Wheat price history spans seven centuries in lively table
Article traces wheat price shifts from 1610 starve time in Virginia to 1900s, noting figures like 79 and 87 cents and later rises above $1.20 and $2.10 in various markets. It cites the Mayflower voyage, English prices in 1620, and 19th century peaks, with references to war-time highs and price drops during economic shifts. Includes scattered local notices about bank improvements and highway work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Plymouth
England
America
Sweety
British Board of Video Manna
América
Walter Patel
Canta
Wir
Grand Army Installations and Woman’s Relief Corps Officers Installed
Last Saturday afternoon at the Grand Army Hall Comrade James King installed Losure Post officers in two stations. G A R officers named include Commander J. Hoffman Jr Adjutant Daniel Miller Surgeon TD Foster and others. Frances Funk acted as installing officer for the Women’s Relief Corps with several members listed and music by the Turnbull Brothers. The event was followed by a New Year gathering at J M Barnes home with a large dinner and music. Advertisements note work shoes and boys suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apa
Grand Army Hall
James
King
Losure
Idles
J. F. Hoffman
Daniel Miller
P.H
G. D. Newcomer
O. D. Ze Jageboom
John Reed
TD. Foster
Bux
M. S
Simon Pontious
Grand Army
Womens Relief Corps
Frances Funk
Funk
Color Goff
Alta Stevens
Edith Junendra
McCorkle
Hortense
Robbie Geo. D. Newcomer
Officz
Srorick
W. B. Harris
Turnbull Brothera
Ray Turnbull
Civil War Veterans Pensions Increased Meet at Fulton Grange
Fulton Grange held its regular meeting with Cor Fulton and C J Thompson present. The bill increases pensions for Civil War veterans to up to 72 per month for many cases, with wider eligibility and added dependents. The program included readings and a benefit event at Me Clyde Demaline’s band, plus an upcoming school contest on January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor
Fulton Grange
Gressman
C. J. Thompson
Thompson
Mirtha
Vira Willie
Ohio
Senate
Jim Williams
G. Aumend
Harry Aid
Clyde Demaline
Ip Joint
Kimever
Fern Stump
Warrants Issued and Real Estate Transfers Listed in Court Records
Court notes issue warrants for multiple banks including First National Bank and Peoples State Bank. Real estate transfers detailed for parcels in Wauseon, Swanton, Metamora, and Archbold with buyers, sellers, and parcels described. Probate filings list wills, partial accounts, and hearings set for February 1920, alongside marriage licenses and new civil cases including quiet title actions and a divorce filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
First Nation Bank
Spitze Rotick Company
Natil Bank
Lillian A. Wer
Mary Short
Marne
Archbold
AL Parney
Louis J. Krutsch
Cimbou
Samuel
Ida Kreiger
Flora E. Boong
el Wauseon
Nettie M. Rohrs
Guy
Irms Penrod
East Lawn
Wau Seon
Anna
Harmon Eddy
Fred
Mary Moeck
York Township
Leroy Strayer
Bertha Judson
Swanton
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Ale Carmey
Metamora
Gertrude A. Smith
W. M
Mary Berry
Hershel N. Turney
Virl
Grace Graffice
Oak Shade
Chesterfield Township
Leah Childs
Evalyn Berg Pas
A. R. Conklin
T- Rose Pratt
Gates 2Nd
Delta
Frank Spencer
Clyde
Hazel Bittikofer
Chas. Greenough
Fred Wolf
Wauseon
Adam and
Edith Short
John C. Short
German Township
Fred Loch
David King
William H. Reynolds
Israel A. Salsberry
Waring
Ernst F. Hanson
Daniel Dull
Geo. W. Cramer
Glenn M. Baum
Rebecca Wilkins
Anna M. Weber
Joseph E. White
Mary A. Shaffer
John Hakett
John F. Powers
Willie P. Powers
Lepard
Rosena B. Seymour
Julia H. Miller
F. A. Barber
C. A. Cole
Charles L. Mathews
H. J. Bachman
Amy Pennngton
Albert Covert
Common Pleas Court
James M. Biddle
Audster
Thrift Campaign Promotes Saving Habits and Investments
John C. Rorick launches the 1920 thrift drive urging wise spending and intelligent saving. Elbert Hubbard compares thrift to a growing habit, while government securities and War Sayings and Savings Certificates are pitched as safe, growing investments sold at post offices and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grisier & Harger
Wauseon
Ohio
C. Rorick
Treasury
Elbert Hubbard
United States
Treasury Department
Anyation
Business Men of Wauseon Organize Commerce Club
The Waumunity interests group in Wauseon reorganized as the Commerce Club at a recent meeting. Officers were elected: President F. J. Spencer, Vice President P. H. Reighard, Secretary A. E. Harger, Treasurer W. B. Harris Pell. The club emerged from the Wausion Boosters Club and aims to unite residents for town progress, wartime service memory, and county fundraising drives for Jewish and Near East relief. A mass meeting is planned January 25 to coordinate county drives and community action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waumunity
Deerseon Boosters Club
Club of Wauseon
Wauseon
C. E. Wager
Otto PreKbonsar
United States
F. J. Spencer
P. H. “Reighard
A.E. Harger
W. Atten Ae
H. Wolf
Bulger
Commerce Club
Penne Eommerce
Wauseon Boosters Club
Keeps Commerce Club
Aes Aca Sioes Association
Sone
Wauseon Credit Association
Ani
Parm Baresi
Iietory
Eglls Ieee i
Wekpernion
Ericus Teaeovemiat
Sith
Boy Scouts
Oman
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Secario Gones
Boone
Mansfield
Gones
First Nationst Bank
Peoples State Banks
Wau
Taprovement
Usta
Wau Neon
Soreial
Harrison & Ponkhouser Bros
Harrison & Funkhouser Bros
Grand Army Installations
J. M. Barnes
Funkhouser Bros
Life Insurance
Northwestern Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Fulton County
Court House
Simon Nofziger
M. Long
Fulton Township
C. J. Wyse
Cranda Lester
Gorham
Aby
A. Barker
Pike Township
Sam
Short
Gor
Jacob W. Sales
Township
Bar
Walter Scott
Curtis
Jacob Walter
G. B. Heise
Henry Fo Aerd
Claire
Edward Gray
Bertha Gray
James L. Griffin
Lienses Howard Elton
Bernice Ross
Clarence Pewias
Delta Clarence Fewlas
Farmer Deltz
Elsie Stover
Beokeeper
James F. Newton
Bertha Graedel
Newton Overmeyer
Ham
Jona Neely
Henry D. Meister
Paxson and Canfield
Zola E. Ward
Andrews Johns
F. S
J. M
John Lawler
Davis B. Johnson
Joseph R. Williams
Bernice M. Norman
Howard B. Norman
Clara A.lavalley
Grey A. LeValley
Kama
Printis
Clara A. Beebe
Jennie Hail
Elmer Edson
Willard Edson Ghanted
Andrew Johns
John W. Brailey
John C. Rorick
Business Men OF
Jewish Relief and Near East Campaign For Funds
Peoples State Bank
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