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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
2
The notice lists publication details for the Piqua Press Publishing Company at 415 North Wayne Street and their rates: carrier delivery 10 cents weekly, mail in advance 3.00 yearly, 1.59 half year, 0.75 three months, and 0.25 one month, with foreign representatives and post office dates noted.
A Troy News republication rallying readers to curb antiwar activity denounces Kaiser-loyal elements and treasonable chatter in Miami County. It calls for swift action against traitors in the community, including German-origin residents, to protect the war effort and local infrastructure like grain elevators and factories.
Sentimentalists are challenged as Director Garfield and Jack Wershing urge dropping long stream letters to soldiers. Pershing backs cutting junk mail and relatives notes. women should devote time to Red Cross work. A Commerce Census pamphlet from 1914 is deemed outdated. Taxpayer ubiquity noted as income tax subjects rise and provoke shared pity.
The Food Administration head Herbert Hoover warns of global food scarcity and urges Americans and Canadians to cut waste. He notes Allies harvests are lower than expected, shipping limits, and Europe will rely on U S cargoes. Citizens are urged to save bread, convert savings to Thrift Stamps, and back famine relief with self denial.
A reflective poet narrator notes Piqua maidens knitting as a harsh end to a perfect row. The verse borrows from The Song of a Shirt and shifts to The Song of the Sweater, detailing a toil worn knitters art. The labor ends with a sweater tight for a strong man, yet the fabric falls apart, leaving the knitter's heart weary.
Washington on December 27 reports the Senate Military Committee unanimously backed a plan allowing camp commanders to buy woolen blouses and overcoats in nearby towns if faster than via the quartermaster. President Wilson aims to coordinate war governance and cut red tape as Secretary Baker creates a war council to streamline national defense work. Greece urges enlistment of its citizens in the American army and promises rewards for supportive actions.
The article outlines three forest fire types: surface fires burning leaf litter, ground fires consuming underbrush, and crown fires reaching tree canopies. It notes crown fires are the most dangerous, caused by drafts lifting flames up trunks, and emphasizes fire lines, backfiring, and use of sand or water as suppression methods.
A call to persevere and keep aiming for the goal despite obstacles. The message urges testing resolve, noting that challenges serve as stones to reveal strength and confirming confidence in correct judgment.
An old Pennsylvania Grit commentary praises persistence through failures as crucial to progress. It cites Bruce learning from a spider and Cyrus Field repairing the Atlantic cable breaks to join continents, and notes Adi-Son completing 2,500 trials before achieving incandescent light results. The piece extols the right kind of energy as the force behind fortune.
A reflective piece notes old giants and clipper ships fading, yet new fleets rise as film cameras replace rifles in exploration. It envisions daring shoots from canyon ledges to mountain tops, balancing on perilous limbs while filming long shots for Atlantic Magazine by Dallas Love Sharp.
The text traces hut evolution from conical twig huts with tree props and packed rushes to stone age dwellings. It notes stone axes enabled wood use and defense, marking progress toward greater power. It assigns dolmens and cromlechs to neolithic stone work, once thought Druids’ era.
A compact survey traces fashion shifts from Charles II riding habits to Queen Anne era trinkets. It notes early horse riding attire, the rise of the reti cul, and left side hat trimmings inspired by knightly plumes. Mention of sable and ermine reserved for royalty concludes the facet.
On the lake front property in Zion City two snakes a garter and a bullhead both 2 feet long battled. They seized each other by the tail and began to swallow one another. The struggle lasted five minutes as both swallowed each other to the fangs. Which snake survived or was on the outside remains unclear.
The article recalls Pen Cutter roles under Alexander I of Russia, noting a dedicated servant for pen cutting. It states a supply of at least one hundred quills was kept, and that the czar would not reuse a quill, even for a signature. The pen cutter earned $1,750 annually and traveled with the czar on campaigns against Napoleon.
Passengers at Beaufort West formed an entertainment committee during a delay. A concert raised 32 for the Red Cross fund. Harold Butler staged an exhibition boat and fired rounds at a steward, then danced into a playful finale with songs and a humorous skit miscast as a damsel.
The article traces the evolution from tents to houses in Israelite and Assyrian history, noting tents anciently covered with skins and goats hair spun by women. It explains linen tents were rare and used mainly for holidays or travel by nonhabitants.
Workers on the Panama Canal learned about amoebas after drinking contaminated water. The organism reproduces by simple division, starting as a single cell with a membrane nucleus and protoplasm, then doubling into two cells and continuing to split. The resulting disease proved hard to cure, baffling physicians for months.
State War Board bulletin warns Americans to conserve fats and meat as shortages grow. It notes Americans consume excess fats and meat, outlines bone fat recovery by Germans, and suggests economical meals using soup bones with canned tomatoes, beans, and vegetables.
The heaviest wood in the United States is Florida Ironwood, while the lightest comes from the cork oak variety found in southeastern Missouri, noted as the cork of that region.
In Cartoons Magazine a reader extols the sawhorse as the ideal horse for reliability and cleanliness, noting its tireless usefulness and steady maintenance. The writer contrasts it with real horses troubled by shedding coats and ingrown nails, praising the sawhorse as always on the job whenever needed.
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