Corporal Mayner Opens Recruitment for 4000 Infantry Recruits
Toledo recruiting order seeks 4000 infantry volunteers across 27 counties to form three regiments into an infantry brigade. Men aged 18 to 40, US citizens, unmarried or with intent to become, may enlist in groups of 25 to 100 to serving alongside friends. Opportunities include advancement, cadet and officer paths, and post life benefits.
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Mayner
Toledo
Piqua
Maynor
Campa
10Th U. S. Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Ohio
Tihe Ifth Infantry
Bri
U. S
Draft Registration Opens for U Brigade Recruits in June
Those who register June 5th and join the U Brigade gain the advantage of serving with seasoned regulars when conscripts are deployed around September 1. The program welcomes groups from Fraternal drill societies or independent companies into Cavalry, Artillery, and other branches. Major Cusack can secure authority to form units if 60 to 100 men in a town volunteer, as Northwestern Ohio seeks to fill its quota and uphold its duty.
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J. I Cusack
Adams St
Toledo
Kyre
Columbus Barracks
U. S. Miliary Academy
West Point N.Y
Campaignen
Jong
Janeth
Cusack
Ohio
Knights go away Sunday to Lima for second degree
The Piqua K of C degree team will leave Sunday morning for Lima to confer the second degree on a candidate. A large number of local K of C members are expected to accompany the team to witness the work. The team will travel by automobile while others go by traction.
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Piqua K. of C
Lima
K. of C
City Council Assesses Abutting Properties for Street Paving
Plain O notices property owners of a levy to fund paving East Ash Clark Nicklin Broadway Robinson Weber Covington and South streets between Brice and Washington Pike. Assessments are payable at the City Auditor’s office on or before July 5 1917. G I Cron City Auditor.
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Plain, O
East Ash
Clark Avenue
Nicklin Avenue
Broadway
Robinson Avenue
Weber Street
Covington Avenue
South Street
Brice Avenue
Washington Pike
Tuly
G. I. Cron
Piqua Rifle Club Loses To Sidney In Close Match
The Piqua Rifle Club traveled to Sidney last night and was defeated by the Sidney Rifle Club by a narrow four-point margin. The Sidney team placed twenty first in a National Rifle Association event with over one hundred teams. Individual scores ranged up to 200, with W Rostron and C Rostron among top scorers for Sidney and Piqua shooters including D Higgins and others contributing smaller scores.
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Piqua Rifle Club
Sidney
Sidney Rifle Club
Tte
Sidney Club
National Rifle Association
Sidney Scare
W. Rostron
C. Rostron
Rostron
D. Higgins
Ovens
Phribrook
ELAS
Greenameoyer
Gore Wa
Grand Entertainer Elmer Hoffman to Entertain at County Initiation
Word has it that Elmer Hoffman of Crest Hine Ohio, famed as a grand entertainer, will be among the caicers at the joint county initiation to be held in the Man's hall Saturday night. The degree team will perform the work and a program will mark the event with a good night promised. O M Thomas, County President.
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Order United American Mechanic
Elmer Hoffman
Crest
Hine
Ohio
O. M. Thomas
Teenagers Escape in Fan Car After Night Standoff
United Press dispatch from Toledo reports two youths escaped in a fan-equipped car after a pursuit through the city. They fled from the Toledo and Indian afterurban station, tied and roughed the night watchman, then severed telephone lines to hinder alarm dispatch.
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Ay United Press
Toledo
Toibers
Delta Cavity
Piqua Liberty Bond Campaign Starts Do Your Duty Now
The Piqua Liberty Bond committee chaired by J L Black with J P Irvin John Ja Prugh and George Pelfey prepared Miami county for Liberty Bonds. The drive will use local newspapers ads and energy akin to enlistment. Miami county seeks 600000 with expectations to double. Bonds may be bought for 50 dollars and installments planned through banks. John Delreese heads county organization. Piqua Rotary pledge sought. merchants and fraternal groups mobilized. addresses to be given at motion picture theatres Saturday night by J T Nielson and Marty Kress with Mayors Bell Smith Hughes Ward Keyt and Nielson.
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Piqua
Liberty Bond Committee
J. L. Black
J. P. Irvin
John Ja. Prugh
George Pelfey
Miami County
Troy Wednes
John Delreese
Piqua Rotary Club
Loreal
C. Eh
Barker
W. Tolfart
G. A. Campbell
J. B
Tribhard
A. A. Wall
Lester Spencer
Motion Picture
J.T. Nielson
Marty Kress
M. M. Bell
R. J. Smith
J. Claire Hughes
J. Ward /Keyt
J.pf. Nielson
Food control push grows as prices rise in U S
President Wilson and Hoover demand strong food department powers to avert price spikes and ally raids. Hoover urges immediate production incentives and anti raid machinery, while Congress weighs minimum price authority and rapid bill passage amid growing public pressure and allied demands.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
England
Food Control Department
Hoover
Food Department
U.s
House Agriculture Committee
Austrians suffer heavy losses in Rome counter attack
Semi official figures report 5 400 Austrian casualties and no gains along the Italian front near Trieste. Officials say about 100 000 Austrians took part in the three day counter offensive, with Italian forces advancing toward Trieste.
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Rome
Furionus
Trieste
U S Steamer Fights German Sub in Mediterranean
United Press reports the American steamer Silver Shell and a German submarine exchanged about sixty shots in the Mediterranean on May 30. The submarine then disappeared, according to the minister of marine.
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United Press
Paris
Silver Shell
Mediterranean
Minister of Marine
Ruth Law Takes Liberty Loan Flight Plans East
Ruth Law boards a train to Lincoln Nebraska then will fly to the Oklahoma air districts and to Kansas City heading for Liberty Loan promotion. She travels to boost support and visibility for the national effort.
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Toledo
Ruth Law
Liberty Loan
Linecoln, Web
Lincoln
Oklahoma Air Districts
Kansas City
Propriety and Name Carving in the Tree Edict
A printed fragment quotes Seattie Lontellt and a dialogue about carving names in a tree. The exchange jokes about including the chaperon’s name, highlighting propriety and social satire in a concise literary moment.
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Seattie Lontellt
Five Pencils On Desk Bias In Choice
A riddle-like tale states a person with five pencils on a desk, one dull, will often pick the unpointed pencil when selecting by feel without looking. Nine out of ten trials favor the blunt pencil, illustrating a paradox in everyday decision making.
Rural church talk on Liberty Loan topic noted
A Sunday service discussion on the Liberty Loan to the government was led by Rev. W. A. Allison chairing with A. D. Ivanee and W. Y. Hilyes among participants, focusing on urging support for the government bond drive.
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W. A. Allison
Thiirman
A. D. Ivanee
W. Y. Hilyes
Committee to solicit farmers for Liberty Loan
A committee to solicit farmers to loan money to the government on the Liberty Loan is listed including L. A. Mraxier George Higgins A. G. Rundle Bo. Scott O. J. Licklider G. J. Lynch duy Woodcox and Walter Benner.
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L. A. Mraxier
George Higgins
A. G. Rundle
Bo. Scott
O. J. Licklider
G. J. Lynch
Duy Woodcox
Walter Benner
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