davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02

mostly $22.5O per cwt.
SOWS
(GoOd Quality
200 to 800 lbs: $3.50 to s24.0O.
mostly $500 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: S15.75 to $500.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
over 400 lbs. $500 to S17.25.
mostly $16.75 per cwt.
B0ARS
Good Quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to s165O
mostly 1880 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to $500.
mostly $500 per cwt.
SH0ATS
Medium to good: $14.OO to $3.50.
mostly $4,000 per cwt,
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to II weeks Old)
Choice: $1,000 to $1,000. mostly
S140O each.
Medium to good: $3.50 to S11OO,
mostly $1100 each.
Common: $3.50 to 500, mostly
$500 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to 10000,
mostly $1,000 each.
Butcher type: $25.OO to S45.OO.
mostly SS6.OO each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
Heavy breeds $1.O5 to $3.50.
mostly $1.S0 each.
Roosters: $11O to $1.3O, mostly
$1.20 each.
GUINEAS
Light breeds: $1.OO to s1.4O, most-
ly S1.00 each.
Geese: $3.50 to s2.1O. mostly
DUCKS
m dMuscovy: $50 to $780, mostly
BRAKES
Muscovy: $1.20 to $1.4O, u0stly
$1.20 each.
RABBITS
Large breeds S1.0O to $40.
mostly $1.10 each
Young rabbits: SIS to $50, most
ly Sis each.
EGGS
Ungraded' mixed: S36 to $.48
per dozen.
Pullet: $.29 to S.32 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Apples; $500 to $3.50 per bushel
Squashes: $40 to $50 per bushel
Gooseberries: $50 per quart.
Tomatoes: $500 to $3.50 per &
bushel.
Asparagus: $50 per bunch.
Cabbage: $50 to $1,OO per bushel
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02

yond his control, Mr.. Dulles found himself
with few cards to play. Britain clearly has
no stomach Tor Intervention in Southeast
ASIA. mere Is feeling in many quarters
that TO all lntents and purposes Indochina is
now lost 70 communism, and that any future
stand must be taken elsewhere perhaps in
Ihalland. Samplings of Congressional opin-
ION IN this country show very strong dis
taste lot any lone WOlf-military operations
anywhere in Asia, and it is most unlikely
that, at ChlS time, the President could oct
Congressional sanction for ordering Ameri-
can forces into action. And the French sit
uatlon, IN American officials eyes ia de-
pressing IN the extreme. There is no evi-
dence that French government can be
formed which will have any permanence or
real authority. France is sick of war, is
plagued with communist dove-of-peace prop
aganda, and there is widespread fear of Ger
man rearmament, a step which numbers of
top military leaders think essential to
workable European defense establishment.
All this, along with confused and con-
1lctlng pubic opinion in this country, has
forced the Administration to reappraise the
whole situation. Little is being said now in
othclal quarters in support of armed inter-
Ventl0n IN Southeast Asia. 1t is very pOss-
Ib.e that our long-range strategic plan may
be drastlcally overhauled. That it is a very
SNAAP-SNN NetOh 10 OAlOWu Dy Tile great QlIIef-
ences existing at the peak military level
the Joint Chiefs of Staff Strongly opposed
points OF view are held by two officers of
the highest character, reputation and record
-Admlral Radford and General RidgWay.
The Admiral has publicly advocated ag
gresslve intervention in Indochina, particu-
larly with air attacks from carriers. He has
urged this on the President and the security
council. General Ridgway has not spoken
out publicly, but it is reliably reported that
ne has argued an opposite case before the
council. lie observed, it is said, that the ma
Jorlty OF the people would be hostile to us
or any other whites, and that all the military
problems involved would be far more diff
cult than in Korea To quote Marquis Childs.
Basic to Rldgway'S thesis is the premise
tnat Americas main enemy is Soviet Rus
sla. corOllary to this thesis is that the
area essential to keep out of Communist
hands is western Europe with its great res
erVolr OF industry and trained manpower."
Those who agree with that line of thought
feel that if we move in Southeast Asia. a
cruel land war will become inevitable-and
that we would waste away our manpower
and materials to the ever-increasing benefit
of Russia.
The decision is in the balance now. But
1t doesn't seem that it can remain so for
long. The world moves with incredible speed
these days.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02
Chronicle Office
Closed July 5th

CONTINUED from nrst page)
the observance.
The two Milford banks, the First
National Bank and Trust Company
and the Milford Trust Company
are going to literally enjoy the
Long, Long Week End" for they
will be closed all day Saturday
July 8, as well as Sunday and
Monday. They will, however. be
open this evening for the benefit
&c ..s...eir clientele.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02

The number of grocery stores
In the United States is shrinxingW
even though the consumer NOM
latlon is growing. The Department
OF Agriculture says that there were
5Sb,OOO retail groceries in 1929 as
compared with 485,OOO in 1883
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02

ADAPTING TO CHANGE

One OF the distinguishing characteristics
OF American industry is it's ability to adjust
itself to changes of great magnitude.
AS an example, some so years ago kero-
sene was the oil industry's principal pro-
duct Gasoline was nothing but nuisance
and the main problem was to find wavs of
getting. rid of it as cheaply as possible. Then
came the automobile. BY 1910 there were
about 100000 motor vehicles in the country
by 1920 there were more than 5000 600
Today over 45,0OO,OOO cars Div our streets
and highways, all drinking gas. That once
useless product now flows out of the refner-
les at the rate of 1O0OOO,OOO gallons dav.
and close to half of all the crude oil pro
duced is converted into gasoline and lubri-
cants.
The oil industry's success in producing
this enormous flood of gas doesn't end the
story Quality no less than quantity. is a
big factor. The gasoline used 80 years ago
would knock" a modern engine into the
repairman's hands in hurry. Thanks to re-
search, modern gas makes cars run with
near-perfect smOOthness-and it delivers
about so per cent more miles to the gallon in
addition. And the cost of the gas, taxes in
cluded, is about the same.
Under free enterprise we get the best
and the most for the money.
<0SGANO~I
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02
Washington Letter = By Robert Nelson Tovlor

an uphill battle against thugs and
cutthroats and rapists and a tower
ing wave of Juvenile delinduencv.
But Representative Thomas b
Curtis, (Rep) of Missouri, brought
to the floor of the House one of
the stones that was heaved at him
and made a speech about what hap-
pened to him in front of his own
hotel when he sought to aid a
visitor to Washington who was
set upon by ten or twelve young
gangsters.
1 never saw anything like this
in America" he told his colleagues
And while this incident NAV
hnelIy result in making life-in-
Washington less hazardous for it's
politically emasculated residents
we can hope too that it NAV turn
the attention of our lawmakers to
the plight of America among the
international gangsters and those
allies of ours who are so eager to
deal with them and so ready to
subsist on our millions while they
do so.
Perhaps that Idaho-potato-sized
rock that Mr. Curtis showed the
Congresa may symbolic the me-
glect with which we have treated
our own problems while we sought
to solve everyone else's.
Better Than Speech-Making
AS you may recall there are bills
before Congress-the Broyhill BilI
(HR2685) and the Kerr Bill IS
S263)-tO kill that Public" Law
l99. And if you ever use parcel most
and are confused at the present
regulations on where
you can send how much, in pack
age OF what length and girth
and are shocked at rates that are
Two and even three times what
they were in 1850 Won can
nope these new bills are passed
this session.
You would think that the "a
railroads, at whose insistence Con
gress passed Public" Law 1879 for
the benefit of their wholly-owned
express trust, would be ready for
change too, since the law has
back-fired and their losses continue
to pile up. The facts are that the
railway express operation st;II
costs its railroad owners s10O.-
100000 in losses a year, and that
while the roads in the past decade
lost a billion dollars in maintaining
their express monopoly, they took
in profitable billion and a half
from the Post Office Department for
hauling parcel post.
Yet the railroads are still fighting
LOT Public" Law 1873. in order to
XIII the parcel Post goose that laws
$2OO,OOO,OOO golden egg every
year. 1t doesn't make much sense
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02

The farm population OF the q. s.
represents about Is percent Of the
total population.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02
$12,0OO PER WORKER.

!, How much do you think it costs to give
the average worker in American industry a
loDIthat Is to provide the machinery, ma
cilities? "00NoU La
An authoritative survey places the fiO7ro
at about $4,000 per worker-and in some
industries it is many times that. '''O
The money that provides the iobs con,os
mainly from two sources-industrv' nrofitq
and the savings of individuals and insfit,l,
tlons IN the forms of stocks and bonds. These
buy the tools that make high employment
and high wages possible. '''''''
We rightfully hear much of the impoy+-
ance Of labor. But we should hear much
investor - ''ie
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02
Saving A Domino In Half

In the two-hour huddle in tho
French embassy at Bern, Switzer-
land, Frances new Premier Pierre
Mendes-France seems to have
Wrung from Red China's Premier
Chou En-lai an acceptance of the
IndO-China peace terms Mr.. CbOu
had handed to Britain's Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden a week
before.
According to report, Wet Nam is
10 be partitioned "a la Korea), and
Laos and CambOdia to be "neutra-
lized". There will be elections held
throughout Wet Nam later on
probably just as soon as Chou is
certain who will win.
Taking off in a special Indian
plane just after the meeting to visit
Mr.. Nuetral Nehru. Chou took oc-
casion to remind the world that the
Geneva Conference is still on, and
that he'd be back-presumably to
tie up the strings on his peace
package. But it is M. Mendes-
Frances parcel toO-which he
guaranteed to deliver to Paris by
July goth on pain of losing his
political head But we don't recall
that he put any limit on the price he
would pay for it.
AS for that Southeast Asia pact
that Secretary of State Dulles was
insisting We must have, Under
SECRETARY Walter Bedell Smith. lust
back from Geneva, told Congress
sional leaders in a White House
briefing session that it is still
possibility, though none of our major
allies will commit himself to col
festive defensive action at this time.
Democratic Senate Leader Lyn-
don B. Johnson. of Texas, in a for
NAL statement declared: "It was ap-
parent to everyone at the confer
ence that this is very definitely a
time for us and our allies to close
ranks, and that we close ranks at
home so we can take the steps that
are necessary to preserve the free
world"
1t would seem not only high time
but about half-past.
aaS
The Rock Thrown Round
The World?
such are the pranks of Fate that
the stoning of U. S. Congressman
oy teen-age gang a few blocks
from the Capitol in Washington
could have glObal repercussions.
Gradually, through the wears
noodumism has been growing in
the National Capitol; the citv of
faceless peOple-who-do-not-count
because they have no vote; the citv
that is run by a Congressional com
mite that has not been to interested
IN an adequate budget for an over
worked police denartmant Rnhtinn
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-02
A HEALTHY SITUATION

AS any merchant in this country will tell
you, the buyers market is back. That means
composition is more intense now than at
any time since the last great war.
This is perfectly normal development in
a country which is dedicated to the ideal of
the maximum amount of freedom for all
including economic freedom. It is also
healthy, and works to the long-range advan-
tage of all concerned. There are some. of
course, who don't like it-who feel that com
petition is in danger of reaching the cut
throat stage. But for the most part this
comes from people who had forgotten or
nad not experienced real competition and
had benefited from the artificial conditions
produced by the wars.
In any event, we get our best picture of
how competition works at the retail level
1t is a very favorable picture to the con-
sumner; The prices of many commodities
nave declined. The prices of relatively few
nave risen. There are no shortages. There
is abundance all along the line.
Big stores and little stores. chain stores
ana independent stores-all are c0npeting
with each other. We see the results in ever1
community in the land.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

including ice control, signs, center.
line stripping and barricades, $10,-
355.43; structures including guard
rails, culverts and bridges labor
and matesials, listed at $50 ,456. .92.
Final accounts of administration
have been filed in the probate
court by Bernice Tuttle, executrix
of estate of LeGrande Tuttle by
w. F. Crohen, executor of estate
of Margaret Crohen; by Raymond
J. Feilbach and Richard P. Foster,
executors of estate of Martha J.
Fielbach; by Richard Foster, ex-
ecutor of estate of Philip w. Fiel-
bach; by Robert A. Gill, executor
of estate of Agnes Gill.
Final account of guardianship
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

has been filed in probate court by
Wava Schau, guardian of Harold
Schau.
Third partial and distribulve ac-
count of guardianship has been
filed in the probate court by Dor
othy c. Harris, guardian of Ken
meth C. Harris.
Fourth partial account of guard
ianship has been filed in probate
court by Irene Russell Stebing,
guardian of Carolyn Russell and
others.
The final account of administra-
tion has been filed in the probate
court by George A. Knipper, exec.
utor of the estate of Johanna
Knippel.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07
Applications For
Marriage Licenses

Edward L. Anderson, %, ma
chinist apprentice, Port Clinton
and Miss Virginia M. Zuxa, 20.
ibookkeeper, Lakeside. Rev. George
Simchak to officiate.
Joseph w. Gall, 81, material seq
regator, Port Clinton and Miss
June E. Diffany, 20, clerk-typist,
Lakeside. FIR. Karl A. Brand to of
ficiate.
Kenneth c. Diefenthaler, 27,
drainage contractor, Curtice and
Miss Shirley A. Stiller, 81, wait
ress, Elliston. Rev. Walter Von-
derohe and Rev. Paul Buchholz to
Officiate.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

Mrs. r. c. Schaper, of Louis
vile, who suffered fractured hip
April % in a fall down steps of
st. John Lutheran cE.rch, was
transferred to Magruder hospital
Saturday from st. Charles hospi-
tai in Toledo. A pin and a plate
have been placed in the injured
hip, and she is getting along sat
iSfactOrily.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07
PAINT-BY-NUMBER SETS.
WHILE THEY LAST - WERE SIS
AND $3.50. NOW $3.50 AND $l.6o.
MiSCH CAMERA SHOP

Mrs. ]. R. Emery has been spend
ing considerable time in Lakewood
the past four weeks, due to the
illness of her brother, L. H. Maui.
Mr.. Maui was removed home from
the hospital Saturday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07
PAINT-BY.NUMBER SETS.
WHILE THEY LAST - WERE SIS
AND $3.50. NOW $3.50 AND $l.6o.
MISCH CAMERA SHOP
1Qd

John GrathWold, who with Mrs.
Grathwold was injured three
weeks ago in an accident, was re-
moved in the Neidecker ambu-
lance Saturday from Magruder
hospital, to his East Second street
home.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

DEMONSTRATION OF NAA
AND FORDSON MAJOR DIESEL
TRACTORS AT FIELD ADA
CENT SLACER AIRPORT, "
MILE NORTH OF FREMONT ON
ROUTE ~, THURSDAY, MAY 13,
9 am. to a pm. CONTINUOUS.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

u. S. ARMY PHO
After being offered only sealed
OF sale Jerry Bruner Port Clinton disposal officer
Erie Ordnance Depot obtained retail the
boxes for S150 each beginning 1880 AM Monday May Result
Purchasers apleny despite mud savings
Uncle Sam The ZOO by after
day Purchasers indicated
for picnic tables ard benches, sUbloong roofing utility
buildings roadside stands and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

Two 1853 Port Clinton high
school honor students, close per-
sonal friends, occupy adjoining
beds in Magruder hospital mater
nifty department with the births of
daughters Tuesday night to Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Leemaster (Sharon
Streeter) of Elmore, and to Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Brown Carol
Quisno) TO West Third street.
Buff Alaine Leemaster, whose
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Streeter of Erie Gardens
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Leemaster
of Oak Harbor, arrived first. Less
tran an hour later, Cheryl Lynn
Brown, granddaughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Skip" Brown and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Quisno, was
born.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

pdIcelS Vi Icdi estate having
changed ownership during the four
months of this year as compared
with GIT for last year. During
April 1876 transfers were reported,
an increase over March when Isl
transfers were listed.
The county commissioners will
view the Opfer-Lentz road in Har-
ris Township, Monday morning,
May 10 and will hold the hearing
on the matter of the vacating of
the portion of the highway, Mon
day, May II, at 200 p. m.
County Auditor Melvin C. Guth
reports the receipt of a voucher
from the State Auditors, depart
ment for $155.73 for the county
funds for disabled persons, and
$50, ,498.85 through the first ad-
vance distribution from the mo-
tor vehicle tax funds, of which
amount the county will receive
S66, ,828.31 and the balance to be
distributed as follows: Clay Cen
ter, $235.28; Elmore, $1,191.36;
Genoa, $2,67416; Marblehead,
$768.74; Oak Harbor, So, ,429. "a;
Put-in-Bay, $201 %; Rocky Ridge,
$181 80; Port Clinton, $7,988.64
An increase in the number of
occupied house trailers has been
reported as having been registered
in the county during the past
month, the number has passed the
200 mark. Owners of occupied
trailers are subject to a penalty if
trailers are not registered on time.
Judge P. w. Gulau of the pro-
bate court has announced the ap-
pointment of Milton l.. Thompson,
executor of the estate of William
Leroy Thompson; Laura Magrum,
administrative of the estate of Pc
ter j. Magrum.
The wills of Henry Sondergeld
and Helen M. Hasselbach have
been filed in the probate court for
probating.
County auditor Melvin C. Guth
reports 240 occupied house trailers
having been registered for taxation
and it is believed that several more
will be registered before May 1st
when the penalty becomes effec-
tive. Last years total number of
house trailers was 447.
The annual report of the county
highway department, filed by
County engineer Delos Nissen COW
ers six pages of typewriter in
formation and figures in detail.
Surface treating of county high
ways, including waterbound con-
struction and Bituminous pavement
main and patching, and labor, rep
resented $4,844; Surface treating
of 1907 miles of highway was listed
at $108, ,630.73 of which five town.
ships paid $21, ,82298 and the coun-
ty, $86, ,85675; shoulders and road
side maintenance including mow-
ing grass and weeds, brush CT ting,
side drainage and berms, repre-
sented $37,776.07; traffic service,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07
OTTAWA COUNTY
Court House
NEWS BRIEFS

Clerk of Courts Velma Sauvey
reported 939 new and used motor
vehicles were registered in Ottawa
county during April of which 1877
were new vehicles, showing an in
crease over earlier registrations.
Judge P. w. Gulau of the Pro-
bate court reported 18 applica-
tions for marriage licenses during
April, an increase over March
when IL were reported. For the
four months of this year 55 appli-
cations have been registered as
compared with so for the corre-
spending period last year.
When Judge Tom D. Stahl called
the bar docket Tuesday morning,
142 civil cases had been listed
which was two more than for the
opening of the January term of
common pleas court when 140
cases were called. Actions for
money only headed the list repre-
senting 72 cases and actions for
divorce or alimony came next
numbering Al. A number of cases
were assigned for hearing or trial
during the term.
An increase in the number of
transfers of titles in real estate
has been reported in the county
auditors department, with 696
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Benham while convalesc-
ing from a recent illness, is getting
along we'll and has now returned
to her East Perry street home.
SsaG A daughter, weighing
w. seven pounds and Is
ounces, was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Riley Williams of 46
South Loop at Magruder hospital
Friday, April 30. Mrs. Williams is
the former Susie Mason.
Honor MOTHER svnday-wear
earnation! Select your own.
Cash and carry, 25c each. KLINC-
BiEL FLORISTS.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ceccoli are
moving from Erie Gardens to Ala
Fremont Road, formerly occupied
by B. H. McGill who has moved to
the C. & @. Trailer Camp.
Mrs. Clara Williamson, 225 West
Fourth street, was expected home
this week after spending the win
ter in Florida.
PAINT-BY-NUMBER SETS.
WHILE THEY LAST - WERE S.
AND $3.50. NOW $3.50 AND $l.6o.
MIScH CAMERA SHOP
1874
-.-.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Fallet,
who formerly lived on Adams
street, have moved to 415 Wash
ington street.
-.-.-
Mrs. James w. Allan. Catawba
Cliffs, had as her guests Sunday
her niece, Carol Eichman and
Richard l.. Loeffler, of Toledo.
DEMONSTRATION OF NAA
AND FORDSON MAJOR DIESEL
TRACTORS AT FIELD ADA
CENT St.ACER AIRPORT, y
MILE NORTH OF FREMONT ON
ROUTE ~. THURSDAY, MAY I3,
9 am. to 4 pm. CONTINUOUS.
1915
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

~>r Mr.. and Mrs. Nello Bian-
chi, Put-in-Bay, are par
ents of daughter born at
Magruder Hospital Wednesday,
May 5. The baby weighed seven
pounds and IL ounces. Mrs. Bian-
chi is the former Justine Heine-
man.
New patients at Magruder hospital
Thursday were Mrs. Darrell Schil-
ler, 22912 Park Street, Oak Harbor,
medical; Mrs. Ida Fillinger, Ri. 2.
medical; Mrs. Ralph Knodel, 1917
Madison, surgical; Mrs. Emma Nor
rison, Put-in-Bay, surgical.
RUMMACE SALE, FRI, MAY Il,
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
PARISH HALL, Sponsored by
Craft Club Girls.
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Mrs. Rose Crawford, who has
been at the home of her son-in-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07


VIEW Mari Championship Band
Oak Harbor High School Audi
foriUm, Mon. May 18th, 8 pm.
Sponsored by Oak Harbor Band
Mothers. 1917
Mrs. Elmer Clemons left Sunday
for Toledo, Iowa, to spend several
days with her mother, Mrs. l.. A.
Stangle. A Detroit friend accom-
panied her.
@T Mr.. and Mrs. Dale GEM
man, Route 3, are parents
OF daughter born at Ma
gruder hospital Friday, April 80.
The baby weighed seven pounds,
ten and three quarter ounces.
Friday and Saturday - Last
chance to get SILVER DOLLARS.
kolesar Shoe Store.
Mrs. Halle Finefrock has re-
turned home after spending the
winter in Lakewood, and has re-
turned to her residence at 213
West Third street.
-.-.-
Music Mothers rvmmage sale at
the city hall on Thursday, May 13.
am. to 6 p.m., and Friday, May
Ia. 9 am. to a pm.
Mrs. c. S. Conklin, the former
Lois Balduf, and her two sons.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-07

Portable radios from NJ. O. Nav
tag make ideal graduation gifts.
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