Local Grange session at New Marshfield discusses farm support
New Marshfield Ohio July 8 The Orleans County Grange met with Summit Grange at New Marshfield with strong attendance amid wheat and hay harvest. Harriet Dickson Piqua Grange Lecturer delivered an address. Members passed resolutions urging farmers to support war effort, oppose price manipulation, seek farmer input, back Woolgrowers Association, and back prohibition.
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New Marshfield
Theens County Grange
Summitt Grange
Harriett Dickson
Piqua
Te Grange
Wool Growers Association
Woolgrowers Association
Ohio
United States
Troy Grange
Cool
Letter home from wartime sailor recalls camps and friends
Mr and Mrs C C Bean of Guysville receive a letters from their son A F Bean in Co C 135th MG Bn dated June 19 1918. He reports good health mixed seasickness on the voyage and intent to locate Dana and Dorsey Bean after reaching the other side. He notes his unit moved from Athens to Camp Sheridan Alabama then Camp Lee Virginia under Capt R R Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Bean
Guysville, R. D. 2
Papa
Dana Bean
Dorsey
Mamma
F. Hooper
Lancaster Street
Emmett L. Hooper
Cox & Company
Charing Cross
London
W. L
England
Business in War Times Raises Working Capital Needs
The text notes that in war times higher costs force use of two or three times the usual working capital for livestock trade. It says additional profit provides only a fair return and much of the profits are used to finance ongoing needs.
Letter from Lt Clarence Barnhill on Naples trip and Vesuvius climb
In a May 1918 dispatch from Italy Clarence D Barnhill writes of a weekend in Naples with visits to the Exposition and Theater Nuovo. He details an arduous ascent to Mt Vesuvius via an electric incline and a climb through lava fields, noting the crater’s size and the lava activity. He also mentions earning first lieutenant rank and joining the Aero Club of Italy for ten years.
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J. W. Barnhill
D. Barnhill
Italy
Naples
Hotel Vesuve
Granda Hotel San Lucia
Mt. Vesuvius
Perpe
Hotel Cook
States
Aero Club of Italy
Aero Club of America
Aviation A
R. C
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Armour and Company
Cudahy Packing Co
Morris & Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
Clarence D. Barnhill
American Expeditionary Forces
U. S. Air Service
France
Joe Selby
Morris Avenue
Everett Mace
Co. L
166Th Infantry
A. EB. F
Fritz
Clyde Pennybaker
Orland Willard
Guysville
Rainbow Division
Liun
Maude
C Company
Turkey
Hooper
W. 8. Murray
Nelson Bik
Athens, O
Edison
Cline
Foster and Wells
Athens, Ohio
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