Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 338, 11 December 1914 — Page 10

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WAR FORCES PRICE OF ONIONS HIGHER; FIRSrHOLLY HERE European Demand Boosts Value of Onions 100 Per Cent-France Fails to Market Xmas Nuts.

The onion has become $ factor in the European war, and may become a luxury here.

A few weeks ago a wholesale dealer

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FKID AY, DJSU. 11, iyi4

LIBRARIAN LISTS BOOKS DEALING WITH BIG WAR

The people of Richmond have learned unconsciously a great deal of European history in the last three months. Perhaps some of those who have been following the war In the newspapers and magazines may like to fill in the missing links In their historical studies. Of course, current happenings can begotten much better from the periodicals in the reading room, but the

contracted witli a number of Rich- basis for intelligent understanding mond grocers to deliver onions at $1 a must be drawn from books written bag. Two weeks later when they were heretofore. delivered they were worth $2 a bag,1 For a few days lists of books In the and all because the people of Europe Morrisson-Reeves library relating to have demanded onions. j the countries involved and to interl'ractically the entire Indiana crop ; national politics will be furnished by has been taken by eastern buyers, who , the librarian.

are making up shiploads of the odorous bulbs for immediate shipment.

I'lie local retail price has advanced

List of Books. The following books now mentioned by bookmen relate to general

Km per cent in the last two weeks, European history and politics:

and onions of the best quality now

sell for $1.50 a bushel

Cambridge Modern History (Vols. 10, 11, 12 covering period since

While the war has had its effect on Napoleon. Volume 12 deals with

Modern Europe. This will be found in reference room. Development of the European Nations 1870-1900, two volumes by John H. Rose. Franco-

a f;reat many articles, tlie general productmarket is well stocked, and the pricey rule reasonable for this time of year.

Potatoes Stay Up. 1 German War. 170-1871 by Count HelIrisii potatoes are selling for 5 muth von Moltke. (A soldier's view cents a bushel, but the prediction is uf the war emphasizing the tactical for higher prices with the coming of moves of the armies.) Problems of

Power, by W. M. Fullerton. (The problems of power are: 1870, dismemberment of France; 1S78, the Herlin Congress; 1890, fall of Bismarck; 1898, American imperialism,

cold weather.

Sweet potatoes sell from $3.50 for ordinary quality to $5 a bushel for th genuine Jerseys. Cauliflower is all imported and sells for 25 cents a head. Lettuce com

mands 20 cents a pound, and celery is plentiful at 50 cents a dozen for fancy t'ul as this year, and still bring 10 cents home-grown stock. a quart, or three quarts for 25 cents. Parsnips are worth $1 a bushel, tur- Pigs from Turkey and dates from nips 60 cents, and southern mangoes Asia have become harder to obtain 40 cents a dozen. since the war. Both fruits cost the Apples have reachel a normal level, ' dealers a cen more on the pound, but and the shipping in of bulk fruit has the price to the consumer has not practically ceased. Apples now offer- been advanced. Dates sell for 15 cd are cold storage stock of the bet- cents a pound for the best, and 12' ter keeping varieties, ranging from $3 cents for the golden variety, while to $4 a barrel. I se from 15 to 25 cents a pound. Popcon is plentiful and sells for 10 I Uried fruits are all selling cheaper a pound, shelled, and 5 cents a pound . tnis year witn tne exception of prunes, on the cob. i wnich are still advancing in price. New honey sells at 25 cests a pound ! Drie(! peaches bring 25 cents for three in the frame, and there is the usual , pounds, and apricoas sell for 25 cents

the Dreyfus affair; 1904, Port Arthur, Fashoda, the Anglo-French entente; 1911, German's accroachment at Agader; 1912, Kirk Kelisse. ) Makers of Modern History, three types: Louis Napoleon, Cavour, Bismarck, by Cadogen. Government and Politics in Continental Europe, by A. L. Lowell president of Harvard. Historical Development of Europe. 1S15-1897 by C. M. Andrews. Reference Works. In the reference room will also be found The Historians History of the World and The History of All Nations, both comparatively recent books of high standing, covering modern European history. Books on Austria-Hungary. Whirlpool of Europe, Austria-Hungary and the Hansbures. hv A n

Colouhon. (Gives the political and

social lire of the Austro-Hungarian empire from within, discusses Pan-Germanism and Pan-Slavism, etc.) History of the House of Austria, hv

W. Coxe, (an old but standard book now used.) j Italy in the Nineteenth Century and ' the Making of Austria-Hungary and Germany, by E. L. Latimer. j Hungary; painted by Adrian and Marianne Stokes. (A late book con-, taining many colour plates.) Austria in 1848-49 (a history of political movements in Vienna, Milan, enice and Prague, with full account of the revolution in Hungary. An old

book which throws light upon the present situation. Austria, (story of the nation series), by S. Whitman. Austro-Hungarian Life in Town and

Country illustrated, by F.H. E. Palmer. Books on the Balkans. Servia of the Servians, by Chedo Mijatovlch, a comparatively new book. The Balkans, by W. Miller. (Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia 'and Montenegro). t Servia, the Poor Man's Paradise, by H. Vivian. Turkey and the Balkan States, as described by great writers, Esther Singleton, editor.

From Carpathia to Pindus, pictures of Roumanian country life, by Tereza Stratilesco. With the Victorious Bulgarians, by H. Wagner, (a very recent book.) i I STOP THE CHILD'S COLDS THEY OFTEN RESULT SERIOUSLY I Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough

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demand for this toothsome luxury. First Holly Appears. A Christmas touch was added to the market this week when the first holly appeared. The quality is good and most of the stock offered is full of berries, which makes it unusually attractive at 15 cents a pound. Southern fruits are unusually plentiful and the prices correspondingly low. Oranges range from 15 cents to 40 cents a dozen, according to size and quality. Grape fruit is plentiful and low at 5 and 10 cents each. Lemons bring 20 to 30 cents a dozen, and bananas 15 and 20 cents. Malaga grapes ate about the only grapes left on the market, and this imported variety demands 15 to 20 cents a pound, tho tinted varieties being the highest. Cranberries were never bo plenti-

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