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Newspaper

Piqua Daily Press

Location

Piqua, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1917

Page

8

Grain Markets Report From Toledo in June 1 1917

Toledo market notes describe wheat demand and prices with Canadian impact and weather affecting supply. It notes Australian conditions, Philadelphia and Chicago reporting, and forecasts for July stock levels, with commentary on government price controls and farmer profitability amid shifting markets and crop conditions across Canada, Illinois, Iowa, Idaho, Nebraska.

Toledo Ohio Barty Ivimary Chigago Larvest Prom Congress Eas Canada Pennsylvania Eddy

Birth Registration and the U S Childrens Bureau Effort

The U S Department of Labor Children’s Bureau assesses why birth registration lags in the states and describes a cooperative informal test with the Census Bureau. It notes the essential role of complete records for public health aims, legal enforcement, and protecting children, urging parental insistence on accurate birth reports.

U. S. Department of Labor Children’s Bureau Washington Wash D. C United States Children’s Bureau U. S. Department of Labor Censusureau

Boy Fines Shot Makes Big Money in After School Mine

Bruce Sandiford, a 12 year old in Cdeaiison Texas near Red River Gun Club, earns about 200 dollars in three months selling dug up lead shot found in marshy grounds. He works before and after school and on Saturdays using simple tools to separate shot from mud, a method others are beginning to copy as profits rise.

Cdeaiison Texas Bruce Sandford the Hey Red River Gun Club Sandiford Bruce

Cleveland and Washington Battle In Sixteen Innings Draw

Cleveland and Washington played sixteen innings to a draw, called for darkness. Cleveland scored in the fifth and seventh and added a tenth inning run, while Washington also tallied in the seventh and tenth. Johnson relieved Shaw in the eleventh, allowing only one hit, as both teams endured a lengthy, low-scoring tie amid confusing box scores from the American League and National League standings.

Cleveland Washington Fife Senators Johnson Shaw

Musical saw idea brings man riches

Minneapolis man Fitch Cooper built wealth from a musical saw that plays Yankee Doodle and other tunes with a single drumstick. The self taught inventor uses bent saws to recreate violin strings, amassing a large house, a $15,000 farm, and five adopted children while performing in theaters and surprising theater crews.

Minneapolis Minn Lawyers’ Union Rotary Kentucky Suwanee River Fitch Cooper Cooper Newton Casper

Young Woman Held for Complicity in Murder Case

Hazel McKenzie arrested in Pikeville Kentucky charged with complicity in the murder of Lota Viers of Floyd County. Viers body was found in the Ohio River at Trenton last week. John Coyer is jailed in Lexington for the murder. McKenzie vanished with Viers before the case heated. The sheriff reports Coyer indicted by Floyd county grand jury.

Lota Viers Portsmouth Hazel McKenzie Mullins Pikeville Floyd County Ohio Trenton John Coyer First Kentucky Regiment Lexington Stullins Coyer Migs McKenzie Grand Jury Viers Dover Miss McKenzie Miss Viers Miss ifckKenzie

CAMP PLANS PREPARED FOR ARMY CAMP NEAR CITY

Blue prints for a proposed army camp three miles long by a mile and a half wide near Chillicothe were sent to the war department in Washington. Engineers will transport surveys and finalize details. Land additions were taken in and more may be required. The camp includes infantry, artillery, aviation and signal fields with own water and sewage works. Rail facilities were viewed as adequate. American steamer Petrolife sunk by a German submarine. part of crew missing.

Washinton Postel Coe Post Offices Department Washington Bo Co Ourrency Sorlees Cain Talter Army Engineers Chillicothe War Department Signal Corps

Proposal Turned Down in Wet Campaign Shakeup

Lewis H. Gibson of Cincinnati who leads the wets campaign to defeat the prohibition amendment suggests dropping both sides and merging to Red Cross aid. James A. White of the Anti Saloon League rejects the idea, reiterating supporters will fund Red Cross and continue the statewide prohibition fight despite a yearly $110,990,000 loss to saloon bars.

Columbus Lewis H. Gibson Cincinnati James A. White Anti-Saloon League Red Cross White Friends of Prohibition Red Cross Movement

Lost Overcoat Reported On Urbana Pike Morning

A light overcoat was lost on Urbana Pike this morning. Call 1180 to claim the item.

Urbana Pike

LIVESTOCK AND GRAIN MARKETS ACROSS CITIES UPDATE

Market dispatch from Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Baltimore Boston and Toledo reports cattle hogs and lambs with varied prices. Notable rates include Chicago cattle steers 9.75 to 14.50, Cleveland cows 7.50 to 14.50, Pittsburgh hogs 12.50 to 15.50, Cincinnati steers 7.50 to 12.28, Baltimore butter 41 to 42 cents, and Toledo wheat at 3 dollars per bushel. Receipts cited across regions.

Chicago Cleveland Strethers Pittsburgh Cincinnati

Man Dies on 3-Cent Diet After Diet Increase

Dover Ohio David Hartman aged 63 died from severe malnutrition after increasing his daily food allowance from 3.10 to 10 cents a day following doctors warning he was starving. He reportedly had won a prize for an article on living cheaply and adjusted his budget accordingly.

Dover Ohio David Hartman Hartman

Local Markets Revised by W. Dune 1th Daily Prices

Daily market update shows readings for hay bran butter onions and potatoes with prices per hundredweight and per peck. Hogs cattle and veal sections list ranges for medium and mixed hogs light Yorkers sows stags and choice heavies along with butcher steers cows and bulls pricing across categories. Market listings reflect corrected daily figures from Kiugelman’s and Co. Market and Wheat at $2.95 per bushel.

VY. R. Osborne Piqua Flour Co H. P Kiugelman’s and Co I. P

Railway Time Cards Begin Service at Six Each Morning

The D C and P traction starts operations at six o'clock every morning and runs hourly until eleven o'clock at night marking the transit schedule for the route.

D.C D. C. & P. Traction

Rail schedule changes for Co. H and D as of June 1 10147

North bound trains see Nos 2, 4, 6, 8 renumbered to 62 54 496 58 with stops at Piqua Crossing SidneY Wapekonda and other lines. south bound Nos 1 3 5 7 renumbered to 51 53 55 57 with stops at Anna Sidney Sirkwood Piqua and Glendale. Nos 10 and 11 reassigned to 60 between Cincinnati Lima and Dayton.

Anna Sidney Sirkwood Piqua Glendale Wyoming Northside Cincinnati Lima Dayton

Attachment in Schmidts vs Schunk in Piqua case

A. Schmidt & Son sue Anna Schunk, last living at 1905 Elm St Cincinnati Ohio, before Justice W T Marshall in Washington Township Miami County Ohio. On June 4 1917 the justice issued an attachment order for 39 dollars and 90 cents.

A. Schmidt & Son Anna Schunk Young Street Piqua Ohio Elm Street Cincinnati W. T. Marshall Washington Town Ship Miami County A. D

Anglian Torpedoed and Sunk in European Waters

In a cable from International Mercantile Marine, the Leyland Line steel steamer Anglian has been torpedoed and sunk in European waters. Built in 1900, she measured 82 feet in length and 5,582 tons and operated on the route between New York and Liverpool.

New York Leyland Line Internation Mercantile Marine Today Anglian Here Liverpool

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