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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1917
Page
2
The Piqua Daily Press details its publishing company and editorial staff including editor manager WM G Horler assistant manager J B Geiger and associate editor W T Princher with Frances Plaming listed as society editor. The paper entered second class matter December 28, 1915 at the Piqua Ohio post office.
The Piqua Party Press editorial notes a gray day yet urges wit to take what it offers. Mayor Bell will not seek re election opening a competitive race. Lilly Mason named to State Liquor Licensing Commission. Old Man Grump weighs in on public fatigue and the Sage of Piqua comments on day to day life. The piece ends declaring this day will outshine conscription history.
The fishermen anticipate a break on the Fourth of July as plans for a holiday off and calm seas are hoped to boost morale and provide a respite from routine maritime work.
The writer rails against city pundits praising savings while fish shortages and high prices bite the public. They mock dietary advice from officials, recount frugal cookery from mothers and grandmothers, condemn corn substitutes, scraps in soups, and warn of speculation profiteering harming common households.
The speaker condemns trusts from coal to sugar and urges economizing despite abundant supplies. He denounces commissions and investigations as junkets while stockholders profit and real cost of living remains high. He calls for a straight fight against legalized robbery and privileged interests to restore purpose for the working class.
The line between holding a job and being drafted blurs in common talk, as many view employment and military service as parallel obligations shaping daily routine and identity. This perspective frames work and service as intertwined duties influencing personal choices and social expectations.
The London demonstration uses resonance to remotely operate machinery by tuning a transmitter and receiver to a notes. A piston adjusts air column behind the receiver, shifting vibration notes to trigger relays that can start engines release bombs or steer a dirigible. Different notes could control rudder speed or engine actions, with ignition only after specific note repetitions to avoid detection.
A compact survey of 19th or early 20th century superstitions about flowers and plants. It notes that burning faded blooms signals sorrow, flower hedges imply good luck, wearing flowers shows hidden love, wilted flowers hint at health, cemetery-sourced flowers affect scent, and seasonal or plant beliefs involve luck, marriage, and behavior.
A Duston Pine Arts Bulletin note warns that buffing old silver destroys maker marks and value. It says surface removal via pebutting harms beauty and authenticity, and suggests gentler care with metal polish for heavy tarnish and camphor to prevent tarnish during storage.
Plans for increased suffrage in England Scotland and Wales would raise the number of voters from 7,600,178 to 22,848,901 with about 38 million more men enfranchised and women holding the balance of power. The proposal would grant voting rights to virtually every person of majority age in the three countries.
The anonymous author of a recent book on weight cites Daniel Lambert as the heaviest man recorded. Born in 1770 and dying in 1809, Lambert reportedly weighed 739 pounds at his death, predating later cases and illustrating extreme human weight.
A new plating system is described with a circular arrangement of tanks for cleansing rinsing dipping and plating. A carrier chain with vertical rods passes over the tanks and moves the work through each stage, advancing lifting and lowering as needed to complete the process at the starting point.
Prolonged starva tion studies show hunger no longer felt after three to four days. In a five day test hunger contractions do not decrease, with incomplete hunger tetanus on days four and five. By day five a burning stomach sensation appears, while eagerness for food is nearly absent.
A passage from the Medical Fortnightly questions who could define sanity and who qualifies as an expert when assessing insanity. It cites how bias and eccentricities blur judgments, noting that some seem sane enough to conceal their weaknesses, while others verge on madness.
A cautious tradition sparks debate as one suitor fears a Friday proposal due to superstition while another recalls a past example where the offer was declined. The conversation shows mixed views on luck and romance.
Study by Dr. Arthur Selwyn Brown in Scientific American describes ancient Mesopotamian canal systems. It notes Baghdad’s population around 196,000 and a vast network linking the Tigris and Euphrates, including the Great Canal from Dur to Baghdad and dozens of riversides that irrigated thousands of square miles of farmland.
The article discusses drainage programs by the United States to eradicate mosquito breeding grounds. It notes millions of acres of swamp land could be reclaimed for agricultural use, with about 75,000,000 acres of swamp potentially rectified for plow share.
In print want ads readers are told that Press Want Ads will help locate a buyer for your home. The message emphasizes quick response and wide exposure through the newspaper's classified section.
Prank writer Prank reports on a sunlit nation discovery and mistaken identity in a lighthearted editorial note. The piece mentions islands and a first sighting, reflecting a playful travel imagination and imagined geographic quirks.
Convicts at Joliet state penitentiary clash with guards and police as a mass rebellion erupts. Fires break out inside the facility while officers request reinforcements from three companies. Officials blame a visitation ban order for sparking the unrest and plan for a broader breakout.
In this World Magazine excerpt a colonial observer describes exotic smoking practices among North African natives. The piece notes two-stem pipes forming an angled junction, hollow reeds, water-filled mouths, and a sequence of smoke and water exhalation described with ethnographic tone.
The article argues that the term Scandinavians includes groups beyond Norwegians such as Nox-Werians Swedes Danes and Teelanders. It posits that Germans English and Americans of English stock may also descend from Scandinavian stock tracing origins to early Northmen and Norse influence shaping Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
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