Ohio corn and fruit crops show strong July report
The July crop report says Ohio yields rise above average for most crops. Winter wheat at 30 bushels per acre tops state and national levels, total wheat near 51.57 million bushels. Hay up, corn at 153.73 million bushels, apples 14.28 million, peaches 2.418 million, pears 440 thousand, grapes 30.406 thousand tons.
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Columbus
U.P
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
A. R. Tuttle
Union
Department Sai
Red Cross Booth To Operate Day And Night At County Fair
Athens County Red Cross will run a first aid booth at the fair serving as a waiting room and information center. Miss Pearl French and two Boy Scouts will assist, with an ambulance ready at the booth for emergencies.
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Athens County Red Cross
Athens County
Miss Pearl French
Red Cross
New Parole Board To Be Named by White
Columbus August 13 Governor White works from a list of nearly 300 candidates to select four qualified individuals for the new state parole board. The new law requires a four member panel, replacing the old two member clemency board, with 30 days for appointments. Clemmency board members Edge and Reighard left the penitentiary, Howell acts as temporary clerk, and until the new board is named the parole and clemency work is at a standstill.
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Columbus
U.P
White
State Parole Board
George Edge
Frank Reighard
Wauseon
Frank Howell
Eightieth Athens County Fair Entry Deadline Set
Entries for the eightyeth annual Athens County Fair are being received in the courthouse basement. Miss Dorothy Parmiger is entry clerk. The season fee is reduced from two dollars to one. Entries close at noon Monday August 24.
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Dorothy Parmiger
Marietta Rejects Light Plant Proposal in Vote
Marietta voters defeated the light plant measure on Tuesday with 281 against and 1917 in favor. The initiative originated with the prior council which ended its term December 42 1929 and had earlier backed an oil engine plant for the water works department.
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Marietta
Water Works Department
Wheat prices hit new lows amid weak markets in 1893 era
In Columbus, August reports show cash wheat at its lowest price since 1893, with foreign markets like Liverpool at the lowest since 1592. North America faces a large exportable surplus while Russia increases competition. Oats also bring 15 to 18 cents to farmers as rains impair quality and storage increases.
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Columbus
C. W. Eberhard
Ohio Farm Bureau
Grain Department
Liverpool
England
North America
Russia
China
Ohio
Brothers Reunited After Sixty Years At Last
Henry Cert, 77, and James Wright, 74, were reunited in Chester Pennsylvania after six decades apart since James N. Tisdale left Glasgow for America. The article notes the long-awaited family meeting and rekindled kinship.
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James N. Tisdale
Glasgow
Scotland
America
Henry
Henry Cert
James Wright
Chester
Cuban Federalists Rally Against Insurgent Rebels
Cuban federal forces launch a coordinated push against insurgent rebels amid ongoing fighting. Officials report advancing units across key fronts as guards seek to quell rebel activity and restore order.
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Rebbe
Werat Revolutionary Movement
Cuba
Republic
Naif
Marietta Citizens Plan Street Change
Public hearing at the Courthouse on Pike Street cutoff to improve U S Route North 8 and Ohio State Route No 8 access from the east. John Dowler led the session for Athens County with minimal opposition. Dissenters like Tom Jackson warned of property damage from abandoning the current Fourth Hart Sixth and Wayne Street route.
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Marietta
Pike Street
Noth
Jofn Dowler
Dent
Athens County
W. Merre
Tom Jackson
Wayne Street
Fourth
Hart
Sixth
Wayne Streets
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