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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
2
WM G Hoffer editor manager J B Giiger assistant manager W T Prince Jr associate editor. internal masthead shows newsroom leadership details from the period.
A Somerville Journal style poem urges lifting mood by doing good deeds and aiding others. The piece highlights community action, charity, and a push for Liberty Loan participation. It discusses public notices, Y M C A outing plans, and humorous takes on loan deficits amid wartime fundraising.
The piece argues liberty loan bonds are highly liquid with wide cash demand from many sources. It notes they are safe investments for trust funds and insurance pools, legal for a variety of investors, and internationally marketable, with potential exchangeability for higher rate bonds later. It emphasizes immediate purchase benefits.
Frank Kessler and family spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Covington. Walter McDonald of Troy visited on business. Walter Beck and family from East of Troy were at Kessler’s with relatives. Della Robbins and daughters Edith and Angie from Cross Roads stayed with Clarence Cress. Born to Mr and Mrs C C Cress a daughter. Farmers began transplanting tobacco. Bert Shuman, west of Troy, lost two horses to lightning during last week’s rain storm. team valued at 3300. Lew K Schaeffer and wife visited Will Reeder near Fidelity. Miss Mary Wilson visited Mrs Josie Lesh of Milton. Edgar Schaeffer and wife of Fidelity spent a day with their parents, Mr and Mrs L K Schaeffer.
June 12 Chicago reports several thousand citizens facing actual starvation as city council votes to abolish free lunches in saloons over sanitary concerns. The measure targets public health and welfare, affecting diners and workers citywide.
In Detroit at noon two hundred men were held by federal authorities after gathering at the federal building to register for selective service. Many believed today was the final deadline and were taken into custody as the roundup began.
A St Louis corporation grew capital from 20000 to 25000000 in 12 years through advertising. The Louis Star notes this record as proof of printer's ink value when properly distributed and of the right quality, offering readers food for thought.
The readable text presents a compact, archaic phrasing implying a moral proverb about gathering roses without injuring thorns. No clear person, place, organization, or event is identifiable for a concrete news summary.
The engagement ends in a June 23 Detroit ceremony at a Presbyterian church. Miss Normes and Mr Wyatt prepare for a large society affair with many Piqua attendees expected. The arrival of Mr and Mrs Shar on Mole and their son Billy from the Philippines adds to a notable family gathering with grandparents enjoying their first view of the child.
Adaline Carmean filed suit in front of Justice of the Peace John V. Daganhart against Eustacia Mercer Mcfarland as administrator of the John Daugherty estate to recover for care given during Daugherty’s final illness. The jury awarded Carmean $50 after witnesses testified.
A worried big hardware merchant finds relief after trying Phosphated Iron. Bookkeeper recommends it, and he promotes the remedy to friends. The ad claims numerous success stories of renewed energy and better sleep, urging readers to buy genuine capsules from Greenamyer & Co. and other druggists, with a pressed want ad note for buyers.
Akron Ohio June 12 The first business sessions of the state convention of the Grand Army of the Republic were held today. The streets were crowded with visitors from across the state. About five hundred boy scouts assisted by guiding veterans to rooms already assigned as they arrived. The city was festively decorated with signs directing attendees to meeting rooms.
Two hundred men were rounded up under federal law in Detrosy as the noon hour approached for failing to register for selective service. Numerous detainees were taken into custody and processed by authorities.
Washington June 11 Senator Reed of Missouri blocked final adoption by the Senate of the conference report on the espionage bill to read it all over again.
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