Pocketbook Lost Near Riverside and Milk St
A lost pocketbook near Riverside or Walnut St contains Ford receipts in H C Boler’s name plus an address and 7 to 8 dollars in cash. Call the office or Bell Phone 404W-2 8 23 3p for details. Also selling a cream parlor and confectionery at 111 Mill St. inquire or call Bell 509 R. 8 27 3p. Local rural routes show 100 percent women at Nelsonville Post Office. four routes, three operated by women. vacancy noted in city police. Birthday observances for Mrs John Ross and family noted.
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Riverside
Walnut St
Ford Auto
H. C. Boler
Bell
Mill St
Call Bell
Nelsonville
Post Office
Jane
Miss Aldred Crothers Burial Details in Columbus
The body of Miss Aldred Crothers who died Tuesday in Mercy Hospital Columbus arrived Wednesday afternoon and was taken to the home of her uncle Mr and Mrs KE H Wilson on Poplar Street where funeral services will be held some time tomorrow with the exact hour not yet decided.
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Aldred Crothers
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
KE. H. Wilson
Poplar Street
Thress-Walker Wedding Held at Methodist Parsonage
Miss Freda E. Thress became the bride of Ashler L. Walker in a ceremony at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage conducted by Rev. Arthur M. Mann. Freda is the daughter of Ford Thress with many local friends. the groom is a Columbus railroad man and they will reside there.
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Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Freda E. Thress
Ashler L. Walker
Arthur M. Mann
Freda
Ford Thress
Columbus
Quiet wedding at the bride’s home in Buchtel
Mrs Olive Stephenson and Mr Arlie Dixon were married last evening at the bride’s home in Buchtel with Rev Arthur M Mann officiating. Stephenson, daughter of Henry and [unreadable] Inman, is a local resident and Dixon works in mining. They will reside in Buchtel. Friends in the city extend congratulations.
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Buchtel
Olive Stephenson
Arlie Dixon
Arthur M. Mann
Methodist Episcopal Church
Local social notes from Columbus guests and visits
Mrs. Frank Walker hosted a noon dinner honoring her daughter Miss W. G Crooks. Colleagues and relatives, including Mrs. Eli Johnson and Miss Lessie, visited Springfield and Columbus. Several residents traveled to Columbus for visits, engagements, or to attend the Fair, with many guests arriving from Beverly Ashland Lancaster Coshocton Richmond and other towns.
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Frank Walker
Eli Johnson
Miss Lessie
Springfield
Alex Nelson
Merle
Columbus
A. P. Scott
Geo. Johnson
Fred
Margaret
Anna Price
Ashland
Mac Barrett
Beverly
Elizabeth Hellyer
Logan
William Jane
Stanley Dew
Buckeye Lake
Misa Delia Hay
Coshocton
Catherine Spencer
J. M. McCann
C. H. Bartlett
Eden Patton
Star
McCue
Henry Berg
Richmond
Ind
Bertha Higgins
Lancaster
Miner wage appeal seen by Bay City man in DC
Mr William Stevenson of Bay City Michigan formerly a Nelsonville boy visits his sister Mrs C C Cummins He is vice president of District 24 U M W of A He attended a Washington DC conference of miners representatives seeking a national wage increase They did not win then but hope to persuade Dr Garfield United States Fuel Administrator that miners are right
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William Stevenson
Bay City
Mich
Nelsonville
Mra. C. C. Cummins
Stevenson
District 24
Washington, D. C
Garfield
United States Fuel
Victory List of War Savings Stamp Owners in Athen County
A compiled roster lists individuals in Athen County who own the full limit of War Savings Stamps. Names include Lodelle Cubbison Walter M. Cubbison Howard Walden Mrs. Howard Waldem C. H. Welch C O Moore Mrs C O Moore Darrell Moore Alma Moore Tompkins and many others. The entry also notes colored and mixed names, indicating a broad community participation.
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Athen Connty
Lodelle Cubbison
Walter M. Cubbison
Howard Walden
Howard Waldem
C. H. Welch
C. O. Moore
Darrell Moore
Alma Moore Tompkins
C. L. Poston
Mary Poston
J. L. Henry
Everett Russ
T. R. Biddle
T. Rh. Diddle
C. P. Biddle
O. Fordyce
Lizzie Sayre
Josephine Williams
Freeman A. Osborn
John W. Ellis
James ©. Larrick
Addie T. Merwin
S. White
T. A. Copeland
John R. Sprague
P. G. Moler
F. H. May
C. Emmett Parker
Ora C. Henry Lena Wilson
Jos Slater
Jos. Slater
George E. Wood
C. C. Shielde
Martin McGraw
George Tedrow
Joe Marshall
Names and addresses from wartime stamp drive notice
W. S. S. Headquarters at Chamber of Commerce seeks builders and donors to report stamp purchases. Names listed include P. J. Clancy W. W. Totman John Seckinger and Mrs. John Seckinger with many more omitted. Notify promptly.
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P. J. Clancy
W. W. Totman
John Seckinger
Chamber of Com
Indigestion Relief Praised by New York Woman
Mrs D 8 Dart of Skaneateles New York says a few weeks ago she used Chamberlain's Tablets for a bad indigestion spell. She notes the tablets strengthened her stomach toned her system and were easy to take and most effective.
Michigan Grid Star Hero in Western Front Dispatch
Major Tom Hammond former University of Michigan football star is praised posthumously or in dispatch for bravery on the western front. He and comrade William Bodine stood on hill under camouflage over batteries and fought flames during a battle.
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Tom Hammond
University of Michiigan
Western Front
William Bodine
Pessimist in Paris Is Siren and Berloque War Lexicon
War era Paris lore expands with new terms as pessimists become Sirens and optimists Berloques. A Paris bookkeeper sued for leaving with no notice amid raids. court sides with employer. Subways host improvised soirees with music, dice games, and crowds despite danger.
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Paris
Nantes
Madelon
Tipperary
Farmers Join and Earn Nice Fat Dividend
The Ohio State Market News notes a cooperative threshing model in Paulding Ohio. The Farmers Home Threshing Company, twelve farmers each owning one share, paid prewar prices with a $40 dividend on a $92 investment. After expenses, profits were shared, with grain saved through collective effort and standard threshing bills paid per shareholder. The report urges wider adoption if co-ops prove cheaper and better than individual threshing.
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Market News and Exchange Bulletin
Ohio State Bureau of Markets and Marketing
Paulding
Ohio
War letters home from Italy describe frontline life
Private Pearl F. Linton writes to his mother from Italy during World War I. He notes warmer weather than France and describes American troops as among the first to arrive in Italy. He mentions Austrian prisoners aiding the war effort against Germany and expresses optimism about a Christmas reunion, while explaining mail delays from Camp Merritt.
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William Linton
Italy
France
Germany
Camp Merritt
Pearl F. Linton
Co. A
Dignerra, A. E. F
Market column: bread and poultry prices today
The market reports bread prices with firsts at 41c per dozen and 394cc for prime. Live poultry remains steady with fowls 28c per lb for all weights, broilers 31c per lb, roosters 19c per lb.
War garden corn surprises with wheat sprout in Georgia
A cornstalk in M. J. Yarbrough’s war garden in Atlanta produced five ears of corn and a head of wheat growing from one corn ear. Both crops are fully developed. The samples were sent to Herbert Hoover with commentary.
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Atlanta
M. J. Yarbrough
Herbert Hoover
Pittsburg Livestock Hogs Prices Reported
Pittsburg Pa August 29 hog receipts 10 cars with a lower market. Prime heavy hogs bring 20 to 20.50 dollars. Mediums 21 to 21.20. Heavy yorkers and night yarders 21. or 20.25. Pigs 20 to 20.25. Roughs 16.50 to 17.50. Stags 13 to 13.75.
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Pittsburg Livestock
Pittsburg
Nerve Tonic Mistaken for Corn Cure
Miss Olga Pitt, nineteen, of St. Louis mistook a bottle labeled corn cure for a nerve remedy and consumed a large dose. She was rushed to City hospital in a serious condition.
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St. Louis
Olga Pitt
Cincinnati Cattle and Hogs Markets Report
Cincinnati market update lists Aug 29 receipts with cattle 2000 and calves priced at 18.50 to 19. Hogs show 8500 head with top values around 19.90 for good weight packers and butchers. Lambs steady at 18 to 18.25 while sheep receipts total 400 head and remain unchanged.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Commodity price notes from Chicago market listing
Chicago market brief lists corn and oats futures with month pricing and pork futures for September and October. Prices shown include Cord and Oats with August September and October figures and Pork for September and October.
Grain price report from Toledo on August closing
Toledo, Ohio reports commodity quotes with corn cash at 66, oats cash 691460, rye cash 1.62, clover Oct 18.00 Dec 17.95, alsike Oct 16.45 Dec 15.60 Mar 16.95, timothy 4.65 Sep 4.95 Oct Dec end Mar 4.90.
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Toledo Grain
Toledo
Ohio
Timothy
Corporal Who Was There Earns Noted Valor in France
United Press story recalls a corporal in the American armies in France celebrated as “the corporal who was there.” He led a raid into German trenches, blew up two dugouts with occupants, rescued two wounded comrades under shellfire, and endured shell shock before returning home.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
France
No Man's Land
Yankee Doughboys Find Welcome In English Homes
United Press reports American troops in England are being warmly hosted by households. Doughboys resist stiff tea rituals and formal drawing rooms as gracious Englishwomen seek to make them feel at home.
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United Press
London
Matt
England
Why Wages Must Be Increased These Days
A Bureau of Labor table shows July 1918 purchasing power at 54 cents in Washington and Baltimore, 57 cents in Philadelphia, 79 cents in New York and Chicago, and 68 cents in San Francisco compared with July 1913. Food costs rose 86 percent in Washington, 84 percent in Baltimore, 77 percent in Philadelphia, 69 percent in Chicago, and 58 percent in San Francisco.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Francisco
War costs America millions an hour
Washington reports August war bills near 1.621 billion dollars, about double last year’s 870 million. The daily toll runs around 52 million dollars and over 2 million per hour, with the year’s total cost to date surpassing 15.7 billion and since January 1 reaching over 10.6 billion.
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America
Washington
American soldiers blend into English households as friendly guests
Soldiers freely join family life, doing small chores and forming bonds with host families. In one home, two American troops bathe the couple's babies and express delight, while the couple and children praise the guests as the "best company in the world" proving home warmth transcends distance.
Auto dealer killed teaching buyer near Granville
Newark Ohio Aug 29 Darwin Loney auto agent Danville Knox county was killed and Mr and Mrs Mitchell Sellers near Utica slightly injured when Mrs Sellers lost control of a newly bought car on the Columbus road a mile southwest of Granville. The car overturned into a ditch and the Sellers infant escaped unhurt.
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Newark
Ohio
Darwin Loney
Danville
Knox County
Mitchell Sellers
Utica
Granville
Columbus
Sellers
Laney
Bellers
Douglas Home Hosts Sunday Guests Near Jerseyville
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Douglas near Jerseyville hosted a gathering including Mrs. Frank Yerger of Cleveland Ohio and family friends, with numerous Douglas and Jeffers relatives from Shade and the local area attending.
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Douglas
George Douglas
Jerseyville
Frank Yerger
Cleveland
Paul Jeffers
Rhoda
Franklin
John Douglas
Anna Douglas
Nettie Jeffers
Magzeie Jeffers
Gertrude Evans
Georgia Evans
John Jeffers
Floyd Jeffers
Watson Douglas
Shade
Great Picardy towns taken by French
The Journal des Debats says Noyon and Ham are vanquished. Australians seize Fouiliers Herbecourt Aviseviers and Ley by three miles from the Somme bridge south of Peronne. Byng’s troops capture Ginchy, a key high point south of Bapaume.
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Great Picardy
Paris
Journal. des.Debats
Noyon
Ham
Herbecourt
Asseviliers
Beliley
Somme
Peronne
Byng
Ginchy
Bapaume
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Nielsonvililee
Ethel
John Ross
Clarence Ross
Thress-Walker
W. G Crooks
Mhoe Kelly
Harry
Colum
Gallipolis
Michigan
Optimist
Harlem
Conner
Hart Schaffner & Marx
J. L. Beckley & Son of
Hart Schaffner & Marx C
Mr. Burbank
Chicago Grain
Ill
Cord
Corporal
Picardy Salient
Lowel
Fouiliers
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