wash
Davenport
Davenport Hotel
Pie explosion leaves Cleveland woman bald
Mrs H Vanderheude inspected an apple pie in a gas stove oven when the pie exploded and set the oven on fire. Her hair was burned off and she sustained facial burns while firefighters cooled the blaze. Wall and ceiling were splattered with pie fragments.
New Shoes Hurt Wife Quits Home
Cincinnati dispatch reports May of Midway Kentucky bought new shoes that caused blisters and pain. After hours of agony he returned home, found his wife had left after forty years of marriage, and he offered ten dollars to anyone who can locate her.
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May
Cincinnati
Woman recovers damages after surgeon leaves spring
Mrs. Etta Wharton of Walla Walla seeks $1,400 from a doctor after a fourteen inch spring was left inside her body following an operation. The appendix of the spring remained for fifteen days before discovery, and she filed suit for damages.
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Qnited Fruit CO
Iuernational News Service
M. Bleep
International News Service
Parker
St.Louis
Tabby
Miln
Hires Condensed Milk CO
Philadelphia, Pa
McAtee’s
Dauphin ST
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
Jos. Patt
Germany
U. S
Michael ST. Mobile
Ala
ROCHE
BURKE
Undertakers
St. Joseph and
Mobile’s Five
Tns
the Peoples Bank
State of
Alabama
F. C. Turner & CO
Mobile, Alabama
Gulf City Creamery
Dauphin Street
E. G. Humphreys
Farrow
Coal ‘Co
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