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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
4
A called meeting of the South Street School Association committee aims to boost the 700 advertising fund. The gathering Tuesday evening June 26 at the building seeks participation due to important business.
The Bijou, now under The Piqua Amusement Co management, reopens Saturday night with new machines and a Triangle photoplay of rare merit. Manager Kress and Assistant Manager Riegenfelder promise ship shape preparations for both old and new patrons. A meeting of the anti conservancy board was held Thursday in James Ward Weyt’s office with Strelby county representatives. The meeting adjourned to Thursday, June 2.
The Piqua Chapter of the Red Cross Society forms a committee of ladies led by Mrs. Win. EL Allison to oversee surgical supplies for the National Red Cross in Washington. Members include Mrs. Chas. Stuart chair, Mrs. Winer Hart, Mrs. Ll. M. Plesh, and Mrs. JE. AL Todd. The Parish House becomes the Sted Cross Work Shop, operating Monday to Friday with church signups for times, inviting broad participation as membership grows.
London reports 642 British ships sunk by German submarines since February 1, total tonnage about 2,200,008, including 32 ships sunk in the week ending June 18. Paris notes 1917 lifeboat shelling, survivors picked up by a French patrol craft. Petrograd says Russia’s duma backed an immediate offensive against Austro German forces.
Mr. R A Waite of Chicago, secondary superintendent of the International Sunday School Association, speaks at Greene Street M E Church tonight at 7 45 open to all in Miami county interested in Sunday school work no admission charged his lecture on the Fourfold Development is illustrated by 10 stereopticon slides an event under the Miami County Girls Congress auspices.
In Casstown 65-year-old janitor John Harbaugh is bound over to the grand jury on a statutory charge involving a 15-year-old girl Ruth Carson. The suspect faces a $500 bond posted by George Jonk and J. C. Knoop. the girl testified along with Mrs. Marbauh, Mrs. Lewis, and Dr. Shilling. Court actions include numerous motions and notes on cases in Troy and Piqua, with probate inventories and lien claims as part of ongoing proceedings.
The Y M C A committee seeks garden photos and will take a panorama of three plots at Ast Ash street South Main and the Shanty addition Favorite Hill Saturday afternoon between 2 and 2. Anyone with a garden at these locations should be at their lot during those hours. Secretary ayes reports boys at Evergreen lake camp well and enjoying good fishing swimming and boats. Rev C S Grauser will address the camp Sunday at 3 pm. parents and friends invited.
Idle Wives, a rare photo drama, debuts in the city at May's Opera House on Monday, June 25. Advance reports praise its portrayal of human foibles and society’s famed houses. Producers Louis Weber and Philippa Smallley are highlighted for their prior work.
A fragment notes sponsors of a unique play featuring notable sponsors as leading roles, with garbled phrases and partial names. The readable bits point to theater involvement and sponsorship, but specifics are unclear.
The fire department answered a call to the home of Marry Drake at 1038 Camp Street shortly after noon. It started in an unknown manner in the chandelier but was quickly extinguished. The damage was slight and fully covered by insurance.
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