Nelsonville News Notes and War Minute Update
Nelsonville notes report C H Bartlett as business manager and editor with Mrs C H Bartlett as social reporter. Three thousand actors volunteer to entertain in Y M C A huts behind the American line in France. April 24 update notes enemy artillery activity near Toul and fifty enlisted men head home for Liberty Loan support. German clothing bureau cites voluntary upper garment collection for munition workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Toul
Iman
America
Liberty Loan
German State Clothing Bureau
Nelsonville Notices and Local Real Estate Listings
Nelsonville notices include hustling seekers for the Messenger noon edition with paper arrivals at 12 45. Real estate offers span 7 room cement block on W Franklin and multiple city properties. Arrests update travel inspectors Courtney and Ray for stolen coats with Pittsburg firms involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Nelsonville
C. H. Bartlett
Franklin Street
Mill Street
Chestnut St
W. Franklin
Canal St
C. W. Juniper
K. of P. Bidg
Ohio
L. A. Courtney
J. S. Ray
Hotel Dew
Pittsburg
Courtney
Ray
Chief Pearson
Train Delay Impacts Columbus Branch Runs After Freight Wreck
Frank Barron visits Columbus as Train No. 84 runs one hour late yesterday afternoon due to a freight wreck. The incident delayed branch trains and disrupted the local schedule. Social Sewing Club hosted by Mrs. Walter Mechem featured a Red Cross effort and a luncheon with members and guests attending. Several club members and guests including Miss Fidna Mechem and Mrs. Harold Mechem were noted. Also, Gladys Betts and others motor to Logan to see the show Intolerance on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mechem
Red Cross
Mesdames Martin Ohlinger
E. J. Kessinger
B. L. Harrell
P. W. Hickman
D. F. Shafer
L. R. Kelch
Fred Linscott
Chas. Vorhes
A. P. Scott
Ivan Kinney
L. D. Martin
Masdames A. G. Mechem
Fidna Mechem
Harold Mechem
Gladys Betts
Carl Pettit
Elsie Hodgeman
Raymond Kreppel
Logan
Roy Maze
Columbus
Floyd Rosser
Wilbur Martin
William Smith
Sylvia Cooley
New York City
R. H. Jackson
F. G. Cooley
W. L. Hudson
Lebanon
Athens
Fern Parry
Dies After Short Illness In Floodwood
Mrs. Sarah Hutchinson died at her Floodwood home Wednesday after a brief pneumonia illness. She leaves a husband and four young children. No funeral arrangements have been made. Community notes mention several local visits and events including Hocking Valley Christian Endeavor convention plans in Nelsonville May 24–26 with delegates from multiple churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Hutchinson
Floodwood
Hocking Valley
Athens
Meigs
Hocking Counties
Christian Endeavor Convention
Nelsonville
Christian Church
United Brethren
Presbyterian
Congregationalist
Baptist
Christian
Ohio county auditors to discuss uniform tax assessments
Columbus Ohio April 25 state tax commission calls meeting of all fifty county auditors who took office last October at the Southern Hotel to discuss methods for uniform tax assessments this year.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Southern
Nitrate Plant No 3 to Be Located in Ohio
The War Department announced nitrate plant No 3 will be built in Toledo and Elizabethtown Ohio. The two half units will equal the capacity of the full unit under construction at Sheffield Alabama.
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Washington
War Department
Toledo
Elizabethtown
Sheffield
Ala
Motor Board Created To Lead Wartime Transport Service
Washington reports a new motor transport service formed by the War Department to replace the motor division of the Quartermaster Corps. A general officer will lead the service and assist the Quartermaster General. Christian Girl of Cleveland is expected to stay as chief civilian adviser on motor truck production.
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Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
Christian Girl
Cleveland
Reorganized Service
America Increases Food Exports To Allies In March
Washington reports March exports of meat and dairy products totaling 111.9 million dollars and breadstuffs worth 65.3 million, rising from February. The Food Administration urged greater home sacrifices to ease overseas distress.
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Washington
America
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Food Administration
Woman Runs Farm as Husband Helps Nation
Greensburg Pennsylvania April 24 Mrs John Beck operates a 175 acre farm near White school house two miles from Scottdale while her husband works as a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer to aid war traffic. She plows tends five horses five cows and other stock with help from her 16 year old daughter and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
R. R
John Beck
White School House
Scottdale
Archdiocese Leader Ireland Relapse After Florida Trip
In St Paul on April 24 Archbishop John Ireland suffered a relapse after returning from Florida where he had recuperated from a breakdown. Physicians reported he was slightly improved tonight and hope for his recovery was expressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
John Ireland
Florida
First to Fight Lieutenant Ayer Killed in Action
Second Lieutenant Lawrence B. Ayer aged 24 of Fitchburg Massachusetts was killed in action on April 20. A Dartmouth graduate he went to France last August as a member of the battery that fired the first American shot in the war.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Lawrence
Ayer
Dartmouth
France
Camouflage Candle Used in War Economy Tests
A Washington report notes American manufacturers investigate camouflage candles used in war economies. The hollow porcelain cylinder, filled with kerosene, resembles a wax candle in appearance and burn.
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Washington
Have Plenty of Locks for AEF Hosiery Shipment
Washington reports socks are plentiful for American expeditionary forces and the parcel post ban on hosiery shipments will continue. Major General March, acting chief of staff, advised Senator Weeks that Massachusetts cannot send its intended hosiery to Bay State troops due to tonnage needs for other supplies.
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Washington
America
March
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Bay State
Denver educator heads plan to teach English only
A late April report from a committee of educators urged U S grade schools to replace cultural studies with practical English teaching next year. Mrs Mary C C Bradford of Denver, NAEs president, approved the recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
America
Mary C. C. Bradford
National Education Association
Admiralty ends weekly ship loss reports in favor of monthly summaries
London on April 24 reports the admiralty will stop the weekly tally of shipping losses and replace it with a monthly report released on the Thursday after the 21st each month.
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London
Admiralty
Workers Idle in Building Trades in U S Survey
Washington reports many carpenters and other building trades workers are now idle per a survey by the United States Employment Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penters
United States Employment Service
Local Food Official Closes Wholesale Supply Co for Violations
Wheeling West Virginia state food administrator E W Oglesbay closed Wholesale Supply Co in Fairmont for selling nine barrels of flour without substitutes. The firm will be shut for two weeks.
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Wheeling
W. Va
E. W. Oglesbay
Wholesale Supply Co
Fairmont
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Edward Minister
the Manhattan
Ida
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Nelsonville News
Messenger Branch
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Bell Phone
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Rebekah Lodge
War Chest
E. A. Albaugh
W. E. Allen
Harry Birchfield
Oliver Carsey
John N. Crawfis
Emma Emmery
Clara Ferguson
J. R. Grossett
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George Jones
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Homer Lent
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Fred Victor
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