Congress urged to act on high cost of living crisis
Senator Kenyon Iowa calls for action amid nearly fifty resolutions and bills on relief from high prices as Congress stalls. House to take a month vacation. only one measure directing surplus food sales passed. Proposals seek export bans on foodstuffs, price controls, currency reduction, fuel caps, and storage reforms with requests for presidential powers to lower prices. The war will not be over until the final Victory parade passes.
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United Press
Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Congress
House
League of Nations
Wilson
New Wheat Varieties Vary, Boost Yields in Ohio Trials
Ohio experiment station officials announce several new wheat varieties developed from head selections. Gladden from Gypsy, Portage from Poole, and Trumbull from Fultz yield eight to twelve bushels more per acre than original strains. Gladden noted as a leading upcoming Ohio wheat with strong milling qualities and wide distribution to county farms.
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Wooster
Ohio Experiment Station
Portage
Trumbull
Ohio
Nellie Eby Celebrates 10th Birthday With Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Eby entertained Nellie Eby’s tenth birthday with a crowd of youngsters. Guests included Agnes Enix Elizabeth Enix Laura Enix Evelyn Christian Mary Christian Violet Christian Marie Yeager Sylva Hunter Helen Gabriel Nellie Eby Vernon Eby Willie Eby Charles Eby Mildred Gould and others.
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Pleasant Davis
Athens
Arthur Burchfield
Sam Savage
Lathrop
Fred Gabriel
Circle Hill family reunion travels to Crooksville
Mr and Mrs Rice Thomas and family Mr and Mrs Arthur Thomas and family Mr and Mrs Forest Thomas Circle Hill Mr and Mrs James Thomas Glen Ebon attended a Crooksville family reunion hosted by a 90 year old grandfather. Also notes on local residents and visits to Nelsonville Athens Chauncey Jackson county.
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Rice Thomas
Arthur Thomas
Forest Thomas
Circle Hill
James Thomas
Glen Ebon
Crooksville
George Fisher
W. M. Savage
Jacob Hawk
Nelsonville
Ruth Bobbitt
Will
W. M. Gordon
Jackson
Frank Kirkendall
Athens
P. J. Fisher
Charles McBride
Jens Skinner
Hildreth
Chauncey
Milwaukee Clothiers Set $50 Minimum in Ads
Milwaukee advertising follows a new standard as the state retail clothiers association declares a $50 minimum on men s suits and notes prices may rise beyond that level. The rule aims to unify pricing across shops and curb undercutting.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Probate notices suspend accounts in Athens County Ohio
Probate Court of Athens County Ohio suspends accounts for publication until August 1919. Guardians administrators and executors named include Bessie Barker Mazzocco Sarah Conant Agnes Foley Duncan B A Headley W B Mechem Adda F Koons Joanna Stanley Tiovee Howard James Smith Jacob Werner and others with final and first accounts filed from May to July 1919. Also Chamberlains Tablets advertised as best pleasant mild and gentle physic priced a quarter.
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Athens County
Ohio
Bessie Barker Mazzocco
Inez J. Barker
Sarah Conant
Waldron
Williams
Agnes K. Foley
Emily Helen Fink
Duncan
Belle M. Duncan
B. A. Headley
J. C. Headley
W. B. Mechem
John Rien
Adda F. Koons
Ezra
Koons
Joanna Stanley
Arch H. Sranley
Tiovee Howard
James H. eMan
James Smith
Anna Smith
Jacob W Mer
Jo An
ClockTower Mystery Delights City Visitors
Visitors question why the town clock at the courthouse shows identical hands day and night. Painters added black hands and silvered accents but the insides remain bare. No decision yet on future workings or repairs.
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Athena
Cisne
Hull Foster
Public road opening petition in Athens County Ohio
A Broad Petition to the Board of Commissioners requests opening a public road from G L Bryson to Linscott lands and Amesville Millfield Road. Petitioners G L Bryson A M Linscott seek a July 28 hearing in 1919. route follows private farm lanes across multiple landowners to intersect Amesville Trimble Road.
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Eed
Millfield
Chauncey
Buchtel
Murray City
Corning
Bryson Lumber Coo
Trimble
Treahhers
G. L. Bryson
Amesville-Millfield
Linsecott
FE. J. Wooley
Linscott
A. M. Linscott
Amesville-Trimble Road
A. .M. Linscott
East
Scotia
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James Rosetter
Athens- Albany Pike
Albany
Guysville
John Poston
L. G. McConkey Athens R. D
Women
Candy CO
Ranstead St
Philadelphia
Marshfield
Chas. Burt
New Marshfield
Amark Moving Picture Machine
Uriah Love
Glouster
GEM Shoe
West Union Street
Chalmers
Cooley & Campbell
Eaton Chase
Coolville
R. D
Wilson’s
Amesville
Frank Coon
the Plains Road
W. S. Blackwood
Emerson
T. OC. Green
West Washington St
Overland Delivery
M. T. Ellis
Elmer Tom Central Ave
W. K. Scott
Thoroly
Athens Fire Department
Athens Furniture Exchange
Walter Matteson
Canaanville
H. McKinley
Athens R. D
R. B. Smith
Davenport
Coolmore
Durham
BE. S. McVay
Thos. Beck
Spring St. Athens O
H. D. Wadley
May Ave
Homer Stout
Albany O
M. G. Breast
H. P. Skinner
H. P. Fairbanks Morse
North Hill Coal CO
Chauncey, O
Chester White
County Infirmary
Geo
Brown
Millfield R. D
Hugh Chauncey
W E Jeffers
Poland
China
G. A. Gabriel
Bell Phone
Coe Brothers
Athens Messenger Office
M. E. Church
Noah Stout
John Pierce
Fahye Pierce
Jerseyville
Shade Ohio
W. B. Edgar
President St
Blackwood
Arthur McPherson
American Dry Cleaning CO
Union News Coo
T. and
O. C
Columbus Ohio
A. B. C. Care Messenger
Raymond Terry
Continental Bldg
H. M. White
Hockingport
C. W. Oakes & Son
Little Hocking
John F. Butts
Gallipolis Marble and Granite Co
BY Raymond Clapper
Plains
Dee
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Chas. Mills
P. O
Bouth
Hocking Valley
Athens Bas
Columbus
Wwa
George McManus
Maddie
Vost
Board of Commissoners
Geo. H. Hossington
Daniel Heematon
Phil
Vienna
Bela Kun
Kun
Raney
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