Nelsonville News Notes From Local Listings
Seven room cottage for sale on Chestnut Street in Nelsonville near J. P. Reynolds property. Inquiries to 565 Chestnut Street. Tullis ill in Cleveland hospital after recent operation. D. T. Shafer in Columbus on business. Mrs. A L Pritchard and daughter Mary and Mrs. Gilbert Pritchard on outing at Cedar Point. Miss Ruth Jones of Columbus visiting grandparents EB Cable and family. John Lax and daughter Margaret and Miss Mabel Poston and Charles Poston left for motor trip to Columbus and Camp Sherman. Mrs. William Morgan visiting daughter in Columbus. Mrs. L H Mathews recovering after Mercy Hospital operation in Columbus. Mrs. Hiler Stenrod Athens visitor. Geo. Silcott of Columbus in town on business.
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Tullis
Cleveland
D. T. Shafer
Columbus
A. L. Pritchard
Mary
Gilbert Pritchard
Cedar Point
Ruth Jones
EB. J. Cable
John Lax
Margaret
Mabel Poston
Charles Poston
Camp Sherman
William Morgan
L. H. Mathews
Mercy Hospital
Hiler Stenrod
Athens
Geo. Silcott
Methodist Church Schedule Announces August Morning Service
The Methodist Episcopal Church led by Pastor Arthur M. Mann will hold morning services throughout August with no evening service. The Sunday morning theme will be "The Intolerance of Jesus."
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur M. Mann
Jesus
Free Ladies Lecture on Health and Hygiene at Presbyterian Church
Mrs Edson of Cleveland offers a Monday evening lecture for ladies only at the Presbyterian Church on Health and Hygiene. The event is conducted under the auspices of the Missionary Society of the church.
Adams son bill sparks regional representation critique
Mr. Railroad Man of the Tenth Congressional District questions his lack of representation in Congress as action moved on the Adamson bill. Mr. Switzer is accused of straddling the issue politically in this advisory note.
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Tenth Congressional District
Congress
Switzer
Mills Host Dinner Honoring Mrs Neff in Milkinsburg
Mr and Mrs William Mills hosted a six o'clock dinner Friday evening with pretty appointments honoring Mrs Everett Neff of Milkinsburg Pa. Guests included Mrs Neff Mrs Elizabeth Stratton and Miss Nelle Stratton with covers set for them.
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William Mills
Everett Neff
Milkinsburg, Pa
Neff
Elizabeth Stratton
Nelle Stratton
Mrs Hutchins Hosts Evening Honoring Naval Guests
Mrs W L Hutchins entertained Thursday evening at 583 Jackson street honoring Lawrence McBride and her son Wilbur Hutchins of Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The gathering featured patriotic contests music and an elegant lunch with guests Misses Mary Lane Mildred Ruth Vorhis Mary Pensvale Elizabeth Zellar Ruth Lore Ellen Riley Dorothy Allen Robert Kinney Ed Sharp Fred Johnson Elton Smith and Claude Evans.
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W. L. Hutchins
Jackson Street
Lawrence McBride
Wilbur Hutchins
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mary Lane
Mildred
Ruth Vorhis
Mary Pensvle
Elizabeth Zellar
Ruth Lore
Ellen Riley
Dorothy Allen
Robert Kinney
Ed Sharp
Fred Johnson
Elton, Smith
Claude Evans
Le Grande Held on Rape Charge in Athens
Geo Le Grande was jailed in Athens after failing to post a 500 bond. He faces a rape with consent charge brought by Inez Hayden.
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Geo. le Grande
Athens
le Grande
Inez Hayden
Gardee Couple Announce New Daughter Arrival
Mr and Mrs Orland Gardee announce the birth of a daughter at their home on Thursday.
Village unit names new defense branch chairmen
Mrs. Harry Folington chaired the York Township Unit of the National Defense organization in city proceedings yesterday naming department heads: Food Mrs. M. M. Kastler. Child Welfare Mrs. Henry Lancaster. Liberty Loan and War Savings Stamps Miss Bertha Nixon. Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Chas. Preston. Nursing Mrs. N. Till. Educational Propaganda Mrs. Julina Fischer.
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Harry Folington
York Township
Branch of
National Defense
M. M. Kastler
Henry Lan
Bertha Nixon
Chas. Preston
N. Till
Julina Fischer
Picnic Honors Group of Visiting Guests at Wright's Grove
Miss Gladys Skiver of New Lexington Miss Veronica Rochester of Columbus Miss Mary Williame of Athens and Geo Haynes of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station were honored guests at a Thursday picnic at Wright's Grove. The party included Misses Vesper Shafer Lucille Stalter Esther Vorhis Maudine Ubrie Helen Ohlinger Etta Crouse Margaret Rosser and William Lancaster Wilbur Martin Carl Stratton Harvey Radin Roy Hawk William Smith Lee Pritchard Floyd Roster. Chaperones were Mr and Mrs FE Rosser and Mr and Mrs Fred Edington.
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Gladys Skiver
New Lexington
Veronica Rochester
Columbus
Mary
Williame
Athens
Geo. Haynes
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Wright’s Grove
Vesper Shafer
Lucille Stalter
Esther Vorhis
Maudine Ubrie
Helen Ohlinger
Etta Crouse
Margaret Rosser
William Lancaster
Wilbur Martin
Carl St
Local residents host and send relatives for wartime service
Mrs. Harry Edington spends the weekend in Columbus as guest of sister Mrs. Orrin Thatcher. Miss Mary Russell, a Red Cross nurse, reports training at Camp Grant Illinois for service abroad. Freda Smith visits Columbus and Camp Lawrence McBride. Wilbur Hutchins and George Haynes depart for Great Lakes Naval Training Station after a visit with parents. Hiler Steenrof heads to Syracuse New York for training then guard post duty. Guy Beverage of Camp Sherman visits with his parents. Carl Knight returns home to Delaware after visiting Page Graham. Many friends join in sorrow for Miss Mabel.
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Harry Edingtons
Columbus
Orrin Thatcher
Thomas Russell
Mary Russell
Red Cross
Camp Grant
Ilinois
Freda Smith
Camp Sherman
Lawrence McBride
Wilbur Hutchins
George Haynes
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Hiler Steenrof
Syracuse
N. Y
Guy Beverage
Beverage
Carl Knight
Delaware
Page Graham
Mabel
Local Boy Mack McGraynor To Pitch In Nelsonville Game
Mack McGraynor former Athens pitcher and Army soldier will start for the 29th Co. 8th Tr. Bn. team from Camp Sherman against Nelsonville at Pastime Park Sunday. He has played in the Ohio State League with Chillicothe, was drafted by the Reds, then went to Montreal and St. Joseph before conscription. Local fans plan to attend to welcome him and his army teammates, while Nelsonville locals predict a neat trimming for their club.
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Nelsonville
Mack” McGraynor
Athens
Camp Sherman
Pastime Park
McGraynor
Chillicothe
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Montreal
St. Joseph
Mack
Bristol Fighter Flies Two Hours With Dead Crew
A Bristol two seater flew for over two hours after its crew were killed by bullets from an enemy aircraft. The aircraft then crashed near Arras, with both occupants dead and the petrol tank empty. The incident, described by a returning flying officer, confirms the two men died in the crash with no immediate cause other than battle damage.
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London
Arras
Pritich
New draft ages set at eighteen to forty five
United States draft reform would set the age range at eighteen to forty five with the President allowed to call those under twenty for training or as a last resort for overseas service. The plan aims to provide military and vocational education to eighteen to twenty one year olds.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Chamberlain
Congress
Yankees Hunt for Roosevelt Grave Near Fismes
With American forces in the field Aug. 3, U.S. troops advance south of the Vesle to ward Meskus and fringe areas around Serches Couvrelles and Crzul. Fismes comes within range of American artillery as Chamery, where Roosevelt fell, is now in American hands and soldiers search for his grave.
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Lowell Wiellett
Vesle River
Meskus
Asine
Pommiers
Venizel
Serches
Couvrelles
Crzul
Fismes
Fred 8S. Ferguson
Chamery
Quentin
Roosevelt
What the Stamps Are Worth in Cold Cash
Ames township surpasses its stamp quota with 4055 stamps valued at $20,275 reported by Captain M. S. Glazier. Alexander township also exceeds its quota. Captain Earl Downey reports 3462 stamps valued at $17,310, over a 3440 stamp target worth $17,200.
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Ames Township
M. S. Glazier
Alexander Township
Earl Downey
W.S
Wide tires improve roads and ease wagon pulling
Tests show wide tires build up roads like a roller and reduce road wear. Wide tires pull easier than narrow tires in mud, dust, and fields with gains of 6.2 percent on deep country mud and 30.5 percent in corn, 17.7 percent in dry alfalfa, and 10.2 percent on dry country roads.
Ontario Builds Better Roads Across Province
Ontario reports national road progress with about 55 000 miles of highways. Of these, over 43 000 miles are treated and in fair to good condition. Earth roads total about 20 000 miles, broken stone surfaced roads around 8 000 miles, and gravel surfaced routes near 19 900 miles.
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Ontario
Province of
German in jail now for a parrot's sake
Chicago August 3. Sergeant Delaney and Sergeant McCabe investigated a man talking to a graphophone through an open window. Leo Deringer sat with a parrot teaching him the German army swan song. Deringer is jailed and Delaney acts as private tutor to the parrot, teaching patriotism and three cheers for the United States.
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Chicago
J. J. Delaney
M. J. McCabe
Sergeant Delaney
Leo Deringer
Leo
Delaney
War brides face Tacoma draft board rebuke
Tacoma women on draft boards refuse to heed pleas from war brides for keeping husbands at home. One member declares, You knew your Government called men from twenty one to thirty one into service, you married knowing he would go, now play the game.
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Tacoma
Wash
POW Letters Reveal Dependence on War Department Food
Letters from American prisoners of war indicate that most rely entirely on rations provided by the War and Navy Departments via the American Red Cross at Berne Switzerland.
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War and Navy Departments
American Red Cross
Berne
Switzerland
Pershing Reveals German Order Aimed at Breaking U.S. Army
Washington reports a Pershing communique quoting a June 10 1918 German great headquarters order transmitted by the first army to the Schemettow corps. The directive says to strike American troops along the front to hinder forming a U S army in France and to use these troops as a nucleus for new formations.
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Washington
Ludendorff
Death comes to former Athens girl in Morenci Arizona
Mr and Mrs George Ford of this city mourn the death of their oldest daughter Mrs David B Lewis at Morenci Arizona. Cause was heart leakage. She leaves a husband three children Evelyn 13 Ruth 6 and an infant two weeks old. Miss Edith Ford sister of the deceased leaves for Morenci where funeral will be held. Mrs Lewis had many warm friends in Athens area.
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Athens
George Ford
David
Lewis
Morenci
Ariz
Evelyn
Ruth
Edith Ford
Casualties Estimated at 12000 in New Drive
Washington August 3 General Pershing estimated American casualties in the present drive at 12000 senators on the military committee were told today by General March chief of staff
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United
Vna
Washington
Perseh- Ing
Senate Military Committee
General March
Schooner Reported Sunk By Submarine Off Nova Scotia
Nine survivors in a dory landed at Gannet Rock after a schooner was sunk at 11:35 yesterday morning about thirty five miles southwest of Briar Island near the Nova Scotia coast. The Navy Department released the report today. In Oklahoma City Germania Verein funds go to Liberty bonds with the last $100 spent from a $400 total investment.
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Washington
Briar Island
Nova Scotia
Navy Department
Gannet Rock
Oklahoma City
Okla
Germania Verein
Athens County Teachers Institute Session Set for August
The Athens County Teachers Institute will convene August 19 to 23 in Ewing Hall Auditorium. A five county circuit with neighboring counties will host sessions featuring instructors from Athens and outside, including Prof. Martzolff Supt. Driver and State Supt. Shawkey. Daily program topics cover rural progress, history geography, teacher cooperation, and World War history among others with music by Alma Moore Tompkins.
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Athens County
Teachers’ Institute
Ewing Hall
Hocking
Fairfield
Perry
Licking
C. L. Mattsolff
Lee L. Driver
Winchester
Ind
G. F. Morgan
Athens
F. C
Lott
Ypsilanti
Mich
Morgan
Martzolff
Driver
Prof
Andrew Johnson
Warren
Martzolf
Martz
Olff
Cnet
Martsolff
Alma Moore Tompkins
Frequent clipping to curb weeds in pastures and alfalfa
Clipping wheat and oat stubble at the Ohio Experiment Station reduces weeds and lets clover and grasses thrive. Closer cutting destroys briars and elders, and light disk harrow after hay removal helps alfalfa weeds. Alfalfa is deep rooted and survives light harrowing after one year.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Horlick Company Sued for Excess Flour Stocks
Washington August 3 The Horlick Melted Milk Company kept more flour than food administration limits allow and surrendered 60 000 dollars worth of products to the army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horlick Company
Washington
Food Administration
Horlick Melted
Army
Navy
Just a Word About Lenses
A local optical shop promotes Toric and curved lenses for a wider field of vision and Invisible Bifocal lenses that provide far and near sight in one pair. The lenses look like ordinary single vision glasses.
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HB. R. Rike
E. Columbus
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Ohio
C. H. Marsh
Cadillac
E. Sipple
Machine
Bristol
Yankees
Draft Board
Rabbi and Son
Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise
The
Free Synagogue
New York
Stamford
Conn
Cote
Lostro Auto Sales Co., Dist
SU3
McKee Drug Company
Imperial Ice Creams
Apollo Chocolates
Seaghe
RTA Jeweler
Optometris
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