Joint Worm Active Obvious Threat to 1918 Wheat Yield
W H Phillips of the U S Department of Agriculture reports the southern Ohio wheat crop faces severe joint worm infestations averaging 50 percent in many fields and up to 80 percent in some areas. He says no effective treatment exists and urges rotation with clover oats or rye, summer harvests to turn under stubble, and sowing cowpeas or soybeans to finish the worm life cycle.
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Union News Service
Columbus
State Board of Agriculture
W. H. Phillips
Entymological
United States Department of Agriculture
Phillips
Ice strike near settlement in Cincinnati as talks falter
In Cincinnati, engineers and ice dealers neared a deal after an eight hour session, but manufacturers refused to bargain with drivers. Organizer McArthur of the Teamsters arrived as a possible break loomed, while Mayor Hunt’s appeal yielded initial ice deliveries from Danville to ease shortages. Ice went for 20 cents per 100 pounds to cap distribution amid fears of hoarding.
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Cincinnati
Ice Dealers and Manufacturers’ Association
McArthur
Teamsters’ Union
Hunt
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Southern Railway
Danville
Socialist councilors reject $200000 Hamilton flood bonds
In Hamilton Ohio five socialist council members defeated the emergency floods bond proposal of $200000. Councilman Myers urged the city solicitor to impose that only Hamilton laborers be hired eight hour days and pay workers $2.50 a day. The solicitor warned such steps could invalidate the bonds but said the council could set spending conditions after receiving funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Council
Myers
Neijlan
Nellan
Three New Instructors to Join Kenyon College Faculty
Three instructors will join Kenyon College Gambier next fall. John K. Townes from Tulane University will chair economics. Howard A. Underwood from the University of Missouri will chair Romance languages. Dr John Whitmore from Yale will become assistant professor of chemistry.
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Mit
Vernon
Kenyon College
Gambier
John K. Townes
Tulane University
Louisiana
Howard A. Underwood
University of Missouri
John Whitmore
Yale
Mexican Veterans to Meet in London This Summer
London Ohio hosts reunions of the Ohio and National associations of Mexican War Veterans on Thursday and Friday July 16 and 17. Gov Cox will speak at a camp fire session and veterans will share stories of the 1846-48 conflict. About 60 veterans are listed in Ohio pension records.
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London
National Associations of
Cox
Newark
Onto
Governor Cox Praises Farmers at Marysville Picnic
Governor James M. Cox spoke at the second annual farmers and merchants picnic at the Union county fair grounds drawing about 25 000 attendees. He urged forest preservation constitutional adoption of tax and school reforms and voter participation while proposing a community township house concept.
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Marysville, O
James M. Cox
Union County
Marysville
Ohio
Cox
Prendergast Warns on City Finances at Credit Men Meet
William A. Prendergast, New York City controller, delivered the principal address at the National Association of Credit Men convention in Cincinnati. He warned that cities frugal and businesslike in finances gain credit favors, while profligate practices force higher borrowing costs or loss of credit.
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Cincinnati
William A. Prendergast
New York
National Association of Credit Men
Linton Hotel
Prendergast
Governor Charges Bad Faith Over Ohio Grange Billing
Governor Cox accuses the Ohio Grange of bad faith while defending the agricultural commission bill. He explained the bill’s origin and the Grange leaders’ role in amending it, noting their committee’s suggested changes and the approval of all but one amendment after talks with legislative committees.
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Troy
Ohio Grange
Cox
Agricultural Commission
Gov. Cox
Grange
House
Senate Agricultural Committees
Grange Committee
GALLIA COUNTY PROBE WIDENS AND FINDINGS REPORTED
Special Examiner John A. Bliss completed about four weeks of graft investigation in Gallia County offices and submitted findings to Prosecutor Merriman for the grand jury. State Auditor Donahue flagged inferior concrete used on a state road section and would not accept it. Harry Wemeldorff, infirmary superintendent, allegedly confessed to falsifying accounts and implicated former infirmary directors.
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Gallipolis
John A. Bliss
Gallia
M. F. Merriman
Donahey
Harry Wemeldorff
County Infirmary
Critics Decry Ohio Pardons Policy and Indeterminate Sentence
Franklin county Prosecuting Attorney Edward C. Turner objects to wholesale pardons via ex parte hearings by the state board of administration. He warns the policy will not reduce crime and may worsen trouble tied to the Indeterminate sentence law now in effect. Common Pleas Judge EB Dillon also voices objections to the same law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Edward C. Turner
Franklin County
State Board of Administration
State Board
Common Pleas
EB. B. Dillon
Turner
Dayton’s Big Fourth of July Celebration
Dayton plans a grand Fourth of July festival to showcase recovery from the flood. The event is free and features athletic contests by top Middle West athletes. Orville Wright will perform a hydroplane fight as part of the program.
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Dayton
Middle West
Orville Wright
Wilson Signals Support for Sundry Civil Bill and Tariff Debate
President Wilson told his cabinet he will sign the sundry civil appropriation bill carrying 116 million dollars and issue a statement of reasons. The Senate finance committee amended Underwood tariff is presented to a Democratic caucus amid debate over free list changes and new duties including a 5 cent banana bunch levy.
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Senate Finance Body
Washington
Wilson
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democrats
Senate
Democratic Caucus
House
New Zealand
Banking and Currency Committee
Nelson
Briatow
Vreeland
Weeks
Michigan Forest Fires Threaten Communities in Northeast
Detroit reports forest fires burning in Michigan's northeastern counties with risk of spread to a widespread conflagration. Dry woods and strong winds threaten further destruction and potential loss of life, recalling the great 19th century fires that devastated Au Sable Oscoda and Millersburg.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Au Sable
Oscoda
Millersburg
Lake Shore Collision Near Kalamazoo Kills Engineer
A Lake Shore passenger train collided with a work train near Kalamazoo Michigan, killing engineer Hueneyuft instantly and seriously injuring 12 others. Among the injured are Mrs Rebecca Didalef and Mrs H Arthur of Cleveland, and Bradley Fuller and C Van Gury of Cleveland.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Hueneyuft
Lake Shore
Here
Rebecca Didalef
Cleveland
Bradley Fuller
C. van Gury
Prevost Sets Aerial Speed Records With Flights
Paris June 21 Maurice Prevost completes a straight flight of 217 miles at 117 miles per hour and then circles a course for 801 miles at 111 5 8 miles per hour.
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Paris
Maurice Prevost
Prevost
Suffragist Hurts Self Imitating Davison at Ascot
At Ascot Heath England a male suffragist charged the track during the $17 500 gold cup race weapon drawn and flag waving He collided with August Belmonts horse Tracery and was fatally injured as a bullet lodged in his head Two accomplices fled the crowd Hewitt a Trinity Cambridge student was named in pockets The incident interrupted the stretch run and a rival horse caused the assailant to be crushed on the track.
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Ascot Heath
England
George
August Belmont
Tracery
Emily Wilding Davison
Epsom Downs
Hewitt
Trinity College, Cambridge
Whalley
Belmont
Strike spreads as 45,000 building tradesmen walk out
In Chicago reports say 45,000 men in the building trades joined a strike after an employers lockout. An estimated 60,000 could be involved if no settlement occurs as the Building and Construction Employers' association stands firm. The stoppage has halted about 35 million dollars in construction.
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Chicago
Building and Construction Employers’ Association
Continental and Commercial Bank
Storm kills over 100 in Florida cyclone toll
Rationing of wire communication shows the death list may pass 100. In and near Tallahassee about 20 victims are confirmed. A fierce wind leveled homes and poles, followed by a cloudburst. Crops suffered heavily, with the cotton crop in the keys reported ruined.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Keys
Secretary Bryan Assures Fair Trial for Porter Chariton
Washington officials pledge U S oversight to guarantee a fair extradition trial for Porter Chariton charged with mar ring his wife at Lake Como in 1910. An official of the United States will attend court to monitor proceedings.
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Washington
Bryan
Paul Charlton
United States
Porter Chariton
Italy
Lake Como
Patterson Purchases Memphis Farm. Ex-Governor to Retire
Former Governor M. H. Patterson buys a large stock farm near Memphis for twenty thousand dollars. He announces retirement from politics, plans to live on the farm and practice law in Memphis.
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Patterson
Memphis
Tenn
M. H. Patterson
Ten Die in River Near Madrid Mo in Boat Capsize
Ten members of a party of 14 United States engineers and government employees drowned when the survey boat Beaver capsized in a windstorm near Madrid. The bodies were recovered after the vessel sank near Hotchkiss Light in Snakey Bend. The Chiska and Memphis were alerted and rushed to the scene.
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Union News Service
New Madrid
United States Engineers
Madrid
United States Survey
Beaver
Hotchkiss Light
Snakey Bend
Memphis
Chiska
Two Niagara Falls Boys Die In Whirlpool Boat Tragedy
Donald Roscoe aged 10 and Hubert Moore aged 9, both of Niagara Falls, perished in a small flat-bottom scow when the rope broke above the Whirlpool rapids. Crowds watched as the boat drifted toward the roaring chasm and the boys clasped hands in farewell before vanishing from view. Firemen rushed to the scene but rescue efforts failed.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Donald Roscoe
Hubert Moore
Trains Split Switch Wreck Near Jasper
Engineer Russell Rayers died and his fireman and two trainmen injured when a St. Louis and San Francisco train they manned split a switch near Jasper and veered into a ditch. They were returning from Carbon Hill after replacing derailed freight cars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Russell Rayers
Jasper
Carbon Hill
Boy and sister lose fingers in wigwam project
In Evansville Indiana a ten year old boy and nine year old girl decided to cut down small trees to build a wigwam. The girl held the tree while the boy used a hatchet and lost three fingers. The children had recently seen a Wild West show.
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Evansville
Ind
Frank Comer
Cincinnati Market Prices for Grains Livestock and Eggs
A detailed list of market rates across Cincinnati for corn soybeans hay oats wheat eggs poultry cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Prices show No 2 white corn at 65 to 65 c per bushel and eggs prime firsts at 18 cents per dozen with various weights and grades for poultry and cattle.
Coaches Plunge From Excursion Train Near Cuylerville
Forty persons were injured when five coaches of a Western New York and Pennsylvania excursion train from Rochester to Bradford left the tracks and rolled down a 40 foot embankment near Cuylerville station, 38 miles west. Only one passenger expected to die, with hundreds aboard and no fatalities reported at the scene.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bradford
Cuylerville Station
Here
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