23 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
1
Local notices list multiple Piqua churches with service times and events. First mass at 6:00 a.m. Children’s mass at 10:00 a.m. Short services at 7:00 a.m. June 24 event at North Main Street hall. Grace M. EL church to host a Trinity Day address by Rev. Dr. Cole. Junior Sunday School choir, midweek meetings, and evangelistic services noted.
A Sunday School plan replaces the regular evening service with offerings dedicated to Sunday School Educational and Missionary work. The United Presbyterian Church invites the community as mid week praise and prayer meet ing guests from the church.
Weh Norris pastor leads Park Avenue Baptist Church with Sunday school and morning worship at 11. The sermon is The Holy Spirit the Christmas Guide. Topics cover The Need of Mission Work in the Cities and Larger Towns of Ohio. Nay eraly Taylor president and Finance Society to meet at Mrs Laura Williams home on Gordon Street Tuesday evening. lay service practiced at the church.
A Sunday program at Taterian Church features Prelude Pilgrim's Chorus If With All Your Houris and Romance Sans Pareils. Music includes Twilight Reverie Rockwell solo Elisabeth Boyer and Glenn Greenamyer violin. Anthems Crossing the Bar and O for the Wings of a Dove performed by soloists and choir.
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Grace Church announces Anniversary Day next Sunday with 9 30 Sunday School start and a goal of 500 attendees Bishop Wro and Bishop Anderson will preach at 10 20 and 11 00 and Dr W J Cole will deliver a patriotic address on The United States on the Miano the World in the evening.
Sabbath school at 30 a.m. sermon by the pastor. Red Cross evening program with singer Jennie Chavers and M C Gregor. Town talent event featuring JoAn Anderson. Everybody welcome.
Piqua Baptist Church led by superintendent Franz and Rev Littrell from Warsaw invites all members to both morning and evening services with a special invitation. A bi monthly business meeting follows a 6 50 pm gathering. St Johns Lutheran on Wood Street lists morning service at 10 23 with The Value of a Soul as the sermon subject and no evening service. En tved Brethren on Ash and College announces 9 15 Sunday hour and a Children’s Day program. Also notes a CG FB executive committee meeting and Sons of Veterans attendance with choir music and a sermon titled Fighting a Giant.
President Wilson ordered sixteen engineer units from the national guard into regular federal service. The corps form the core of the guard and must report to cantonments for training of the new national army. Governors are directed to mobilize one company from each state including Ohio New York Pennsylvania South Carolina Georgia Indiana Michigan Iowa Kansas Texas and others. The move marks the first call since the war began with Germany.
About 3,090 farmers from nearly every county attended the annual Wheat Day meeting at the experimental station in Ohio. Speakers urged doubling wheat production using ordinary methods and praised better drainage tillage and rotation. Charles E Thorne said doubled yields could cut costs, while W T Chamberlain projected Ohio wheat for 1918 at 116,900,000 bushels with a 60,000,000 bushel goal for yield gains.
A prominent Piqua citizen, chair of the Red Cross chapter membership committee, returned from visits to New York and Washington. He discussed feed cross welfare, the Stonemen’s Association, and future Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans for Piqua, while warning of national war costs and the need to awaken the public to wartime realities.
London reports violent German assaults along a 5 1/4 mile front east of the Vauxaillon area and Chevresny to Laie farm. French guns inflicted heavy losses while counterattacks regained some ground at New Carniilel. In Volhynia and Galicia Russians press bombardments as Austro German lines hold. The Austro Italian front sees reduced activity after a steady offensive begun midweek.
Martians Ferry residents clash with West Virginia militia on Wheeling Island area near the Ohio River end of the bridge. Troopers say they were assaulted after asking for a cigarette. civilians deny intoxication claims. Police who tried to arm troops were driven back amid the confrontation.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions CAPE and officials, hints at civil matters and weekly schedules. Readable items are unclear. probable municipal or civil notices surface but lack concrete names, places, or actions to confirm.
Washington Jane 23 indicates tomorrow's outlook for Ohio calls for likely showers. Forecast notes unsettled conditions with rain chances increasing across the state tomorrow.
Miss Mor Durfee, alone in the Mahoring Building and Loan office, was held up by two automobile bandits who forced her to surrender and fled in a car with 600 dollars. Nellie Minvynny alerted authorities after rushing to the scene and Durfee’s safe escape.
Pittsburgh crowds gathered at Forbes Field to honor a prominent return to the game. The event featured a celebratory observance where a silver loving cup was presented as part of the informal proceedings before the Pirates faced the Cubs in the tenth inning.
National league notices list leave for various players and teams across Boston St Louis New York Chicago Washington Detroit and Philadelphia. Mentions players Mays Thomas Shawkey Walter and Sehatk with several matchups and standings implied.
In the American Association standings updates, results show Kansas City and Minneapolis posting scores, with Milwaukee and Indianapolis also recording wins. The column notes include figures such as 7, 3, and other partial entries, reflecting league-wide results across multiple cities.
A health note promotes vegetarian meals and fibers to stimulate liver and bowel function. It claims herbs and garden greens purify kidneys, with a claim that double strength tonics before meals aid digestion. It cautions against meat and suggests a lean diet to prevent back pain and rheumatic issues.
Attendees from diverse communities gathered for Wilberfarve University commencement this week. Rey Luke White of Lendyille led graduates as the institution marked one of its most significant years since founding with over five hundred students enrolled and graduating. Community leaders, church members, and local officials attended ceremonies and related events across town.
The text notes games being played followed by refreshments. It mentions Lawrence Lowery and an Ohio State University attendance, a state examination, and various garbled names and places. Details are unclear due to extensive OCR errors. The fragment references a celebration or meeting at Springfield and a Barefoot Champion Lodge event, but specifics are illegible.
Fragmentary OCR passage describes an orange prepared in a local manner with peeling and slicing actions. The text is garbled and lacks coherent names, dates, or measurable details to establish a clear event or participants.
A jumble of garbled phrases hints at a dramatic scene with veiled emotions and sudden actions. Names, places, and clear facts are unreadable, leaving only scattered impressions of a charged personal moment and disrupted communication.
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