Liberty Bond Loan Progress Near $300000 in Piqua
Reporters note strong citizen and bank participation in the Liberty Bond drive as Piqua aims for at least $300,000, with banks reporting substantial subscriptions and early totals showing rapid response. County totals, including Miami county and nearby Troy, are projected around $600,000 and $200,000 respectively.
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Piqua
Liberty Loan
Citizens National Bank
Piqua National
Piqua Savings Bank
Miami County
Troy
Notice to Red Men Work in Adoption Degree Next Tuesday
Biqua Tribe No 233 imp Order of Reds Men will have work in the Adoption degree next Tuesday evening June 19 and a full attendance of members and the degree team is earnestly requested Come and see for yourself next Tuesday evening Co F Bowdle Acting Sachem
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Biqua Tribe
Order of Reds
Co. F. Bowdle
Piqua Tribe of Red Men Elects New Officers
Piqua Tribe No. 2338 elected Prophet Roscoe Rien, Sachem C. F. Bowdle, Senior Sagamore Geo. H. Haendel, Junior Sagamore Ed Usserman, and Collector Forest Yenney for the next term. At the same meeting the tribe purchased 500 dollars in Liberty Loan bonds to support the Great Council in wartime.
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Piqua’ Tribe of Red Men
Piqua Tribe of Red Men
Ried
Raymond J Cron Enlists in Engineer Reserve Corps
Raymond J Cron enlisted in the engineer reserve corps on June 6 and passed a splendid Toledo exam, now training in Columbus. At 19, he is the son of Mrs Anna Cron Bierly of Ann Street, with Civil War veteran grandfathers Henry Crow and Joseph Fisher. His mother mourns the loss of her best boy as he goes to serve Uncle Sam.
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Raymond J. Cron
Engineer Reserve Corps
Toledo
Columbus
Abrs
Anna (Cron) Bierly
Ann Street
Uncle Sam
Henry Crow
Dayton
Ohio
Joseph Fisher
Raymond
Storms Coming Cooler From Possum Hollow
A forecast for Possum Hollow predicts showers and thunder storms arriving late Wednesday into Thursday with cooler temperatures. Hot and fair weather will precede the storms and may start by the afternoon of June 13.
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Possum Hollow
Death claims Letitia Shoaff in Piqua home
Mrs Letitia A Shoaff born near New Carlisle Ohio October 26 1937 died last evening at 7 30 at her daughter Mrs William Fritschs home 444 Wood Street She was married 22 years to Miles A Shoaff died from infirmities of old age Survived by husband and daughter Funeral at 2 pm Friday from Wood Street home minister of German Lutheran Church to officiate Burial at Forest Hill Cemetery Also notice of Democratic Central Committee meeting at James Hennessy headquarters urging attendance for a matter of party and city interest. Shops selling civilian clothes and Uncle Sam uniforms offered in town.
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Letitia A. Shoaff
Miles A. Shoaff
William Fritsch
Wood Street
Shoaff
New Carlisle
Ohio
Piqua
Elks Flag Day Program Invites Public to Ceremony
An invitation announces the Piqua Lodge of Elks No 623 Flag Day exercises at the Elks Temple Thursday at eight pm. Open to all, the patriotic program includes music, flag records, tributes, an address by A Ramsey, and a closing song. Committees and participants from local lodges are listed.
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Publc
Piqua Lodge of Elks
Elks Temple
The
Elks
Glenn Greenamyer
Harry Stein
Rubberneck Sailor Amazes Med School Audiences
Sailor Scotty also known as Harry Griffis appears at George Washington University Medical School to perform extraordinary feats. He stretches his neck and limbs, dislocates vertebrae, stops wrist blood flow, and demonstrates remarkable muscular control learned through constant practice. Griffis explains he is a furloughed Navy man with years of training behind his performances.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Sailor Scotty
Harry Griffis
Griffis
George Washington University Medical School
Men of Science
Scotty
United States Navy
Skunks Coons Bees and Honey in a Basswood Tree
George Kline and Anton Christenson, Pierce County woodsmen in Wisconsin, felled a profitable basswood tree near Red Wing Minnesota. The hollow stump yielded fourteen skunks sold for 37 cents each, a coons nest, four captured animals, a beehive with honey, and total earnings around 150 dollars for the day.
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Red Wing
Minn
George Kline
Anton Christenson
Pierce County
Wisconsin
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United States
U. S
Earth
Piqua National Bank
Raymond Cron
Letitia Shoaff
Democratic Central Committee
James Hennesey
Scott-Stanson
Uncle Sammy
Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
Flag
James G. Freshour
Teney Solo
Joe Vogt
Esquire and
Officers
Ellis
Cleen Greenamyer
Brother A. Ramsey
Uambride Lodge
America
Wilh J. Prince
R. Wythe
Will Freshour
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph CO
the Post Office
Red Cross
the Electric Shop
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