Army pancake maker replies to Salvation Army challenge
Clarence D. Brooks of the Air Service responds to Ensign Fred Anderson by detailing a massive kitchen operation in France. He boasts a 928 foot by 1.35 foot kitchen, 18 firemen, 519 cooks, 700 K P s, and feats of batter mixing and frying under wartime conditions.
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Stars and Stripes
France
THE
Fred Anderson
Salvation Army
Liberty Motor
K. P’s
Anderson
Clarence D. Brooks
Air Service
Resignation of W G Srodes at Ohio Collieries mine
The Ohio Collieries Mining Company chief W G Srodes resigns as general superintendent, effective December 15, to take a similar post with Diamond Coal in Pittsburg. The piece honors his leadership and notes a banquet in his honor by mine superintendents and department heads.
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Ohio Colleries Mining Company
W. G Srodes
Pittsburg
Diamond Coal Company
Colleries Company
Grim Reaper
D. H. Williams
John J. Collins
Collins
Wier
Brod
Stedes
Athens County
Gordon
Ohio Collerien
William E. Sheenan
The
Colleric& Company
John J. McDonald
United States
Wilson
George
England
Albert
Belgium
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Poincaire
France
Sheean
Washington
Srodes
N. M. W of A
William Robinett
Jacksonville
Srode
Stodes
Glouster
Convalescent Soldiers Harvest Rich Veggie Crop in France
Red Cross hospital gardens in France produced over 23 tons of green vegetables and a large potato crop from more than 6000 convalescent soldiers. The effort boosted hospital rations and morale.
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Red Cross
France
Cream Prices at Local Creameries This Week
Local creameries report paid 72 cents per pound for sour cream and 76 cents for sweet cream, with tests showing 17 percent.
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Athens
Cincinnati cattle market steady to lower on receipts
Cincinnati Ohio December 9 cattle receipts 2600 market steady to lower shippers 12 00 15 25 calves market steady extra 18 50 19 00 hogs receipts 11700 market slow weak to lower good choice packers and butchers 17 30 sheep receipts 2200 extra unchanged lambs extra unchanged
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati O
Grain prices in Chicago market report
Chicago grain prices list December values for corn oats and pork futures. Corn trades Dec at 1.384 and Jan at 1.31 with March and May around 1.30. Oats show Dec 73c and Jan 72c with other months at 72c. Pork for Jan at 48.50 and May at 44.30.
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Chicago
Grain Prices and Futures Report from Toledo
Closing on Toledo grain shows cash corn at 1.45, oats 0.76 to Ti, rye 1.63, with barley and futures for Clever multipliers. Alike and Timothy prices listed for December January March deliveries and other futures notes.
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Toledo
Barney
Clever
Alsike
Timothy
Pittsburg Livestock Prices Report from Pittsburg Pa
Cattle receipts 175 cars real calves 19.00 to 19.20. Sheep and lambs receipts 20 cars lambs 10.00 to 15.25. Hogs receipts 140 cars light workers 16.50 to 16.75 pigs 16.00 to 16.25 roughs 15.00 to 16.80 stags 12.00 to 13.00.
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Pittsburg
National Woman's Party predicts passage of suffrage amendment
The militant suffragists report a poll indicating the national suffrage amendment will pass in the next Congress with help from the Ohio delegation. They credit recent election gains in Ohio where eight antis failed to be reelected and five new supporters are in, while four antis were reelected with pledges undecided. French researchers claim they can freeze fish into ice blocks for long shipments and revive them alive by slow thawing.
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Washington
National Woman's Party
Ohio
Tour Antis
Americans Sailors Return on Sierra From Brest
The Sierra arrives in New York with 85 officers and 1632 men all convalescents after one of the roughest voyages in history. Several transports are expected this week and army officers say about 20,000 overseas soldiers will land here shortly.
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New York
Brest
Deaths Funerals Mrs Elizabeth Semons
Mrs Elizabeth Semons aged 58 died Sunday December 8 of influenza at her son Earl Semons home 1026 East Spring Street Col. She is survived by six children two daughters and four sons Mrs F C Tribe Athens Mrs George McKnight Columbus Charles Chillicothe Earl Columbus Frank Millfield and James somewhere in France Also one sister Mrs John Wharts Stewart Funeral services at the Tribe residence on Central Avenue and burial at Stewart Time to be announced Mrs Lemons formerly lived with son Frank in Millfield and went to Columbus on a visit.
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Elizabeth Semons
Earl Semons
East Spring Street
F. C. Tribe
Athens
George McKnight
Columbus
Charles
Chillicothe
Earl
Frank
Garfield asked to hold for Europe assignment
Wilson requests Dr. Garfield to stay ready for an Europe assignment likely with America's economic reconstruction commission.
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Garfield
Washington
Wilson
Europe
America’s Economic Reconstruction Commission
Peaceable Demonstrations Reported in Copenhagen
A Berlin dispatch reports that yesterday’s demonstrations in Copenhagen were peaceful. The Berlin correspondent notes orderly crowds and no incidents or injuries observed during the latest public protests.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Ohio Supreme Court backs Ohio conservancy law
The Supreme Court today upheld lower court rulings affirming the constitutionality of Ohio's conservancy law, enacted after the Dayton flood of 1918. The decision preserves the legal framework enabling flood control and land preservation efforts.
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Ohio
Court upholds Kentucky seine law affecting Ohio River
A court ruling upheld Kentucky’s fish seining law and its application to activity on the Ohio River, clarifying regulatory authority over cross state waterways and fishing practices.
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Ohio
Washington
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Ohio River
German Hat Etiquette Under British Rule
Berlin announces German men must raise hats to British officers in the German zone administered by the British army, and do the same when the British national anthem is sung. Paris reports three mail shipments from the American army totaling 4.5 million letters to home in France between Nov. 26 and Dec. 2, with last week's total at 6 million.
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Geneva
Berlin
France
Paris
Supreme Court clears Du Pont Powder as not a trust
The Supreme Court ruled that the gigantic Du Pont Powder interests are not a trust and thus need not pay damages sought by Buckeye Powder Company. The decision emphasizes distinctions between corporate interests and trust status in federal scrutiny.
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Washington
du Pont
Buckeye Powder Company
Supreme Court of the Nation
Akron Faces Funeral Supply Shortage from Influenza
Akron mourners endure delays as undertakers report a shortage of caskets due to many influenza deaths. Several funerals have been postponed awaiting shipments from Cleveland.
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Akron
Cleveland
French Prisoners Shot by Germans at Langensalza Camp
Paris reports nine French prisoners were executed and fifteen more seriously wounded at the Langensalza prison camp in Prussian Saxony. Berlin cites the prisoners' behavior as unjustifying the act, while the French government vows to seek reparations for the incident.
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Paris
Langensalza
Prussian
Saxony
Berlin
W H Brooks special sale on groceries and household wares
W H Brooks promotes a sale with a range of discounted items including flaked hominy 9c lb cracked hominy 5c lb fresh sausage 30c Purity Nut Oleo 35c seeded raisins 12 1 2c, Silver Cow milk 26c, gas mantles 10c, prunes 18c, apricots 22 13c, salmon 20c, Easy Soap 6c, salt 5c, Argo Starch 25c, wash boards 35c, galvanized tubs 1.20 1.49 1.65, brooms 75c to 1.00. Call to save.
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Billie Wor
Tall Oil
Carpenter
Nelsonville
Champeen
Ensign Fred Anderson
Tloy
Chicago Grain
United Press
Ntic Tire
Rand
S. S
N.S
Firestone
U. S. Casings Capital
N. S
U. S. Asco
Cl. McGraw
N. S. McGraw N. S. McGraw N. S. McGraw
Ostro’s
Mrs
Trilby
Lash
the Cline Ice Cream Co
Athens, Ohio
W. H. Brooks
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