Exports of Sugar Increase Amid War Demand
New York July 9 The suspension of refined sugar exports by official order aims to calm local prices. A National City bank study shows refined sugar exports in the last five war years more than doubled the previous 50 years, totaling about 5 billion pounds and $290 million.
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New York
United States
United States Sugar Equalization Board
National City Bank of New York
Bank
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Russia
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Java
India
Orient
Australia
Japan
Europe
Argentina
Uruguay
Mexico
Canada
Africa
Asia
Briton pockets California-sized windfall from linen scheme
Leonard J. Martin, 32, English agricultural machinery dealer, bought about 40 million yards of linen for 20 million dollars from the British government intended for airplanes. He projected a profit near 5 million dollars, with roughly 2 million to Britain as excess profits and about 1.256 million as super tax.
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London
Associated Press
Leonard J. Martin
Martin
Oelwein Man Held for Violation of White Slave Law
Jim Lapera Italian arrest shows he faced transport for immoral purposes charges. Bonds set at $1000. He waived preliminary hearing and awaits federal grand jury action in Dubuque on December 2. Mrs Wortham, chief witness, held on $300 appearance bond. she testified at the hearing.
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Oelwein
J. E. Dempster
United States
Jim Lapera
Dubuque
Lapera
A. P. Houston
Ethel Wortham
Minneapolis
Drama League to Stage Fanny and the Servant Problem
The Drama league presents Jerome K. Jerome’s Fanny and the Servant Problem at Chau tauqua park coliseum on Wednesday evening July 16. The cast has undergone weeks of training and the stage will be fitted with special scenery for the production.
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Drama League
Chautauqua Park
Jerome K. Jerome
Coliseum
Service Buttons for World War Veterans Delayed
War department badges for World War I service are yet to arrive in the state. Sergt L H Kinig, local army recruiting officer, says 5,000 buttons have been ordered and will be issued upon discharge papers. Silver badges go to wounded veterans. bronze for others. Navy recruiting advertises naval events to recruit.
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War Department
Sergt
L. H. Kinig
Seret
Imig
Siberia
Navy
Memorial Furniture Presented to Martin Masonic Lodge No 624
The family of the late P. J. Martin presented walnut and Spanish leather altar kneeling cushions and master wardens furniture to Waterloo Martin Lodge No. 624. Delivered at the Masonic temple yesterday, with a formal presentation planned at the regular meeting Monday eve. George Welker spoke for the Martin family. Also notes War Risk Bureau payments totaled 30,832,726 in June with 62,322 checks mailed.
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Martin Lodge
P. J. Martin
Masonic Lodge of
Waterloo
Martin
Masonic Temple
George Welker
Washington, D. C
War Risk Bureau
Former Kaiser's Purse Is Full
Ameronger June 14. The former German emperor discusses finances with Dr Kriege who managed imperial funds after abdication. William Hohenzollern fears for 55 castles and estates as revenues pass to the new government. Some properties may be sold to fund his accounts while others stay for local administration. A Dutch guard cost also falls on the ex monarch. In St Pierre disaster history a single condemned murderer survived in a dungeon.
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Ameronger
Associated Press
3. Kriege
Germany
Hohenzollern
Dr. Kriege
Foreign Office
Herr Hohenzollern
von Gontard
Ormer
Holland
William
Herr Hohengollern
Berlin
Bentinck
Second Judge for Municipal Court Is Now a Reality
Attorney George W. Wood becomes Waterloo’s second municipal court judge as Gov. Harding applied a special act. Wood, from Paulson & Wood, presided in police court with traffic cases and show-cause hearings. A council report will seek third-floor Lafayette Building remodelling for extra court space.
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George W. Wood
Waterloo
Wood
W. L. Harding
Woods
Polive Court
Allbee
Paulson & Wood
Black Hawk County Har Association
General Assembly
Judge Wood
Pogusekaran T. BE. Leeper
Lafayette Building
Committee of Five Delegated to Plan Merger of Clubs
At a special meeting the Chamber of Commerce board adopted a resolution to appoint a five member committee to plan a merger with the Commercial club. The panel will report within 15 days and the action seeks a ratification by the board or membership, with most in favor of a merger.
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Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
Board of Directors
Ratification of Plans Follows Joint Committee Accord
Two committees reach agreement on development plans and will ratify them together, paving the way for a final merger. The process hinges on synchronized approval by both groups.
Irrigated Alberta Land Yields Far Higher Than Dry
Lethbridge July 9 Comparative statistics from 1908 to 1918 show Marquis wheat yields of 30 bushels on dry land and 63 on irrigated land. Oats yield 70 on dry versus 108 irrigated. barley 43 dry and 78 irrigated. Peas on dry land average 57.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta
Dominion Experimental Farm
United States
Irrigation Boosts Yields Across Several Crops
The report shows potatoes yielding 237 bushels on dry land and 487 bushels under irrigation. Wheat on irrigated land averaged 77 percent higher than non irrigated, oats 14 percent, barley 81 percent, peas 51 percent, and potatoes 106 percent. Dry crops rested with fallowed land while irrigated fields did not. Irrigation land costs about twice as much but proves more than twice as productive.
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Notather
Church Organist Sustains Broken Right Arm
Migs Gertrude Bayless, organist at First Congregational Church, suffered a broken right arm above the elbow in an accident at Byrnes Park golf course Saturday evening while playing with Varina Veanutt. The injury is described as severe, with the bone broken across and downward, requiring careful healing.
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Migs Gertrude Bayless
First Congregational Church
Hoo
Byrnes Park
Mins Bayless
Varina Veanutt
Drama league plans ambankment chautauqua event
Ambankment and chautauqua plans shift as Misa Bayless faces balance issues and may be unable to appear. The drama league adapts expectations while pursuing alternatives for the program this season.
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Drama League
Misa Bayless
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Mont Pelee
Independent Fruit CO
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Morris Golofsky
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