Bazaar and rummage sale at Grace M B Church
The Grace M. B. church ladies announce a bazaar rummage sale and market at the old post office building on North Main Thursday through Saturday December sixth seventh and eighth. An all day lunch with daily specialties. Readers invited to bring articles for the bazaar Wednesday. Mrs Charles May leaves today for Dayton as guest of honor at several events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of Grace M. BH. Church
North Main Street
Charles May
Dayton
J. L. Ballman
Phillips Hotel
Bert Miller
Eugene Muth
Miami Hotel
May
Walter Muth
Pi quin football squad hosted at Blays Opera House
The High School football team enjoyed an evening at Blay's Opera House as guests of Manager Harry Ixress. They attended the Birth of a Nation and followed with a Rotarian luncheon. About thirty couples attended the Cosmopolitan club dance in honor of Lieutenants Mote Loy Reymiller and Orr. Several local residents were noted at various events and gatherings across the city.
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Blay
Harry Ixress
Rotarians
Piquin
Mote
Loy
Reymiller
Orr
Ray Woodcox
B. ©. Leott
Annabelle Dade
New York
Personal notes on Urbana and nearby visitors and travel
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Toomire of Urbana were Piqua visitors Sunday. Ex-Commissioner J. W. Logan and Wm. Hendrick of Wapakoneta were here today en route to Greenville. Mr. John T. Neilson went to Dayton this afternoon on business connected with his new position. He
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Toomire
Urbana
J. W. Logan
Wm. Hendrick
Wapakoneta
Todlay
Greenville
John T. Neilson
Dayston
Rotary club honors P. H. S. football team at noon
Piqua Rotarians hosted the P. H. S. football eleven at a noonday luncheon at the Fotel Favorite. President Barker presided as J. Claire Singhes spoke for Rotary while Coach Ditmer and Capt. Jessup addressed the team. Players thanked the club, delivering speeches and sharing travels. This marks the club’s first honoring of boys as special guests.
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Piqua Rotarians
Fotel
Gridiron Warriors
Barker
Rotary Ehiair
Severa
Frank Davis
Hays
Jms Son
Rotary Club
Birds of a Pystery in Stella Pigeon Ring Mystery
Arthur DeMuth, a Stella pigeon fancier, reports his valuable ring vanished then found around a pigeon's neck. He plans to guard the birds closely and wait for the pigeon’s death to recover the ring. He cannot remove it from the bird and is puzzled by its placement. Ohio contest winners from the grain and stock show arrived in Washington for three days, hosted by the Pittsburgh chamber of commerce, with Governors Cox among speakers.
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Stella, Mont
Arthur DeMuth
Stella
DeMuth
Ohio
Capital
Washington
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Governors Cox
New York
California Representative Proposes War Time Dry Bill
Representative Randall of California readied a bill proposing nationwide prohibition for the duration of World War I as a food conservation measure. The bill would impose penalties of five thousand dollars or up to two years in prison for selling making transporting importing or using any food fruit or feed in alcohol production except for medicinal governmental industrial or scientific purposes.
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Washington
United States
Randall
California
Drilling at Camp Sherman in Ohio and Pa
Chillicothe Ohio December 4 Ohio and western Pennsylvania selects carried out the most intensive training schedule since arriving here. Men drilled in close and open order bombing and bayonet work to prepare for overseas trip.
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Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Four Days in African Jungle Rescue by Natives
Lieut. G Garwood, a British aviator, crashes in the Rufiji area and endures four days in the African jungle. He faces a tiger leopard and crocodile threats, forages with only nail scissors, and is eventually aided by native tribes who keep watch as he dodges hippos and lions.
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London
England
Lieut. G. Garwood
Rufiji
Nint
Gran
Leutenant
Vermont street hermit hid in piano box hut five years
George Calby known as the Vermont street hermit lived in a concealed piano box packing case behind a high fence in East New York. He was removed to Kings County Hospital after a charity department case, revealing a cache of old books, copper, and junk worth about 750 dollars. Police and neighbors, who had not entered the lot in 22 years, found a strange scene including a bed under vines and a washstand contrived beneath a tree.
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New York
N. Y
George Calby
Vermont
Kings County Hospital
Department of Public Charities
Colby
Abs
Frauvee
Lome
Head
Department of Charities
Arthur J. O'Connor
Bradford Street Hospital
King’s County Hospital
Gmd
Cowper
Ludwig von Beethoven
S. Persius Flaccus
Windsor
The Pelican Legend and Its Noted Traits
The article recounts the pelican myth of self-sacrificing care for its young and outlines distinctive pelican features. It describes the large throat pouch, hooked upper bill, pearly white and ruby-tinged plumage, and the birds’ dependence on fish, noting the heavy parental duties and prodigious feeding needs.
Man Descends 370 Feet in Oil Drilling Well Rescue
N C Essary, a drifting contractor, made eight trips into an 18 inch well near Bliss Oklahoma to retrieve a stuck drill bit. He crawled down to 279 feet, then 370 feet where gas seepage was reported, fighting cramped spaces and falling rock as teammates pulled him out. He finally extracted a 2,000 pound bit, saving about $3,000.
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N. C. Essary
Essary
River Styx
Lea
Nol
Algo
Geologist Needed for Strata Rich Mountain Trip
A narrator notes every trip had equal interest but danger, and would welcome a geologist to join and explain the white checkered, bleached, red and mixed color rock strata encountered along the journey. The appeal centers on learning from a professional while traversing rugged terrain.
Bass catches Blackbird on Merced River prize catch
Merced California angler For est N Wilcox from Mint Michigan landed a four and a half pound bass that had a full grown blackbird in its stomach. Local mates hailed the catch as the prize of the day noting the bass acted like a cat before leaping to seize the bird.
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Merced
Cali
Forest N. Wilcox
Mint
Mich
Bees Need Timely Storage Space For Honey Harvest
Beekeepers must provide adequate storage supers during the honey flow. Delays in adding supers lead to lost crop as bees crowd, ripen, and seal in limited space. The article notes typical 25 to 50 pound supers, rapid additions during peak flow, and references Farmers' Bulletin No. 503 from the USDA.
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Farmers
United States Department of Agriculture
Sweet Wedding Gift Of 10000 Pennies In Molasses
In St Louis a wedding gift to J E Wainwright by Wright manager of the Wright building used 10000 pennies worth $100 sealed in a five gallon bucket of molasses. Wainwright and his bride Miss Ethel Kayser plan to sift the copper from the sorghum.
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ST. Louis
Guy Wright
Wright
J. E. Wainwright
Pice
Wainwright
Ethel Kayser
Semple Avenue
Pigs Drugged by Opium Poppy Stalks Cause Sleep
In Jersey Shore Pennsylvania Ashur Tomb of Oriole noted pigs showed a sleeping sickness like state. They ate poppy stalks at a trough and slept three days, leaving corn unfinished. After three days they recovered. The source recalls poppy stalks as the origin of opium.
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Jersey Shore
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Josephine Woes
Edicto
WW. F. Sims
Harrison Street
H. E. Sims
Gordon Blair
Woodmaney
M. E. Reeder
Dorothy
Helen Sims
Sula ‘Leffel
Young People's Missionary Circle of
Greene Street
M. E. Church
Karrie
Rose Ehiers
South Main Street
Fred Black
Roy G. Hershey
Grace Ferree
Emma Williamson Park
Miller Coddington
Grauser
The
Grace Ale
Arthur Yenney
Ladies’ Aid Society of
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Harry Whitney
Los Angeles
L. A
St. Mary’s Hall
P. Hallam
J. Hennessey
Florence O'Brien
P. MckKinney
B. Helman
Elizabeth Murray
J. Shannessy
Florence Murray
Park Avenue
Edna Warden
Marie Schlosser
Marie Hoefflin
Columbian Club
Woman's Movement
Warda
Bell
Lorimer
Margaret Deland
Miller
F. EB. Campbell
Rummel
M- E
Ehlers
Roy Hershey
St. Mary’s School
Charles Juninger
Clarence Yenney
Cal
Robert “Musselman
Springfield
J. P. Smith
Caldwell Street
Edwin Rehmert
Walter Fisher
Versailles
Raymond Piper
Hattle Creek
Roger Butcher
Ft. Ogelthorpe
Georgia
Butcher
Artillery Department
Army
Dee
Hilh
Union City
Oscar Fessler
Wm.Zimmerman
Terra Haute
Ind
Hoosier State
Zinvymerman
James Carr
Hyde Park
Cincinnati
Walter Barthold
Piqua
Mary Chronerberry
Piqua Handle Factory
Herman Schrott
John’ Schrott
Mrs. Ford
Conn
John Singer
Detroit
Nelson Jarvis
Miss Rose Singer
Chryst Nuss
M. Rayner
J. Berryhill
Covington
WW. EB. Ward
W. ‘J. Busser
Lloyd ‘Mills
Kenneth Tench
Edward Enright
John Enright
St. Joe
Missouri
Louis Nageleisen
Indianapolis
W. F Nageleisen
A. Thoma & Sons
N. Main ST
HGH School
Pigeon
Piano Box
Christendom
Pelican
Europe
Boes
Bass Gatches Blackbird
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