Dayton Air Field Buzzes With 2000 Workers
Snappy About Town notes a busy aviation zone near Dayton with 2000 workers including a Dayton plant turning out aeroplane parts for the National Cash Register Company. It mentions a sermon by Rev. Frank Guy Strickland on conscription, a Sunday school plan for June 24, and various local happenings from Tipp City to Lima, including a farm sale, a Toys and Girls Congress, a public auction, a theft confession, and a runaway child case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Frank Guy Strickland
Piaza
Ite
Strickland
Regular City Council Meeting Minutes Report
Council met in regular session Monday night in the city building. President Jellett led the meeting with most members present. they discussed jail building pins, wiring with the Electric Light Company, and selling old junk from the fire station. Tremiar brothers offered a patrol vehicle for 490 dollars with a July 1 purchase deadline. No further business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laut
Electric Light, Company
AL M. Fryling
Tie
TT. &B
Somewhere In Ohio Camp News From Co C Third Regiment
A wartime camp diary notes Co C and Co D in tents near Columbus Ohio during a cold night shift. Authors describe army life, visits by friends, a vaudeville style lyre concert, barracks trips, YMCA comfort, and recruits awaiting movement while Liberty Bonds support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Qimp
Belgium
Rhine
Germany
Co. C
Co. D
Columbus Barracks
Liberty Bonils
V. EC. A
Traction Line
Army
United States
Bor
Safe and Sane Fourth in Piqua
Mayor J M Bell bans all fireworks in Piqua this year to curb danger. Police report many calls from grocers asking if fireworks are allowed. Violators will be prosecuted under the law. Red Cross dividends reach over 1 million as war fund contributions grow to 12 million. Reverend William A Sumas listed among donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bell
Red Cross
New York
Red Cros
Rey
William A. Sumas
Ohio Guardsmen Held in Riot Arrests Ironton
Ironton Ohio June 18 twelve members of Company I Ohio national guard all of this city and George Bannon of Portsmouth are held in default of bond set by Mayor Hannon after a preliminary trial. The riot followed the arrest of Manard Gilmore for fighting with a negro at a street carnival. A mob later stormed the armory seeking rifles and ammunition. Trannon the alleged ringleader with bond set at 5000 is held in city jail on bread and water diet to reveal others who took part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Company I
Ohio National Guard
George Bannon
Portsmuth
Hannon
Den
Manard Gilmore
Trannon
When Life Hangs on Hope in Medical Talk
Atchison Globe notes a wary outlook as doctors hold a consultation on a patient’s condition. The piece emphasizes fragile hope amid uncertain prognosis and the ongoing care efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siender
Atchison Globe
Draft notices and death sentence forecast amid wartime talk
The piece notes a soldier planning to sell his uniform while asking for back pay, urging conscripts to return home from the draft. It mentions Lima and Viqua recruiting, a corporal awaiting promotion with earnings around twenty per month, and warns that Albert Clark will die in the penitentiary death chamber on June 22. It closes with a quip that a man does not have to go to war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy
Viqua
Lima
Ife
Albert Clark
Warvey Hake
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Artorapt
Mary
Pickford
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Cecil B. de Malle
Denny Ganwrenee
Matera
AML
Bianche Sweet
Albert Cutterbaough
F. I. Shroyer
Troy
M. J. Shroyer
Bethel Township
C. Q. Davis
Tippecanoe City
John Demmitt
Troy News
Presbyterian Sabbath School
Marion
Strickler Bros. Canning Co
Tipp City
Doys’ and Girls’ Congress
Miami County
Greene Street
M. EL
Sharch
R. A. Waite
Chicago
Hosital
Gerry Murrell
Ray Dutton
Mercer
Lithepscestar
Thiralyove
Ohio City
Marshal Ickes
G. W. Lorimer
Piqua
Thornton Dietrich
Sidney
N.2u
Decker’s
Ash Street River Bridge
Stein's Park
Paul Brady
Rae Pathe Az Polly
Tiarviey
Trustees Bankruptcy
W.B. Turner
W.S. Ritot
Attornoya
F. W. Smith
Davies Bldg
OTITO
W. Ed
Prince Air
Dick Homae
Doyle
Borla
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Safe and Sane
Ohio Guardsmen
Molly King
Violet Messereau
Theebird
Susan
Maclaren
Hart
Ostermoor
Palm Beach
J. Wungeford Smith
Uncle Sam
Navy
Sys
Wm. T. Hart CO
C. E. Barker
N. Main Street
DR. H. C. McClelland
E. Barker
Princess
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