Christmas Services and Local Holiday Events
The Presbyterian Sabbath school will hold Christmas services Friday at 7 30 pm with illustrated songs and readings on the Birth and Childhood of Christ. A Knoop home entertainment featured many guests and gifts for sixty children. Various local social and personal notes follow, including visitors and upcoming gatherings in Piqua and nearby towns.
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St Paris Mayor Faces Coal Train Controversy
Mayor Asa Taylor of St Paris is under scrutiny amid a coal train dispute. City managers and citizens clashed over unloading coal, threatening arrest and imprisonment to halt the train, while orders and courtroom actions loom for nearby Lima officials over coal confiscation.
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Asa Taylor
St. Paris
Aif
Ashburncomer
GE Springfield
Asa
St.Paris
Springfield
Lima
Piqua Co-operative Company Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Piqua Co-operative Company was held Wednesday evening with members present to discuss company affairs and future plans. The gathering reviewed financial results and outlined upcoming cooperative initiatives for the community.
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Marguerite Sutton Thomason Named in New Jersey Links
Marguerite Vivian Sutton Thomason of New Jersey is identified in connection with a local matter involving the Bernstorff family. The record notes her association with Weds Bernstorff's son and places the event within New Jersey society circles.
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Marguerite Vivian Sutton Thomason
New Jersey
First cooperative in Piqua owned and controlled by people
Stockholders praised steady progress as Port of the secretary and treasurer was accepted. Reports described cooperative companies starting in Sidney with 300 members, Marion with 1,000, and Bellefontaine with 400, indicating growing local cooperative activity.
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Piqua
Sidney
Marion
Bellefontaine
Ohio Happenings 6th Boys Lost in Sinking
Lima reports James Goonan, a St. Rose high school graduate and Navy veteran, died in the submarine F-1 sinking. Mentions related losses, a prior sub incident, and his marriage. Also notes wheat prospects, Red Cross gains, and a fatal saloon shooting in Cleveland.
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Lima
James Goonan
St. Rose High School
Navy
James’ Mahan Mahan
Honolulu
Goonan
Janeite
Soukey
Mayor Smith Indicted in Philadelphia Contempt Case
Philadelphia December 20 Mayor Thomas B. Smith was indicted on counts of contempt of court and election law violations connected with the September Fifth ward primary when a policeman was shot and killed by alleged New York gunmen during the campaign period.
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Philadelphia
Thomas
Fifth Ward
New York
Seventeen British Merchant Ships Sunk Last Week
London reports a naval tally for the week showing fourteen British merchantmen over 1,600 tons and three smaller vessels sunk. Details list counts by tonnage and mark a slight decrease in overall merchant shipping losses compared with prior weeks.
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London
Shoppers urged to shop evenings before Christmas
Piqua stores will stay open evenings through Christmas to ease crowds and speed purchases. Prices at Pigna stores match sale prices, so savings come from avoiding the usual rush. If daytime visits are hard, shoppers are urged to come in the evenings this week. Also noted: a fishing vessel sunk and weekly shipping losses by mine or submarine are slightly below the prior week, with only one vessel under 1609 tons sunk.
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Piqua
Pigna Storea
Ihesessels
Nee
Incendiary Fire Destroys Part of Wayland Area
Whitesburg Kentucky December 20 fire in Wayland and nearby town destroyed part of the town causing an estimated loss of 100000. The Elkhorn Mining corporation storehouse was among the buildings burned. Rewards have been offered for the alleged incendiaries and armed guards patrol adjacent plants.
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Whitesburg
Pe Man “Agen
Awayland
Here
Elkhorn Mining Corporation
London Air Raid Victims Reported as Ten Killed
Ten persons were killed and seventy injured in air raids over London. Fires raged as raiders dropped bombs at various heights. The account notes substantial damage and ongoing efforts to identify victims and assist the injured amid the Christmas period.
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London
Record Wheat Acreage Reaches All-Time US High
Washington December 20 Winter Wheat sowing reached the highest acreage ever planted in the United States. Early estimates show a 427 million acre planted area up markedly from last year. The fall was exceptionally favorable in many regions including Kansas Oklahoma Texas Idaho and Washington.
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United States
Washington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Idaho
Central Powers Socialists Oppose Separate Peace With Russia
Stockholm December 20 officials of the International Socialist bureau report central powers Socialists resist a separate peace with Russia. They fear strengthening German imperialists will erase socialism, pressuring both Russian and German Socialists against any separate peace. A conference will be called to formalize rejection.
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German Airdrome Bombed by British Seaplanes
London December 20 an admiralty statement reports that a German munition dump at Engle and the airdrome there were bombed by British seaplanes with several distinct hits observed. In Columbus a woman was killed by a train near a working valley rail freight, mangling her body. she leaves a husband.
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London
Engle
Coluubus
Mary
American Ensign Killed in Seaplane Crash
Washington reports the death of Ensign Phillips Ward Page from a seaplane accident in England on December 17. Page, born in Boston in 1885, joined the naval reserves flying corps in May. He was notified to the navy department.
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Phillips Ward Page
England
Navy Department
Ensign Page
Boston
Flying Corps
Naval Reserves
Poultry Outlook Boosts Chickens as Egg Prices Rise
H B Hoel a poultry authority says the past season’s chicken output was about the usual level with a sharp drop in numbers. He warns egg prices could climb to 75 cents to a dollar per dozen before spring, making chicken farming look notably profitable again.
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H .B. Hoel
Ohio
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New Line Open for Enlistment Examinations
A legal recruiting office announces a new line for enlistments. Enlistees will pass the same examination but will not be sent out of the country. The age range and formal procedures are noted, with emphasis on eligibility and processing.
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United States Guards
Educational Association Seeks Funds for Children's Dept
A condition for support is the association raising 21000 dollars to extend its educational program for children. The plea links financial aid to expanding the department and improving schooling opportunities.
Dr Bolles Stricken On Market Street Steps
Dr GC H Bolles father of Mrs Charles Deardourff suffered heart trouble yesterday afternoon while passing Market Street Presbyterian church. He was found prostrate on the steps leading into the church. The Williams: and
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GC. H. Bolles
Charles’ Deardourff
Market Street Presbyterian Church
Williams
Masonic Lodge to Elect Officers at December Meeting
Warren Lodge No 24 F and A M holds a stated communication Friday evening December 21 at 7 30 o clock. Annual election of officers will be held at this meeting. W R Bamber W M and W De Armon Secy urge good attendance.
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W. R. Bamber
W. M.cc
W. de Armon
Sec
Dayton Protective League Formed to Aid Federal Officials
The American Protective League has been organized in Dayton to cooperate with federal authorities in tracking slackers and sedition aliens. Nearly every local factory, shop, business, and industrial enterprise participates. The postmaster serves as the medium between the public and government agents, receiving daily messages from citizens with clues about drafts avoidance.
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American ‘Protective League
Dayton
Davis Ambulance Removes Him From Deardourff Home
Lima Times Democrat notes the removal by ambulance of an unidentified man from the Deardourff residence at 112 Pierce. The item includes a George MacDonald quote about bringing rosy sunshine to life if possible, signaling a short obituary or notice.
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Davis
Pierce
Lima
Times-Democrat
God
George MacDonald
Divorce Petition In Common Pleas Court Of Miami County Ohio
Rose Boley filed for divorce from John Lewis Boley on grounds of adultery and gross neglect of duty. The petition seeks custody of Thelma Boley and names Edwin A. Hiatt as attorney. Hearing set for on or after January 2, 1918 in Cause No. 20259.
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Boley
Rose Boley
Court of Common Pleas
Miami County
Ohio
John Lewis Boley
Thelma Boley
Rose
Edwin A. Hiatt
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