Ladies of Needle Club Host Friday Gathering
The Needle Club ladies met Friday afternoon at Mrs. C. G. Sheppard's Washington street home. Red Cross work was enjoyed and a luncheon was served at five. Guests included Mrs. Arthur Vorhes, Mrs. Oscar Aumiller of Columbus, Mrs. Herbert Leyshon of Logan, Mrs. Maria Shep pard, and Mrs. Dow Shafer. members present listed with several attendees.
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Ladies of the Needle Club
C. G. Sheppard
Washington Street
Red Cross
Arthur Vorhes
Oscar Aumiller
Columbus
Herbert Leyshon
Logan
Maria Sheppard
Dow Shafer
Mesdames Mabel Barnecut
C. B. Welch
Ed. Dean
Train schedule adjusts arrivals at Nelsonville and Athens
A slight schedule change moves passenger train No. 30 to arrive Nelsonville at 10 06 A M on Sunday April 7 and train No 86 from Athens to 12 02 P M from the previous 11 82. The update reflects minor timetable corrections for the two routes.
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Nelsonville
Athens
Three Aliens to Face U S Commissioner in Columbus
Deputy Sheriff Dew assisted a U S Deputy Marshal to escort three alleged pro-Germans to Columbus last night for arraignment before the U S Commissioner. The three prisoners, all aliens, have been in the local jail for the past week.
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Columbus
Dew
U. S
Owens takes sales post with Lostro Auto Sales Co
David Owens accepted a salesman role with The Lostro Auto Sales Co and will be permanently based in Nelsonville.
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Lostro
David Owens
The
Lostro Auto Sales Co
Nelsonville
Ground Glass Found in Sugar Package Reported
Mrs. Lacey Donley reports finding ground glass in a sugar package bought at a local grocery. She discovered a teaspoonful of glass in the small package.
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Lacey Donley
Miss Lucile Verity Accepts Book-keeper Post at Preston Store
Miss Lucile Verity has accepted a position as book-keeper at the Preston Dry Goods Store and will enter upon her new duties Monday. Several residents traveled to Columbus for visits and returned. others hosted guests and completed winter trips in Florida.
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Lucile Verity
Preston Dry Goods
Alya Johnson
W. S. Rhodes
Frank Minner
Lessie Johnson
Columbus
C. G. Sheppard
Norman Ervin
Donald Spray
Camp Sheridan
Ala
Parker Sniffen
John Colter
Joe Smith
Mary Parry
Alva Johnson
Louise
Miami
Florida
Priscilla Club Hosts at Adams Street Home
Mrs. William Powell entertained the Priscilla Club at her Adams street residence last evening. Guests Miss Beatrice Cook and Mrs. Emme Hough joined the members Lessie Johnson Velma Dowler Minnie Merz Mae Bunion Mary Howe and Mrs Ho Knight for an evening of sewing followed by a one course luncheon.
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Priscilla Club
William Powell
Adams Street
Beatrice Cook
Emme Hough
Miases Lessie Johnson
Velma Dowler
Minnie Merz
Mae Bunion
Mary Howe
Ho. Knight
Epworth League Attendance Expected For Meeting
Epworth League prompts all Epworthians to attend the upcoming gathering. Members are urged to be present for reports and community updates at the church hall this Friday evening.
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Epworth League
Epworthians
Methodist Church Announces Rev Hoffman Easter Sermon
The Methodist Episcopal Church invites worshipers to Sunday services at 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 morning service 7 P M class meeting 2:30 and Epworth League 6:15. The pastor questions Shall We Abandon Our Churches in the morning. Dr John W Hoffman of Ohio Wesleyan University will preach in the evening. Choir to repeat Easter music.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur M. Mann
Epworth League
John W. Hoffman
Ohio Wesleyan University
Hoffman
Endeavorers Remember Pledge Pay Time At Church Sunday
Endea vorers are urged to arrive at 2 P M Sunday for a group picture followed by an executive meeting. Next Sunday is pledge paying time with requests to bring dues and prepare to talk at the prayer meeting to help win the Chauncey contest. Several local residents are noted as visiting relatives in Columbus Wheeling Logan and other nearby towns.
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Chauncey
Japanese Marines Land at Vladivostok After Clash
Washington reports a small Japanese naval force landed in Vladivostok to protect life and property after a Russian attack on a Japanese officer. One Japanese killed and two wounded. no political significance attached. Landing party from a Japanese cruiser in Vladivostok harbor.
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Washington
Vladivostok
State Department
Biberia
Vladivostok Harbor
Twin Brothers Die in Cave-in North of Logan
Wesley and Leslie Helver, twins who would have turned 21 in June, were killed in a cave-in at a sand bank four miles north of Logan where they worked for Samuel F. Spencer of Dresden Ohio. They were loading sand and are survived by five brothers, six sisters, and both parents of Rockbridge.
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Lancaster
Wesley
Leslie Helver
Logan
Samuel F. Spencer
Dresden
Rockbridge
Allies Will Hold the Amiens Post
Washington April 6 France and Britain at bay before Amiens will stand off the Boche and turn him back say military men of today. Strong defenses are believed before the city with protection of this vital center seen as defense of men fighting their existence. The fall of Amiens would be more tragic than Paris from a military view. Its loss would back the French and British and disrupt supply lines.
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Washington
France
Britain
Amiens
Paris
Bless the Methodists says Secretary Daniels
Secretary of the Navy Daniels spoke at a Lyric Hall meeting in Baltimore praising the Methodist church for providing more soldiers and nurses and for prayers, in celebration of Maryland's ratification of the national prohibition amendment. He said he was born in the Methodist church and blessed the denomination.
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Sec’v. Daniels
Baltimore
Navy
Daniels
Maryland
Methodist Church
Crisis at Hand in New German Drive Near Amiens
Washington reports from April 6 describe the second phase of the German offensive in Picardy as officers sense an approaching critical point. Berlin seeks footholds before Amiens and to press the junction of French and British forces while the War Department adheres to tight secrecy per Baker policy and offers no new official details.
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Washington
Picardy
Amiens
Baker
War Department
London
Paris
Two Negro Soldiers Executed for Murder in Houston
In Camp Logan, Houston, April 5, John B. Mann and Walter Matthews, both Negro privates of Company I Three Hundred and Seventieth Infantry, were hanged for killing Private Ralph M. Foley of Company G One Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry. The execution proceeded quickly with witnesses present.
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Houston
Texas
Camp Logan
John B. Mann
Walter Matthews
Huddred
Ralph M. Foley
Wets Quick To Get Signers To Petition
In Columbus Ohio the Ohio Home Rule Association filed a petition with 151 150 signatures from 66 counties to place a constitutional amendment referendum on federal amendments before voters. The largest county tally came from Cuyahoga with 35 582 signatures.
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Columbus
Ohio Home Rule Association
General Assembly
Fulton
Cuyahoga County
Five Men Sought as Ringleaders in Mob Hangi ng
Collinsville Illinois April 6 a search was under way for five ringleaders in the mob that hanged Robert Praeger an alleged pro German figure early Friday A discharged soldier with a brother killed in France is among the suspects Four Collinsville justices fearing violence refused warrants forcing Coroner Lowe to secure warrants in Styerée ville
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Collinsville
Ill
Robert Praeger
France
Lowe
Styeréeville
Soldiers and Sailors See Washington by Auto Invitation
Several hundred American soldiers sailors and marines stationed near Washington joined a civic tour of the capital. Citizens chauffeured them through the city to notable sights. The White House car, provided by Mrs. Wilson, headed the procession.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Red Cross seeks workers for France service in Lake Division
Responding to a telegraphic appeal from General Manager H. D. Gibson, the Lake Division announces sub committees on personnel will form in major Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky cities. Cleveland lawyer R. H. Crowell will aid as assistant director of personnel as April 20 recruitment begins for Red Cross foreign service.
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H. D. Gibson
American Red Cross
James R. Garfield
Red Cross
France
L. Dean Holden
Lake Division
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Holden
R. H. Crowell
Cleveland
Crowell
Red Cross Foreign Service
Gibson
Garfield
H. P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Paris
Older Men to Fall Under Ban of Idlers 100
Washington dispatches report draft plans to compel idlers to work on farms and other war needs. Officials seek authority to classify manpower up to age 50 and use local boards as employment agencies with accurate vacancy reports guiding idlers to suitable work.
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Washington
Administration
Dayton businessman rules out secretary of state bid
Dayton on April 5 Charles W. Bieser a local business man stated he is not and will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination for secretary of state saying his business commitments prevent him from pursuing the race.
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Dayton
Charles W. Bieser
Letters From Men In Service From Italy March 2 1918
Otis Barnhill receives a cousin Clarence D Barnhill in the American Aviation service in Italy. He describes camp life at Camp Aviagione Foggia and Camp Lud Orest, wind, non flying days, intercamp sports, and a dramatic first experience with bumps and high altitude flying.
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Otis Barnhill
Athens
Clarence D. Barnhill
American Aviation Service
Italy
Camp Aviagione Ltd
Foggia
Otis
Lud
Camp Orest
Rome
America
Mother Earth
Air training shifts as aviators face fog and dangers
An American air unit describes training in Italy, noting Brevet stages, Caproni flights, and the fog causing collisions. They reflect on aviation risks, the need for quick decision making, and the thrill of cloud scenery. A wartime concert in Foggia, Italian entertainment for War Relief, and band performances are mentioned alongside equipment like Fiat motors and early Y M C A facilities.
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U. S
Caproni
Italy
Foggia
Spaulding
Fritz Kressler
Gal
Johnny
Johnny Oh
Huckleberry Finn
Naples
Pompeii
Santo Rome
Germany
Dan Pierce
Fiat
Rome
Fire in Navy Building Destroys Upper Floor
A fire in Washington near the great Navy Building destroyed the upper floor of a building occupied by the Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair and the camouflage section. Some supplies burned but overall damage was said to be insignificant.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Bureau of Cons and Repair
Student Aviator Killed in Key West Collision
In Key West Florida on April 6 Thomas W. Eaton of Winton Delaware was killed when the airplane he piloted collided with another. Student J. J Mitchell Jr suffered serious injuries. Both planes were about 100 feet above the ground at the time of impact.
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Key West
Fla
Thomas W. Eaton
Witon
Del
J. J Mitchell, Jr
Lawson Emerson Dies After Illness in Wheeling
Bethesda April 5 funeral arrangements announced for Lawson H. E. former Ohio court clerk. He died after a brief illness in Wheeling last night. The University of Berlin offers ninety four courses specifically designed to prepare students for industry and commerce.
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Lawson Emerson
Bethesda
Atorney Lawson HE
Ohio Court
Wheeling
The
University of Berlin
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C. J. Sanders
P. Bldg
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Harrold
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Roydon Lancaster
Royal Linscott
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Cleo Williams
Christian Endeavor
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John Shingler
Buchtel
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J. P. Tedrow
C. B. Butt
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C. H. Sisson
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McArthur
J. W. Hoffman
Delaware
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Mies Nelle
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