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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
6
Toledo grain notes show investor chatter on flour prices and wartime controls. Reports discuss speculation losses, price supports, and Hoover's policies while detailing July carryovers, cash wheat and corn bids, and seed stock conditions in Idaho and Wisconsin.
Daily market update lists hogs and cattle values with ranges for medium, light, stags, and heifers. Includes butter eggs flour and sugar prices, with corrections noted for Donin Flour Co and Kugelman's Market entries. Prices show modest variation among categories and reflect regional wholesale levels.
Federal Trade Commission prepares a major food price investigation in response to feared riots in large cities. In conference with Agriculture officials, plans were laid for the most comprehensive study yet, with Mr Davies directing a Chicago mission and three corps of federal experts to probe the meat packing industry.
A compiled report from Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Baltimore Boston and Toledo shows cattle prices for steers cows calves heavies and hogs along with sheep lambs and wool prices. Notable figures include cattle at 14 75 15 20 per hundredweight, hogs around 25 000, and wool fleece values across Ohio and Pennsylvania markets.
The United States government announces a second officers training camp aimed at men over 31 with mature experience. Applications run June 15 to July 15 at local recruiting HQs. Training pays $100 monthly. commissions offered upon completion with officer salaries from second lieutenant to colonel. Sixteen camps planned across Fort Benjamin Harrison Leon Springs Fort Riley and other sites.
June 21 reports show the Ohio National Guard exceeding 20 000 with Wood confirming eligibility for smaller men from the War Department. Deserter Liby from Zanesville held in Steubenville and a Lancaster school head dismissed amid misconduct charges. Warren alias Clark faces the electric chair after Ohio supreme court denial. Steubenville traction workers strike over wages, and Warry E Fesley of Delaware named Buckeye Eagles president.
Millersburg Ohio June 21 Welling ton Stillwell sixty six renowned criminal lawyer dies. He served Holmes county at Columbus four years as prosecuting attorney four years and common pleas judge six years. Handcar Derailed near Wapakoneta Ohio June 21 Zach Sheak killed William Wessel seriously injured when a handcar on the Toledo and Ohio Central railroad derailed nearby.
President Wilson issues a proclamation designating June 23 to 30 as recruiting week for the regular army. He calls for 76,000 volunteers and urges unmarried men ages 11 to 40 without dependents to enlist during the period as a boost to war efforts after a noted slump since June 1. The army recruiting service will launch a strong drive to restore enlistment figures to normal.
A reflective quote urging focus on the good in others and oneself. It advises honoring and rejoicing in strength to let faults fade naturally, comparing faults to dead leaves that fall when their time comes. The author attributed to Ruskia.
Uncle Eben comments that most praise for the truth is really bragging about George Washington. He hints that public admiration often serves vanity more than candor, reflecting a local voice on reputation and history.
A compact literary fragment presents Goethe’s line on happiness, urging the reader to seize contentment wherever it remains near and constant by their side. The text reads like a brief philosophical aside on joy and presence.
A compact rundown of AL and NL results with battery pairs and game outcomes across multiple parks. Details include batters, pitchers, and scores from New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and Detroit with standings notes and recent results. Also a closing Buffalo Times quotation on opinions.
Local druggists report strong demand for Freezone the new corn treatment. A few drops on a tender corn relieve soreness and allow the corn root to lift out with the fingers. Sold in quarter ounce bottles at low cost, the sticky solution dries quickly without inflaming surrounding skin. No excuse for corn related infections from cutting.
A Grand Rapids Press quip jokes about women as cave women and luxury travel, while the Ohio State Journal muses that tatting revival reflects social shifts. The snippets playfully contrast domestic life, tariff talk, and etiquette in lighthearted humor.
The DC and P traction begins service at six o'clock each morning and runs hourly until eleven o'clock at night on the Piqua to Wapakoneta route, providing regular daily transport.
North Bound changes convert Nos 2 to 52 6 to 566 and 8 to 58 with times at Piqua Troy Sidney Wapak between. South Bound changes convert Nos 1 to 51 5 to 55 7 to 57 3 to 53 with stops at Glendale Wyoming and Worth side. schedule otherwise same as present card.
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