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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1917
Page
5
Toledo 1917 market note urges readers to invest in war savings stamps and spread patriotism. It critiques profiteers, touts government crop reports, and notes sugar shortages affecting Christmas candy while urging support for soldiers and the Allies. Mentions Kaiser, tobacco, and regional crop data with varied statistics.
Market figures show hay eggs butter potatoes onions flour and other staples with prices for U.S. and local items. Cattle and veal are listed by grade and price, along with Bologna Bulls and veal calf values. Read The Press Want Ads to locate what you need.
Prices for cattle, hogs, sheep and calves show mixed results in Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Baltimore. Values listed include native beef steers $7.14 to $12.56, cows $6.50 to $9.40, fat steers $11.12, lambs up to $17.75, hogs around $14.50, and wheat at $2.17 with corn $1.25, reflecting regional demand and shipping costs.
Columbus reports that the sale of United States new thrift stamps and War savings certificates started in earnest across Ohio. Police stations banks and postmen are initial sellers with a goal to have every bank and agency stocked by week’s end. Purchasers are urged to save and deposit money with the treasury for interest and future repayment. The effort links thrift with wartime economics and aims to curb extravagance.
Germanys Krupp concern opens a Lucerne branch with a capital of 30 000 000 marks to manufacture arms cannons and munitions of war. The announcement comes from New Krupp Factory Geneva dated December 3.
Washington announces harsher treatment for men who failed to register on June 5 under new draft rules effective December 15. Convicted delinquents will be listed by local boards to insure priority in first increments called. Local boards must not send registration cards for serial numbering.
Washington December 3 Chairmen of War savings committees from all industries have been summoned by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to assemble December 12 to perfect plans for cooperation with the government. The committees will assume the functions of the former special industrial and business committees of the Council of National Defense advisory commission and are already organizing their activities.
In New York fashion leaders push freak styles called Anktets for water and spats. Made of nearly any cloth, sewn to stockings. As winds rise in North seasons, they may help ward off mosquitoes in summer.
Ohio food administration flags a state wide poster contest to promote food conservation among students. The campaign seeks universal participation with a December 17 deadline and judging to follow at the state level.
President Ison announces a boost to coal prices at the mines to meet a proposed wage rise for anthracite miners. The new prices take effect immediately and are expected to add over 30 million dollars to the public utility's annual coal bill, with the raise contingent on higher coal prices absorbing the cost.
German potash syndicate reports at a Friday meeting that Fiotasi production for 3937 will reach 1,800,000 tons, 270,000 tons more than the 1993 peace year, according to German newspapers.
A clipped wartime note cites Washington and medical officials observing food administration directions. October figures show savings of 4,000 barrels of flour and 640 tons of meat through conservation measures.
Former Ninth Iowa district constress man Thomas Bowman died of heart disease in Council Bluffs. The report notes his public service and death details.
Railroad managers and union heads will meet in Cleveland on December 3 to address wage demands presented by trainmen and conductors. The requests seek an approximate 40 percent increase over the current scale, with a coordinated approach across railroads to evaluate and respond to the proposal by the deadline.
A joint committee representing all railroads and two labor groups will oversee wage talks. Managers and employee reps prepare for joint session in about two weeks, likely in the east, as U boat issues and shipping challenges are addressed. The United States outlines a vast shipbuilding program to resolve wartime logistics.
Paris reports three Americans Robert Lamont from Evanston Benjamin Burton of Colusa California and Herbert Hope of Oakland California received war crosses for bravery with the American field service. Lamont lost his left hand to a shell October 7 Burton and Hope aided a mate crew under heavy bombardment October and two accompanying men were killed. Philip Rice of Wilkes-Barre received a divisional citation for carrying wounded men under heavy fire in the Verdun sector in August and September. Citations cover actions before their units joined the American army.
The 1917 football season saw 12 fatalities, six fewer than 1916 and four fewer than 1915, mostly among high school and semipro players. Experts blame lack of training and physical conditioning, praising tougher uniforms and protective gear, while urging universal medical exams for athletes to curb deaths.
The Old Codger dismisses Swank with a sharp quip about dyed whiskers while a mother pleads punishment for Marjorie. Mrs Sparenotrod-Margorie laments her role as a mother and questions why mothers cannot ask grandmothers, revealing family tensions.
A reader asks about differences between Christian sects and which group uses the most guns, noting confusion over terms and identities. The brief inquiry explores religious labels and firearm ownership without asserting specifics.
The D C and P traction commenter notes service begins at six every morning and runs hourly through eleven at night making daily travel predictable for riders. The timetable highlights consistent departures and reliable intervals for commuters.
Pennsylvania Lines in effect November 26 1917 lists train times and lines with numbered routes and stations. The fragment includes phone contact, timetable codes TM and numbers across several early and late morning and evening departures, indicating a period travel schedule.
The schedule changes take effect Sunday December 2 with northbound No. 1 and other numbered trains listed. Times 10:52 a.m. 3:08 p.m. 4:35 a.m. 2:12 p.m. 5:40 p.m. Trains Nos 51 and 52 have been discontinued.
About 75 delegates from the Boys' Congress of the M C A attended the Presbyterian Sabbath school session. Parker of the Washington C TM Association spoke on M C A work. Whitehead of Dayton Ohio told the boys about Bible stories. Lt Worley Orr, ex superintendent, returned to praise Bible study for trainees at Fort Bey Harrison Inn.
A large stone was thrown through a window at the J. L. Dankworth home 1541 Washington avenue by two passing automobiles about nine o’clock last night. The wheel hurled the rock causing a large hole in the lace curtain a broken vase and plaster damage but no one was inside the room.
Notice urges all ladies of Crystal Review No 30 to attend a rally on Tuesday December 4 at 1 30 pm with an evening session at 7 20 pm to initiate a large class. Attending are Mrs Mina O Smith of Bellevue Mrs Nellie C V Hepbert of Akron and Mrs Nettie Sullivan of Lima. A 10 pm called meeting will read applications and volunteers are asked to help decorate.
Classified notice seeks information about Sults for employment. No names, dates, or locations provided in readable text.
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