Billion Eggs on Hand New York Dealers Worried
News notes a glut of eggs causing concern among New York dealers as large purchases linger and storage fears rise. Speculators face scrutiny amid potential overhang on a national supply.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1915
Page
11
One Billion Eggs Lined End to End Could Circle Earth
One billion eggs lie in 24 large cold storage warehouses across the United States because allies failed to buy them. If laid end to end they would stretch about 31,187 miles, enough to girdle the earth one and a quarter times at the equator. Distributed evenly, more than ten eggs would reach every man, woman, and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ueorse EB. Cutler
Steen
Wrest
Wheelcsals
England
Three Rivers, Mich
Wara Bhosle
Germany
Benton
Egg kings seek help as egg stocks pile up nationwide
Special to The Washington Post reports that major egg traders who hoped to profit by selling to allies face financial ruin as cold-storage eggs exceed 1 billion units nationwide. With milder winter prospects, wholesale demand falters, prices slip, and traders fear a crash unless housewives buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morgan Will Leaves Most To Widow In Paris
New York notices reveal George D. Morgans will filed by Ernest A. Bigelow. The estate valued near 1 million dollars, with 470 080 total bequests. Widow Yuki Kato Morgan receives income from the residue. Bequests include 200 000 to Josepha Ruiz and 20 000 to the rector of the American Church in Paris. The remainder goes to brother Junius and sister Carolina on widow’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seeorice D. Morgan
Morgan
Spain
Yuki Kato
Paris
Ernest A. Bigelow
Junius
Carolina Morgan
Yuki Kato Morgan
Italian art patron and secretary ordered deported from New York
At Bl Us Island a special board of inquiry ordered deportation for Prof Elia Vel pix Volpi of Florence Italy and Miss Lisetta Morosino, a claimed secretary later said to be his wife. Volpi, a patron of the late J Pisiporit Morgan, arrived on the Duca Deg Abrunzi and spoke through an interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Volpi
Misa Morosino
Miss Morosino
Prof. Volpi
Mrs Galt Opens Grand Rapids Masonic Temple Fair
Mrs Norman Galt fiancee of President Wilson pressed a button in Washington signaling the opening of a new million dollar Grand Rapids Masonic temple and inaugural fair. A 71 gun presidential salute followed as Michigan Soldiers Union veterans under Gen William Y McGurrin fired a tribute.
Portrait of George Washington Found in Baltimore Shop
In Baltimore this November 1986 a New York artist discovers a portrait of George Washington in a second hand shop. The painting, attributed to Ram, is linked to Peale, a renowned painter from a bygone era.
New York Thrills As Europe’s Gentry Flock to City
New York brims with foreign adventurers and socialites as war evacuations leave Europe closed. Dancers and reporters say the capital of the world hosts Spanish French countesses Russian nobility and American confidence men. The city buzzes with intrigue as hotels restaurants and Broadway attract a cosmopolitan mix and writers plan fiction inspired by the influx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lars Moore
Evening Mail
Broadway
Europe
Vienna
London
Paris
Rome
Petrograd
Madrid
Constantinople
Monte Carlo
Geby
Secret Service
Card Sharp
Fifth Avenue
Miss Wilson Aids Votes Reception In Washington
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President, will attend and assist Mrs Belmont at a reception honoring envoys and delegates to the National Woman's Congress Union convention in Washington on December 7. Suffrage workers say this marks her first public act in support of votes for women, with expectations she will take a prominent role in future efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Belmont
Washington
New York
Margaret Wilson
Will Owaiet
Mra. C. H. P
Mise Wilden
Frick Aids Cripples Home With Large Gift
Henry C Frick's generosity helps the Industrial Home for Crippled Children raise over 60 thousand dollars. He offered 25 thousand if the committee gathered 35 thousand more by year end. By noon today funds on hand reached 87,995.76, about 33 thousand over the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittsburgh
Henry Co. Frick
Uneeda Biscuit Fresh from Oven Packs Crisp Goodness
AGH Uneeda Biscuit is described as just like every Uneeda Biscuit perfect as soda crackery can be made. Fresh from oven, they come to you in a protecting package with all their crisp goodness intact.
Hotel Men Hear How To Put Guests to Sleep
Special to The Washington Post from St. Louis reports J Leo Ryan Kansas City councilman bedmaker outlines sleep aids for insomniac hotel guests. He suggests moving the bed midroom and running around it, then repetitive baths, heat, and even a head of lettuce as a last resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
St. Louis
Kansas
Oklahoma
J. Leo Ryan
Kansas’ City
Ryen
Dog saves family in house fire in Binghamton
Special to The Washington Fests reports John Church Jr and his wife in Binghamton New York escaped a Wednesday fire after their collie dog Shop barked at them from bed leading them to safety. The dog suffered injuries while likely alerting them to the blaze. The family could not save contents as flames spread through the front of the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Binghamton
John Church, Jr
Shep
Paris Gowns Spark Talk Of Wilson Wedding
The man cited a planned wedding involving Mrs. Galt and President Wilson, noting it would be indiscreet to discuss gowns ordered by the Wilson family without White House permission. He predicted a brilliant Washington social season after the wedding, while officials offered no comment and White House attention remained absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ding
Wilson
True Story of Mrs Galt's Extravagant Paris Gowns
Washington dispatch reveals Mrs Galt's wardrobe trends lack Paris gowns. Most elaborate outfits come from American modistes or domestic fabrics woven locally, echoing precedents set by Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Taft. Mrs Galt favors gowns she personally likes, with Paris pieces only occasionally present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Galt
Paris
Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
the Tribune
Francis. B. Sayre
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
White House
Bridal Pair Visits Wilson in White House
A Gainesville Georgia couple, Mr and Mrs William H Hoad, on their Gainesville honeymoon, met President Wilson in the White House executive office. The visitors brought two photographs of Icanga in Gainesville and a portrait of the old Pisdimont Hotel where two of the President's children were born. The President congratulated them and gave a photo of himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Wilson
William H. Hoad
Gainesville
Icanga
Pisdimont
Representatives dodge in Capital to evade suffragists
Suffragists hire a monster yellow van to pursue dodging Congress members. The van, to be stationed on seven street addresses each night for a month, will be run by Mrs. Grace Onefield Cotter of Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Grace
Onefield Cotter
Seattla
Wash
President's Courtship Song Suppressed by White House Request
New York reports President Wilson asked Brooklyn author Michael J. P. Fitzpatrick not to publish a song about his engagement to Mrs. Galt. The piece portrays Wilson as a white chief and his fiancée as an Indian maiden with strong period imagery. A letter from J P Tumulty dated Oct 28 1916 conveyed the request, and publishers were weighing publication at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Brooklyn
Michael J. P. Fitzpatrick
Green Avenue
Galt
Bey- Ta
Fitzpatrick
White House
Washington, D. C
J. P. Tumulty
Verge
Muaia
Fine Bull Terrier Pup in Hospital After Harelip Operation
Special to The Washington Port Milwaukee Wia Nov 19 Oxomian Maid a bull terrier of royal line aged returned to owner H W Hen nett after a two weeks stay in a hospital for her lip. The dog though beautiful had a badly marked lip and stitches. Twenty one veterinarians advised care to prevent tearing the wound during healing. The operation occurred while the mistress was hospitalised and the dog was cared for in the same hospital. The dog was suspended six days in a bag tied about the neck to keep her from itching the healing nose as the stitches set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Port
Milwaukee
Wia
H.W. Hennett
Transfer Rights Under 2-Cent Transfers Debated
Washington public utilities commission weighs requiring the Washington Railway and Electric Company to honor 2-cent transfers from Capital Tradition Company at Fourteenth Street south of Pennsylvania Avenue. Complaints say the 3-cent transfers were not received by conductors on the other line except on the specified date. G C Milligan of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing argues 2-cent transfers prove compensation and should be valid until aged. calls for distinction between purchased rights and courtesy privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commissi
Washington “Railway and Electric Company
Fourteenth Asreet
Pennsylvania’ Avenue
Capital Tradition Company
Bureau of ‘Engra
More Aid for Belgians Rallies DC Relief Group
The District of Columbia Belgium Relief Fund committee met at Mrs. John A. Logan’s home to organize winter aid for Belgians. Under Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker supervision hundreds of garment materials were prepared for production and will be finished within a week. The group welcomed returning workers and new members and called for public donations of clothing. weekly Friday meetings at 2 pm will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
The
Belgium Relief Fund
John A. Logan
Thirteenth Street
Mary Logan Tucker
Rabbi Schechter Dead in New York City
Rabbi Solomon Schechter, president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and noted traveler and author, died at his New York home. Born in 1847 in Fokshan Roumania, he arrived in the United States in 1902 to lead the seminary and studied at Vienna and Berlin. He taught at University College London and explored Hebrew literature in Italy Egypt and Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Solomon Schechter
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Fokshan
Roumania
Lnited States
Jewish Theological Seminary
Schechter
Vienna
Berlin
University College
London
Italy
Egypt
Pelentine
Ford to See Wilson on Neutral Nations Conference
Henry Ford announced he would travel to Washington to urge President Wilson to join a conference of neutral nations aimed at promoting peace in Europe. The plan was discussed with Mme Rosika Schwimmer of Budapest, who supports the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neutra
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Washington
Wilson
United States
Europe
Ford
Mme
Rosika Schwimmer
Budapest
What the Innocent Bystander Pays lecture misquoted
Dr. Ernest P. Bicknell of the American Red Cross spoke before the National Geographic Society at the New Mascot Temple about Belgian devastation and relief. He noted over three and a half million pounds of hospital supplies sent to Europe and emphasized the U S cannot send too much. He described Belgian towns wrecked, refugees flowing through southern Holland, and the 65 camps with schools for homeless Belgians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest P. Bicknell
American Red Cross
National Geographic Society
New Mascot Temple
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
Europe
Bicknell
Sti
United States
Belgium
Holand
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