Local notes from Middleport and nearby towns
Miss Ethel Edwards returns to Syracuse after teaching at Shawnee as the school closes for flu. Mrs. Minnie Davis recovers from pneumonia and complications. A divorce granted in Pt Pleasant for Vera Haptonstall from John Gilligan. Marshal Quickle buys Burt Given home in Middleport. Attorney J Bradbury ill with a fit and complications. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Homer Jacobs of Akron. Presbyterian missionary society meets Friday at 7 with Mrs Frank Knopp. Sidney P Coe visits Middleport after Harvard course. Ensign in Uncle Sam service. Sailor Pearl McBride returns from the steamship Bestal to spend a week in Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Edwards
Shawnee
Syracuse
Minnie Davis
Second Street
Pleasant
Vera Hapton
John EB. Gilligan
Middleport
William Michael
Shawnee Yester
Sidney P. Coe
Harvard Universality
Judge Bh. People Drops Interest in Democrat Paper
It develops that Judge Bh. Peoples deeded the Democrat to his son Emmet and has withdrawn from active interest in the old party organ. The Judge, long identified with the news vending business in Pomeroy Bend, will be raised in their councils and may face home-sick days if he persists in keeping printers ink off his garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bh. Peoples
Democrat
Emmet
Pomeroy Bend
Friends send get-well cards to Captain Bennett at Camp Custer
Friends of Capt. Harry Bennett confined to an army hospital after being run down by a taxi driver plan a Sunday shower of goodwill postcards. The base hospital officers section Camp Custer Michigan is the address for contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bennett
Legion
Camp Custer
Mich
A Devastated Country Letter from Bernard Higley
A Leading Creek boy Bernard Higley writes from Belgium about waking to devastation two weeks before the surrender. The letter recalls the bombardment and war’s impact on civilians and his hope for an end to conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Higley
Belgium
Hospital Crew Encamps Amid Desolate Soil and Flooded Roads
A twenty person hospital unit set up tents in a desolate country region where shell holes filled with water hampered shelter. They wore hip boots as waterlogged terrain persisted yet they enjoyed ample food prepared by a professional cook. The subject was well, facing accusations of gaining weight while predicting the end nears and receiving many letters from friends.
Force Comes to Hobson on K M Cutoff Project
Rail crews on the K M cutoff between Hobson and Meigs Siding haul timber from Ed Grays area while grading proceeds near Sam Rathburn and Elm er Bingmans. Superintendent Reed shifts the force to Hobson for winter as the steam shovel starts on the Gray cut, tied to the Denney Point section at thirty five feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Meigs
Ed Gray
Elmer Bingman
Sam Rathburn
Reed
Albany swindle debtor to counterfeit cash plot shocking scam
A smooth stranger with a United States marshal badge duped Albany merchant Frank Goldsberry into surrendering $100 by claiming counterfeit money tied to his store. The conman then vanished, later linked to a Marion Ohio incident. Federal officers pursue leads as Coldeberry seeks legal advice in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.W. Bird
Frank Goldsberry
Albany
Flim
Marion
Ohio
Goldsberry
Northwest
Tie
New Marshfield church to hold first quarterly meeting
The New Marshfield circuit M. P. church schedules its first quarterly meeting at Bates church on December 14 and 15. Pastor A. H. Franks says President Dr. S. W. Rosenberger of Columbus will attend and urges all members to be present with stewards bringing full reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
New Marshfield Circuit
M. P. Church
Bates Church
S. W. Rosenberger
Columbus
Changes in hog market drive embargo and price shifts
Pittsburg embargo on hog shipments was ordered by the railroad administration at the livestock exchange and Union Stock Yards request due to overstocked market from heavy receipts. In Chicago the U S Food Administration Stabilization and Control committee set new average hog prices, placing Pittsburg at 17.65 dollars versus 17.80 dollars previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Railroad Administration
Livestock Exchange
Union Stock Yards
United States Food Administration Stabilization and Control Committee
Amesville Stirs Over Deaths and Local Incidents
R B McKinley rushed to Columbus after his brother Frank’s death hunting nearby. Peter Parsons, recently discharged at Camp Jefferson, Mo, returned home Saturday showing clear physical improvement. W A Adair visited his mother Mrs Lur after traveling from Butler Pa to Pittsburgh. A bachelor days note appears from a large diamond ring on a young lady. Earl Parsons fled on Franklin Street causing a wreck though no serious injuries. Trouble brews at Little New York as miners face tensions Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. McKinley
Columbus
Frank
Peter Parsons
Camp Jefferson
St. Louis
W. A. Adair
P’ Rg Co
Butler
Scab Put to Work Sparks Mine Labor Dispute
A scab was assigned to mine labor, initial refusal by the boss led workers to quit, then he was reassigned to other tasks and calm returned. The flu situation is improving in the village though dangerous cases exist in the countryside. Clarence Henderson's pneumonia improves while Earnest Nisewander dies at home under a Chesterhill physician. A year ago the temperature fell to four below. Amesville Farmer's Institute postponement due to flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Henderson
Earnest Nisewander
Lathrop
Wm. Grimes
Chesterhill
Cury
Clyde Gibson
Lewis
Fred Vandyke
Americans at the Rhine Reach Front Lines
General Pershing reported the Sra army continued advancing into Germany and reached the Rhine on December 9. By nightfall the line stretched from Rolandsack to Dhrohl and ran along Rolandsack Brohl Wasa nac Münstermafeld Rheinbollen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sra
Germany
Pershing
Rhine
Rolandsack
Dhrohl
Rolandsack-Brohl-Wasa
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Uncle Sar
Pearl McBride
Bestal
Athens
Opera House
Chicago
Astor Theatre
New York
Boston
Sie
A. H. Franks
The
D. Zenner Company
Amesville
Majestic
Pure Air Theatre
Mae Marsh
Constance
Talmadge In
William S. Hart
Dawn Maker
Athens Opera House
FBI
V. Modarts
Hobart
Binken Op Hin
Experience
Sana
Oog
Primrose Pathe
Amesville Farmer's Institute
Rhin
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