Nelsonville items include sale notices and social updates
Classified notices list a day mare for sale with contact at 615 Chestnut, a seven room cottage for sale on Chestnut Street near J. P. Reynolds, and a lost teeth set with reward. Social items note visits, travel to Columbus and Athens, friendly gatherings at Connett’s grove, Camp Sherman, The Plains, and various relatives visiting Nelsonville.
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E. Sipple
Chestnut St
Nelsonville
Ohio
J. P. Reynolds
Auto Thief Arrested in Connection with Judge Goldsberry Case
W. Park of Chillicothe was arrested here yesterday for stealing an automobile belonging to Common Pleas Judge Goldsberry of Chillicothe. Local authorities seized the vehicle and detained the suspect after bringing both to Chillicothe last evening.
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W. Park
Chillicothe
Common Pleas
Goldsberry
Buckley to Speak at Nelsonville Christian Church
M L Buckley from Ft Wayne Ind will visit Nelsonville Christian Church on August 4. He will address the Men's class at 9 15 a m lead morning worship at 10 30 and speak again at 7 p m. The Berean class urges a large turnout as Buckley considers a potential pastorate.
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Nelsonville Christian Church News
M. L. Buckley
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Buckley
Nelsonville Victory List Names Members and Families
A condensed roster lists residents and relatives including George Rosser Harry Kelly Emma Kelly Walter McNaughton Wilma Patton Patton family members and multiple Slater French and Chute households. The compilation names individuals across local households with several spouses and kin.
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Nelsonville
George Rosser
Harry Kelly
Harry Kelly, Jr
Emma Kelly
Walter McNaughton
Wilma Ella Patton
Wm. F Patton
Geo. J. Shively
Edward Fluke
Mary Catherine Chute
Charles Monks
A. E. Gibson
Charles Kimble
Rhoda Haines
Nora Hammond
R. Lama
E.R. Lami
Emma Wilsor
Eph Stratton
Fred Mulligan
John Crum
Robert Day
John
Nelsonville Post Office Reports July War Savings Sales
The Nelsonville post office sold 104600 dollars in War Savings Stamps in July. On July 21 the office processed 13279.32 dollars in stamps. Nelsonville’s victory list of stamp owners reaching 1000 dollars grows rapidly.
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Nelsonville
First Nelsonville Girl Signs Up For Red Cross Nursing
Ethel Walker becomes the first Nelsonville girl to apply for two years of nursing training with the Red Cross. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank, whose three sons are currently serving in the U S military. Martha Elliott follows as the second applicant in this war work effort.
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Mises
Ethel Walker
Nelsonville
The
Red Cross
Miss Walker
Frank
Uncle Sam
Martha Elliott
Prisoners Escape From City Jail Then One Returns
Three prisoners slipped from the city jail in a nighttime breakout. Yesterday John Hellyer of Suger Creek surrendered himself after being charged with stealing C B Bennett’s motor truck. He had agreed to repay Bennett 190 and cover costs totaling 132.55 dollars.
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John Hellyer
Suger Creek
Hellyer
C. B. Bennett
Bennett
Circling Hills Social Notes Mention Visits and Travel
Residents and visitors share a week of calls and trips. James Phillips of Wellston visited his sister Mrs Skinner on Tuesday. Mrs Charles Stewart and Mrs Jas Carr visited Mrs Thomas Oliver on Wednesday. Several locals attended a Chauncey show last week.
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William Ryan
Beulah
Clint Courtney
Camp Sherman
Bricker
Edward
Thomas Dickerson
Chauncey
Alfred Carr
John Wyant
Athens
Alma Wince
Nelsonville
Connett’s Grove
McKinley Lock
Mary
Nettie Wyant
Floodwood
John Tittle
Thomas Tittle
Charles Fiske
Harry Seevers
the Plains
Charles McGraner
Hocking
Frank Pierce
Freedwood
McKinley Locke
Cli Courtney
James Phillips
Wellston
Jess Skinner
Charles Stewart
Jas. Carr
Thomas Oliver
Joe Garlinger
Willard Stewart
Gladys Speelman
Miss Lock
Leonard Stewart
Louis Johnson
Sami Beaghiey
Webter
Weir
Happy Hollow
Corning Oy Irs
N. Iawk
Stirs
David Morris
Polly Soua
Leona
JacoUlawk
Ida Campbell
Wawk
J. Hiawk
Maple Hill
George Fisher
George Lock
Jacksonville
Latrobe Community Notes With Visitors and Weather
Mrs O Neil and granddaughters Mina Souday and Bernice O Neil of Logan are visiting. Mrs Charles Campbell and baby of The Viains stayed with her parents. Congressman Robert M Switzer of Gallipolis shook hands with voters Tuesday. Locals host several Athens visitors and a Des Moines lieutenant on hello and goodbye calls before heading to France. Weather brings several rain showers. F D Shanks and son John were on the sick list.
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Adam Mahoney
Detroit
Mich
Nelson Dowler
John Porter
Columbus
Eugene Brickles
Clarence Mace
the Plains
Jeanette Verity
Toledo
Mary Williams
Lottie McMillan
Martin Ohlinger
Athens
Lou Wilkison
Ed Hite
Zanesville
Akron
Cambridge
John Wood
B. L. Harrell
John
Louis Regan
Pearl
Norilla Alloway
Elizabeth Woodard
Lancaster Camp Grounds
L. H. Mathews
J. P. Wood
Austin Wood
Wheeling
W. Va
Catherine Stedem
Logan
Margaret Jones
Jacksonville
Wilbur Jones
Lucile Verity
O'Neil
Mina Souday
Bernice O'Neil
Charles Campbell
The
Viains
Clark Johnson
Robert M. Switzer
Gallipolis
Mikerlaherty
Elvin Lucas
Des Moines
Iowa
France
Ed Wharff
Helen
Margaret
Portsmouth
Dean Ewers
Harry Campbell
Latrobe
Nora Finn
Ralph O'Neil
England
James Malone
F. D. Shanks
Beaumont Visit Notes From Messenger Correspondence
Romer Seevers and Neil Cooper of Marion are visiting relatives this week. Mrs. Myrtle Pidcock returned home Monday from Columbus.
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Romer Seevers
Neil Cooper
Marion
Myrtle Pidcock
Columbus
Ordnance Chief Orders Restriction to Physically Ineligible Men
Washington reports the chief of ordnance issued an order to fill ranks by releasing men in ordnance depots and headquarters who are physically disqualified for active duty for field service overseas. Arsenals and proving grounds personnel are excluded from this release.
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Washington
America
Chief of Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Wilson Calls GOP Support for Woman's Suffrage Amendment
President Wilson broadened his suffrage campaign by sending a letter to Senator Baird of New Jersey urging support for the Senate amendment. He previously appealed to Senator Shields of Tennessee, a Democrat, to back the measure.
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
Republican Party
Baird
New Jersey
Senate
Shields
Tennessee
Ferry Cady Injured By Ice Wagon At Masonic Temple
Ferry Cady sustained facial injuries when Charles Wood driving an Athens Ice and Storage Co truck allegedly started the machine as Cady attempted to board near the Masonic Temple. He suffered a lacerated lip two knocked out teeth and chest bruises. Doctors said no bones broken.
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Ferry Cady
Masonic Temple
Athens Ice and Storage Company
Charles Wood
Cady
Wood
Drs. McDougal
Sprague
Huns Flee as Allies Drive On at Marne
Report from the Marne pocket says German forces fall back after losing key heights north of Grand Rozoy as French and British troops pursue. Paris reports Allied gains along a fifteen mile front between Fere en Tardenois and Ville en Tardenois with fires seen between the Ardre and the Vesle indicating German material destruction at several locations including Fismes.
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Marne
Lowell Mellett
Grand Rozoy
Paris
Fere-en-Tardenois
Ville en-Tardenois
Ardre
Vesle
Fismes
Allied Advance Drives Germans From Ten Mile Front
General Mangin’s army pressed the enemy along a ten mile front in the early hours with British and French forces on ground by 8 a.m. German resistance, aided by limited artillery, suffered heavy casualties as Allied troops overwhelmed the line.
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Lowell Mellett
Mangin
Staff Lillies toil and spin in field logistics tale
United Press dispatch by William Phillip Simms describes the British Q staff handling transport for 200 million pounds daily amid a shifting front. It notes divisions relocate, supply needs change hourly, and ammunition and barbed wire demands swing with movement and crisis.
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William Phillip Simms
United Press
Sahara
Noah
Ark
Supply and Refugees Strain Allied Logistics in War Zone
American arrivals faced lack of transport and equipment as British and U S Army units raced to adapt. Q officers and supply corps improvised to feed, clothe, shelter, and move troops and refugees while guarding materiel from German capture. A forward army canteen emptied its sweets to aid passing soldiers and civilians.
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U. S
Heaven
Second Oldsmobile Identified in Morgan County Theft Case
Sheriff Lowry reported that one of the two new Oldsmobiles found at the Mercer farm belongs to C. J. Penfield of 1748 Bryden Road Columbus Ohio. The car was stolen July 19 and its description and marks remain unchanged.
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Lowry
Columbus Automobile Club
German Divisions In Repeated Action On Soissons Front
Paris reports from The Echo de Paris that from July 15 to 31 on the Soissons Rheims front Germany employed 45 divisions in fighting and many were brought back into action after rest periods of one or two days.
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Paris
Soissons-Rheims
Echo de Paris
Anne Martin Files Nevada Senate Petition as Independent
Reno Nevada August 1 Miss Anne Martin former president of the National Woman's party filed her petition as an independent candidate for United States senator from Nevada with the secretary of state today. The petition was signed by 7217 electors.
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Reno
Nev
Anne Martin
National Woman's Party
United States
Nevada
Miss Martin
Health of Troops Good in U S Camps
The War Department reports the health of troops in training camps and cantonments for the week ending July 26 as good. The death rate was 2.12, the lowest since last October, with 104 deaths recorded that week.
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Washington
United States
War Department
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Ada Wicks
Wm. Powell
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John Grimm
Woman's Law
Lowe Bros
Carpenters
By John de Gandt
Oes
Home
Bell
DR. Parker
Victor Records
Jim Billy Murray
William J
Sailor” Reilly
Lewis James
Minnetonka
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Watahwaso
Chautauqua
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Harry Lauder
Evan Williams
Victor
the Colonial Hotel
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the Model
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