Spies in Berlin Steal Odd Things for Information
A New York writer reports Berlin spies repeatedly steal items from offices including U S postal guides and the World Almanac. German workers sometimes sell back stolen goods while one spy was bounced after stealing a telephone. A humorous aside notes a daughter seeking advice to buy her newspaper man father a present as cocktail culture in Manhattan thrives.
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New York
Berlin
All Things—Congres Directories
Rman
Rmans
U.S
America
A Bouncing Baby by Bicycle to Be Interviewed
Random cuff notes reflect on pride self-pity and human weakness. The passage notes a prize party at a midtown hotel for a tractor launch and a guest of honor in new paint as a metaphor for change.
Virginia Market Quotations Livestock Prices
Market prices for fat steers heifers cows bulls veal calves hogs sows lambs and fresh cows listed by quality and weight with ranges for Good to choice and odd lots. References include fat steers 25.50 26.50 up to 28.75 and veal calves 30 to 32.50, reflecting April 27 listings.
Cranberries grown mainly near Plymouth Massachusetts
Two thirds of the U S cranberry crop comes from the Plymouth Massachusetts area. The annual harvest yields about 10 million dollars to local growers.
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Plymouth
Mass
Local Market Prices and Grain Terms in City Trade
The list shows daily local market figures for corn meal, No 2 red winter wheat, No 2 yellow corn, barley, soybeans, and feeds including egg mash, cracked corn, broiler mash, bran, and mixed feed. Prices are given per bushel or per 100 pounds, with some wholesale retail notes and a note about a 5 cent advance for yellow corn delivered in the city.
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Butte
Eggs and live poultry prices in Winchester area markets
Agriculture Department Markets Division reports U.S. Grade A eggs priced at .44 for extra large, .42 for medium, .44 for large, and .42 standards per dozen. Pullets at .37. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens at .32-.33 per pound, Leghorn hens 18-19 cents, Leghorn broilers .24-.25, young turkeys .45, tom turkeys .35, guineas .35 each, and old roosters .15-.16, f.o.b. producer farms in Winchester area.
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Winchester
U. S
U.S
F.O.B
Market Report on Red and Cross Broilers Prices
Red broilers priced at 2 percent per pound and over. Rocks and cross boilers quoted at 24 percent per pound and over.
Chicago grain and oil prices and Panama Canal fact
Chicago grains opened steady with May corn at 2.18 1 41 2, July at 2.06, September 1.88 3 4 and December 1.87. Oats May 1.09 1 4, July 89 7 8, September 83 1 8, December 83 3 4. Soybeans July 3.91, lard May 22 42. The Panama Canal is 51 miles long.
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Chicago
Meteor impact echoed 1908 Siberia blast felt 600 miles away
The report notes how a large meteor in Siberia in 1908 was heard 600 miles away in Irkutsk, with references to the surrounding terrain and atmospheric effects. It mentions water content at 60 percent, meat 87 percent, milk 55 percent, poultry flesh 65 percent as part of the descriptive text.
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Siberia
Irkutsk
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