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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
2
Local items report a new emblem on a big elm near the Red Cross work post, a D C P car axle incident at Water and Wayne streets, and a busy week for the Piqua Military Unit with two new members. Bundles pour into the post office as Christmas mail peaks, plus war relief efforts, furlough limits for Camp Sherman troops, and local plans including Red Cross drives and civic notices.
Thousands take Pepsinco daily as the only remedy that truly helps digestion. The ad claims it digests all food, stops misery after meals, and urges readers to buy a package at the drug store for immediate after meal relief. It warns the stomach cries out when overworked and suggests watching for indigestion signs.
On Sunday evening at 7 30 the St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Sunday school will present a Christmas program. The event features songs by the children including Silent Night and Bethlehem Star, readings and recitations by Edith Betterbush and Marcellus Dunn, exercises by multiple classes, prayers by the pastor, offering, and a benediction with distribution of treats.
In fairness to Piqua merchants and patrons of the electric lines an eight oclock p m car service for out going passengers should be installed until after the Christmas season to help customers and workers reach their homes safely and conveniently.
Week shopping ends as many people from the rn rak districts hurry through stores to return home on traction cars.
John R Reese longtime Piqua resident died this morning in a Suluana Missouri hospital after three weeks of treatment He was 71 born in Miami county He retired from farming in 1906 lived at 311 East Ash street survived by his wife a brother Joseph in Piqua and an adopted son Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
A pastor connected to St Remy Church in Ius Sia Ohio is noted in this brief item. The report includes no additional details such as dates events or affiliations.
Considerable opposition has developed among public market vendors to shifting the market from Saturday to Monday. Attendants say goods for the Monday sale will be as old as those sold on Saturday and argue offerings can be prepared on Saturday and kept fresh for Monday buyers.
Ohio Electric traction line agents receive new instructions from the internal revenue commissioner, directing that the eight percent war tax be collected on round trip tickets. The ruling specifies the tax applies to ticket rounds, affecting passengers and revenue procedures.
A partial OCR fragment notes ticket pricing with seventy cent or less fares and a 30 cent ticket plus baggage charge of 35 cents, applying eight percent tax. The passage implies a rule comparing combined charges and tax treatment though missing full context and outcome.
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