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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
4
A veteran asks for work. Attorney General Guibert Bettman in Cincinnati helps craft a patriotic tale. Lowell Thomas authors the piece about Captain Woodfill presenting a copy to Bettman, praising his loyalty and efforts in support of the book Woodfill of the Regulars.
In Seville a special village council meeting approved a Bas rate increase proposed by The Ohio Fuel Gas Company. Citizens have organized a referendum effort that could delay final settlement until the next election. The contract allows the company to shut off gas with 60 days notice.
Mr. Ollie Henry of a farm half a mile south of Creston sustained a broken hip and other injuries after his car skidded on ice on the Creston Wooster road Thursday evening and went into a ditch. Passing motorists freed him and he was taken to Kinney and Smith hospital in Wooster.
Ohio crops in 1929 mostly underperform the five year average with corn and wheat each 10 percent below the norm. The year overall reached 99.4 percent of the ten year average for Ohio crops, while the U S average was 97.7 percent. Hay rose 16 percent, potatoes up 5 percent and tobacco near that rise.
Seed yields averaged like last decade with lower than usual outputs this year. Potatoes and rapples showed prices not better than last year and wholesale prices for October edged down slightly from 1938 levels. Farm product prices for October fell three points vs the same month last year.
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