King’s Market Report From Ohio A War Era Banquet Review
King’s Market Report from Ohio December 25, 1918 covers Col Barnes and allies at a New York and Chicago gathering praising food administration efforts, rail logistics, and grain markets. It notes Hoover leadership, grain trade committees, and post banquet remarks, with war context and Christmas fund drive. Includes crop data for corn wheat and oats, and seed market prices from Chicago and regional reports.
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Ohio
Colonel Barnes
New York
Col. Barnes
Col
Bell
Major Crowell
United States
del. Barnes
Buffalo Bill
General Hoover
Jno. J. Stream of
Chicago
Wheat Corporation
National
Council of Grain Exchanges
Sulomon
Board of Trade
Operal Hoover
Stream
Seaboard
Local Markets Report Amid Mixed Price Quotes
Market notes show Osborns and local buyers listing hay at $8.50 per 100 pounds and potatoes at $1.80 per 100 pounds. Winter wheat flour is quoted at $1.50 for 24 pounds. Sugar cured ham price appears around 30 cents though details are unclear.
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V. R. Osborns
H. P
Piqua Flour Co
B. Pworn
Live stock and grain prices from major markets
East Buffalo and Chicago to Cleveland Pittsburgh and other hubs report cattle prices for steers heifers cows and calves with tann prices for hogs yearlings and lambs. Butter eggs wool and poultry values noted for Baltimore Boston and Toledo with December dates and varied regional bids.
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East Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Dee
Pittsburgh
Der
Cincinnati
Ace
Corn the Giant Killer in a War on Famine
A wartime column contrasts cornmeal abundance with wheat shortages, arguing corn can sustain America while Europe relies on imported grain. It notes the 3,191,000,000 bushels of corn grown this year versus 665,797,000 of wheat, and reflects on domestic vs European food roles amid global conflict.
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England
France
Europe
Christopher Columbus
Niagara
United States
Corn and War Food Policy: A Nation’s Use of Its Grains
The author argues Americans must cut waste and feed corn to humans rather than hogs, highlighting that 86 percent of corn goes to animals and only 3.8 percent to direct food. He urges using corn to sustain troops, support the war effort, and keep national mills and cooks productive, with cornmeal as a democratic staple vital to victory.
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Crnme
Good Seed Corn Shortage Warns Ohio Farmers
The Ohio Experiment Station warns of a severe seed corn shortage for 1918 harvests. Early frosts and freezes reduced quality, with 39 percent of the crop soft and unmarketable. Farmers are urged to test seed corn germination at the station by sending 100 kernels from 100 ears, and to test stored or old seed as well.
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Ohio
Wooster
Des
State Experiment Station
Ohio Experiment Station
Descriptive Cognomen and the Bouncer Vine Mystery
A reader asks about the plant on a wall, seeking its botanical name. They nickname it the Bouncer vine because it seems to throw out shoots or vines aggressively, highlighting uncertainty over its proper species.
Pomerene Aims To Succeed Newlands In Senate Chair Fight
Washington reports a battle over the senate interstate commerce committee chairmanship after the death of Newlands. Senator Smith of South Carolina claims seniority but Senator Pomerene of Ohio first appears on the committee in 1912, triggering a likely clash when selections are made. Four killed near Saginaw Michigan as a car hits a train while returning from Christmas celebrations.
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Pomerene
Interstate Commerce Committee
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Ohio
Newlands
Pomerone
Ohio Soldier Is Found Dead in Alabama Camp
Montgomery Ala Dec 26 C TL Roppel of Logan Ohio a cook in Company One Hundred and Forty eights infantry was found dead in his bed after returning to camp Sunday night from attending his father's funeral at Logan.
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Ohio
Montgomery
Ala
C. TL. Roppel
Logan
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Infantry
Popularity of American Troops in France Cited by Off duty Poilu
An offhand meeting at Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard’s headquarters theater prompts a French soldier to salute and praise American troops. The Poilu overhears how officers’ behavior boosts morale, and requests to serve as an instructor for American machine gunners after mistaking Bullard for a sergeant.
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France
Robert Lee Bullard
Volla Des
Franze
United States
Bullard
America
Crisis in Roumania plots against King Ferdinand
Report from Petrograd on December 26 describes unsettled Roumanian politics with Bolshevik and German propaganda among troops. Six thousand Central Kornilov command troops were defeated near Bielgorod by Bolsheviks, who reportedly captured machine guns and ammunition. Bolsheviks attack Kharkov as they control southern railroads and a large Cossack force halts troops north of Tzaritain.
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Ferdinand
Petrograd
Roumania
Central Kornilon
Bielgorod
Kharkov
Moscow
Tzaritain
Saratov
Tale Is World's Oldest Word in Use Says Editorial
An Interstate Medical Journal editorial argues "sale" is the oldest written word still in use, tracing its Egyptian usage to the fourteenth century B C to denote snow and ice. It notes later Arabic adoption for the misnamed magnesium silicate known today as talc.
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Interstate Medical Journal
B. C
Mexicans Raid Border Town Kill Mail Driver
In Candelaria near the border, Mexican raiders crossed into the United States and killed Mickey Welch, an American mail stage driver, after looting mail sacks. Two Mexican passengers were reported shot. Welch’s body was taken to Valentine, Texas. In Greenwood, South Carolina, Mrs. J. I. Whitman and six children ages 2 to 13 died in a home fire.
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Ebl Paso
Tex
Mickey Welch
Candelaria
Welch
Valentine
Greenwood
S. C
J. I. Whitman
Here
Conquest and Kultur The Germanization of America
A letter from a New York German writer Robert Thiem to All Deutsche Blätter argues that Americanization is rampant and will be reversed by a victorious German spirit. He predicts a vast German empire within a century, urging confidence in Germany’s strength.
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Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Anti Saloon League
Congress
Wilson
Canton Walls Fall to Make Way for Trolley Line
San Francisco reports the ancient Canton walls of China are being torn down to install a trolley route. Gen Chiang Ting Tsu, visiting the United States to brief the war department, notes a belt-wide survey and new drainage shifts replacing the old river dip as the walls yield to progress.
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San Francisco
Canton
China
Chiang Ting Tsu
United States
War Department
Germany
Chiang
Weather observations and tomorrow’s forecast
Weather report from various cities at 7 p.m. Tuesday lists St Paul 8 Clear St Louis 34 Clear Chicago 20 Clear Columbus 26 Cloudy Buffalo 16 Clear New York 28 Cloudy Washington forecast for tomorrow Ohio fair continued cold.
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St. Paul
St. Louis
Chicago
Calumbus
Buffalos
New York
Clourny
Washington
Qohio
Carols Sung at Midnight by Local Christmas Singers
Christmas carol singers visited about twenty five locations Monday night spreading cheer to the sick and needy. They traveled by auto with help from Stanhope Boat, L. M. Flesh, L. Bartlett, and A. G. Snyder, meeting at Red Cross headquarters to sing in the city center. The program included Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful. Weather and distance prevented home visits as planned. organizers thank participants and ask singers to return hymn books to Alta Brandon at the American Fixture Co.
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Stanhope Boat
L. M. Flesh
L. 8. Bartlett
A. G. Snyder
Red Cross
Bethlehem
Alta Brandon
American Fixture Co
Ash and
Wayne Streets
Germany’s War Dogs Aid Blind Soldiers In Europe
German Red Cross trains dogs to guide blind soldiers through crowded streets, across crossings and bridges, beside rivers, and through doorways. The dogs bark at obstacles and sit at curbs, pushing their handlers safely through doors and narrow paths. They respond to emergencies, protecting the blind man from harm with trained instinct and understanding.
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Red Cross
Scout Meeting at Y M C A on December 27 1517
Notice states a Scout meeting will be held at the Y M C A on Thursday December 27 at 7 o clock. Harold Meter, Troop Scribe for Troop No 2, asks all members to attend.
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Harold Meter
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