Market Opens With Gains Then Slips Amid Board Action
Traders reacted to the Board of Trade limit rule as speculative issues rose four points at the open then yielded. Motors fell four points linked to control, while Sugar and Copper moved on. In Chicago, grains dropped on opening then steadied with May at 89 and oats and corn showing mixed moves as profit-taking blanketed the market.
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Py Motors
Sumatra
SUGAT
aLcomative
Eritall
Erica Perical Copper
Erica Tabact
Erie Coast Lime
CET Og Ted
Nin Locomotive Ee
Wimore & Owio
Jehem Steel
Ndian Pacific
Tral
Capcake & Qwio
Wal Enn
Eee
Iymbia Gas and Electric
Ible Steel
Ee Caer
Seastele Dca
Skealses Ie Motors Ae Niers
Necott Copper
Wees
Isville & Nashville
Bid
Eel] Motor CO
Ean Petroleum
Imi
Ingle Steel
Suri Pacific
Aja
York Central
Vork & Western
Hion Pacific
States Steel
Atinghouse Electric
yeOverland
Indy Central
Board Air Lime
ippeShef, Steel and Iron
Wed Fruit
pinia-Caro
Chicago
Board of Trade Directors
Shorts
General Commission House
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market notes show hogs uneven with bulk 17.20 to M and lights 16.90 to 17.50 while cattle receipts hit 5,000 with steers 7.75 to 14.15 and cows 5.80 to 11.90. Calves bring 8.75 to 14.25, lambs 13.50 to 15.00. hogs steady to unsettled and pigs at 12.75.
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Chicago
Pereless Unable to Testify on Discharge Cause
Former Cap A. E. Pereless told the Senate Military Committee he is ill in New York and unable to testify whether his discharge stemmed from his testimony about the Base Sorting Plant army Scrap contract. The committee plans to recall him later.
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Pereless
Washington
Cap- A
Weather Report Promises Warmer Sunday Winds Moderate
Fair tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions on Sunday. Winds variable, then moderate from the west. Cape Fear River at Fayetteville reported yesterday morning at 9.8 feet, with readings continuing. Sunrise and sunset times appear garbled but indicate daytime warmth.
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Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
Liverpool Weekly Statistics: Trade Figures for Feb
Liverpool reports total forward of 82 000 bales with 55 000 American, stock 457 000 including 301 000 American. Imports 44 000 including 30 000 American. Exports none.
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Liverpool
Munday Again on Trial in Morris Bank Case
Chicago records report C. B. Munday former LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank president and associate of William Lorimer will face a second trial next week in Morris on a charge of receiving deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent. The first trial ended in conviction and imprisonment.
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Munday
Chicago
C. B. Munday
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
William Lorimer
Morris
Chautauqua Managers Unite In War Time Entertainment Drive
United States Chautauqua leaders pool resources to support soldiers in cantonments and national guard camps. The Smileage book campaign sells one and five dollar books with War Department coupons granting access to shows. Rival circuits merge for patriotic cooperation under the Military Entertainment Council, featuring figures like William Jennings Bryan and Bohumir Kryl, with leaders including Coit, Harrison, Pearson, Chaffee, Horner, Vawter, and H. P. Harrison coordinating in Washington and back home.
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Chautauqua
United States
National Guard
Great Lakes
Gulf
Secretary of War
Military Entertainment Council
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Gunsaulus
Chicago
Bohumir Kryl
Arthur C. Coit
Coit Lyceu Bureau
Cleveland
W. V. Harrison
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Columbus
Paul M. Pearson
Cha
Congressmen Kitchin In Automobile Wreck
Congressman Kitchin of North Carolina escaped with a shaking and returned to work after an automobile accident in which his secretary's car was demolished by a street car. Mrs Reilly wife of a former Connecticut congressman was cut and bruised but Mrs Kitchin was uninjured.
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Washington
Kitchin
North Carolina
Capitol
Reilly
Connecticut
Private Murray Death Linked to Court Martial Orders
Washington dispatches report Lieutenant Colonel J H Allen and Major Milton Board of Camp Zachary Taylor medical units ordered to face court martial over Private Otho Murray death from Cumberland County Kentucky. Murray had been recalled to training before full measles recovery. The case centers on Lt Col Allen’s responsibility as head of the medical reserve corps for his subordinates.
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Louisville
Washington
J. H. Allen
Milton Board
Camp Zachary Taylor
National Army
Here
War Department
Otho Murray
Cumberland County
Kentucky
Murray
Allen
Medical Reserve Corps
Death of Lucy Gaylor at James Walker Memorial Hospital
City mourning the loss of Lucy Gaylor daughter of Mr and Mrs E V Gaylor who died at James Walker Memorial Hospital this morning at 8 o clock Funeral services will be held at the parents home in Carolina Court tomorrow at 9 30 o clock conducted by Rev A D McClure D D pastor of St Andrew s Presbyterian church and burial will be in the family plot at Oakdale cemetery
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Lucy Gaylor
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Carolina Court
A. D. McClure
D. D
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Oakdale Cemetery
Inter Allied Labor Conference Backs British War Aims
London February 23 The inter allied labor conference in session here reached an agreement to support the British war aims program.
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London
Inter-Allied Labor Conference
Vienna News Agency Offends Germany
The Vienna Official News Agency published the Polish Manifesto against Germany causing offense. Zurich Reuters notes the German ambassador in Vienna seeks explanation. The Reichstag reading granted immunity to publication but the act was deemed gross stupidity by the agency.
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London
Vienna
Germany
Zurich
Reuters Limited
Munich
Local Markets Wholesale Prices Itemized
A scanned market listing shows scarce eggs priced around 22 to 40 cents per dozen and spring chickens 40 to 60 cents, grown chickens 70 to 90 cents, beefted dressed at 18 to 14 cents, various potatoes from 4 to 5 dollars per bag, cabbage 4.50 per 100 pounds, and numerous produce and commodity prices including corn per bushel two dollars up to two dollars, apples winesap per barrel six dollars seven cents, oranges around 35 dollars per box.
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Maine
N. C
Naval Stores Market Report
Spirits show no movement and tar stands at $2.90 and 12 cents. Rosin unchanged with no activity. Crude prices at $3.50, $3.50, and $2.50 in the report.
Clearing House Banks Hold Large Weekly Reserve Increase
New York for the week ending Friday clearing house banks and trust companies report a total reserve of 57,786,080 dollars in excess of legal requirements. This shows a gain of 28,534,880 dollars from the previous week.
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New York
Turkish Army Opens Offensive in Caucasus
A correspondent for the Exchange Telegraph reports the Turkish army in the Caucasus has begun an offensive just before the armistice expired. Turkish forces occupied Platana and disrupted the retreat of the Caucasian corps, which has regrouped along the coast.
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London
Caucasus
Exchange Telegraph Company
Platana
No French Ships Lost In Week Ending Feb 16
Paris reports no French merchant ships or fishing vessels were sunk by German submarines or mines during the week ending February 16. Three merchantmen successfully escaped submarine attacks. Steamers entering French ports totaled 619 and departing 876.
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Paris
Parisian sage promises hair growth and dandruff relief
The advertisement touts Parisian sage as a guaranteed remedy for hair loss dandruff and itchy scalp. It claims quick results a clean scalp and new growth with easy use and no hair color change. R R Bellamy supplies the product with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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R. R. Bellamy
Adv
Flood Stricken City Placed Under Martial Law in Lockhaven
The Susquehanna flood damaged New York and Pennsylvania Paper Co. property by 10000 dollars and other losses around Lockhaven, Pennsylvania totaled 650000 dollars. Early today the city was placed under martial law with a proclamation forcing idle residents to labor cleaning streets and removing debris.
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Lockhaven
Susquehanna
New York and Pennsylvania Paper Company
Candidate for Register of Deeds in New Hanover County
A candidate announces their bid for the office of Register of Deeds in New Hanover County ahead of the March 19 1918 primary election and asks for voters support.
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New Hanover County
Register of Deeds
Democratic Candidate Seeks Primary Support for County Auditor
A Democratic candidate announces run for County Auditor in the New Han over County and asks voters for support in the March 19 1918 primary. The message emphasizes the election as subject to voter will.
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New Hanover County
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