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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
2
The Piqua Daily Press headlined editorials mock linotype poetry and fault local Dayton flood funding. It argues residents should expect to pay for Conservancy projects, notes army draft slackers, and jokes about Ringling Bros. in a brisk period voice.
The Wapakoneta News notes two aeroplanes with lights flew northward near 10 o clock Wednesday night, with residents hearing hums though the crafts were high. Other items mention local weather dire, wheat and corn losses from winds and rains, plus civic chatter about a weather man and sewer conditions in Piqua.
The annual Bureau of Chemistry report details advances in plant nutrition research. It notes differing protein quality across grains, identifies a new protein in kafir corn containing lysine and tryptophan, and highlights peanut cake as a nitrogen source. Practical feeding tests will follow with the Bureau of Animal Industry.
On a Gulf of Guinea island near the African coast a plague of sleeping sickness tied to the tsetse fly has vanished. An army squad wearing canvas suits coated with fly paper-like sticky substance captured many thousands of flies monthly, and in the last nine months none were trapped, ending the disease on the island.
Miss Anna Lehneman aged 29 of 421 East Rich street died at Grant hospital after taking poison by mistake for medicine. Coroner Hershaw viewed the morgue at E. E. Fisher Co. Relatives in Pennsylvania notified. Four suspects held in connection with the mysterious death of Spiro Kostoss aged 32 whose body was found near the South High street viaduct. Also reports of a gatecrasher bandit at A C Scott druggist and a burglary at Sears store.
A Meath correspondent reports the death of a very eccentric lady intestate. Her solicitor, after 40 days of searching the house, recovered vast property including £7000 in bank notes and securities. A will was found benefiting several charities.
Colum bus reports a series of brief items including the death of coal operator and 1897 Ohio governor candidate Hocrace J Chapman in Columbus after a long illness born 1837 in Allegheny County New York he moved to Ohio at fifteen settling in Portsmouth plus other short notes on drownings and local officials changes and a threatened police strike in Alliance Ohio
Washington June 29. Women supporters vow to press on at the White House where President Wilson ordered the arrest of twenty five suffragists and one dozen more in the past week. Alice Paul leads the Woman's Navy promising many volunteers will travel to Washington to aid the campaign. Police report arrests of Iris Caldwell of Wichita and Eliyah Stuyvesant of New York for attempting to display banners at Wilson's speech. later released with no charges.
A local notice promotes using Press Want Ads to reach buyers for home sales. It emphasizes quick inquiries and broad exposure through the newspaper marketplace.
In a Rudimentary dialogue from Xoutlys Companion a dark haired Mariiret Mis and her friend Vivian discuss ideal marriage qualities. Grandmother Ellis questions Vivian's readiness, noting sewing cooking and housekeeping are essential, and urges finding a well trained partner to share life’s strain and responsibility.
Salvaged European treasures, including two complete windows and four circular medallions, from a single artist's cycle, arrive in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The works, created during the Northern Renaissance, originated near the Lorraine region between France and Germany and originally hung at the Abbey of Firmigny near Nancy. The windows depict Moses presenting the tablets of the Law to the Hebrews and reflect a masterful early Renaissance style.
A crowdsourced description from Popular Science Monthly explains a river coal tow. The Sprague steamer leads a vast line with four rows of boats and two barges, totaling 56 vessels plus two barges, all lashed together to form a massive floating coal convoy.
Spinach yields great satisfaction as a garden crop and occupies land in autumn and winter without hindering summer vegetables. Plant three or four ounces of seed in autumn after harvest to produce ample greens for the family in late autumn and early spring. When harvesting, remove the entire plant rather than just the leaves, and thin by removing larger plants first to allow smaller ones to mature.
A brief overheard exchange notes strong business at the drugstore. The friend comments on the cash register ringing and asks about the cashier’s success. The druggist replies that sales are splendid, mentioning small coinage from the morning sale.
Classified notice states that The Press Want Ad services help readers find exactly what they want through targeted listings. It promotes quick responses, broad reach, and affordable rates for individuals and businesses seeking products, services, or opportunities.
An old article from St Nicholas discusses life saving tests for older girls in a camp. It details holding and rescue techniques to aid drowning victims and the Sehneffer resuscitation method. The piece questions whether life saving or drowning would be preferred if called upon.
A stern tired man walks along a roadside 20 miles from the city as two children sit with baskets of wood violets. The scene recalls a barefoot boy from memory who once dreamed of selling nickels and dimes, while the man asks for one bouquet.
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