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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
3
Telegram reports Merrill W. Leonard dies of pneumonia in Painseville Ohio. Body to be brought to Piqua for burial. He leaves a wife and young child. his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Leonard of Woodstreet.
Relief for rheumatic sufferers with Neu trone Prescription 68 claims to cure many incurables by treating rheumatism as a blood disease. The remedy purports rapid, lasting benefits with no after effects, improving sore joints and restoring blood health. Mail orders accepted. prices 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle. Sold by Greenamyer & Co and other druggists in Piqua.
Ohio railroad officials told the state utilities commission that the car shortage is mainly caused by inadequate terminal facilities and the difficulty of securing competent labor. They said railroads are coordinating to keep freight moving and urged a 75 percent rate increase to fund larger terminals and higher shop wages.
Troy High defeated Piqua High 5 to 1 at Stein's Park Friday afternoon in a fast clean game. Ferguson's band provided music as Troy used strong hitting to secure the victory while Piqua struggled at the plate, mustering only one hit off the rubber. The slow field due to rain caused uneven play, and Piqua's hopes for revenge lie in the next football season.
In St Louis Missouri on June 2 a wealthy Springfield banker J Holland Keel faced a peril as his baby son Lloyd Keer, fourteen months old, remained missing after a night spent in an open roadster. A ransom note demanded $4,000 and the family feared threats to the child. A search followed, with Mrs Keet reported to be in ill health, and authorities and relatives offering help while still seeking clues to the kidnappers.
Fragmentary report describes Villa era events with Major F Tin Sato and a range army aide parading through Juarez streets and turning ammunition toward Villa forts, culminating in a renza firing squad execution near a cemetery in El Paso.
A jumble of lines reflects a reformist theme with phrases about down trends and abstaining from feeding, an elevator bay, and a critique of work. The text juggles ideas of economic reform, personal appetite, and the notion that friction rather than machinery destroys.
Washington June 2 contracts for 3 450 000 pairs of shoes for the army and navy have been awarded through the national defense council. Deliveries must be completed within eight months at an average price per pair of six dollars. The 27 firms share the work with the army receiving 3 000 000 pairs and the navy 450 000. The awards represent the government’s largest shoe purchase, totaling nearly 17 million dollars, based on bids and leather options secured earlier by the defense supplies committee.
The play Now the Vote Was Won will be presented Monday at May’s Pera House after a program of Living Pictures. Cast includes Harriet Yew Dorothea Gano Ruth Johnson Alta Brandon Emily Montgomery Esther Mont and others with Arnold Miller BR Upton John Reymiller and Charlotte Bowman assisting. The tableaux show how an unhappy home can become happy through electrical devices and suggest gifts for June brides graduates and travelers.
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