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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1919
Page
2
The Union aims to promote loyalty and pride among our people and urges working together for their best interests spiritually materially mentally morally and politically. It asks readers to stop borrowing and buy the Union for 10 cents a month with subscription details and address.
State facts celebrate Ohio history industry and people from Pontiac to the Wright brothers. Figures include 1914 carnation flower act, 1902 flag, fourteenthousand craft, 82 municipalities, seven presidents, Grant and Sherman, first Belpre library, McConnellsville daily paper, coal output, farm values, and 30 000 teachers.
Sunday to Saturday line up at Lincoln Theatre features TOBY in String Beans directed by Thomas S. Ince and other Paramount and Fox films including Littl Women, The Border Wireless with William S Hart, The Lure of the Circus Sennett comedy, The Anger Zone with Madeline Travers, and The Lightning Raider. Week highlights include Parade of the 365th Regiment and hospital and relief efforts with war service groups. Friday shows and a country store also listed.
The Christian Church hosts its S. S. State Convention this weekend. W. H. Houston praised for leading First Quarterly Home Department classes at Mt. Zion. Mrs Phelps’s daughter recovering. Mrs. S. A. Miller buried after brief illness. Lectures, sermons, and social events noted including Bethel Church and various residents’ movements.
A vivid 1919 portrait of Toussaint L Ouverture, born 1746, rising from slave coachman to general and president of a free Haiti. The piece recounts his leadership, battles against Spanish, English, and French forces, his republican constitution, and his death in a French prison after Leclerc's betrayal.
A daughter recalls her mother Annie O Stone who died in 1909 at age 58. The verse speaks of crossing rivers, eternal life, and sleep in the Lord. The note closes with loving remembrance from ALACE E Dixon, who laments ten years since the loss and hopes for a reunion in the sweet by and by.
Middle West farm bureaus report opposition to daylight saving next summer. Farmers say the clock change costs them an extra hour of haying and wheat harvest, as dew delays start until nine thirty, while hired hands finish at six. They urge reversing the law and pushing reform in Congress.
Canadian farmers of Dundas County raise a marble pillar at the site of the famed Macintosh Red apple tree. The tree, discovered by a settler in colonial Canada, sparked widespread propagation of the variety across the Dominion. After surviving a 1896 fire and 115 years of bearing fruit, the original tree died, prompting the memorial.
A vintage guide extols thrift in cooking from start to finish praising nutritive value and flavor. Methods include simmering ham in cider, making cider sauce, preparing ham with onion carrot and parsley, and baking liver with a nutmeg enriched butter glaze.
Production of salt from sea water by electricity has proven successful in Noay. Two plants will be built, each with an annual capacity of 56,00 tons, to increase output and meet growing demand.
The article recalls England's January 10 1840 penny postage trial and the birth of the postage stamp. It notes U S rates at the time, the idea of prepayment with adhesive stamps, and later Canadian adoption after Britain. It contrasts distances and evolving rates across the Atlantic.
A Daily Stocks in Hand report from the American expeditionary forces quartermaster shows vast reserves for soldiers in Europe this winter. Potatoes stand out with 8,200,000 pounds on hand yet 60,000,000 pounds arriving monthly. other large stocks include flour 166,000,000 pounds and sugar 28,000,000 pounds, with beef, bacon, salmon, beans, tomatoes, rice, and various dried foods totaling many millions of pounds. The list notes that perishable items like potatoes cannot be doubled in stock.
Treasury data show January federal expenses totaling 1 962 350 000 with allied credits reaching 290 250 000 and war savings sales at 70 996 000. December expenses set a higher benchmark by 9 700 000 as aggregate government outlays rise for the month.
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