Crop prospects for Ohio show mixed yields for 1910
The Ohio Department of Agriculture reports wheat at 96 percent of normal with harvest around July 10, oats at 108 percent near July 28, and declining fruit outlook with apples at 88 percent and peaches 42 percent. County figures vary, with Ashland highest and Jackson lowest, while total state yield about 24,401,678 bushels, short of 1909 by roughly three million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Ashtabula
Jackson County
Ashland
Clark
Columbiana
Crawford
Cuyahoga
Delaware
Erie
Fulton
Geauga
Hamilton
Holmes
Huron
Lake
Licking
Lorash
Mahoning
Medina
Mercer
Miami
Morrow
Ottawa
Portage
Sandusky
Seneca
Stark
Summit
Trumbull
van Wert
Warren
Wayne
Williams
Wood
Wyandot
Railroads Expand Train Dispatch by Telephone Nationwide
Railroads report rapid growth in telephone use for dispatching orders. The Interstate Commerce Commission lists 268 lines with partial or full order transmission. Telephone mileage totals 26,844 miles, about a fifth of all telephoned dispatch lines. Over the past year the dispatching mileage has doubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commision
German American Bank elects W H Baum cashier
At a stockholders meeting last Saturday the German American Bank completed its permanent organization. W H Baum of Batavia was chosen cashier and James L Walls of Batavia was named assistant cashier. The bank is backed by 81 stockholders with strong financial standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Baum
Batavia
James L. Walls
Baum
Clermonters
New Financial Institution
Walls
Clermont County
Prohibition declines hit whisky and beer output in 1909
The United States government reports for the year ending June 30 1909 show whisky production down 4 828 268 gallons and beer down 2 444 188 gallons. Tax revenue from prohibition fell by about eighty million dollars while whisky and beer output dropped by several percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Uncle Sam
Death on the Rail July Fatalities Reported
The State Railroad Commission tallies 94 railway deaths in July across lines with 28 deaths on the Big Four at Middletown not yet in official totals. Including Middletown, July fatalities reach 117, averaging about 83 per month. eight deaths occurred on electric lines, the rest on steam railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commission
Middletown
Northern Clermont Stars Meet Bethel Ball Team Saturday
The Northern Clermont Stars and the Bethel ball team duel at the ball park in Batavia next Saturday at 2 30 PM. Admission is 16 cents with Colonel Lou Berkley umpiring for fair play and colorful performances expected on the diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Park
Batavia
Clermont Stars
Bethel
Lou Berkley
Cena
Onors
County Officials Barred From Extra Pay on Equalization Board
Attorney General Denman states county commissioners and auditors may not take additional compensation for serving on the quadrennial county board of equalization. The county surveyor may get per diem as a board member but forfeits his surveyor per diem. No officer has taken salary for board service. this year requires extra work but no extra pay is allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Review
Boards of Equalization
E. M. Fullington
State Tax Commission
Harrison
Columbus
State Board of Assessors
Breathitt
Kentucky
D. H. Hooover
Citizen’s Bank
Felicity
Highland County
Hillsboro
A. G. Denman
Board of Equalization
Tobacco Growers Urged to Stand Together Against Pool Loss
The Louisville Evening Post urges Kentucky barley tobacco growers to unite to preserve pooling contracts with the American Tobacco Company. It warns that the trust could dominate growers if separation occurs and calls on Ohio barley tobacco growers to resist trust promises and align with Kentucky in defense of fair terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Evening Post
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco Trust
Ohio
Mississippi River
Kentucky
Trust
Squirrel bite injures district superintendent in West Union
Adams County reports Rev. Dr. D. Lee Aultman of Cincinnati was bitten on the left hand by a pet squirrel at the parsonage. The artery was severed and bleeding stopped by Dr. Bunn after a delay. he remained in bed but planned to keep his Sunday appointment at Stonechapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
D. Lee Aultman
West Union
Cincinnati
M. KE
J. F. Young
Aultman
Bunn
Tuberculous Milk Risks Highlighted by Dr Smythe
A study by F R Smythe details how tubercle bacilli appear in milk from American dairies. Four investigations show 8.2 percent of 439 milk samples infected, with 10 percent of dairies distributing infected milk intermittently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Dairies
Dog Bit Boy After Rabid Visit At Applegate Farm
A stray dog with signs of hydrophobia bit 8 or 9 year old Fred Billingsley at the Applegate farm near Brazier’s. The dog was shot by Samuel Billing sley. its head sent to the Pasteur Institute Cincinnati where rabies was confirmed. The boy was taken to Cincinnati for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Applegate Farm
Brazier’s
Samuel Billingsley
Fred Billingsley
Billingsley
Pasteur Institute
Cincinnati
Bethel Resident Cries Foul Over Noisy Night Gatherings
A Bethel citizen reports nightly street corner gatherings in the residence area with profanity vulgarity whiskey and beer under windows and occasional pistol shots. The complainant urges officers to investigate and halt the disturbances citing town ordinances and state laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Speedy Auto Race: Sapp Finishes One Minute Behind Maus
In a Lima to Toledo auto race from the Manhattan cigar stand to the Secor Hotel Clyde Yoakum drove Col. Norman Sapp's Chalmers-Detroit to second place. Maus won in 2 hours 16 minutes while Sapp finished 2 hours 17 minutes, after allegedly taking three extra blocks near Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Toledo
Chalmers-Detroit
Norman Sapp
Clyde Yoakum
Col. Sapp
Manhattan
Secor Hotel
Times-Democrat
Secor
Maus
German native Julius Rein leaves Bethel for Breslau work
Julius C. Rein a former foreman at the Cincinnati Shoe Company Bethel plant returns to Germany after 18 years in America. He accepts a liberal offer from the Dorndoff Shoe Company Breslau and leaves with his wife and two children. He was Bethel Masonic lodge Grand Master for three years and held the post at departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius C. Rein
Cincinnati Shoe Company
Bethel
Germany
America
Cincinnati
Dorndoff Shoe Company
Breslau
Rein
Bethel Masonic Lodge
Rice and Lewis Tie The Knot In Williamsburg
James Rice of Williamsburg and Maude Lewis of Russellville were married by Rev. A. Van Dyke in Georgetown last Wednesday. Both formerly lived in Amelia where their friendship grew to love. They plan to reside at Rice’s Williamsburg home after Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rice
Williamsburg
Maude Lewis
Russellville
A. van Dyke
Georgetown
Amelia
Mr. Rice
Lawn Fete Scheduled by Bethel Chapter
Bethel Chapter of the Order Eastern State will stage a lawn fete on Blue Stein's lawn this Saturday afternoon and evening August 18. A general line of refreshments will be served.
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the State Commission
Fullington
Alert Exchange
Brown County
C. and O
D. A. Kearns-Preston
Decatur
Red Oak
Ripley Bee
Balzell
Tiffin
Bess Walker
Leora Shumaker
Thomas J. White
Lebanon
Henry L. A. Holland
Holland
Marion
Post Office Department
John Parington
Ohio Building Association League
Canton
Postal Savings Bank
Congress
Board of
Equali
Zation
the Tobacco Growers
F. R. Smythe
Lous
Braziers
Rice-Lewis
Lawn Fete
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