Grain Markets Promises and Price Controls Debate
Grain market discussion on government power to set maximum prices for wheat and corn, projected effects on producers and consumers, and the role of foreign buying. Notes on war finance, Red Cross appeal, and trade expectations with mentions of Julius Barnes and J P Morgan contacts. Also reports on Toledo contract standards and clover and Timothy seed markets with price movements and harvest prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diekite
Congress
Julius Barnes
Gompers
Local Markets Revised by W. D. Jr June 16 1017
Market update from Piqua Flioor Co and R Kugelman Co lists buying and selling prices for produce and meats. Potatoes onions and flour move in small ranges, butter lard and sugar shown with per unit pricing. Hogs priced mid-teens to mid-teens for mixed and light weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Osborne
Sagt
Piqua Flioor Co
H. P
R. Kugelman’s and Co
Cattle Market Prices Snapshots From Regional Trade
The report lists varied cattle prices including veal calves at 8.00 to 10.50, heavy Yorkers 14.25 to 14.75, choice butcher steers 9.00 to 10.00, fair to good steers 0.00 to 10.50, heifers 8.00 to 9.00, cows 5.00 to 6.50, Bologna bulls 7.50 to 8.00, and butcher bulls 7.50 to 8.00, reflecting typical market volatility and grade ranges.
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East Buffalo
Gates
Stuss
Chicago
Cleveland
Swat
Dictator Chang Hsun Emerges in China Power Shift
Pekin June 18 General Chang Hsun now rules the country with Yuan Hung as figurehead. insurgents plan a Tienshin convention to form a provisional government led by the dictator who may serve as president and premier. Motives unclear, but restoration of the Manchu dynasty considered. Southern Canton leaders claim the president dissolved parliament under pressure and vow to defend constitutional rights.
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Chang Hsun
Pekin
Yuan Hung
Tien Tsin
Chang Hsm
Kansas Day Prohibition Meeting Ties War to War Effort
At Topeka Kansas leaders and guests from several states gathered for a state national prohibition convention. Dr Sam W Small of Atlanta will speak at the opening meeting tonight on prohibition and the war. Tomorrow Governor Capper and four former Kansas governors will address the assembly in a push against King Alcohol with speakers from Alabama slated for Wednesday night.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Sam W. Small
Atlanta
Arthur Capper
George H. Hodges
E. W. Hoch
W. R. Stubbs
W. J. Bailey
Alabama
Found Hanging In Tree In Bannock Shootings
The body of Albinn Fonqurient was found hanging from a tree at Bannock near St. Clairsville Ohio. He was last seen June 5 after fleeing home following a self inflicted wound with a revolver in a disturbing incident.
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St. Clairsville
Albinn Fonqurient
Bannock
Partial Eclipse Seen In Polar Regions Today
New York June 18 1917. Visqui maux and MacMillan Arctic expedition members will view a partial sun eclipse visible only in the north polar regions. The eclipse crosses the date line causing different observers to see it on different days. This year 1917 has seven eclipses, more than any twelve month period in the century.
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New York
Visquimaux
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
North Polar
Munday
mid-Pacific
Red Cross Drives Launched Across Nation in War Fund Push
President Wilson and the Ameri can Red Cross urge business leaders to back a $100 million drive. New York teams prepare to raise 40 million with a banquet and speakers bureau. War council includes De Forest, Tait, Wadsworth, and Bliss. In Georgetown a man is killed and a suspect is arrested amid a feud. Billy Sunday closes a ten week campaign in New York raising 112000 for the Red Cross and Y M C A.
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Red Cross
Wilson
Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
Dodge
New York
New York City
Chisaga
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
American Red Cross
Charles D. Hitles
Ed Cross Deal
War Council of the Red Cross
America
Trex
Robert W. de Forest
The
New
Edward N. Sherley
War Council Manufacturer
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr
Billy Sunday
Sunday Game at New York Draws 21000 for Charity
St Louis defeated New York in the first Sunday major league championship game in Manhattan. Attendance was 21,000 as receipts went to the Engineers' Reserve Corps. Final score 6 to 2 with Severold and Caldwell pitching for St Louis. Battery for New York listed in error.
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Treasury of Engineers’ Reserve Corps
New York
St. Louis
Manatatan
Treasury of the Engineers’ Reserve Corps
Ononoort
Severold, Caldwell
National League Baseball Scores and Standings Summary
National League results across multiple venues show Boston losing 0 1 to Chicago with strong pitching from Seaton Wilson and Allen. Cincinnati and St Louis posted varied scores, while Columbus, Louisville, Toledo, St Paul and Milwaukee carried separate doubleheader results with notable blowouts and late rallies.
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Chicago
Boston
Orlign OO
Allen, Barnes and Gow Hendrix
Seaton and
Wilson
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Miteries
Alexnander
Toledo
Columbus
Louisville
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Livestock and grain prices across major markets
Market reports from Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Baltimore Boston and Toledo list cattle steers heifers cows calves and hogs by price, with sheep and lambs also shown. Wool and creamery notes appear alongside regional quotes and commodity values for June 18.
Deep tillage not beneficial for Ohio crops says station
The Ohio Experiment Station finds ordinary plowing to 7.44 inches yields similar results at lower cost. Deep tillage with a Spalding subsoil plow produced less corn and only slight gains in six-year tests. Oats after corn yielded 344 bushels more with ordinary depth than 14 inches and 144 bushels more than subsoil plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Experiment Station
Prism catches headlight beams to guard parked cars
An inventor has patented a prism device that traps automobile headlight rays and redirects them through a pane of red glass to shield vehicles at night.
Bird Statistics in USDA Card Archives
The United States Department of Agriculture houses over one million index cards detailing the distribution and migration of North American birds, highlighting vast data collected on avian populations and movement patterns.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Railway Time Cards D C and P Service start six nightly hours
The D C and P traction begins daily at six o'clock each morning and runs hourly until eleven o'clock at night.
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D.C. & P. Traction
Rail schedule updates issued for June 1 2017 revisions
North bound No 2 becomes No 52 with same card. No 5 becomes No 66. No 4 becomes No 54 and refutes no changes beyond times at Troy Piqua crossing Sidney and others. South bound No 1 becomes No 51 with stop times at Anna Sidney Kirkwood Piqua and more. No 7 becomes No 57, No 3 to No 53. Regular stops updated at Glendale Wyoming and Worth side.
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Cc. H
North Bound
Piqua Crossing
Troy
Sidney
Wapakoneta
Glendale
Wyoming
Worth Side
Pennsylvania Lines Schedule Fragment May 28 1916
In effect from May 28 1916 the timetable shows eastward and westward departures with scattered times. The readable entries include 4:57 AM 7:22 AM 11:48 AM 9:38 AM 2:25 PM and 8:46 PM among others, with partial notes on service.
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Pennsylvania
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Europe
C. A. King & Co
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Triffe
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Dee
Qelober
Alsike
Neuro Pharmacal Company
Wapakoneta, Ohio
U.S. A
China
Fed
Gross
Georgetown
John McAsee
James Love
Farmer
McAsSee
Piqua Daily Press
L. D. Clarkson
West Water Street
Dance
H. C. Everingham
W. Water Street
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Clyde G. Carr
P. O. Block
Piqua
Ohio
Hammond
Sruns
Detroit
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Schang
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Coumbles
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Kiepfer
O'Neill
American Association
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Piqua-Toledo
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