Piqua Press Publishing Company Note
Public notice records the Piqua Press Publishing Company address at 115 North Wayne Street.
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Piqua Press Publishing Company
North Wayne Street
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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
1
Liberty Tax and War Indemnity Debate Across Nations
The piece frames the war revenue act as a Liberty Tax to fund the conflict, contrasting it with Germany’s potential indemnity. It urges public support, praises Liberty Bonds, and notes 7,000,000 new income taxpayers as the Bureau of Internal Revenue prepares to collect.
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Germany
Congress
United States
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Will He Get Up
A Chicago Examiner cartoon by Tad depicts Fate as a gladiator over a fallen man. The caption urges resilience after a knockout, praising the red blooded, game spirit that keeps fighting in life and in war, and salutes America’s grit.
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The
Chicago Examiner
Tad
Fate
America
Local quarrels over meat bans and petty crimes in town
A string of small town notices recalls stubborn patrons demanding meat on meatless days, a soap stamp theft at Auglaize county court, and a raft of local concerns from school spending cuts to Christmas gift advice. Reports mention Prohibition era antics, a Baltimore to Washington whisky seizure, and jokes about public finances.
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Auglaize County Court House
Sullivan
St. Marys
Baltimore
Washington
Feeding Birds Amid War Tax Talk in Baltimore
The piece blends whimsical reflection with wartime notes as Dr. Garfield comments on anticipated coal pool terminals, while urging citizens to feed birds and noting Congress members incur a war tax when traveling to Baltimore. It highlights home-front idiosyncrasies and civilian duties during conflict.
Female turtle proves true to dead mate in strange grief
In Griswold Connecticut two youths report a large snapping turtle blocking a road. They killed the male to prevent reentry to the swamp, then observed the female lay twenty-one eggs beside his carcass. The two men, Frank Geer and Clifford Barr, preserved the eggs and the deceased mate.
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Frank Geer
Cliford Gare
Lurough
Jewett City
Butt’s Ridge
Geer
Batr
Gee
Greer
Barr
Papa Turtle
Man walks nonstop circle for 37 years in Iowa hospital
Hugh White, an inmate at a Johnston county infirmary, walked in a circle no wider than ten feet for 37 years. Officials say he logged about 162000 miles, imagining trips from Paris to Inwa and north to the poles, weathering heat by layering clothes and continuing the loop daily.
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Council Bluffs
Hugh White
Johnston County Infirmary
Wirty
White
Parix
Morrow
Innesinary
Rive Oceans
Paris
Inwa
Arestic
Florida
California
Tropics
Ghost of Slain Woman Terrifies Ennis Boarding House
Rumors and a reported speaking spirit Mooring the Ennis Pocahontas region drew up to three thousand people to a boarding house overnight. The voice identified as Smith claimed murder fourteen years earlier by two Black men and a white man, asked for 143 dollars, named a Columbus Ohio brother, and warned of torment from the devil.
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Graham
Ennis
Pocahomas
Smith
Lal
Iran Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Minis
Quar Bo
Minnis
Envis
Rain saves Indian hanged by bandits novel tale
An Indian named Bear Claw escaped death after bandits strung him to a tree but a providential rain loosened the rope. He then freed himself and pursued thieves, while earlier wounding a bear in a separate encounter with only a tomahawk. He is described as educated and a feared foe to thieves in the hills.
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Anvers
Olida
Bear Claw
Andudiatt
Bear Chow
Cate Vaneh
Jack Ford
Tear Claw
Bruin
Staws Narrowly Involved As Tie Decides Event
A brief sports item notes a tie determining the outcome of a recent contest with a player named Staws implicated in the close result. Fellow athletes and the hosting venue are not specified in readable text.
Arizona Cowboy Finds $400000 in Gold Treasure
In Grahaw county near Solomonville, cowboy Joe Walser unearthed an iron box with old Spanish coins and artifacts estimated to be worth about 400000 dollars. H.R. Whitman of Solomonville reports the find, noting locals believe priests hid the wealth about seventy five years ago when the area was part of Mexico. The treasure has been moved to Safford for safekeeping.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Grahaw County
H.R. Whitman
Solomonville
Joe Walsey
Walser
Safford
Watsey
Mexico
Lightning strips hen of half its feathers in barn incident
In Toledo area Ohio a lightning strike at the farm of F F Dischenger plucked feathers from one side of a sitting hen yet spared the hen and eggs. Two young chicks hatched the following morning. A horse valued at 250 dollars was killed and another animal stunned. A separate health note warns mothers about baby colic from unsafe milk and outlines a do it yourself milk refrigerator using a wooden box, crock, linoleum cylinder, sawdust, ice and careful handling.
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Toledo
F. FL. Dischenger
Elmore
Ohio
Department of Health of
New York City
New York Men Propose Armored Observation Car
Two New York City men propose an advanced observation car to serve as an outpost station for uninterrupted Army communication between scattered forces and headquarters. The design features a compact axminced car enabling rapid deployment and secure links.
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New York City
Wireless signaling tower for armored car deployed
A steel twenty five foot tower designed for wireless signaling, observation, and rapid firing, offered to the government for immediate use. The armored car supports a single operator and one machine gun, with a moveable top platform for signaling, observation, and combat, functioning as an outpost with night or daylight capability. It can relocate between sections while remaining in contact with the general staff via wireless apparatus and searchlight signaling.
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Wollon
CAPTURE Lost PARROT with $50 Reward
Peters Corners New York reports a missing parrot owned by Bernard Roop. Two farm workers found the bird in a cornfield, it greeted them, built a nest in a corn shack, and swore at them when disturbed. They captured it and returned it to Roop, who paid the $50 reward. The piece ends with a florist advice note about courting.
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Cornfield
Peters Corners
N. Y
Bernard Roop
Roop
Roon
Meek
Piper
The Schwenkfelders: A Schwenkfelders Faith and Flight
The Schwenkfelders are a sect tracing to Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a sixteenth century reformer. They rejected nonresistance and did not found a church but formed congregations after his death. Persecuted in Germany, many left Silesia for Pennsylvania, settling in Montgomery and Berks counties where six churches and 1,043 members are noted.
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Germany
Silesia
Pennsylvia
Montgomery
Long and Short Falls in Kansas City
A Kansas City Star item describes two elevator boys with contrasting heights, one short in the mornings and the other tall in the afternoons. The piece humorously traces slips and stumbles as passengers heed their calls to “Water your step” and encounter missteps, ending with a light note on the unavoidable wobble of daily life.
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Kansas City
Electator
Laore
Scite Knee
Kansas City Star
Notable Dignitaries and Ridiculous Afghan Reveries
A fragmentary antiquated tale mocks Afghan rulers with grandiose titles such as Sovereign of the Universe and moonlit virtues. It also recalls a king described as Lord of the Sun and Moon, Great Magician and Great Thies, celebrated by court poets and musicians.
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Afghanistan
Ameer
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