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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
1
Published by Piqua Press Publishing Company at 115 North Wayne Street. Entered as second class matter December 28, 1915, at the Post Office in Piqua Ohio.
Editor recalls Germany’s Belgium objective as essential to future power, citing Von Rissing and Von Bissing on keeping Antwerp and Belgian coast. Allies insist Belgian independence is crucial for European security, with force seen as Germany’s only language. Also notes wartime home front morale and weather jokes.
Farmers in Ohio are urged to prepare for spring planting and seed procurement to support soldiers and allied nations. The message emphasizes that Uncle Sam will supply needed help and warns against complacency as Congress contemplates aid for farmers drafted into the war effort.
A dated critique notes President Wilson's executive action seizing railroad operations, described as a severe blow to numerous local reformers from Podunk and Peanut Hill who previously pushed yearly railroad regulation bills. The piece mocks their self importance and readiness to act, recalling their belief they would outdo the national move.
The reported mood among the troops bound for France shifts from festive anticipation to caution after General Bershing warns soldiers to avoid talking to women. The directive aims to curb informal liaisons during wartime surroundings.
Local merchants stock up for the annual clearance event with bargains in Piqua stores. Residents are urged to buy at home as election season approaches and political history reappears for voter edification.
A mosaic of wartime notes and social quips references planning a 1918 garden as home fires burn. mentions labor shortages and coal issues, shipping board concrete ships, and reforms in Piqua with dogs tagged on Wayne street.
Lyman Abbott argues religion begins in infancy through dependence on mother and family devotion. A child’s gratitude, love, reverence, obedience, and faith arise from parental care and prayers. The idea of God and duties follows later, after the spirit of faith is formed.
The Christian Herald recounts how a shell destroyed a large crucifix in a Galician battle area, leaving the Christ figure unharmed. This miracle tale spread through Hungary, inspiring miniature statues showing the destroyed cross and intact Christ, now sold in many homes.
The article notes that high hog prices push for cheaper lard substitutes. Dr Louise Stanley of Missouri College of Agriculture suggests suet as a cheap fat source, obtainable around 10 cents per pound, yielding 14 ounces of fat per pound. To mimic lard, mix suet with oil at two parts suet to one part oil, using cottonseed or corn oil priced about 21 cents per pound, giving a lard substitute at roughly 15 cents per pound.
Investigations into optimal light for the eyes consider contrast between object and background. Outdoor contrast rarely exceeds 1 to 20, while the eye detects contrasts as delicate as 98 to 100. Indoors contrasts reach 1 to 200, with bright sky against a dark window frame showing 2 to 10,000. The ideal range lies between 1 to 20 and 1 to 100.
Washington December 29 Food Administrator Herbert Hoover was ordered by the senate sugar committee to testify on the sugar situation next Wednesday.
A Paris correspondent notes France’s Le Caquot observation balloon, tadpole shaped with a wicker car for an observer and gear. It can stay aloft in winds up to 65 to 75 feet per second, unlike other types, and requires 50 experienced handlers to maneuver while protecting the envelope from wind gusts.
The report explains a ginés setup with a white silk parachute for emergency use. At altitude 2000 to 3000 feet a cable is drawn by horses or a motor car to a nearby refuge dug in soil. The observer then transmits via telephone. Two anti aircraft posts guard the area and if threatened the balloon is descended from 5000 feet in seven to ten minutes.
Surgeon General Fotheringham explains a new electromagnet method used in Canadian hospitals to locate bullets. A stethoscope on the skin detects a whistle-like sound from the magnet, guiding extraction. shallow bullets show a clear vibration, while deep ones require repositioning and marking the skin.
Captain Aymard a British army surgeon outlines an improved moving glass eye in The Lancet. He replaces a convex glass shell that sinks and stares with a sphere of living cartilage from the rib, fitted in the socket and covered by the conjunctiva for stabilization. Some eye movement is possible after the operation.
Kate Fields once spoke of a woman's sphere expanding, and the article notes how the year 1917 brings rapid changes due to the great world war. Women increasingly enter diverse roles from piloting warplanes to serving in specialized shops, such as Boston shoe-polishing parlors run by women.
A London hearing discussed how British New Guinea natives were enticed to labor. A veteran claimed beads gaudy cloths dogs teeth and musical instruments spurred men to work for twelve months, after which they recruited others to follow suit.
Based on American consulate advice, higher New York maize prices have prompted the first recorded shipments from Venezuela to the United States. About 80 tons have already been sent, with expectations of larger consignments if current prices endure and the new crop looks exceptionally good.
Writers describe early alchemists who sought hidden links among seven heavenly bodies seven metals seven days and more. They observed skies and brewed in crucibles hoping to uncover universal correspondences guiding nature and transformation.
In an era of rampant superstition nocturnal acts aroused suspicion and those labeled sorcerers faced execution by burning. Across vast numbers, thousands of students and others were put to death as fear of magic spread through society.
Congressman John M. Evans of Montana recalls a joke about Russian names at a social gathering. A patron boasts his family’s linguistic dexterity, joking that his baby and parrot can twist Russian syllables as war talk turns to humor.
Thomas Machin, appointed by Massachusetts in 1876 to survey the Cape Cod canal, was drafted as an army engineer by George Washington before starting the survey. Washington's letter to the committee explains engineers were in high demand. William Barclay Parsons recounts this in a paper on the canal's long history, noting its opening to commercial traffic in 1914.
Sinn Fein meaning our selves alone is a Celtic motto used by the Irish party advocating a purely Irish parliament army navy mint civil service and school system. It seeks economic reorganization by Irish control and uses Gaelic in official matters while avoiding violence through peaceful social and political pressure.
The West Point Military Academy offers a four year program focused on mathematics and professional studies. Cadets receive $700 annually from the government while at the academy, which covers most living costs. Only one leave of absence is allowed, earned after year two. The academic year runs September 1 to June 1 with the remaining months in camp for practical training, and graduates are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U S Army.
A conference of 100 Lapps in northern Sweden formed a unified protest against laws taxing reindeer damage to crops. Nomadic people, moving seasonally, clash with settled farmers as Sweden requires fines and damages for reindeer crop damage. delegates aim to soften this statute.
A noted surgeon ridicules German claims of superior war surgery. He notes two years ago only 30 percent of wounded returned to the front, now 90 percent, calling the assertion rubbish and mocking the idea that bullets merely fill hollow teeth.
Piqua Rotarians postponed this week’s gathering to last evening due to Christmas. The program drew a large audience and featured Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bouton, Mrs. Benton on banjo, and Fredrik’s magic. Prof Rex Wells of Toledo delivered “The Foes of Democracy,” tracing autocracy from ancient rulers to modern times and defending democracy against German propaganda.
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