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Newspaper

Piqua Daily Press

Location

Piqua, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1917

Page

5

Market Report From Toledo War News 1917

Toledo's December 8 1917 market notes cover oats and corn embargo impacts, western shipments, and grain car movements. It details food administration embargoes on corn and oats east of the Illinois Indiana line, the effect on terminal markets, and calls for price adjustments as receipts rise. It also discusses theatre business during wartime, Hoover rhetoric on food economy, and seed and grain price quotes from various firms in Kentucky and Wisconsin.

Toledo Ohio Hmibirgoon Com Ang Gats Wast Food Administration thelinois-Indiana State Line Potomac Rivers New York City London Red Cross Eurone Kaiser Hoover

Livestock and grain prices across major markets

Reported cattle and hog prices across Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Boston markets with steers priced around 11 to 15 dollars, cows and heifers 5 to 12 dollars, hogs 7 to 17 dollars, lambs 12 to 17 dollars, and varied receipts for cattle hogs and sheep. Notes include region specific bids, trading terms, and seasonal offerings.

East Buffalo Der Cattie Inlis Ealy Chicago Cleveland Stacey Dee B S&t Siva Pittsburgh Nec Cincinnati Peea al Coldstar Boston, Bee Chin Pennsylvania Delnine Estern

First Christian Church Service Notes

Pastor H N Bailey led Sunday school at 9 15 with 244 present and a goal of 350. Morning service at 10 30 preached on Every Hair of Your Head is Numbered. Evening sermon at 7 20 titled How to be Graceful. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30.

First Christian Church H. N. Bailey PS. C Arethur Marks

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES AND EVENTS

The United Presbyterian ministry lists Bible study at 9 15 a m and morning worship at 10 30 with Rev Henry Deitz of Xen ia Ohio delivering the sermon A youth service at 6 20 and an evening preaching at 7 30 on Christ's Ideal of Glory with a sermon by the pastor Prayer service Wednesday A welcome to all morning service at 10 20 with Rev Roy G Hershey Christian Endeavor at 6 30 Dr Moses Breeze to address the evening service advocating the Forward Movement Program Synod Sabbath school at 9 10 led by Charles H Folk with lesson Bara and Nehemiah Teach the Law Nehemiah 8 A story of an early Bible school Visit the school

Henry Deitz Xenia Ohio Jay Whearty Roy G. Hershey Christian Endeavor Moses Breeze Forward Movement Synod Ryan Charles H. Folk Bara Nehemiah

Local Markets Prices and Listings from H. P. Market

Corrected daily entries show buying and selling prices for staples at H. P. Market. Items include hay at 3.50, potatoes at 1.30 to 1.55 per peck or bush, flour 1.50, sugar cured ham 0.20, butter 0.35 to 0.45, lard 0. per lb, corn 1.40, wheat 2.05, oats 0.70, and beef cattle and hog prices ranging from 12.00 to 17.60 per hundredweight. Continuous entries list market district numbers and firm names like R. Kugelman’s Co. and Piqus Flour Co.

Felgala Piqus Flour Co H. P R. Kugelman’s and Co

Greene St Mission Sunday Service Note

Greene St Methodist Episcopal Church invites all class members and guests to Sunday school at 9 with L W Pool as superintendent Judge L E St John of Troy will address the Men's class and a soldier boy quartet member will sing. Evening sermon at 7:30 titled Staying in the Game. theme The Uplift Christ. Also favorite Hill Mission Sunday school at 2 15 with C G Procter preaching at 2 18.

Altman Pool L. E John of Troy Favorite Hill C. G. Procter

St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Service Details

St Johns Evangelical Lutheran with Pastor S Long announces morning service at 10 30 and sermon Christ s Kingdom Text Luke 17 10 30 Sunday school at 9 Charles Miller superintendent No evening service Brotherhood meeting 7 30 Tuesday evening

Charles Miller

St Marys Church Second Sunday Mass Schedule

John BF Cogan and Thomas J Cobe announce Holy Name Society and Immaculate Conception masses. Children’s Mass at 9 30 High Mass with sermon on gospel J matt XI 2 10. Afternoon service at 1 30 includes baptisms at 2 or 2 20 Sunday school. Vespers and Benediction follow.

ST. Marys Church John BF Cogan Thomas J.cobe Sunda Holy Name Society

Grace M. E. Church Seeks Attendance This Week

Pastor Clarence S. Grauser invites all to Sunday school at 9 o'clock with G B Folk as superintendent. Morning sermon titled Waiting Upon God. evening evangelistic service on A Wise Man's Mistake. Public invited. Grace Church emphasizes a welcoming message.

Grace M. BE Clarence S. Grauser G. B. Folk Grace Church

Community church notices and services listed

The page lists multiple church events including Church of Christ on Broadway and Broome with sermon at 10:30 and a guest speaker Mrs Artie Cox from Union City Ind to preach at 7:20 p.m. Also Associated Bible Students hold a free public lecture at Mackabee's Hall at 3 p.m. on Sunday Dec 9. Park Ave Baptist details include Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and services at 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with additional 2:30 p.m. communion and 6:36 p.m. B. P. A. meeting.

Church OF Christ Broadway Broone Hy H. Tilock Artie Cox Union City Ind Kansas City Maccabee's Hall North Main Street

Bracelets on sale at Thomas Fewer Store with wide variety

Readable ad copy highlights small serviceable bracelets offered at Thomas Fewer Store. Emphasizes dependable iyffe- keepers and accurate in every y with a large assortment of styles. Claims guaranteed quality and exceptionally low prices.

Thomas Fewer

Sewer Gas Explosion Shatters Marion Public Square

In Marion on December 8 a sewer gas blast hurled an iron cover high into the air, shattering it and sending fragments across the square. John Cook, a telephone cable man, suffered severe burns from the ignition, and John Barry was knocked down by the shock. Clark May to Succeed Yaple on the state industrial commission is noted in Columbus. Roy Gardner, 2, near Lancaster, found and ingested a box of grip tablets, dying two hours later. Jaspee Shaw, 62, of Delaware, burned fatally in bed when hot iron embers ignited bed clothes.

Marion John Cook John Barry Clark Yaple Columbus Clarke Dayton State Industrial Commission W. D. Yaple Delaware Jaspee Shaw Here

Rioting at Harbin as Bolshevik Arrests Spark Unrest

Dispatches from Harbin report street fighting after Bolshevik orders for General Helwat's arrest. Chinese troops were called out, maximizing tensions with the Maximist leaders and triggering panic among natives amid unsettled Russian politics.

Tokyo Harbin Russia Helwat

Ohio Leaders In Thrift Stamp Sale Plans in Cincinnati

Ohio director H. P. Welfe and staff travel to Cincinnati on December 8 to meet Frank A. Vanderlip, national director of the thrift stamp and war savings campaign. They will confer with county chairmen from Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and southern Indiana about promoting the drive, with a public meeting at ADL six hall where Governor Cox will speak alongside Vanderlip.

Ohio Cincinnati Columbus H. Pp. Welfe John ¥. Bas *Sell John A. Keiley James W. Paulkner Frank A. Vanderlip War Savings Movement West Virginia Kentucky Indiana

Murdered, Savings Gone in Columbus Fire

Two blind colored women Mrs. Caroline Black 89 and her daughter Mrs. Mary Hinds 64 died in a fire that destroyed their east Columbus log cabin. Investigation found they were murdered and their savings of 600 dollars in gold stolen. Skulls crushed, with the crime linked to the blaze. Ohioans in the Thirty seventh division may return home for Christmas if they pay their way from Camp Sheridan and back.

Columbus Caroline Black Mary Hinds Lincoln Black Ohio Montgomery Ala Camp Sheridan

Old H. G. L. Comparisons of Prices in Troy and Piqua

Local U S Food Administration correspondent shares December 8 price lists from grocers in Troy and Piqua for various food staffs. The data compares per item costs including flour cornmeal bread potatoes canned goods and meats with an additional summary of average prices across 86 Ohio cities for the week of November 24.

U. S.food Administration Troy Piqua Food Administration Washington

John F Class Co Vapor Treatments touted in Troy

Advert reads in Troy Ohio that John F Class Co offers vapor treatments for rheumatism and other ailments claiming after the first session the body changes, improves entire health and normalizes all body functions, with the note 283-2wka.

Troy Ohio

Fountain Pens and Jewelry at Thoma’s Jewelry

Solid gold self filling non leakable fountain pens fully guaranteed with poptie prices from one dollar upward. Also a full line of gold and silver pencils offered at the same shop.

Thoma

Piqua Hosiery Expands to Bowling Green Plant

The Piqua Hosiery Company has purchased the Monarch Underwear factory at Bowling Green. The plant will operate on a larger scale with production raised to one hundred dozen suits daily and renamed the Riqua Hosiery Company.

Piqua Hosiery Company Monarch Bowling Green Riqua Hosiery Company

Cause of the Tides Explains Moon Sun Pull

The moon’s gravity accounts for three-fifths of tides while the sun contributes two-fifths. The ratio shifts with complex distances among the moon, earth, and sun, causing variations in tidal forces.

Earth

Rose Boley seeks divorce from John L Boley in Ohio case 203859

Rose Boley filed for divorce on grounds of adultery and gross neglect of duty in the Common Pleas Court of ami County Ohio, seeking custody of Thelma Boley. The hearing is set for after January 2, 1918. Edwin A Hiatt is attorney.

John Lewis Boley Rose Boley Court of Common Pleas Atiami County Ohio Thelma Boley Edwin A. Hiatt

Flue Fire at Barker Clothing Store Causes Alarm

A burning flue prompted a three o'clock call to the fire department at the C. B. Barker clothing store on North Main street. No damage resulted. Insurance listed as Mendenhall and Wilkinson.

C. B. Barker i Clothing North Main Street

Charcoal in Cellars Keeps Air Fresh and Odor Free

Recipe style note advises hanging net bags of charcoal in cellars or ark barns to absorb odors. Change the charcoal every few weeks by removing, heating, and returning it to the bags to maintain freshness.

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