Spuds and Eggs Reach Low Level in Waterloo Market
Prospects for large potato acreage in 1918 look good as prices fall. G H Sherman tours Minnesota and Iowa saying Minnesota round whites and early Ohios may drop to 50 to 60 cents a bushel. He has car lots in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Oskaloosa. Eggs slip to 3 cents per egg, retailers ask 37 cents a dozen. The piece notes pota toes and eggs becoming affordable amid conservation efforts for the boys overseas.
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Murphy Emporium
Lafayette
Minnesota
Iowa
G. H. Sherman
Mr. Sherman
Satan Weinl
Watterloo
Chicago Labor to Aid Liberty Loan
Chicago labor groups pledges full support to the third liberty loan. At a Chicago Building Trades Council meeting representing about 100,000 workers in Cook County, resolutions vow to do all in their power to aid the U S government’s loan effort. Plans target at least one $50 bond per affiliated worker.
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Chicago
Chicago Building Trades Council
Cook County
United States
Half Kindred Seek Different Employment
About 50 people have applied for jobs since the state free employment bureau opened. Applicants seek farm work, garage or engine factory jobs, trucking or team driving, carpentry, or common labor. Waterloo has many unemployed. many want farm work while some women seek farm or house work and janitorial roles.
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State Free, Employment Bureau
LaFayette
J. P. Condon
Waterloo
Destroy 400 Towns Demand in Berlin Amsterdam
Berlin Tageszeitung calls for destruction of 400 English towns as reprisal for Allies seizure of 400 German merchant ships. The article argues it would be more humane to destroy London than let Germans bleed, insisting Britain, France and the United States show no pity and that softness is stupid in wartime.
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Amsterdam
Bur
Berlin Tageszeitunge
London
Great Britain
France
United States
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Berlin
BUR Rch Bros. Mens
Burch Bros. CO
Serge
Serge, Gray
Navy
Lin
Silk Poplin
Children’s CO
Children’s Alshe
Mary Ann
Gertrude
Princess
Aists
Bardine
Milans
Lisere
Und
Lisle
Children’s Union
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