Lost pocketbook and notes near Riverside and Walnut St
Pocketbook found near Riverside or Walnut St contains receipts for a Ford car in the name of H. C. Boler plus an address and $7 or $8 in cash. Call the office or Bell Phone 404W-2. Also sale ad for ice cream parlor at 111 Mill St with Bell 509-R. Notice of Red Cross executive meeting moved to Tuesday. residents travel mentions and visits across nearby towns.
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Riverside
Walnut St
Ford Auto
H. C. Boler
Bell
Mill St
Call Bell
Made First Lieutenant in the dental corps
Dr. Oral Stephenson formerly of this city has been commissioned as first lieutenant with the dental corps at Camp Sherman. This will be good news to his many friends in this city.
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Oral Stephenson
Dental Corps
Camp Sherman
William Mills
Lakeside
Harry Hinman, Jr
Bridgeport
Catherine Myers
Beard
Columbus
Philena Lauderback
J. C. McCarty
W. B. McCarty
Camp Mills
McCarty
Ira Eastman
Parkersburg
James Knight
Akron
Ira Knight
Clarence Hampton
Logan
Ira Eastnal
Flora Figgins
Cambridge
D. A. Ferree
Athens
Clara Pritchard
Gambrier
Ohio
Lome Lent
Miriam Evans
Lebanon
W. L. Hud
Crothers Funeral Sunday
Funeral services for Miss Mildred Crothers will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of Mr and Mrs E H Wilson on Poplar Street. Burial will be at Greenlawn. Rev Arthur M Mann will conduct the service.
Notestein Arrives Safely Overseas
A card from Harley Notestein confirms his safe arrival overseas, with friends already receiving word of his arrival and sound condition.
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Harley Notestein
Lieutenant Dew Ordered to Camp Green for Duty
Lieutenant C. G. Dew was summoned to depart for Camp Green in Charlotte, D. C. He will serve in one of the base hospitals at the camp starting soon.
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C. G. Dew
Éport
Camp Green
Charlotte
D. C
Dr. Dew
Three City Jobs Vacant After resignations
Dr C G Dew director of public service calls for duty and resignations create three city vacancies. Patrolman Sam Longley resigns today and another engineer vacancy appears at the electric light plant.
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C G. Dew
Public Service
Sam Longley
City Electric Light Plant
Methodist Episcopal Church Service Schedule
Arthur M. Mann is the pastor. Sunday School starts at 9 30 with divine worship at 10 30. Lord s Supper will be celebrated and a class meeting follows at 2 30. There will be no evening service.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur M. Mann
Red Cross Headquarters Closed as Nelsonville Quota Exhausted
Red Cross headquarters are closed until a new allotment arrives. Some yarn remains to be distributed and will be available next Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Chas Preston invites all Junior Red Cross girls to meet at 1 o clock next Tuesday at the Red Cross headquarters.
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Red Cross
Nelsonville
Chas Preston
Dance Attendance At Logan Thursday Night
Misses Lucile Kaelin Hazel Hall Marie Martin Mary Perry Harriett Pensyle Helena and Catherine Sted am Clara and Helena Mulligan Mrs Hattie Weekley Emmett Preston Otto Kaelin Art Green Ed Love and James Knight attended a dance at Logan Thursday night.
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Lucile Kaelin
Hazel Hall
Marie Martin
Mary Perry
Harriett Pensyle
Helena
Catherine Stedam
Clara
Helena Mulligan
Hattie Weekley
Emmett Preston
Otto Kaelin
Art Green
Ed Love
James Knight
Logan
Rev Leon Arpee Returns to Lead Presbyterian Church
All church activities resume at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow. Pastor Rev Leon Arpee returns after a month’s vacation. Morning service at 10 20 features the theme Awake Awake On Thy Strength O Zion. Evening sermon title Labor Sleep and Recreation.
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Presbyterian Church
Leon Arpee
Zion
Scouts at Lake Report Wave of News and Wacky Tales
News from the Scouts at Lake Camp details a busy week with many visitors and several lighthearted incidents. The report lists members visiting relatives, attending fairs, and updates on camp life including fishing misadventures, boat drills, and minor mishaps. A Croix de Guerre award is noted for kitchen gallantry saving 38 people from starvation.
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Alvin Jones
Pat Worstell
Alonzo Ridgway
Tub Bolin
K. P
Wilber Dagedt
James Stewart
Roland Jones
Harold Graham
Lute Evans
Ralph Evans
Athens
Arthur Evans
France
F. Brown
Brownie
Addicott
Wilson
Guffy
Daggett
Jones
Bolin
Izzac Walton
Wise
Shallenberger
Lancaster
Coes
Razor
Baird
Wey P. Hall
Worstell
Bill Mohler
H. Wise
Registration Day Set for September 12 Draft
Washington reports President Wilson announced September 12 as the registration day for 13 million men aged 18 to 45 who have not registered. Officials estimate over 2.3 million will enter Class One, with some called by October 1 as the draft proceeds to supply the army for France next July. The proclamation follows passage of the manpower bill authorizing the draft as a demonstration of national unity and resolve.
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Wilson
America
France
Franco American push advances in Picardy front near Coucy le Chateau
Avasion front reports Franco American troops pressing northeast from Champs toward Coucy le Chateau with a bridgehead consolidated near Folembay. British forces report 1700 prisoners in Bullecourt area and allied gains include dozens of guns and machine guns across Amiens and Verse river sectors. Bolshevik Premier Nickolas Leline wounded by assassin in Moscow.
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John de Gandt
Paris
Aullette River
Picardy Drive
Champs
Coucy-le-Chateau
Folembay
Coucy-le Chateau
Noyon
Guiscard
Somme
Bridge
Bullecourt
Petit Parisien
Echo de Paris
Amiens
Picardy Front
London
Nickolas Leline
Moscow
Snappy Bugle Calls Escort Nip Brown Spill
This snippet notes Nip Brown slipping into a water pail and spilling, a Tri C meeting at midnight, and G Bush nearly losing a hat to water before rescue. The fragmentary items show minor mishaps and a scheduled gathering.
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Snappy
Nip Brown
Tri C’s
G. Bush
Letters From Men In Service From Will G Silveus in France
Excerpts from a letter by Will G Silveus of the 37th Headquarters troop describes French fields en route to the front. He praises limestone roads, stone walls, and vines with a checkerboard countryside. He notes farm life, scarce firewood, abundant coal, and soil under cultivation with long daylight hours.
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Will G. Silveus
France
B G. Silveus
East State Street
Michigan
New Check Protector Printing Wheel Described
A device described as a check protector uses a printing wheel fed by ink in the handle to draw lines or designs on both sides of the written amount, guarding against alterations.
Individual heartbeats said to imprint unique handwriting
An English scientist argues that each person’s heartbeat creates distinctive rhythmic marks in writing. Magnifying handwriting could reveal these individual heart beat patterns as a key identifier.
Punctureless tire features removable rubber core with air spaces
A new type of punctureless automobile tire uses a solid rubber core that can be removed and reinserted. Cup shaped air spaces at each side provide resiliency and cushioning for better ride quality.
Argentine Federation of Labor Controls 250 Unions
The Argentine Federation of Labor oversees 250 labor unions including railroad and maritime workers, consolidating representation across sectors under one umbrella organization.
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Argentine Federation of Labor
Will construction sought over Louis C. Campbell estate in Coolville
A. B. Saunders, executor, petitions for construction of Louis C. Campbell’s will naming 32 defendants. Bequests include 1000 to Coolville M E Church Trustees for church maintenance, 500 for parsonage repairs, 150 to Ellen C. Young if she returns within a year, 50 to Dr. Wm. Meider for Eliza Pollack Lipp Home, 200 to Coolville M E Church stewards, and 20 yearly for 10 years for the pastor’s salary. Residue to heirs. Real estate may be sold to cover debts and costs.
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A. B. Saunders
Louis C
Campbell
M. BE
Coolville
Parsonage of
Ellen C. Young
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Wm. Meider
Boaz
Ala
Eliza Pollack Lipp
A .B. Saunders
Ida Griffin
M. E. Church
Andrews seeks divorce from Fern L. Andrews
Harry Andrews cites a marriage on October 25, 1911 and no children. He accuses Fern L. Andrews of gross misconduct with Harry Hatfield at Glouster around July 1, 1918 and with Harry Thorp at Athens around April 1, 1918, plus other unnamed parties at unknown times and places.
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Harry Andrews
Fern L. Andrews
Harry Hatfield
Glouster
Harry Thorp
Athens
Colleges prepare for large enrollment in Army training corps
Dr. Alston Ellis attends Chicago meeting of college executives as eight Western states plan to add Students Army Training Corps branches. About twenty Ohio colleges are affected. Cadets receive $30 monthly pay and uniforms in October. Fort Sheridan hosts fifteen students and one faculty member, forming the nucleus of Ohio University’s A T C unit. Colleges must expand housing to accommodate bigger student bodies.
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Alston Ellis
Middle West
Chicago
Students Army Training Corps
Ohio
U. S. Army
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Ohio University
Seats for doors to carry extra passengers invented
A new type of seat designed to hang on automobile doors to add passenger capacity has been developed. The concept allows extra seating without modifying the vehicle interior, showcasing a novel approach to expanding carrying capacity.
Tudlay's Markets Cincinnati Cattle and Hogs Report
Cincinnati Ohio August 31 Tudlay's Markets reports cattle receipts 600 with shippers unchanged. Calves market slow with prices 18.50 to 18.75. Hogs receipts 3,000 with market slow and good choice packers and butchers paying 0.20. Sheep receipts 13 with market slow and extras 17.50 to 18.00.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Grain futures report for Chicago from Aug 31
The Chicago market shows corn prices at 1.68 for August, 1.53 for September, and 1.55 for October. Oats trade at 69 and 69 for August and September with a note of Tilin?e for October.
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Chicago
Grain prices in Toledo report
Toledo farmers receive closing prices for corn oats rye and hay prices listed for oct and dec futures. The market shows corn cash 1.65 oats 0.70 rye 1.64 clover 19.40 al slike 15.50 timothy 4.65 Sept 4.92 percent.
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Toledo Grain
Toledo
Ohio
Alsike
Timothy
Pittsburg Live Stock Market Report
Sheep and lambs market steady. Hogs receipts higher with prime heavy hogs at 20.00 to 20.26 dollars per hundredweight.
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Pittsburg
Escapes German Prison Young Lieutenant Walks 80 Miles
In Berne Switzerland Aug 31 Lieutenant Thomas Hitchcock Jr. of Westby L I escaped a German prison camp after capture with the Lafayette Flying Squadron last March. He leaped from a train near Ulm and trekked 80 miles to the Swiss border near Schaffhausen. The 18 year old son of Major Thomas Hitchcock plans to return to the United States immediately.
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Berne
Switzerland
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Westby
L. I
Lafayette Flying Squadron
Hitchcock
Thomas Hitchcock
Ulm
Wurtemberg
Schaffhausen
United States
Swedish Scientist Finds Argentine Tree Yields Superior Pulp
A Swedish researcher reports that a rapidly growing tree in Argentina produces paper pulp superior to the varieties commonly used in the United States, suggesting a potential shift in pulp sourcing favored for quality.
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Argentina
United States
New Corporation Aims to Run 15000 Beef Stands in California
A new corporation plans to operate more than 15,000 beef stands across California and position the state as the leading home producing region for beef.
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California
Milk price raise in Athens set by federal commission
The Federal Milk Commission for Ohio set Athens milk prices at 13 cents a quart and 7 cents a pint effective September 1. The action, taken yesterday, raises the dairymen’s price by one cent per quart. Separate note mentions sugar beet planting patterns and a Dundee Infirmary in Scotland employing women as house physicians and surgeons.
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Federal Milk Commission For
Ohio
Athens
Dundee Royal Infirmary
Scotland
Persian Agriculture Relies on Irrigation Beyond Caspian Coast
Across Persia, agriculture depends on irrigation except near the Caspian Sea where other factors may influence farming.
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Caspian Sea
Persia
Germans Refuse to Relieve In Trenches Amid War Sentiment
A captured German staff memo reports Fifth Company of the Twenty second Infantry refusing to relieve the Fourth, claiming duty done. The battalion commander threatened es cort and urged duty to the fatherland while men shouted To hell with the Vaterland.
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France
Twenty-second Infantry
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Robert
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William Bumgardner
Senecaville
D. F. Shafer
Walter Wilson
Liittle
Will Gillmore
Misa Mildred Crothers
Dpd
F. Sha
M. Shamansky
Beatrice Mannering
Wellston
Christiania King
Morris
Fay Hammond
Morgan
Shoemaker
Washington
Ailette
Potomac
President Wilson
NAVY
Raymond Stone
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Housewives
Kansas
Sanitary
F. J. Beasley
Tudlay's Markets
Chicago Grain
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