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Newspaper

Piqua Daily Press

Location

Piqua, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1917

Page

6

County Seat Murders and Probate Actions Highlight Troy Court

Probate court Thursday appointed executors for Fannie Wieming and Jane Coppock estates while William Mitchell and Martha Bell faced various probate actions. In criminal matters Warner Arnold faced assault charges, Asa Leffel received jail time for resisting an officer, and Thomas Chick was released from custody after a weapons case with ongoing payments. Local boy Howard White died in Gary Indiana. Doris and Alma Wollover taken to a child’s home. a civil case against Dayton and Troy Electric settled confidentially.

Fannie TH. Wieming Thomas E. Mitchell William I. Mitchell Martha Jr Bell Jane Coppock Raymond Aerr Warner Arnold Matt Laos Long Tio Arnold Thomas Chick Piqua Walter D. Jones Common Pleas Court Chick Asa Leffel Troy Clay Harmon Leffel Barner Frog Mak Indiana Loward White Gary Ind Wrank Sowell Deas Muncie Danmige James Murray Dayton and Troy Electric Company Common Pleas Murray City Strock Downing and Ash Streets Moor Waoop Laudeau Doris Alma Wollover Snoop Shetby County Loudean Alma

Tigers Annex This One Veach's Home Run for Detroit

Detroit wins a ten inning game at Chicago in which Veach hit a ninth inning homer to tie the score. Stanage doubled and Bush sacrifice fly plated the winning run. Cobb contributed a hit as Detroit defeated the White Sox 9 to 8.

Veach White Sox Chicago Detroit Stanige James Bush Cobb B.H. Es Chicagio Lantter Ad Cunningham Stanage Trussell Wil Seehapkins

Vast Munitions Need for European War Powers Renewed

The article details staggering costs and materials for trench warfare. It notes 24 million European soldiers requiring daily munitions, with gun metal, powder, and shells driving enormous outlays. It cites 4,000 munitions plants in Great Britain employing millions, and contrasts France and England's industrial scales amid wartime ore and pig metal imports.

National Geographic Society Bulletin Europe Great Tsrthin England France

President’s Flag proposed and used by Arthur

The article recounts President Arthur proposing a presidential ensign in 1882, with a blue field bearing the United States arms. The cabinet approved, the navy ordered display at the mainmast on vessels bearing the president, and Arthur first used the flag in 1883.

Arthur United States Navy Department

The Grape of Brazil Jabotienba Tree Feature

A Rio de Janeiro area note highlights the jabotienba tree called the grape of Brazil. The fruit grows on bark and roots, reaches 16 to 40 feet, with a dense leafy top. The maroon fruit, 0.5 to 1.5 inches wide, has a thick skin and can yield 1 to 4 seeds per pulp, enticing but hard to satisfy appetite.

Grape of Brazil Rio de Janeiro United States Department Ofriculture

Queer Sort of Butter From Guacharo Fat

A Caribbean note describes a unique butter substitute from the guacharo birds in unidad. Young birds yield rich fat. natives boil the fat from nests, crawling through caves and pools to reach prey. Full grown birds are extremely timid and seldom photographed alive.

Unidad

A Green Rookie Face Scratches Clock in Drill Room

A new recruit is blamed for scratching the clock face with a pencil while the sergeant complains during drill. The lieutenant ordered time to be made in the drill room until Ot returns. The scene plays out with a tense, humorous tone typical of early military life.

Read The Press Want Ad You Will Find What You Want

A prompt describes using classified ads to locate desired items or services with a concise instruction to scan The Press Want Ad section for matches and opportunities.

Never Came Together as Time and Money Diverted Thought

A fragmentary line quotes a would-be philosopher musing that time and money never align. It notes that abundant time means poverty. wealthy could not spare funds, hinting at a paradox of satisfaction and resource limits. The passage reads as reflective, aphoristic prose without broader context.

Most Royal Thing to Labor Paradox Cited by Alexander

A muddled quote presents Alexander the Great lecturing friends on labor versus luxury. He supposedly argues that it is most slavish to luxurate and two most royal to labor, referencing Isho¢ Marrow in a brief, cryptic passage.

Alexander the Great

Chariots as Ancient War Power Measure

Analysis notes that in antiquity chariots served like heavy artillery for some nations. Pharoah’s pursuit of Israel is cited with 600 chariots, illustrating how military strength could be gauged by chariot numbers.

Pharoah Israel

Food Pirate: Waiter With Knife Demands Payment

A Louisville Courier Journal report describes a waiter who brandished a knife under his belt and demanded payment, illustrating a incident labeled as a food pirate. The article notes the diner confrontation and local police response, highlighting safety concerns in dining venues.

Oré Louisville Courier-Journal

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