Rural carrier prize winner announced for Ohio War Savings drive
Columbus Ohio August 20 An announcement by the Ohio War Savings Committee names William C Kyle rural carrier from the Cadiz Harrison county post office as winner of the May 20 to July 20 contest for rural carriers. Kyle will receive a prize ownership of the 2000 daughter of King Champion Rag Apple Sadie donated by A W Green Walnut Crest Farms. Sales credited to Kyle total 29635 with other top carriers including Ben Fr Robins Albert V Horn Charles L Houghton William B Riley J L Maier and John R Hart.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio War Savings Committee
William C. Kyle
Cadiz
Harrison County
Kyle
A. W. Green
Walnut Crest Farms
Middlefield
Saleman
Ben Fr. Robins
Wellston
Albert V. Horn
Plain City
Charles L. Houghton
Felicity
Wiliam B. Riley
Bealsville
J. Ll. Maier
Eagleyort
John R. Hart
Lebanon
Kaiser Grieves Over Open Town Bombing
The Cologne Gazette publishes a telegram from the Emperor to the Frankfort church master showing deep sympathy for the victims of an enemy attack on the open town. The emperor condemns the act as contrary to international law and asks the burgomaster to convey his condolences to the victims' relatives.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
Frankfort
Local Visitors and Travel Highlights From Taylor Ridge
Frank Morrison and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Arnte Morrison of Red Town on Sunday. Families from Glouster and Crescent Ridge stopped by for calls and Miss Ida Hanning of Lancaster visited relatives. Several residents attended the John Robinson circus in Athens.
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Frank Morrison
Arnte Morrison
Red Town
Gus Gaskalla
Glouster
Carl Welling
Vernice
Cresent Ridge
Ida Hanning
Lancaster
Martha Morgan
E. H. Taylor
William Dalton
Thomas and
Epran
Mary
Athens
John Robinson
W. N. Hartley
Jacksonville
Bertha Dalton
Frent
John Dalton
Logan
Dwight Morgan
Corning
Frances Tayior
Burt Lowery
Leo Lemoine
Zoey Reilkle
Reda
Lydia Spencer
Harry Wood
Pigeons Used by German Agents Reported in Spy Case
Government agents report that carrier pigeons were used to relay messages between five men and a woman on Long Island and submarines near Fire Island Inlet. The six suspects face espionage and sabotage charges in federal court in Brooklyn. Two men reportedly released pigeons bound for the inlet where ships were sunk.
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New York
Long Island
Fire Island Inlet
Brooklyn
Home Diarrhoea Remedy Advised for Young Children
An old medical note promotes Chamberlain's Colic Diarrhoea Remedy for children one year and older. It suggests giving a dose of castor oil at the first sign of looseness and keeping the remedy on hand for immediate use.
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Chamberlain
Ohio Voters Face Prohibition Referendum Debate
The Antisaloon League warns that a November prohibition vote could wipe out state license tax revenues and billions in federal taxes. It urges a YES on the referendum to allow voter review of legislative acts, while opposing statewide prohibition and calling for a NO vote in November.
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Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Liberty Day Pageant Preparations At Athens Fair Grounds
Preparations for the Patriot Liberty Pageant at the Athens county fair grounds proceed with C. M. Gill coordinating costumes and props from the Ohio War Savings Committee. Over 200 dresses shipped, Alpine platforms to flank an Altar of Liberty, and dances and drills under J. Clarence Sullivan. All work benefits the War Savings Stamp drive with only per diem and expenses paid to the director and associates.
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Athens County Fair
C. M. Gill
Ohio War Savings Committee
Europe
America
Athens
J. Clarence Sullivan
Children's Playhouse
Columbus
Sullivan
Athens County Boys in Marne Battle Report
James Salters of Athens writes from France about the Marne drive in which the Rainbow Division fought hard. He recalls shelling near his firing bay, gas, and a German plane brought down by a Frenchman. He mentions service stripes earned, a division citation, and sending a souvenir with love to family.
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Athens County
Rainbow
Marne
James Salters
Rainbow Division
Athens
A. BE. F
France
Mother
Julius
New York
Ohio
Miss Holmes
Florence Bouchmann
York Township Schools Set to Open September 3
District Superintendent Dillinger, in Athens for the Teachers Institute, announced York township schools will begin Tuesday September 3, the first Tuesday of the new month. Labor Day falls on Monday September 2 as a national holiday.
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Dillinger
Athens
Athens County
Teachers’ Institute
York Township
Apples Baked On Trees In Virginia Heat Wave
Winchester Va Aug 20 Apples cooking on the trees in northern Virginia due to a hot spell. State Fuel Administrator Byrd displaces from his orchard where the sun thermometer read 120 degrees. Growers fear losses as other crops wither amid the heat and possible rain.
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Winchester
Virginia
Byrd
Union Rights Recognized in Emergency Fleet Corporations
The Emergency Fleet Corporation affirms the right of about 600,000 shipyard workers to organize unions and similarly allows employers to form their own associations within the corporation.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Apprenticeship in His Majesty's Dockyards Shortens
The apprenticeship period in His Majesty's dockyards has been reduced from six years to five, shortening time for trainees to complete their trades.
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His Majesty's
Notice of Publication in Ohio Mortgage Foreclosure Case
William H. Lacey Minnie Lacey and Charles H. Wiltsie are notified of a mortgage foreclosure filed June 4 1918 by Fidelity Building Loan Savings Co in Athens County Common Pleas Case No 11615. The suit seeks $421.22 plus interest on a Glouster Ohio parcel described as 110 by 167 feet with Maple Street frontage. Answer due by October 6 1918.
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William H. Lacey
Minnie Lacey
Cedar Grove
West Virginia
Charles H. Wiltsie
Rochester
New York
Fidelity Building, Loan & Savings Company
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Glouster
County of
Athens
State of
Towit
Russell
Sedalia
Barber & Bramine
Maple Street
J. Lawrence Porter
Double Theft Reported at Sugar Creek
Fred Heavener of Sugar Creek reported his 1916 Ford with license 364007 stolen from him early yesterday. Three boys from Sugar Creek are missing and believed to have fled in the machine. James Foraker’s Sugar Creek store was robbed Sunday night of about $18 and several pocketknives. police think the same youths were responsible and one had just been released from Mansfield Reformatory.
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Fred Heavener
Sugar Creek
James Foraker
Heavener
Mansfield Reformatory
Painter William Graham Recalls Two-Pound Tomato Tale
William Graham, veteran painter and decorator, recounts a remarkable garden harvest. He pulled a tomato weighing two pounds five ounces from his garden yesterday and shares the surprising story of its growth and preservation.
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William Graham
Australians at Hamel Wood Fight and Tank Success
In Hamel Wood Australian troops push through smoke and trenches aided by tanks. A private organizing ten men clears dugouts and captures a German officer and twenty men. A corporal saves 13 000 rounds of ammunition from a burning house. One South Australian hero takes on twelve Germans, killing them with a Lewis gun and revolver. The battle scene also notes minimal tank casualties.
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Hamel Wood
Hamel
Bullecourt
American-German Division Advances in Counter Offensive
Paris reports from the French Sixth Army state that an American division largely composed of German-born men moved eleven miles in seven days of counter offensive operations north of the Marne. The unit captured eight villages and stormed three woods, one hill, and a farm in hand to hand combat after a seventy two hour continuous fight.
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Paris
Sixth Army
Marne
City Building Receives First Coat of Paint
The City Building enters a comprehensive renovation with interior decoration and a full interior and exterior refresh. The opera house scenery and interior will be redone, while exterior refinishing proceeds. Next focus shifts to entrance windows tower and clock. Chamber of Commerce urged Service Director Williams to present the building well.
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Chamber of Commerce
Williams
Five Pointed Star Symbol On Chamberlains Tablets
The ancient Greeks used the five pointed star as a health symbol and it appears on every package of Chamberlains Tablets. These tablets have restored hundreds to health from indigestion biliousness or constipation and promise prompt relief.
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Chamberlain
Woman Praises Mayr's Wonderful Remedy For Stomach Ailments
A testimonial claims severe stomach pains vanished after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy two years ago. The narrator asserts the product clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal complaints and offers a money back guarantee through McKee Drug Co. and other druggists.
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Mayr
McKee Drug Co
Engineers test air breathing mask for tunnels and snow sheds
A new mask allows railroad engineers to breathe air from the reservoir of the air brake system while running through long tunnels or snow sheds where the ambient air is foul. The invention aims to protect crews from poor air quality and improve safety on dense routes.
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Kaiser
Taylor Ridge
ORR Rr
Ohio Home Rule Assn
L. H. Gibson
Mgr
York
Boy Scout
Tan Blucher Munson
Sale of Boys School
J. L. Beckley & Son
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Yankee Boys
Bill
Majestic
Fannie Ward
George Broadhurst
Hearst-Pathe
Mae Marsh In “the
Columbia
Pauline Starke
Frances Quillan
Douglas Fairbanks
Opera House
Halton Powell
Papé
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