Piqua Society Notes Add to Week’s Events
Local churches unite for midweek services and many social notices follow. The week includes a Girls and Boys Congress trip return, a Dayton area picnic, picnics at Ware Paris, and a wedding in New York City with plans to Philadelphia. Residents attend sewing parties and hospital events, with numerous community updates and travel plans among Piqua and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Power and Light Company
Ware
Paris
Kenia
Piqua
Elizabeth Watfield
Ellis Schnobel
Church of Transfiguration
New York City
Seville
Schnohel
University of Pennsylvania
Schnobel
Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Schnobel
Philadelphia
Personal notes on visitors and local gatherings
Joseph Ewald of Wapako visits sister in this city. Mrs J H Hester and Donna spend week with sister Mrs Tt Stoker on Wood Street. Mrs Kesifer and daughter to stay with parents at Wooston before returning home. Mr and Mrs J Sheridan return from two week visit in Columbus area. Mrs David Wessler of Versailles shopped in Piqua. Mrs Rosaire Matthews of Columbus staying with her parents. Mr and Mrs J B Long on South Main. Mr and Mrs Eugene Smith and sons of Windsor Canada preparing to depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ewald of
Wapako
Frank Schafer
J. H. Hester
Donna
Tt. Stoker
Wood Street
Rosaire Matthews
Columbus
J. B. Long
South Main Birmet
Ancient Sumerian Tablets Recount Early Trade Lists
Scholar FLT Kelly translates about thirty Sumerian tablets dated to 2000 B C at the University of Wisconsin Medley of tablets mostly list animals and people with contracts recording exchanges. Wedges and unique grammar complicate reading as dates tie to events like city devastations and kings’ coronations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flt Kelly
Department of
University of
Garkialah
Naniasi
Ninnuskenitir
Erech
Er-Framnshar
Shadubebiruni
Hakniri
Gourd First Nurse Bottle From Tropical Feeding Traditions
A hollow gourd becomes the infant feeding bottle when torn from its tree. Its edible interior would feed the baby after the adult plucks it and fills the shell with milk or liquid nourishment. In tropical regions the coconut serves a similar natural bottle.
Home of Poets in Ayrshire and Burns Country
The article notes Kilmarnock as a plain factory town yet home to many poets. It cites Burns artifacts in Ayr and asserts Burns’ spirit lives in Ayrshire’s people and landscape with lyrical, homelike scenery and enduring wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmarnock
Burns
Ayr
Jean Armour
Highland Mary
Ayrshire
Power of Navy Echoes From Cavernous Hulls
A New York correspondent records fireman recruit Big Jack Dempsey aboard a United States battleship as war furor swells. He tells how serving as a fireman Alexandria to feed the coal and keep engines roaring embodies duty to country. The crew drills intensify while the Navy gears up for global conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Jack Dempsey
United States
Navy Yard
Climor
New York
Dempsey
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Navy Traditions Lifted In Smoke Filled Hull
A gauze rises above moving units and smoke from a neighboring vessel. The observer notes the sailors have started work for Uncle Sam. Within the gray steel hull, other navy representatives bend to uphold traditions and maintain the flag’s honor at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
The Good of Life and Personal Happiness
The text urges citizens to develop their inner potential, pursue happiness, and contribute to communal welfare. It stresses self control to avoid melancholy and inactivity and asserts that actions matter more than beliefs, quoting Fridtjof Nuusen on living by deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fridtjof Nuusen
Diphthongs and Spelling Changes in English
Diphthongs persist without deliberate invention. proper diphthongs keep both vowel sounds in one syllable as in noise, while improper forms like eo in people show reduced vowel sounds. Changes favor preserving sound, explaining why writers prefer maneouver to manoeuvre and using thru in simplified spelling.
Bridge at Yutan Neb: Burlington completes trestle span
Burlington railroad finishes a bridge across the Platte at Yutan Nebraska. Girders anchor the ends while a 700 foot trestle spans the center to resist ice jams and floods. The Platte width was reduced by embankment to heighten current depth for ice flow. The report notes the unusual construction described in Popular Mechanics. The text ends with a quoted exchange about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Railroat
Platté River
Yutan
Neb
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Onion Trust Unearthed Stirs Government Interest
A witty quip reports government interest in discovering an onion trust and asks how officials detected it, playing on scent and discovery. The exchange frames a light, ironic take on regulatory attention to market oddities.
Senate Calls for Records on Louisville Training Site
Senator New of Texas introduces a resolution seeking war department records about choosing Louisville Kentucky for the army training camp where Indiana and Kentucky troops would train. He cites newspaper charges of political influence. Kentucky Senators James and Beckham voiced no opposition but noted prior objections to the Louisville site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Washington
Senator New
Ttx
Senate
Indiana
Kentucky
James and Beckham
Secretary of War
Gompers Opposes Prohibition After White House Talk
Samuel Gompers, spokesman for American labor, told reporters that he personally believes national prohibition would be the greatest injustice to the country and its people. He said the eighteen minute White House conference with President Wilson did not cover wartime prohibition and that he prefers to leave that question to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Washington
Samuel Gompers
Wilson
White House
Weather observations and forecast report
United States Weather Bureau observations at 7 pm Wednesday list conditions for St Paul St Louis Chicago Columbus Buffalo New York and Washington. Temperatures range around 70 in St Paul and 78 in New York with skies varying from clear to cloudy. For tomorrow indications point to possible local thunder showers in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Temp. Weather
St. Paul
St. Louis
Chicago
Columbus
Buffalo
New York
Washington
Ohio
Covington Social Roundup At Justimere Hut And Nearby
Covington notes list visitors from Fon du Lac Akron Oakland and Dayton. weddings include Miss Anna Long and A B Himes in West Milton. Rev H A Brandt gives farewell sermon then heads to Columbus. multiple local families hosted guests and visited Bradford Urbanic Lynn and Piqua. wedding party attendee John Wine traveled from Springfield Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
John Ingle
Ella
H. L. Ingle
Fon du Lac
Wis
Delmar Owen
Gwen
Jack
Akron
Charles Ingle
Mary
Ruth
Justimere Hut
Adolph Ulery
Oakland
California
Susanna Ullery
South High Street
Indianapolis
Harry Ullery
H. A. Brandt
St. John's Lutheran Church
Columbus
Wisconsin
L Berryhill
Lynn
Ind
Ora Yount
Troy
J. A. Diltz
Bradford
Susan Diltz
J. C. Blocker
Minot
Merritt Hobiet
North High Street
John Wine
Springfield
Grace
Jana Whitney
Herbert Coffman
Dayton
R. M. Maurer
S. L. Shellaberger
D. J. Shellaberger
D. G. Wenrick
Wilbur Rike
Levina Prince
Hardin
Maud Reach
Jacob Killian
Mildred
Daniel Minnich
President's Flag Idea for U S Vessels
In early 1882 President Arthur proposed a special ensign for U S ships to mark the presence of the president. The cabinet agreed, design featuring a blue field with the United States arms at center. The navy department ordered display at the mainmast of any vessel bearing the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
United States
Navy Department
Arthur Frat
Social Roundup from Paris to Newark and Nearby Towns
Saturday through midweek visits and travels recap as residents from Hill Osborn Piqua Dayton and surrounding areas spend time with relatives friends and or travel to Newark Peru Indianapolis Springfield and Gettysburg. Included are names such as Mrs Christian DeBra Mrs Mary Ru Mr and Mrs H C Whitmer Miss Alice Maier Miss Gertrude Sifford Jeff Mr Byron Crampton Rev W A Vorhis and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Christian DeBra
Hill
Mary Ru
South High Street
Clint Frey
Irene
Piqua
H. C. Whitmer
Frank Whitmer
Arthur
Joseph
Laurel Kessler
Osborn
Alice Maier
Gertrude Sifford Jeff
Newark
New Jersey
H. J. Shafer
Alma Maier
Byron Crampton
Peru
Ind
Anna Fowler
Conrad Neth
Glenna
Conrad
Peter Holfinger
Minnie
Rolla Raudabough
Mary Pearl
Sningfiel
William A. Reed
Betty
Hearnest
Piqua and
Fletcher
W. A. Vorhis
Springfield
James Orr
Rachel Allery
Lelia Shellaberger
A. D. Shelaberger
Dayton
George Good
Roy Flory
Indianapolis
John Kinney
Munsie
George Swadner
John Ingle
Mise
H. L. Ingle
Fon Dw Lac
Wis
Delmar
Owen
Akron
Hiram Hollinger
Walter
Gettysburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Presbyterian Chrch
Zion Reformed Church
Patterson
Wayne and
High Streets
Boys’ and Girls’ Congress
Marion
Mr. and
Mirs. S. Wt. Wright
Lucille
Lea ‘Thomas
West Milton
Tome
Grant Strent Yroy
Thomas
Piquin
Nobell
Erna
Oden Flichardson
Mar McKee
Kiy
Catterson’s
Wuenbig James
West Ash Street
Charlotte Long
Cincinnati
Minnie Reedy
Groadway
Women's Auxiliary Board of Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees
Tate
Mesdames
Jacob Wendel
J. Black
John Vallery
Johm Zollinger
St. M. O'Merrall
L. MM. Flesh
Kate Leonard
Edna Redman
Mr. Charlies
Ink
St. Boniface Church
Parker Leonard
Miami Street
Elizabeth Hatfield
W. C. Kerns
Boone Street
Lyle Crow
Phawa
J. Or. Miles
the Children's Home
Kale Mwald
Wapakoneta
F. G. Schafer
Mary Thomer
Detroit
Ama Beck
Joseph B. Thomer
Rhea Wampool
Toledo
George Allan Hall
W. A. Chenoweth B
Glenarn, O
Ira Brandon
West Water Street
Hilda Mote
Brg. Dougherty
Norma
Wilner
Hamilton
Wilerman
St. Boniface Parsonage
South Downing Street
Presbyterian
Ehurch
Ferguson
Margaret Schoen
C. Messmore
Marvin Snyder
A. EB. Schaffer
British Museum
Indy
Peltiford Beauty Shop
David Wessler
Versailles
Mrs
Eugene Smith and
Palm Beach
Pearson
W. Ash
B.C
University of Wisconsin
Good Fellowship
Lucas’ Farm
Presbyterian Dining Room
H. W. Kress
May
Alice Brady
Russia
Erly Phy Rama
Addie Parhe
Matinee
Etthel Clayton
Pathe News
Ale
Miles Minter
Muany
John
H. OW. Kress
BIJOU
Triangle Presents
H. B. Warner
Clara Williams
Asmorrow
Etanghire
Hinton
Slover's Orchestra
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