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Piqua Daily Press

Location

Piqua, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1917

Page

2

Suits Filed Over Cherry Lease and Divorced Wife

In common pleas court Friday Charles N Peters Mary Peters and Norris B Peters filed suit against John B Schauer seeking an accounting and judgment over a 25 year lease of 26 acres for a dairy orchard tied to W J Peters & Brother. Also Neilie B Wambold filed for divorce from Elam Wambold, citing three years of neglect and two years of non support.

Charles N. Peters Mary Peters Norris B.peters John B. Schauer Wilson J. Peters Neil B. Peters W.J. Peters Wilson G. Peters Mary J. Peters Schauer Barnett Piqua Common Pleas Netlie B. Wambold Elam Wambold

Court Assignments List For December In Common Pleas

Friday in common pleas court Judge Jones issued more assignments. Saturday December 1 at 10 a m John Ceyler vs Cortez M Smith motion for new trial Carl C Ehrhardt vs John Bartel motion for new trial Joseph Blevins vs Miami Conserv ancy District demurrer a petition Monday December 3 10 a m Marty Grissom vs John Grissom Ila M Hunt vs Francis M Hunt Antwine Bellew vs Anna Bellew Tuesday December 13 Charles T May vs City of Piqua Friday December 14 Charles H

Common Pleas Court Jones John Ceyler Cortez M. Smith Carl C. Ehrhardt John Bartel Joseph Blevins Miami Conservancy District Demurrer Marty Grissom John Grissom Lla M. Hunt Francis M Hunt Antwine Bellew Anna Bellew Charles T. May City of Piqua Charles H

New Industrial Board Created to Aid War Labor

Washington December 1 Preparations for greater governmental aid in adjusting labor supply to war needs were set in motion by the council of national defense with the appointment of L C Marshall dean of the school of commerce and administration at the University of Chicago as chief of a newly created section on industrial service. The section will study labor problems rising with war demands and aim to determine current and future labor needs in war industries and their priorities with the war industries board. It will arrange for supplying demand through the labor department or other agencies and consider labor dilution including bringing women into industry.

Washington Council of National Defense L. C. Marshall School of Commerce and Administration University of Chicago Committee of the War Industries“ Board Department of Labor

Crane Returns From Russia Visit

Charles R. Crane of Chicago, a member of the American commission that traveled to Russia for the U.S. government, has arrived at an American port. He had been in Russia two months ago and declined to discuss the current situation there.

Crane Russia Washington Charles R. Crane Chicago American Commission United States

Weather Observations and Forecast for Major Cities

United States Weather Bureau observations at 7 pm show St Paul 34 clear, St Louis 46 clear, Cuiezzo 26 cloudy, Columbus 44 cloudy, Buffalo 46 cloudy, New York 44 clear. Forecast indicates tomorrow in Ohio fair.

United States Weather Bureau St. Paul St. Louis Cuiezzo Columbus i Buffalo New York

Four Killed in Blast at British Chemical Plant

Four workmen died and two were injured in an explosion at a British Chemical company building in Trenton Ontario. The blast destroyed the structure and caused a later fire. Official reports cite sudden ignition during industrial work.

Trenton Ont British Chemical Company

Charles R Crane Returns From Russia as Mission Member

Charles R Crane, a member of the American mission, has returned from Russia. The assignment involved diplomatic or humanitarian work and aligns with ongoing U.S. efforts abroad. Crane held a prominent role within the mission and will report on his observations upon arrival.

Grave shooting suspect Graves faces murder charge

Graves confessed after being caught at the rear door following a confrontation with Tomlin on Miami street. The autopsy showed Tomlin was hit in the left breast near the heart, with the bullet damaging a rib, the lung, spine, and lodging in the back. Graves is jailed in Troy awaiting grand jury action after waiving exam and being bound over without bail. Funeral for Tomlin set for Monday at his Bowl Avenue home with burial at Evergreen cemetery.

Tomlin Miami Street Graves Speelman Kerr Troy Wagner Undertaking St. Paris Piqua French Oil Mill Machinery Co Arthur Long Elmer John Rufus Bowl Avenue Evergreen Cemetery Paris

King's Market Report Signals Sharp Yet Small Fluctuations

Market brief notes corn and oats lower with small fluctuations. Cash corn activity mixed as weather situates markets. remarks on wheat, oats, and flour shipments. War bonds and December delivery loom as King & Co discuss grain standards hearings and seed corn cautions amid war-time finance.

Kanas Okkiho Patrick Wade Madison Indiana General Treat Western Front King & Co

Livestock and grain prices across markets in early December

East Buffalo and other markets report cattle prices with steers ranging from three to fifteen dollars, hogs from about sixteen to eighteen dollars, and sheep and lambs around eleven to seventeen dollars. Receipts show cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves across Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Baltimore markets with varying tops and averages.

Cincinnati Baltimore Boston Ohio Pennsylvania Delaine

Local Market Prices and Livestock Quotations

Daily market sheet lists buying and selling prices for hay bran potatoes flour and eggs, with live hogs cattle and calf quotations. Notable items include potatoes per peck 40, per bush 1.53, wheat 2.05, oats and rye around 1.65, hogs 13.00 to 17.50, cattle steer prices 3.00 to 10.50, and calves 8.00 to 12.00. Market officials Kugelmanns Co. and Piqua Flour Co. appear in the corrected daily rates.

Vv. R. Osborne H. P Piqua Flour Co Kugelmaan’s and Co

Pep sinco touted as stomach remedy in city ad

A downtown drug store feature extols Pep sinco as a perfect digestant. It claims letters from across the U S praise Pep sinco for heartburn bloating sour stomach and nausea and urges readers to ask their pharmacist for Pep sinco today with a full guarantee.

U.S

Railway Time Cards D C and P traction hours

The D C and P traction begins service at six each morning and provides hourly rides from six to eleven in the evening.

D. C. & P. Traction

Goldman and Berkman Appeal Conspiracy Convictions

Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman file briefs with the Supreme Court arguing the central issue is whether conscientious objectors to war can be imprisoned for their views. The record notes their appeal from draft law conspiracy convictions.

Emma Goldman Washington Alexander Berkman

Chandler Dead Father of the US Navy Dies in New Hampshire

William Eaton Chandler, secretary of the navy under President Arthur, known as the Father of the new United States navy, died at his Concord, New Hampshire home. He approved the 1883 plan reorganizing the navy, helped in major court battles over Mrs Mary Baker Eddy’s will, and served on the United States Senate for 14 years. He was born in 1835.

Navy Arthur Concord N. H Wiliam Faton Chandler United States Navy William Eaton Chandler Mr. Chandler Chandler Mary Baker G. Eddy Christian Science Charch Challenier Vnter Cena Iss

Telephone Firms Protest Fire Marshal Order in Ohio

Nearly every telephone company in the state protests an order by State Fire Marshal T Alfred Fleming requiring lightning arresters. The safety rule aims to cut conflagration hazards in Ohio but the firms argue arresters are costly and ineffective. The dispute likely will be resolved in court.

T. Alfred Fleming Fleming Ohio

Pennsylvania Lines in Effect November 2 1947 Schedule fragment

The notice lists partial timetable data for Pennsylvania Lines with scattered times and numbers across westward and eastward routes. It shows train numbers or codes and various clock times, indicating an in-advance change or timetable reference. The fragment underscores operational details without full context.

Pennsylvania

Timore and Ohto EB R Change of Schedule Notice

Train schedule update effective Sunday December 2 routes North Bound No 58 and 56 6 05 10 62 am 58 5 10 am south No 57 4 18 5 pm No 55 2 12 pm Trains 51 and 52 discontinued due to service changes at the station

Piqua Sidney Wapakoneta Piqua-Toledo Limited Dayton & Troy A. M. Neces A. M A.M. Wa Weuusee Meneame Tippecanoe City North Bound No Saan Eee da Jenkerere

Greenville Auctioneer Honored by Governor Cox

Col W E North of Greenville receives a gubernatorial letter of commendation for selling at auction a Democratic party emblem for 2100 dollars at a Red Cross benefit. Gov James M Cox congratulates North on his work with the Red Cross and war activities.

W. E. North Red Cross Greenville James M. Cox Mr. North Democratic Party

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Cullings George. .R. Biarock Union Township Jesse Kleppinger Walter.d. Jones Common ‘Pleas Court Squire Tanzy Furnas West Milton May Piquay John C. Stein D. &T. Electric Ry Sophia Warvel A.C. Warvel Goodrich Giles Clem Clay Katherine Schmidlapp Charles W Japp L. E. St. John J. R. Dogan Alice Rike Hott Bradford S. Porter David M. Coddington Farmer Florence M.,williams Cogan Oscar ‘S T. Brown Mabel F. Ryman William_Hafer Allen A. Goodin Roxie A. Hawn Carl Meyer Bell Miami -County Conscription Board Ralph Jay Camp Washington Miami County Conscription Board Jay Bailey NEW Industrial Board American Mission King's Market Report Department of Agriculture Bureau” of “Markets Charles J. Brand Omaha Yar Bufffalo Bennett Certan England France East Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh Toledo Call Riverside Garage Broadway Ibe Lyons Mgr Central Union ‘Telephone Co River Street Riverside Drive John F Theody Walker St W. Greene St Columbus, Clio, Dee Cieat Nable Pettiford Beauty Shop North Wayne St Clark Hadison Terrace Ce Garden Terrace Garden Iia Lariess
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