Colored youths honored before Camp Sherman departure
A reception at First Baptist Church tonight honors the colored boys departing for Camp Sherman Friday morning. Rev. Tolliver announced a revised program. Mayor Williams will attend and Rev. W. C. Min will deliver the address at Calvary Baptist Church. The public is invited.
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Messenger
First Baptist Church
Camp Sherman
Tolliver
Mayor Williams
W. C. Min
Calvary Baptist Church
Dowd Dailey Wedding Planned By Former Glouster Teacher
Miss Jennie F Dowd, former Glouster High School teacher now at Columbia University set to wed Orvil C Dailey of Albany. Dowd expects to receive her degree soon and has a home in McArthur where she built many local friendships during teaching years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie F. Dowd
Glouster High
Orvil C. Dailey
Albany
Miss Dowd
Columbia University
McArthur
War time addresses at Church of Christ continue Sundays
The Church of Christ will hold Sunday evening services with pastor John B. Dickson presiding. Upcoming topics include The New Spirit The Soul of the Soldier World Wonders and The Kaiser's Holdings in America, reflecting wartime themes approved by the congregation.
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Church of Christ
John B. Dickson
Kaiser
America
Hollister Boys Arrive Overseas as War Support Grows
Isaac Rothery and John Popely Jr. arrived overseas safely according to cards from relatives. Hollister, a patriotic mining village, sent many young men to aid in the war effort and bought War Savings Stamps Liberty Bonds Red Cross and War Chest contributions. The town proudly displays the American flag with many flag poles forty feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Rothery
John Popely Jr
Hollister
Red Cross
War Chest
Doctors staffing Sunday Creek Valley towns thin this week
Three physicians attend the sick in Sunday Creek Valley with Dr. LeFever away in Chicago leaving Glouster with Dr. Crawford and Dr. Gibson, Jacksonville with Dr von Scheele, and Trimble without a physician. A few years ago nine physicians served the same towns and were busy.
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Sunday Creek Valley
LeFever
Chicago
Glouster
Crawford
Gibson
Jacksonville
von Scheele
Trimble
Clerks Union Meeting Postponed After No-Show Merchants
Merchants who refused to sign the Retail Clerks Union agreement did not attend last night’s meeting despite invitations. Union stores close today at noon for the rest of the day as clerks plan further action. President Baker of the Retail Clerks International Protective Association has been on tour to adjust matters.
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Retail Clerks’ Union
Baker
Retail Clerks’ International Protective Association
Funeral of Dr E B Koons Sunday at Main Street home
The funeral for Dr. E B Koons, whose death was reported in The Messenger, will be held Friday at 1 30 p m at his Main Street residence in charge of Lodge No 607 F and A M Rev J W Orr pastor of the Methodist church is to deliver the sermon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. 8. Koons
Messenger
Main Street
Lodge
J. W. Orr
Funeral Discourse For Dr Koons At Athens Service
The Odist Church will deliver the funeral discourse. Interment will be in Union Street Cemetery at Athens with the funeral party traveling in tin automobiles. Dr Koons was 62 and survived by his wife and a foster son. City businesses to close 1:00 to 3:00 Friday afternoon for the funeral.
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Odist Church
Union Street
Athens
Koons
Special communication for funeral of Dr E S Koons
Glouster Lodge No. 607 F and A M will hold a noon Friday meeting at the lodge room to conduct the funeral of Dr. E S Koons. All Masons are requested to attend.
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Glouster Lodge
E. S. Koons
Theatres in Glouster Slap New Prices August First
Beginning August 1 both theatres in Glouster will set admission at 10 cents and 11.5 cents with a war tax extra, raising the prices to 9 and 18 cents respectively in advance notices.
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Glouster
Local residents note visits and mishap in Hockingport area
John Hall visited his parents in Hockingport then returned to Camp Sherman. Mrs Adda Tracewell of Cleveland broke her arm in two places when she fell near Harris Ferry. Local residents and visitors from Parkersburg Wheeling Cleveland Columbus and Clarksburg are mentioned with social calls and a sermon at Torch.
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John Hall
Camp Sherman
Adda Tracewell
Cleveland
Harris Ferry
Joe Keever
Parkersburg
Fred Medley
Local residents visit Columbus Athens and Nelsonville notes
Mrs C L Smith Mr Joe Dowler and Mr George Mathews visit Columbus for several days with friends and relatives. Miss Ithe Anthony and Mrs D D Dowler of Athens stop by. Virgil Gillett on the mend after illness. H P Dowler and family drive to Nelsonville for a camp meeting this week.
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Henry Leoffier
Federal
C. L. Smith
Joe Dowler
George Mathews
Columbus
Ithe Anthony
D. D. Dowler
Athens
P. L. Fagan
Virgil
Gillett
H. P. Dowler
Nelsonville
Sunday Socials And Family Visits In Athens Area
Strouds Run and Athens residents shared weekend gatherings with relatives. Lillian Horn of Athens visited uncles and aunts near Strouds Run. Several families including Dowler Sprague and Bennett households hosted siblings and children from Athens and Athena with several Sunday dinners and casual calls.
A Footsore Army Is An Army Half Defeated
Training camps and cantonments report blisters and foot sores among soldiers. Allen's Foot Kase antiseptic powder is recommended in every Comfort Kit to freshen feet heal blisters and sore spots. The Watltsburg Camp Manual urges daily Foot-Base use. sold nationwide for 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Allen
Wlattsburg
Deanville Visitors and Local Socials Highlight Weekend
Deanville residents host and visit as Mrs. Thomas Cairnes and daughters Jennie and Ruth Cairnes of Charles ton W V join relatives. Local youths and neighbors attend a navy enlistment party for Frank Carey with ice cream and cake. Miss Gladys June Carey welcomed as newborn daughter. James Carey announces arrival. Joseph Isselstein returns from Columbus hospital after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cairnes
Jennie
Ruth
Charleston
W. Va
Maude Tittle
Thelma Title
Jennie Cairnes
Ruth Cairnes
Frank Carey
Wessie
Logan
Adeline Boles
Andy Hall
William Marshall
John Carey
Donald Perry
Wendell Duffy
Navy
Deanville
Thelma Tittle
Ada Shielier
Margaret Shielier
Nellie Pritts
Edith Douglas
Bessie Hughes
Lena Smith
Neema Schoonover
Pearl Maccombs
Messrs
James Maccombs
Wessie Beazley
Donald Dunkle
Berley Blair
Walter Covalaski
Rheuben Birge
William Schoonover
John Schoonover
William Evans
Joseph Isselstein
Grover Louis
Otis Triplett
James Hickman
Miss Maude Tittle
Mr. Beazley Blair
State draft board costs compared across Ohio districts
Major W S Pealer at State Draft Headquarters released figures showing per capita costs for January to June 1918. Athens County cost 56 cents per registrant, Columbus 48, Cincinnati 62, Toledo 58, Cleveland 72, Akron 73, with Trumbull and Morgan leading as zero-expense districts. Newark 73, Zanesville 18, Coshocton 1.03 and Vinton 1.11. Draft boards are urged to cut expenses to a minimum.
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W.S. Pealer
Athens County
Major Pealer
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Toledo
Cleveland
Akron
Trumbull
Morgan County
Zanesville
Fairfield
Pickaway
Marion
Athens
Ross
Hocking
Delaware
Perry
Newark
Vinton County
Coshocton County
Athens Area Social Roundup Includes Many Visitors
Miss Blanche Light and Miss Mabel Coleman visited Athens on Friday. Thelma Hayes, Faye Marshall, Janie Workman, Emma Light and others featured in a sequence of calls and overnight stays. Local residents hosted relatives and friends from Green Branch, Ohio University, Stewart, Grove City, Sciotoville and Frost, with several couples taking charge of households and the telephone exchange.
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J. A. Rodehaver
Athens
Blanche Light
Mabel Coleman
Thelma Hayes
R. D
Clarys Cray
M. I. Woodard
O. W. Smith
George Crawford
Canaanville
Faye Marshall
Green Branch
Faye Chapman
Janie Workman
Ohio University
L. B. Finsterwald
Emma Light
J. J. Henry
J. W. Dixon
M. Coleman
Toledo
C. PF. Smart
Stewart
Nagle
Little
Sciotoville
All Day Meeting at Lower Plains Sunday
The Zion Lower Plains tent meeting runs all day next Sunday starting 9 30 with Sunday school and preaching at 10 30. Dinner is at 1 30 followed by an evening service at 7 30. Bring a basket and spend the day to God’s glory and your good. Not a picnic.
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Zion
Lower Plains
Dinner honors Howard Mayo before Camp Sherman departure
Miss Addie Hill hosted a small gathering at her West State street home last evening. The occasion featured a neatly appointed dinner and Victrola music as guests toasted Howard Mayo who leaves Friday for Camp Sherman in Chillicothe.
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Addie Hill
West State Street
Howard Mayo
Camp Sherman Chillicothe
Local Notes From Carbondale and Nearby Areas
Carbondale residents host visitors and travelers from Columbus Athens and Chillicothe. Mr and Mrs William Todd of Columbus visit for their ill daughter Mrs George Dodds. Luther Branscomb spent the weekend at Camp Sterman. Alice and Helen King of Columbus visit their aunt Mrs B F Beckler. Mrs William Gisesicke recovering after Columbus hospital operation. Walter Gisesicke and daughter of Logan visit relatives. Gladys Parstow of Athens spent a week here with relatives. Ida Harper and daughter of Barberton guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Frank. Mrs George Gardner and children visiting relatives at Chillicothe. Mrs M H Doolittle visiting her son Roy in Columbus. Miss Hazel Hoak and Grace Daugherty of Ohio University spend Sunday with parents.
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William Todd
Columbus
George Dodds
Luther Branscomb
Camp Sterman
Alice
Helen King
B. F. Beckler
William Gisesicke
Walter Gisesicke
Logan
Fifty Percent Tire Production Cut Sought in August and September
New York, Aug. 1. George N. Peek, commissioner of finished products for the War Industries Board, asked rubber industry leaders to cut production of pneumatic tires by 50 percent in August and September compared with last year. The restriction would exclude government business, and a broader call urged limits on all rubber article manufacturing due to excessive crude rubber consumption versus licensed imports.
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New York
George N. Peek
War Industries Board
Letters From Mem Im Service From Camp Jackson Soldier Edson
Mrs. Lewis Hawk of Athens receives a wartime letter from her son Edson, a cannoni er in the 15th Battery L F A, written July 18 1918 near Camp Jackson. He reflects on army life, prayer services, bravery, longing to go to France, and faith in God amid danger. He asks about family and friends and sends regards to relatives and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hawk
Athens
R. D
Camp Jackson
15Th Battery
Mother
France
Caren
Navy
Reeder
Uncle Tom
George Mease
Dad
Summer breakfast ideas from the United States Food Administration
The text offers breakfast suggestions for different workers in summer. For growing children roiled rice with sliced peaches and cream, corn bread, jelly, milk are listed. For office workers fried apricots, scrambled eggs, war bread toast, coffee are suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States Food Administration
Fred
Breakfast Menu Items Listed
A simple meal lineup includes Apple Sauce Barley Muffins Soft Cooked Eggs Hashed Brown Potatoes and Milk. The list presents a balanced offering of fruit starch protein and dairy for a breakfast option.
Local Men Install New Lodge Officers
New Marshfield Lodge I O O F installed its officers for the upcoming term. D Scott Allen district deputy grand master led the ceremony with lodge members assisting. Named officers included Hugh Wychoff Harry Hauk Donald Sward and Frank T Goodney. The event concluded with an ice cream freeze.
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New Marshfield Lodge
D. Scott Allen
Hugh Wychoff
Harry Hauk
Donald Sward
Frank T. Goodney
Ironworkers in Brooklyn Yard Earn 80 to 100 A Week
Report shows Brooklyn shipyard ironworkers taking home 80 to 100 dollars weekly. The figures highlight wage scales for skilled labor in the era and contrast with broader industrial pay.
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Brooklyn
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