Goelike Family Heads to Greenville for New Home
Snappy About Town notes Mr and Mrs B H Goelike and their family left Saturday for Greenville to make their future home. The dispatch lists local residents and events, including injuries to a boy from Staley’s Mill, plans for a military chaplain, and various notices from Troy and Piqua areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Goelike
Greenville
Min Gostike
Metropolitan Insurance Con
Darke County
Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
A. P. Sandles
Ottawa
A. A. Hall
Piqua
Alien Patterson
Lima
Council of National Defense
Ohio
Sandles
Private in Third Regiment describes train to Columbus Ohio
The piece, dated Saturday June 15 1917, follows Private W J Prince Jr of Company C Third Regiment as he travels from Piqua to Columbus Ohio. He recounts a misstep at the station, a hearty camp meal, camp routine, uniforms awaiting arrival, and a bustling town with fellow recruits. He notes discipline, camaraderie, and plans for future training amid homefront bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C
Sam
Columbus
Kaiserhof
Piqua
Co. D
Urbana
McCullough
Quartermaster’s Department
Ray Wolfe
Tiis
Man Missives Tiny Lord Prayer Stamp Record
Ernest Gall of Tron Mountain Michigan reportedly set a new record for fine writing by transcribing the Lord's prayer on a paper measuring one eighth by three eighths of an inch and six times on a two cent stamp totaling 290 words. He credits penmanship, a light steady hand, patience and a fine pen. prior efforts by Escanaba teachers were surpassed by his later micro script feats read without a magnifying glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tron Mountain
Mich
Ernest Gall
Gall
Escanaba
Dulfour
Escanaba, Who Wrote 60d Words. A Few Days Ago Mr. Gall
U. S
Detroit Witch Girl Draws Crowds and Fearful Rumors
Crowds from Detroit and nearby cities gather before Celinski’s Detroit home to see the so called witch girl. Police and clergy seek to dispel the superstition as the rumor endangers a one year old girl while parish priest Rev Felix Kieras calls the tale false. The only undeniable sight is the girl's laughter and smile as reporters note the crowd's growing size and unease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Beaver
Robert
Ear Staley's
John Urick
Troy
Dayton Pike
New Carlisle
Detroit
Laugter
Felix Kieras
St. Francis Church
Fale
Lincoln Street Grocer Quits in Miami County Court
Clyde A. Houser, long time Lincoln street grocer, made an assignment in Probate court to Attorney John W. Daganharder in trust for creditors. Assets are about 1000 dollars with liabilities estimated at 730 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers of Trance
Sarah Lernhardt
Red Crow
Kress
Miami County
Red Cross
Clyde Shyrigh
Glenn Greenwmter
World Film Corporation
Piqua
Clyde A. Houser
Lincoln Street
John W. Daganharder
Houser
Popular Players Under Big Tent at Stein's Park
Paul Brady leads Popular Players in a week long engagement in a water proof tent at Stein's park. The company, featuring a clean high class repertoire, includes Kinsey Komedy Ko veteran Paul Grady and a cast of notable actors such as Gavin Dorothy and the Min Elo Bros among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brady
Stein’s Park
Paul Grady
Piqua
Kinsey
The Unwritten Law Opens Amid Touring Attractions
The Unwritten Law a play for the masses opens with nightly program changes. Paul Brady's Popular Players bills itself as the largest touring organization of its kind. In Washington on June 18 Nerbert C. Woaver urged housewives to join the food administration and aid conservation from July 1 to July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brady
Popular Players
Hoover
Washington
Nerbert C. Woaver
The
Food Administration
National Defense
Big Freighter Mississippi Sunk by Submarine Near Brest
The French freight steamship Mississippi of 6770 tons gross was torpedoed and sunk about miles from Brest by a German submarine. A British freighter rescued 47 officers and seamen from open boats who had been at sea briefly. One crew member drowned during the distress, and the survivors were landed at Payal Azorom after the sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brest
France
Jost
Payal
Azorom
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Daskky
Mae Murray
Tapmmount
Arycrard
Amertat
Mary Pickford
Cecil A.deile
Miary
Lawrence
Gwendolynt
Piqua’s Finest Theatre
House OF Real Stars
Matinee Daily
Matera Melwnight
Fuller
Jis
J. M. Pence
R. DD
O. Box
Troy Daily News
South Main Street
Gorder City
Orr Felt and Blanket Company
Jacob Robinson
Clay Harmon
AV. J. Fuller
Tima
North Carolina
Strand Theatre
Red Cross Association
Theda Bara
Hennessey & Bro
Washington Street
BH. A. Thayer
Utica
N. Y
Harrison Street
Thayer
Piqua Hosiery Company
Stein's Park
NWA
TEN Law
W. J. Prince Jr
Wolfe
Lee Robbins
Tre
Bes
Paul Schnell
Blaine
Frank Strickling
Frank
Innstead
Selmell’s
Chris
Lorimer
Lorophone
Shephard
Lincoln Street Grocer
Molly King
Violet Messereau
Susan
Xtra Comey
Mary— Maclaren
C. R. Alexander
Orr
Sea Island
Rss
le Vojte-du-Nord Aml
A. F.C
Belmont
Ees Cc
J. W. Brown CO
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