Navy urges more active campaign against submarines
Sentiment grows in the American Navy for a more aggressive war effort. Admiral Mayo outlined suggestions to boost action and explained troop and supply transfers by water. Officers warn German submarines could reach U S shores unless the fleet presses a direct strike. The British cautious approach is noted as closer to German territory. The Navy seeks presidential authorization for a real modern role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
United States
Bureau of ‘Operation
Secretary of the Navy
Mount Pleasant Society Notes and Local Visits
Mount Pleasant Virginia notices record weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. Jake Good from Rock Enon Springs to the Rosenberger home. local residents attend camp meetings, picnics, and shopping trips. Farmers report good grain crops and a timely rainfall.
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Mount Pleasant
Jake Good
Rock Enon Springs
Jake Rosenberger
Alice Cochran
Altha
Winchester
Bucher Brothers
William ‘Whisson
Lattenaing Way
Carter
Apron Class 15-For Misses and Craft Prizes
Entries include apron classes for Misses with drawings and crochet items such as Irish crochet work and doll dresses. Also listed are carpet, quilt squares, sofa pillow, mat, and blanket items with premium amounts and cash prizes for top winners in classes 14 to 16. Special premium offers include $2.50 cash by Crystal Confectionery in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal
Confectionery
Winchester
Poultry Exhibition Rules and Sweepstakes Details
Rules cover hatch categories before 1917 and during 1917 for cocks and hens. Exhibitors from afar are cared for by the Superintendent and return at close. owner prepaid transport costs, exhibits at owner's risk. Prizes exclude birds impaired for breeding. American Standard of Perfection guides judging. Entries must be under owner name. multiple specimens per coop allowed if from one exhibitor. labels with sender name and return express details required. Unhealthy birds are returned at owner expense. Birds shown singly or in breeding pens. a breeding pen is one cock or cockerel with four hens or pullets. a pair is one cock with one hen. Entries must be in multiple classes with 2+ entries to win first prize. one entry may win only second prize. Season ticket awarded for five+ entries or $5+ total fees. Entries close September 6, 1917. mail postmarked by then accepted. Sweepstakes offer: best display by one exhibitor $5 first, $2.50 second. highest scoring pen in any breed prestige cup valued at $20, won twice for permanent possession. Class listings include American, Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Leghorns, Minorcas, Langshans, Brahmas, Cochins, and other breeds with multiple color varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Harry F. Byrd
M. Rosenberger
Hayfield
W. E. Cather
Winchester
A. L. Wooddy
Charles Town
Tre
President Joins Coal Control Debate Stir in Midwest
Will W Hayes, head of the Indiana Council of Defense, urged President Wilson to intervene under food control powers as labor factions split over coal price management. A new strike hit Athens Illinois while Girard Illinois workers returned after a noon break. Operators oppose state price controls and press for federal regulation.
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The
Star
Chicago
Will W. Hayes
Indiana Council of Defense
Presi _ Wilson
Middle West
Councils of Defense
Athens
Girard
Denial Made Of Troops In Battle In France
The committee on public information for the War Department issued an official denial that American troops engaged in action on the French front and that 200 men were taken wounded to a base hospital. The denial refutes a story in the Landof Daily News and asserts no casualty concealment. Also notes social visits by Blanche Miller Mamie Schulyer and Margery Hoover and reports Turner Lothart’s fever illness improving at Memorial Hospital.
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Washington
Committee On Public Information
War Department
lLandof
Department
Market Prices Report From Local Buyers Daily
The Star lists daily local market quotations for staples including winter and spring wheat flour, corn, middlings, bran, rye, oats, Timothy hay, mixed hay, butter varieties, potatoes, creamery products, and live young chickens. Prices shown reflect retail and wholesale rates with readable figures for reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wswesecawsan
Market Prices Reported For Dairy Poultry Crops and Livestock
These markets are corrected as of closing on the day preceding publication. Butter prices list for nearby creamery, creamery options, eggs, poultry including chickens and roosters, corn price, hay grades, and cattle hogs sheep and lambs prices. Notable values include Cobb corn at 9.00, No 1 timothy hay at 21.00, choice steers at 12.00, hogs heavy to medium at 17.10, and lambs 10.00 to 14.25. The data reflects district dairy and meat markets with ranges for various grades and species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice Creamery
Virginia
Grain prices quoted at Baltimore market close
At the Baltimore wholesale market this afternoon spot wheat traded at 2.23 dollars a bushel and corn at 1.80. Local dealers offered 2.17 for wheat in the afternoon trade.
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Baltimore
Sometimes They're Same Boy in Every Town
A Kansas City Star ad notes two similar boys in every town. One can chew tobacco before his father, while the other shows dirty feet from a barefoot season, suggesting different upbringings. The quirky observation appears in the AISC advertisement section of The Star.
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Kansas City Star
Model Fish Market in Copenhagen by the Municipality
The model fish market in Copenhagen operates under municipal oversight. Most fish are kept alive in tessellated tanks with running water, except for larger varieties such as cod and halibut.
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Copenhagen
Taking No Chances on the Golf Ball
An observer quips that the golf ball is as unpredictable as a woman, noting players should avoid guessing its actions to protect their reputations as prophets. The Exchange cites the joking remark as a light sports aside.
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Miuses Etta and
Anna Grim
Baltimore & Ohio
Niagara Falls
Navy
Marian Cooper
Elsie Shanholtz
J. H. Lamp
Ward Cadwallader
William Carpenter
Russell
Kernstown
Harry Lamp
J. H. Perry
Mary
Eva
Russell Carpenter
James Rosenberger
Moorefield
W. Va
Ridgeway
Pen Mar
Winchester Fair
Juvenile Department
F. L. Harris
Katie Woodward
Mamie Strickler
Jones’ Creamery
Doli House
Wenn Wee
Poultry Department
J. B. Beverley
Ww. Vas
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Wnite
Oraen
Rhode “Island
Pavao
Teuy Lee Dominiques
Lanarktess Uso
Etree Ieee Ers
Blanche Miller
Mamie Schulyer
Misa, Margery Hoover
Woodstock
Turner Lockhart
Memorial Hospital
Market Report
AISC
Applepie Ridge
Bailey Bros
Co. P. Bailey & CO
Baltimore and Ohio
Atlantic City
Cape May
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
Stone Harbor
Wildwood
BP. & O. Railroad
Brill & Bitter
Daylight
Ford Owners
Ford
Ramsburg Auto Supply Co
J. Howard Cather
Oakland and
Dodge Bros. Motor Cars
John M. Miller
People’s Bargain Store
Bell Phone
R. M. Swimley
Footer
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
A. Heller & CO
Yes
Li Hung Chang
London
Boston Globe
Miguel de Cervantes
Studebaker
Graham Conner
T. M. Willey
Middletown
Big G
HE Evans
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