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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1917
Page
3
King’s Market Report from December 17 1917 discusses war impact on rail traffic and grain markets. It notes severe weather and embargoes. outlines wheat corn oats prices and receipts. highlights savings certificates and government programs. and cites extended rail bottlenecks and holiday demand shaping grains and timothy markets.
More than 50 species and races of ground squirrels inhabit the United States and Canada across diverse habitats. The article outlines their distribution and notable variations within the region.
Market prices show hay at 3.50 per 100 pounds, bran at 1.25, feed and storage eggs at .47, butter 55, onions and potatoes listed with per peck and per bushel figures. Prices also include winter wheat flour 1.50 and sugar cured ham 130, with oats, rye, and wheat priced per unit.
Regional market notes list cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs prices in East Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Boston and Toledo. Includes steers, cows, calves, hogs, sheep with price ranges and daily notes dated Dec 17. Major buyers and sellers appear by city and commodity with fluctuating values.
In a Swiss hotel during a summer holiday, Joseph H. Choate humorously answers a question about his profession. An Englishman at the table asks if he is a clergyman actor or lawyer, and Choate replies he is “something of all three—one American lawyer.” The exchange highlights Choate’s versatile identity and wit.
The surface of North America presents three great physical features: the great Pacific highlands through the western part from Arctic shores to the Isthmus of Panama traversed by the Rocky mountains. the central plains including the Mississippi Missouri and Great Lakes regions. and the Atlantic highlands in the east extending from Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico with the White mountains Green mountains Adirondacks Alleghenies and Black mountains named among its principal sections.
The London Mail notes that as officers gain rank they adopt stricter manners, with naval captains often being serious and thoughtful. One captain held open prayer meetings for the crew, warning that promotions panderers would gain nothing, and he kept his word.
James Bryce argues in Youth's Companion that greatness today rests on action by rulers, statesmen, and warriors, though monarchs and military glory are less central. He notes poets and philosophers seek delayed recognition, while scientific breakthroughs may take years to be valued.
The article traces early moving pictures from the eighteenth century to the development of electric cameras by Muybridge, his work with the Stanford horse, and Edison s kinetoscope in 1898, noting ongoing advances and the evolution of motion pictures.
The text explains proper names for the island and country. It notes Halti is the aboriginal western name, and that Santo Domingo refers to the capital city, while the country is the Dominican Republic. It warns against confusing Santo Domingo with the small island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles discovered by Columbus.
A short reflection on what counts as greatness for moderns. It argues that monarchs and military glory matter less, while action by rulers, statesmen, and soldiers remains visible. Poets, philosophers, and scientists may wait longer for recognition as the world judges impact over time.
The piece argues that smiling triggers healthful excitement and pleasant emotions. It notes songs evoke a mental echo of the smiling experience, reinforcing a happier frame and well being, with a crowd reaction example where a cherubic child prompts smiles from even the grouchiest passengers.
The red hat of cardinals traces to a 1245 Lyons council urged by the Countess of Flanders. Innocent Fourth ordered red hats to distinguish cardinals from abbots. Since 1464 red robes have marked cardinals, while purple robes are worn only in Lent and Advent by papal decree.
A grandson describes sharing candy with Virginia in a sequence of alternating pieces and returns. He says he gave Virginia one, kept one, then gave another, kept another, leaving one which he ate, ending with each having two pieces.
The raising of Siberian hares for commercial purposes has been undertaken on a large scale by business men on a farm near Hamilton Ontario.
A fragmentary conversational note describes Mrs Newlywed asking to visit Dacys to match a silk, expressing disdain for common fabric and a desire to avoid more if it is plentiful. The line hints at social shopping and fashion preoccupations of the period.
A bakery wagon spilled pan after pan of bread donuts rolls and cakes on the Bowery at eight. Ragged men rushed to grab the loot while an elevated train clattered above. The driver collected scattered items and left amid a chorus of sharp talk. The Bowery stayed in a oddly content mood all day.
The quote extols language as the amber that preserves countless subtle thoughts and lightning flashes of genius, arguing that a language is stronger than any single work. It cites Greek as supremely powerful and English as an even nobler heritage than paradise lost for a people to inherit.
Judah Toure, a prosperous New Orleans businessman born in Newport Rhode Island in 1775, donated 10000 to Bunker Hilmann Trent’s completion. He served as a volunteer in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, was wounded, and after the war amassed a fortune. He endowed New Orleans charities and gave property to First Congregational Church.
Viewpoint of Undergraduate argues that the scarcity of original undergraduate themes stems from classroom and professor attitudes. Literature is treated as mind and technique rather than spirit, with the English department urging scholars to suppress emotions, ending adolescence’s bloom and focusing on form and literary history.
The landlord recalls a Kansas City visitor who praised the town yet refused to boast about his big city status and criticized nothing, a quirky comment highlighting his unusual demeanor.
A marble slab in Cardinal Montalto’s Rome garden bore Kircher’s landscape design. From a distance the scene revealed a human head with curly hair and a nose bridge, a village on the nose, a prominent eye, and a figure shooting as if at a target. The giant’s lip and chin stood against the sky, making the overall plan a surprisingly clear composition.
Henry Evans Washington Johnson, a porter described as a negro, faced arraignment for refusing to move when ordered by a policeman amid skyclarking with a group of negroes on the street. The magistrate sentenced him to a 30 day period, remarking the man was not otherwise a disorderly citizen.
The article outlines a railway schedule starting at six o'clock each morning with hourly service continuing until eleven at night.
Changes to the Baltimore and Ohio timetable take effect Sunday December 20. Northbound No. 58 runs at 12 59 a m and No. 56 at 6 40 52 a m. Southbound No. 57 at 6 23 5 a m and No. 53 at 8 40 p m. Trains No. 51 and 52 have been discontinued.
The article notes Major Peter Charles L'Enfant laid out Washington in 1791 and is buried in Maryland. It mentions his assistant Alexander Ralston, who contributed to Indianapolis, drawing on Versailles and other features. Ralston, a Scot, died in 1827 in Indianapolis.
The text traces ear use from ornamental hooks for drapery to utilitarian holders for items like pencils glasses and cigarettes. It notes early cave man practices evolving into modern piercings and decorative uses by women, linking function and adornment across prehistoric to contemporary times.
WANTED TO RENT A garage large enough for two trucks centrally located With gas connection for heating Call either phone No 17 The Miami Valley Gas & Fuel Co 286-3 WANTED Man and wife want small furnished home five or six rooms or at least two rooms modern with or without light housekeeping privileges for several months In reply state just what you have location and price Box 22 Piqua O 2295-14-15
The item recalls Disraeli as prime minister of England and a witty applicant seeking a government post who quips about his own knowledge. Courtney meets a cat and, after a careful exam of the ears nose claws and tail, asks Auntie if the cat shakes.
Mrs. Brown feigns politeness but declares to an ugly man that she has never set eyes on someone so unattractive. The quoted dialogue suggests a tense social exchange during a courtly setting.
A Newport man invited to a Maine house party sends a contrived reply. He wires a brief regret and follows with a false explanation. The incident reflects a muddled pretense and social awkwardness in 180 bound phrasing.
Rose Boley filed for divorce from John Lewis Boley in Common Pleas court under case 20358 on October 21 1917 alleging adultery and gross neglect of duty. The petition requests custody of child Thelma Boley and a hearing after January 2 1918 with attorney Edwin A Hiatt listed.
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