Piqua Boys Learn What It Is to Tent on Old Camp Ground
In June 1917, soldiers from Piqua detail daily camp life near Somewhere in Ohio. The letter describes rain, mail arrivals, drills, long hikes, and a nurse’s alert hones in on the roughing it of camp life. A notable moment finds Lt McCulloch guiding a five mile hike and a fish captured after a gunshot, while others face disciplinary rounds and medical exams.
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McCulloch
McGulloch
MacColiich
Parlette Band Schedule for June Market Stand Concert
Parlette's band plans a Friday evening concert at the Market Stand with director J Parrette. The program includes Northumbria by Descriptive Fantasie, Salome by Rodewald Lampe, Hag Brass Band by Gradr, Desdemona by Wing, Sempre Glavit Intermezzo by Bronk, Tromboniai by Withrow, Tarquato Tasso by Danizetti, and The Star Spangled Banner. The Covington village council approved $20 for band concerts. each night the band will receive $…
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Eris Bronk
N. Withrow
Danizetti
No Special Glass Exemptions In Draft Regulations
Washington June 28 The war department plans to publish exemption rules under the national draft law. Local boards will decide exemptions per individual occupation and fitness, with no broad class exemptions. Married men, dependents and essential workers will be weighed by boards to sustain necessary services.
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Fire alarm false. gas office to occupy former confectioner room
Snappy town notes report a false fire alarm near Shawnee after a red light on the railroad. the Third Savings and Loan building room will become a Gas company office. Probate court set hearing for guardian for Bessie Preteken of Piqua. Pat Enyart faces fireworks concerns as a blaze damages a North Market street tent.
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Charley Enyear
North Market Street
Troy News
Murdered Recluse Auctioned Quaint Relics in Ohio Hut
Myron Raymond, a reclusive man, was murdered prompting the sale of his estate relics. A sugar bowl used for 40 years sold for 7.75 dollars and a milk stool carved from a tree fetched 5 dollars as curious bidders traveled from afar.
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Myron Raymond
Raymond
Ohio news pith and point roundup from multiple towns
Pithy Ohio briefs: Gardingm shooter incident in Cleveland. Suttles shot resisting arrest. Burg steals 1750 at Peters brick yard Coal Grove. Toledo suffrage protest. Paris mission for Red Cross. Warrenton fire destroys poor homes. Rev Noel Reynolls dies at 75. Pierce Thompson disestablishes co op grocery. Lorain furnaces lighted. Canton mob clocks one hour ahead dispute. Toledo suffrage protesters condemn Seattle methods. Youngstown mail car crash. Andy Ploom slaughter house dynamited. Newark chosen for Ohio Christian Endeavor union. Salem couple married. Leavittsburg steel tract purchase. Fostoria hog cholera. Mrs Rachel Marshall Davis died.
Probate Court Actions and Insanity Adjudication in County
In probate court Wednesday A W DeWeese, assignee of Perry Wolfford, sought to sell real estate and was authorized. Bertha Chryst elected under Abraham Chryst’s will. Bessie Mreteken of Piqua was adjudged insane and committed to Dayton Shire Hospital by L K E St John, with Drs Punderbury and Kunkle examining. She is Russian by birth, previously at Dayton state hospital, with financial worries linked to her decline. She ran a millinery shop in Piqua, becoming excitable and prone to profanity when aroused. Credentials cite age 42, with Court names Sheriff Joe Barnett and Deputy Monk Spillman. Mary Clark appointed administratrix of Carns Gill estate. Elizabeth Fry’s will, filed in probate, bequeaths all to husband John Fry.
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Pension Board and Local Notices In Ohio County
The Miami county pension board met at the city building to review Willis L. Tiack of Covington's application. Edith W. Fullerton requests a grave marker fund of 50 to 100 dollars. H Bember of Piqua, born in Belmont Canada, seeks a location and related details in the common pleas court notes. The husband serves as executor in the estate discussions.
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Piqua
Belmont
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Summerfield Deaths and Marriages Across Towns
June 28 report from Summerfield lists B Cavanaugh of Woodsfield dying suddenly. numerous marriages in Sandusky Vernon Centerbury and nearby towns. sentencing for Malicious Destruction in Canton. multiple obituaries including Mrs A M Kenyon and Miss May Roth Guishman. mayoral candidate Sinan F.B. Laley of Miltonsburg. resignations and clerical moves in Bucyrus. deaths at Salem Marysville Ottawa Bellatre Carmy and others. Frank A M Wilson death by suicide in Bellatre.
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