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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
4
A note on June 14 15 inviting carpenters woodworkers and others to build a box to trap Fredrick the Great at May's opera house. He will escape without removing boards or nails and Mr Kress the theatre manager will advise on box size. A collector’s item from early community notes.
The Crow & Walker store on North Main hosts a Wonder Washer demonstration drawing economic housewives and husbands eager to conserve health and youth. The device, made in Leavenworth Kansas, is advertised as a broad shipping wonder now showcased locally before Cron & Walker offers to sell.
In Muncie Indiana on June 12 a would be kidnapper attempted to seize two year old Lydia Oesterle, daughter of Karl Oesterle, VP of Delaware County National Bank. Nurse Dora Guild alerted, criminal fled in a waiting car after dropping the child and raising the alarm.
A tornadic warning aside, the Rundle farm hosts a big annual half day event with multiple baseball games, horse shoe pitching, volleyball, and demonstrations of the new Tiqua tractor. Busy Men and Business Men classes plan friendly contests with Red Cross volunteers on site, followed by a 6 o'clock association cafeteria dinner.
Rival district leaders in Piqua plan canvassing for the Red Cross War Fund as National Red Cross week opens on June 5. Twenty one district captains named include George Washing, A A Hall, Joseph Welsh, Rev Tabke, Mrs Barney Groven, Miss Thoma, Professor Dietrich, Mrs W H Snyder, Mrs Fordyce, George Smith, Mrs Elmer Hoyle, Mrs H P Smith, Carl Schnell, Mrs Sawyer, L J Spencer, Mrs Rebecca Ludlow, Mrs J B Sheridan, G E Folk, Mrs Logan Frazier, and Mrs W H Allison.
A street demonstration features Fredrik the Great blindfolded driving a team of fast horses. He will locate objects hidden by a committee of business men, showcasing mental telepathy during a noon Thursday event in June.
The brick road through Rossville will be thrown open for traffic Friday morning, June 15. County Commissioner GL Levering announces the opening and urges caution for motorists and pedestrians in the new surface area.
At Rundie farm on Thursday afternoon June 14 the annual Y M C A picnic features baseball and volleyball for a World’s championship. Business Men vs Busy Men open at 3 30 with the winner facing the Seniors. captains Rev Grauser Fret Blacke and Ben Hanschan lead their teams.
The piece urges households to display a Red Cross sign in the front window, arguing it shows full family membership. It notes that a sign indicates every family member has joined, while a Red Cross button reflects individual membership, and invites those with full family membership to visit headquarters with their ecards to obtain a sign.
A wartime quota lists 5000 members and 20000 dollars while advertising large Red Cross emblems sized 35 by 35 inches suitable for auto wagon and window decoration for patriotic display and fundraising use.
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