Indiana farms boast largest wheat surplus aside from Kansas
Indiana crops report shows wheat at 54,999,000 bushels, rising from July 49,263,000 with corn forecast at 203,645,000 and oats 69,939,000. Other notes cover Liberty loan pledges, auto tax impact, ice shortages, and farm efforts across Indianapolis and counties.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Kansas
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
George C. Bryant
Frederick van Nuys
Edmund W. Wasmuth
Will H. Wade
Wiliam A. Roach
Stanley Wyckoff
Marion County
Versailles
Cincinnati
Freddie Prinz
Ind
Smith
Robert C. Baltzell
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Baltzell
Brook
George Ade
Hazelden Farm
American Red Cross
Ade
YANKEES DRIVE DEEPER INTO FRANCO-GERMAN FRONT NEAR OISE
In Lorraine and Frapelle the American army secured the village amid shelling and a German raid repulsed by American fire. French forces north of the Oise reach Lassigny outskirts and seize Pimprez and Morsain while 2,200 Germans fall to French hands. British, French, and Canadian troops push fronts near Merville, Ribecourt, and Roye as Haig reports 34,000 prisoners since the start of the Picardy drive.
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Lorraine
Frapelle
Lassigny
Paris
Oise
Thiescourt Wood
Pimprez
Noyon-Compiegne
Soissons
Morsain
London
Flanders
Picardy
Ribecourt
War Office
Merville
Lys Salient
Paradis
Les Puresbecques
Field Marshal Haig
Charines
Somme
Herleville
Lihons
Aisne
Carlepont
Fontenoy
Nampeel
Audignicourt
Nampeccl
Noyon
Vieux Berquin
Baileul
Outtersteene
Chilly
Fransart
Bucquoy
Albert
Arras
Soissons- Reims
Autreches
Avre
Camp de Cesar
Roye
Canny-sur-Matz
Beauvraignes
Chaulnes
Scherpenberg
Locre
Thiescourt
Lassigny Heights
Ourschamps
Haig
Proyart
Ancre
Authuille
Aveluy
Albert Cathedral
Marshal Haig
Marshal Foch
Henry Bidou
Veste
Wise
Goyencourt
Laucourt
Maucourt
Bois Des Loges
Damery
Fresnoy-les-Roye
Profiteering Exposed in Treasury War Profits Report
Treasury Department findings on profiteering in 1916 and 1917 show enormous gains across industries from foodstuffs to oil, coal, and utilities. The report, covering 31,500 corporations, notes public disclosure restrictions and highlights record margins for meat packers, dairies, canners, breweries, and auto makers while naming few specific firms.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Senate
America
Iron and Steel
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
United States
Thrift and Liberty Bonds Fall in War Time Message
Mortimer L. Schiff argues that strict economy curbs luxuries and even necessities to free money and labor for war. Saving through Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps, systematic budgeting, and thrift accelerate production and support soldiers, urging emulation of France’s frugality.
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Mortimer L. Schiff
War Savings Associations
United States of America
France
Fuel Administration appoints 28 district production managers
The Fuel Administration named 28 production managers for coal districts to lead production drives. Each manager will oversee mine production committees of six, with three from management and three from workers. Committees will identify underperforming mines and post weekly lists of absent or underutilized workers and reasons.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Our Silver Goes to India Viceroy thanks US for silver relief
The viceroy of India Lord Chelmsford thanks the American government for its contribution to the silver supply. He notes substantial stocks remain in treasury vaults and circulation is largely via silver certificates. He states more can be spared.
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India
Lord Chelmsford
Treasury
Humorousexchange on sugar shortage tale overheard
A Birmingham Age-Herald reader quotes a young man praising romance and explaining why a sugar shortage did not affect him, calling the scene positively silly but relatable in life. The exchange captures lighthearted social banter.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Converted into bullion loaned to silver using allies
A brief remark from the New York Herald notes that converting assets into bullion and lending it to silver using allies constitutes sound finances.
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New York Herald
Houseboat Banter Sparks Sport Debate
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip contrasts houseboating with driving as a sport. A motorist says houseboats move slowly, taking a week to cover distance that car travel would cover in about two hours of moderate driving.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Try It Out Ma Better Boy After Wash Woes
Five year old Willie asks his mother the cleanliness administrator to stop washing so often. He reasons that after washing his hair she claims nothing can be done with it, implying his behavior could improve with less washing.
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Willie
How About Gossips The Human Voice Limits
The human voice is produced by forty four different muscles working together to shape sound. This coordination enables pitch resonance articulation and volume control across speech.
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Ndiana
Central Union Telephone Company
Indianapolis Telephone Company
Paul P. Waynes
Public Service Commission
Lafayette
Ohio County
D. S. Myer
Purdue Extension Department
Harry E. Barnard
Raymond Kiser
United States Food Administration
Kiser
Indianapolis.—More Rigid Inspection of the Building and Remodeling of Hoosier
State Board of Health
John N. Hurty
Gilbert H. Hendren
State Board of Accounts
Schumacher
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Schumaker
Lake County
South Bend
St. Joseph County
John
Bordner
Washington, D. C
Madison County
Houston
Col
R. S. Thomas
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana Army Post
Hartford City
Pleasant Grove
Bicknell
Food Administration
H. B. Barnard
Barnard
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