Mass Meeting on Athens County Memorial Hospital Fund
Nelsonville and York township contributors meet at the Y M C A on Monday December 30 to discuss funding through the War Chest for an Athens County Memorial Hospital. N Hill and L J Eberle organize with church leaders and Rev A Y Wilcox to address details and seek broad public support.
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Nelsonville
York Township
Athens County Wet Chest
War Chest Organisation
Athens County Memorial Hospital
N. Hill
L. J. Eberle
Death of Mrs Stella Wolfe Wife of Chas Wolfe
A young woman named Stella Wolfe died yesterday after an illness of several complications. She and her husband Chas Wolfe moved to this city about a year ago from Lancaster and made friends here. Funeral services are set for Monday morning with interment in Lancaster. she leaves one son Clyde.
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Stella Wolfe
Chas. Wolfe
Wolfe
Lancaster
Johnsons Host Christmas Dinner Gathering
Mr and Mrs Alva Johnson entertained Christmas with a family dinner. Attending were Mr and Mrs Eli Johnson and daughter Lessie, Mr and Mrs Frank Minner, Mr and Mrs Preston Minner and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Johnson
Eli Johnson
Lessie
Frank Minner
Preston Minner
Knee Cap Broken by Sisson During Christmas Visit
C H Sisson suffered a broken knee cap after a fall while visiting his son Dean Sisson at their Columbus home. He was taken to Grant Hospital and is resting as well as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Sisson
Dean Sisson
Columbus
Grant Hospital
Epworth League New Year’s Social at Methodist Church
Epworth League hosts a New Year’s social at the Methodist church parlors on New Year’s Eve Tuesday evening. A short program will be followed by light refreshments and invites all the church’s young people to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
E Methodist Church
7Th League
Whither Bound and The World Call Sermons Set at Bible Church
The Christian Church announces Bible School at 9:15 A M. Morning worship at 10:30 A M with a sermon on Whither Bound. Evening worship at 7 P M with The World Call. C E at 6 P M closes the year in worship. Two weeks remain before the meeting begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Methodist Church Service Schedule with Anticipative Providence
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 A M Divine Worship at 10 30 A M and 7 00 P M The morning theme Anticipative Providence The Rev F M Evans district superintendent will preach at the evening service The First Quarterly Conference will be held after the service
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur M. Mann
F. M Evans
Apostolic Holiness Church Services Listed
J C Brillhart pastor leads Sunday School at 9 20 A M preaching at 10 30 A M class meeting 2 30 P M song service 7 00 P M evangelistic service 7 20 P M prayer meeting 7 00 P M Wednesday all are welcome to attend these services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostolic Holiness Church
J.C. Brillhart
Presbyterian Church Semi Centennial Observance Planned
The Presbyterian Church marks its semi centennial with special services after Sunday School at 10:30 led by Rev. Leon Arpee who will speak on fifty years and future elders taking part. An informal service follows at 2:30 with letters from former pastors including Rev. Thomas Straus and Rev. Bilas Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Straus
Bilas Cooke
W. L. Squier
Daniel H. Mergier
Pas
Family Newslets: Letters from the Front and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs D R Stewart receive a letter from son Private William Stewart reporting good health and active fighting with the Ninety first Division. Sergeant David L Wayne Jr discharged from Wilberforce S A T C. to return Jan 2 as instructor in mechanical dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Stewart
William Stewart
Stewart
Bessie Tucker
Logan
W. H. Grady
Louisville
T. E. Wells
Grady
Wilberforce
Wayne
Skunk Mascot Story From World War I Humor Column
Athens county soldiers arriving from service share wartime humor about a skunk mascot in a French dugout incident during the St Mihiel operation. The tale recalls German prisoners and the mock bravery of the doughboys as the skunk briefly caused the Hun to flee.
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Athens County
United States
Ohio
St. Mihiel
Flrst
Fire Threat at Moler Auto Sals Co. Sparks Panic
A fire starting in an ash pile behind the Moler Auto Sals Co. garage and salesrooms threatened the structure briefly Thursday night. The fire department arrived but found little to do as flames were extinguished in minutes.
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Moler Auto Sals Co
Train hits jitney bus near Ridgeway kills two
Two men are dead and two others were dying after a jitney bus was wrecked by a Pennsylvania train at Ridgeway Pennsylvania. The accident occurred today leaving several injured and investigators on the scene.
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Ridgeway, PA
Pennsylvania
Fire Devastates Ried Gas Engine Co Buildings
A blaze in Oil City Pennsylvania caused five hundred thousand dollars in damage destroying three buildings of the Ried Gas Engine Company. Fire crews battled the flames after a Tuesday afternoon blaze, with investigations to determine the cause.
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Oil City
Ried Gas Engine Company
Government urged to settle war contracts for peace output
Assistant Secretary of War Crowell told the House Rules Committee that the United States faces a business crisis with widespread unemployment and numerous failures unless war contracts are promptly settled to allow manufacturers to return to a peace basis.
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Washington
America
Crowell
House Rules Committee
Peace League of Nations Backed by Concert of Powers
President Wilson in Guild Hall says conversations with British leaders show a complete agreement that peace alone is worthless without a permanent concert of powers to maintain it. He calls the development the most reassuring thing in the world and notes the shift from a theoretical league idea to practical, decisive intent.
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League
London
Wilson
Guild Hall
League of Nations
Walker withdraws from Senate clerk race in Columbus
In Columbus on December 28, W. H. Walker, an anti Willis candidate for the senate clerkship, withdrew in favor of Willis candidate W. Halley just before the Republican caucus. The withdrawal followed a bitter three day fight among supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. H. Walker
Senate
W. Halley
Willis
Forty five wounded arrive at Camp Sherman from the East
Forty five sick and wounded American soldiers arrived at Camp Sherman from the east. Among them are privates Samuel A. Jackson Gloucester recovering from pneumonia Pearl R. Ondor dorf Gloucester wounded in the left leg and Clarence E. Wolfe Jacksonville gassed.
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Camp Sherman
Samuel A. Jackson
Glouster
Pearl R. Orndorff
Clarence E. Wolfe
Jacksonville
Local Woman Ends Life After Illness Pressures
Mrs. Ben H. Coffey, 45, wife of a farmer near Washington D. C., died today after swallowing poison and cutting her throat following illness from influenza. Her husband remains seriously ill with flu.
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Washington D. H
Ben H. Coffey
Here
Real Value of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mrs James Malone of Moberly Missouri recounts using Chamberlains Cough Remedy during a severe cold and lingering cough near Clifton Hill. She reports the remedy loosened her cough and improved breathing after a few doses and a single bottle cleared the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Hill
James Malone
Moberly
Aged Lady Dies At New Marshfield
Mrs. T. A. Walker aged 75 died after a week of bowel trouble at her New Marshfield home. Survived by husband and son Charles, sisters Mrs. Kate Love and Mrs. Collins Rush, brothers Silas and George Scott. Born in Pennsylvania she moved to Ohio at age twelve. Funeral Monday at 10 AM at the M P church with burial in New Marshfield cemetery.
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New Marshfield
T. A. Walker
Charles
Kate Love
Here
Collins Rush
Albany
Silas Scott
George Scott
Near
G. B. Walker
Lancaster Street
Athens
Pennsylvania
Ohio
M. P
New Marshfield Cemetery
Hogs Tied by Temporary Embargo at East Buffalo Yards
A temporary embargo on receiving hogs began at the East Buffalo stock yards today and will last until Sunday night due to excessive receipts. This week about 16,000 hogs were received, compared with 22,000 in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
East Buffalo
Red Cross Santa Delivers Stockings to Archangel Troops
Six thousand stockings filled with candy tobacco and other articles were distributed Christmas day to American troops near Archangel by the American Red Cross. Archangel schoolchildren aided in filling the stockings and sled transport carried them to the soldiers. In return the Red Cross provided a noon day luncheon for thousands of children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Archangel
Red Cross
Archangle
Funeral Services for Mrs C B Cullums Offered
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 pm in the Christian church. Interment follows at West Union street cemetery. The remains arrived last evening from Fort Lauderdale Florida at the home of Mr and Mrs C B Beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Cullums
Christian Church
West Union Street
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
C. B. Beverage
Widow of George Harvey Dies in Columbus
The widow died at her Columbus home yesterday one week after her husband’s death from influenza. Funeral services will be in Columbus Monday afternoon, same hour as her husband’s. Survived by one two year old son, the Harvey family well known in Athens county. The late Henry Harvey, father of George, was born in the county and ran mercantile businesses there and in Jacksonville. Mr. and Mrs. J R Harvey will travel to Columbus Sunday to attend Monday’s funeral.
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George Harvey
Columbus
Harvey
Athens County
Henry Harvey
Jacksonville
J. R. Harvey
Testing Ice Tragedy Claims 16 Year Old
Clarence Coventry aged 16 drowned while testing the ice on a small lake at Bellefontaine today.
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Bellefontaine
Clarence Coventry
Letters From Men In Service From France 1918
William Hoskins of Nelsonville shares a son’s wartime letter from Briquenay France dated November 24 1918. He recalls ship passage from Port Oglethorpe to Jersey City and across the Atlantic aboard the Dwinsk and other ships, seasickness, convoy routines, life aboard, sightings of birds whales and submarines, and the moment of sighting land after thirteen days at sea.
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William Hoskins
Nelsonville
France
Briquenay
Dad
Board of Censorship
States
Port Oglethorpe
Camp Merritt
New York
Marx
Jersey City
Hudson River
Dwinsk
Lincoln
U. S
Gulf Stream
America
Atlantic
England
Spain
Italy
Brest
Buckeye State Building and Loan Co Loan Terms
Advertisement for the Buckeye State Building and Loan Company at Rankin Building Columbus Ohio offering home and farm loans at low rates with flexible prepayment, prompt appraisals and quick closings. Promises assets of 15 200 000 dollars and five percent on time deposits with contact to call or write for booklets.
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Buckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankin Building
West Gay Street
Columbus
Ohio
Voyage to France and frontline duty of a WWI medic
James Haskins recounts landing at Brest and marching through France with a field hospital, delivering care to about five thousand patients and recording only eleven deaths. He describes train travel, camp life, towns along the supply line, and witnessing the German retreat near Verdun before awaiting possible return home.
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France
Brest
Napoleon
St. Rine
Rheims
Lemins
Chartres
Orleans
Paris
Lens
Chatillon Sur Seine
Poncare
Seine
Vanvey Longly
Recey-Sur-Ouree
iMield
Crese
Tomerre-Ancy-Le-France
is-sm-Tile
Dejon-Chaumont
General Pershings
Beccy
Starvey
Cratillon Sm-Seim
Chaumond
St Dezier
Dezen
Froidos
Mont-Falcon
Crown Prince
Verdun
Esman
Miller
Varennes
Charjentry
Romangue
Harricourt
Steiny
Argonne
Chaumont
S.O. S
James Haskins P. S
French Workmen Demand Peace Based on Wilson Plan
Albert Thomas minister of munitions told United Press that French workers, citing information from thousands of soldiers, seek a peace aligned with President Wilson. He said, we do not want our descendants to know the meaning of war.
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Paris
France
Wilson
Albert Thomas
United Press Today
Thomas
Germans must pay in money and in kind, Poincare says
London dispatch reports President Poincare told the Chronicle arts correspondent that Germany must pay not only in money but in kind. He warned that without such repayment they could damage Allied machinery while the Allies secure new equipment. Prime Minister Lloyd George has agreed to the principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poincalre
the Chronicle
Lloyd George
Glouster to Host Fast Wrestling Bout with Waldeck Johnson
Waldeck Johnson of Cleveland faces BE Skinner of Glouster in a New Year’s mat match at the Glouster opera house. Johnson, 154 pounds, brings a Battle Creek 1917 medal and famed tricks. Matty Mateuda arrives to aid conditioning. 16 foot mat used. free admission for ladies except tax. strong crowd anticipated.
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Matty Mateuda
Columbus
Mr. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Skinner
Glouster
Baker Defends War Chevron Policy Amid Criticism
Secretary Baker said the war department will not rescind the order rewarding all chevrons for service at home or abroad. He predicts two future army groups: veterans of the war and those who did not serve, with chevrons gaining value over time.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
Department
Army of the
Tibie Christian Science Society Service at Masonic Temple
Sunday service at 11:00 A M with subject Christian Science Golden Text Isaiah 62 12. Ye shall not go out with haste nor go by flight for the Lord will go before you and the God of Israel will be your rearward. Sunday School at 6 45 A M and Wednesday 7 30 P M public welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Society Masonic Temple
Christian Science
Morning Sunday School and Evening Services Announcement
Morning Sunday School services at 10:15 are followed by 7 pm church service. Reverend Wm Warrener preaches on What John Saw. Epworth League gathering at 6 pm with Professor C L Martzolff preaching at 7 pm.
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Wm. J. Warrener
John
Epworth League
C. L. Martzolff
Vespers at Church of the Good Shepherd Sunday Afternoon
A vesper service will be held Sunday at 3 30 o clock at the Church of the Good Shepherd conducted by Rev Leverthy of Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Good Shepherd
Leverthy
Delaware
Special Sunday Services at Bible School Host
March ministry schedules include 9 A M Bible School led by Minister D. Kk D and 10 30 A M worship with sermon Put Debt To Your Aged Ministers. Evening service at 7 P M features A Backward Inward and Upward Look. Mid week prayer 7 P M Leader topic The Forward Look of Peace. Graded Bible school invites all with no church affiliation. cordial, social atmosphere. bring friends.
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Kk. D. March
Minister Bible School
W. D. Robinson
Christian Endeavor
Revival Meetings at Sunny Side Church Under O M Shaw
The Free Methodist Church at Cor Stimpson Ave and Campbell 81 known as The Sunny Side Church invites all to Sunday School at 9 A M and preaching at 10 A M Praise services at 6 A M and preaching at 7 P M Rev O M Shaw leads revival meetings continuing each evening next week The Watch Night service starts Tuesday at 7 30 and runs to 1919 District Quarterly meeting begins Thursday evening Several out of town ministers will attend Rev Roberts speaks this evening All are welcome.
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Free Methodist Church
Cor
Stimpson Ave
Campbell
Sunny Side
O. M. Shaw
Roberts
First M. E. Church Service Schedule and Meetings
Sunday school at 9 with Judge Worstell as superintendent and Prof. Copeland teaching the Men’s Bible Class. Morning worship at 10:30 with Rev. I M Grans preaching. Epworth League at 6 and evening sermon at 7. Official Board meets Monday at 7:30. Mid-week prayer Wednesday at 7. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Strecker
Judge L. Co. Worstell
M. Copeland
I. M. Grans
Marietta
Epworth League
Huerce
Newra Movement kicks off with morning church service
The Newra Movement begins at Athens church with a communion service tomorrow morning. The pastor will represent Athens Presbytery and deliver the sermon tomorrow night for the 50th anniversary of the Nelsonville Presbyterian church. In his absence Professor A S Thompson will preach on The Unseen hand of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newra
Athens
Athens Presbytery
Nelsonville
Sugar Creek to Organize Sunday Senior at 2 PM
The Rev. C. L. Strecker of the First M. E. Church will preach at Sugar Creek Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A Sunday Senior organization will be formed during the gathering, and all are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reo
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