Nelson Well Ews Hotel for Sale in Coe Hollow
Three houses with one acre each at Coe Hollow near car line are offered as part of a Nelsonville sale. The listing includes a house and lot at Harper and High Streets, Chas. Bruce, 647 High St. Pell, phone 473-R. The note appears with local notices about residents returning from trips and Chautauqua events in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe Hollow
Car Line
Harper and
High Sts
Chas. Bruce
High St
Pell
Farewell Dinner Hosted by Mr and Mrs Matheny
Mr and Mrs James Matheny entertained with a 6 o'clock dinner at their home on Friday evening. Covers were laid for Miss Dorothy Lawman of Hillsboro Mr and Mrs Robert Miller Mrs Geo Miller and daughter Chloe the host and hostess. Robert Miller leaves Monday for Camp Sherman. Mrs Geo Miller and daughter Chloe leave soon for their new home at Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Matheny
Dorothy Lawman
Hillsboro
Robert Miller
Geo. Miller
Chloe
Camp Sherman
Chole
Nelsonville’s Victory List Names Local Honorees
A roster of residents appears including M. M. Kasler and Mrs. M. M. Kasler, Miss Fredericka Kasler, Miss Gretchen Kasler, A. E. Gibson, Mrs. Harry Kelly, piarry Kelly, Harry Kelly Jr., Earl Lama, Mr Earl Lama, Charles Monkey, Mrs. Cora Kaanmond, Florence Fox, Charles Kimble, Margaret Colbert, and C. C. Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
M. M. Kasler
Fredericka Kasler
Gretchen Kasler
A. E. Gibson
Harry Kelly
Piarry Kelly
Earl Lama
Charles Monkey
Cora Kaanmond
Florence Fox
Charles Kimble
Margaret Colbert
C. C. Graham
Lincoln Cheutauqua Opens With Afternoon Address
A large crowd attended the opening session of the Lincoln Cheutauqua yesterday. C. J. Sanders, local president, introduced the program. The Metropolitan Male Trio performed in the afternoon, Dr. Harry McKeen delivered the address, and Nelsonville youths presented Awakening in the evening inside the tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Sanders
Harry McKeen
Nelsonville
Apostolic Holinese Church Revival Concludes Tomorrow
Tomorrow marks the final day of a splendid revival with thirty five seekers attending. Rev Emerson Smith district superintendent and evangelist Rev Fleming will be present. Services begin at 9:30, 10:30, 2:30, and 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostolic Holinese Church
Emerson Smith
Fleming
Doanville Man Faces Preliminary Hearing On Rape Charge
Ira Searles of Doanville will face a preliminary hearing before Mayor Wells this evening on a rape with consent charge filed by 15 year old EHilste West of Doanville. Searles pleads not guilty and requested the hearing. his wife escorted the girl to headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Searles
Doanville
Wells
Ehilste West, 15
Searles
Gorsuch Hosts At Week-End With Two Out-of-Town Sisters
Mr and Mrs J N Gorsuch entertain weekend guests Mrs Herbert Arnold and daughter Virginia from Ensley Alabama and Mrs T J Shipley and daughter Mary Louise from Cumberland Maryland both sisters of Mrs Gorsuch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Gorsuch
Herbert Arnold
Virginia
Ensley, Ala
T. J. Shipley
Mary Louise
Cumberland Md
Arnold
Shipley
Gorsuch
Williams in Canadian Uniform Held in Nelsonville Jail
James C Williams, wearing a Canadian uniform, is held in Nelsonville jail by Officers Pearson and Dew as Washington authorities investigate his status. Arrested May 19 for desertion from the 15th Field Artillery, he later claimed Canadian service and attempted speeches in nearby towns. He escaped jail Wednesday night, was recaptured in Logan, and remains in custody awaiting Washington guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
James CC
Nelsonville
Pearson
Dew
Washington
15Th Field Artillery
Syracuse
N. Y
Columbus
Logan
Slacker Charged After Draft Board Arrest in Columbus
Acting on Columbus Draft Board No. 4 request, Officers Pearson and Dew arrested James W. Richards for being a slacker after registering but failing to file a questionnaire. He is to be returned to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Draft Board No. 4
Pearson
Dew
James W. Richards
Columbus
Ford touring car stolen in Ashland recovered
Ashland Kentucky police report locating the Ford touring car stolen from Mat Brandenburge’s garage on July 3. Chief Pearson plans to pursue the thief Monday. it is unclear if the thief was caught with the car.
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Pearson
Ashland
Mat. Brandenburge
Local Man Andy Marks Arrested Over Pro Germanism Claim
Officers Pearson and Dew arrest Andy Marks who lives near Salem on charges of pro Germanism. His sons Alva and Smithy have appeared before the draft board as deserters for failing to file questionnaires. Andy to be taken to Columbus Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson and
Dew
Andy Marks
Salem
Andy
Alva
Smithy
Columbus
Men Returned to Camp Sherman After AWOL Arrest
Jesse Brooks and Robert Smith were returned to Camp Sherman by local officers after being arrested at the request of Camp Sherman authorities for being absent without leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Brooks
Robert Smith
Camp Sherman
Frances Gorsuch Ninth Birthday Party at Myers Street
Mrs. J N Gorsuch hosted a birthday gathering for her daughter Frances at her Myers Street home. Guests enjoyed games until five, then ice cream, cake and watermelon, with Frances receiving many gifts from a long list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Gorsuch
Myers Street
Frances
Miss Frances
Catherine
Marie Wareheim
Margaret Donley
Lillian Stoner
Evelyn Fluke
Esther
George Fluke
Hazel
Mildred Richardson
Helen Wallace
Mary Anderson
Anna Russell
Elizabeth Stedem
Mary Catherine Allen
Ethel
Alma Johnson
Ruth Hall
Edna Hall
Ruth
Lillian Hellyer
Mary Lillian Gorsucc
Louise Johnson
Frances Summers
Harriett Sprige
Gail Figgins
Margaret Hoodlett
Early rising linked to worker health study
The Hintich Minister of Munitions reports that rising too early harms worker health and efficiency. The finding contrasts with the old adage about waking early, framing morning routines as a factor in productivity and wellbeing.
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Hintich
Allies Clean German Lines As Counteroffensive Advances
London reports that German offensive failures show Allied tactics outpacing the Hun. Leapfrogging and improved camouflage enable rapid troop shifts toward Amiens as Franco American counter moves loom. Local notes mention Miss Bessie Rutherford at Bow League in Murray and other regional updates.
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London
Germany
Marne
France
Amiens
Real Estate Transfers List From Various Townships
Harrison Davis transfers to John Davis lot 69 Verity. thiram k Young to Mary Willen Riley 33.19 acres coal for 1030. Harrison Potts and wife to Robert McCallister lot in Verity 62 value 90 33 value 620. Ames Township KR R Keirns to Sarah serrns 20.01 acres value 495, 76.44 acres value 1850, 2 acres value 65 by will. Earnest Linscott to Emmett Lin scott 56.09 acres value 1815, 82.08 acres value 675. Sarah Keirns to Frank J Beasley 21.01 acres value 495, 2 acres value 65. Bern Township Thomas and W L Gibson to G W Hanson 10 acres 110. Canaan Township Thomas and W DL Gibson to G W George 5. Pilcher to Herbert H Pilcher et al 78 acres surface value 95760, 26 acres value 565, 78.74 acres value 1575. Dover Township Emma Lowry to Brad Stalder 8 acres value 500. Glouster W E Allen et al to O C Pickering lot 1156 value 40, O C Pickering to W E Allen et al lot 1157 value 40. Nelsonville Cora A Wade to Clara A Johnson lot 1076 value 2000. Trimble Village Joseph Antle to William Lantz lot 16 value 936. York Township L A Whitmore trustee to Charles Kegbert Whitmore 1 acre value 100.
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Harrison Davis
John Davis
Verity
Thiram K. Young
Mary Willen Riley
Harrison Potts
Robert McCallister
Ames Township
KR. R. Keirns
Sarah Serrns
Will. Earnest Linscott
Emmett
Linscott
Sarah Keirns
Frank J. Beasley
Bern
Thomas
W. L. Gibson
G. W. Hanson
Canaan
W. DL. Gibson
George
Pilcher
Herbert H. Pilcher
Dover
Emma Lowry
Brad Stalder
Social Roundup From Northwest Columbia Area
Miss Vangie Crabtree returns to Fort Gray West Virginia after three weeks with Kin in the area. Several local families host and visit others including Huggs, Conners, Gibbs, Milligan and Ruth er ford kin. Attendance and travel notes mention visits to Dyesville Cannonsburg and McArthur with several local hostings and brief out of town trips.
Colonel Chops Wood for Girl Looks at Front
The account recalls a regiment's colonel chopping wood at a front canteen for hungry doughboys. A homesick soldier lacking mail and family sorrow receives small yet meaningful support as workers share duties, bake pies, and maintain fairness while maintaining rationed attention.
Farmer Apologizes for Food Waste in Wheat Field
In Celina, Ohio, July 12 1918 Frank Lange a Mercer county farmer apologizes to the Mercer County Food Administration Committee for letting hogs enter a two acre wheat patch. He pledges to harvest thresh and sell the wheat through proper channels and to cooperate with food regulations. He explains the hog entry was due to gate access issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank Lange
Celina
Mercer County
Mercer County Food Administration Committee
Ohio
Food Administration
Lange
State plants over three million trees at water works sites
More than 3,690,000 trees, supplied at cost by the State, have been planted on 21 municipally owned and seven privately owned water works plants across New York State in the last nine years.
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New York State
Death of Wick Carr After Illness at Mother's Home
Walter Dick Carr died at 5 20 am at his mother's home Mrs Hariet F Carr 28 North Lancaster street after an eleven month illness with Brights disease He would have been 29 in September He lived in Athens since childhood worked in railroad service for twelve years as an engineer on the Virginian Railroad In June 1916 he married Willie May Lentz of Princeton West Virginia They had a son Joel Poster born a year ago He is survived by his wife his mother and sister Mrs Down S Grones The body was moved from Johns Hopkins to Athens for funeral at his mother's home Monday at 1 30 pm Interment will follow at West Union Street Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Dick”) Carr
Barriet FP. Carr
North
Lancaster Street
West Union Street
Albert H. Carr
Athens
Austin
Texas
West Virginia
Virginian
Princeton
W. Va
Willie May Lentz
Joel Poster
Harriet F. Carr
Down S. Grones
Albert Carr
Prineton
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Athens Boy Is Wade a Major for War Work
Mrs. Kid T. Rose received a wire from her son R. Phillips Rose stating his promotion from Captain to Major in the government chemical warfare service. Major Rose now heads the government’s largest laboratory on Long Island after a rapid rise since last September. He founded the Army Control Laboratory in Philadelphia and held key research posts at MIT, the Mellon Institute, and the University of Kansas. He helped establish a Washington coordination department and is described as a chemist and organizer of unusual ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid T. Rose
R. Phillips Rose
Government Chemical Warfare Service
Long Island
Major Rose
Government Chemical Laboratories
Control Laboratory of
Army
Philadelphia
Ohio University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Industrial Research
University of Kansas
Mellon Institute
Gas Defense Service
Washington
Y M C A Workers With Italian Army In Front Lines
Rome July 20 Fifty American Y M C A men with the Italian army perform heroic work supplying hot food drinks and tobacco under shell fire. They aid wounded assist aviators and ambulance crews in the Piave fighting. Le Roy Corbin cited for bravery. Austrian prisoners show discouragement at American presence.
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Rome
Piave
le Roy Corbin
Red Triangle
Israel M Foster Nominated by Civil War Veterans
The undersigned veterans praise Israel M Foster of Athens County for lifelong service and patriotism. As secretary of the Athens County Red Chapter and Local Chairman of the Military Training Association he has attended over a hundred meetings since the war, and is urged as a dependable advocate for pensions and veterans' welfare.
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Athe
Israel M. Foster
Athens County
Red
Military Training Association
Coal Famine Danger Averted as Production Rises
Washington reports Dr. H A Garfield fuel director says coal output at current rates should prevent a winter famine. A week in mid June yielded a record soft coal run of 12.606 million tons with 12.427 million the prior week. Government urges households to order winter coal now to boost demand and speed delivery.
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Washington
H. A. Garfield
Fuel Administration
Garfield
New England
Seave
Fan fret fad sweeps English nobility across reigns
The fan fret emerged in England in Richard II’s era and gained favor among the upper classes in the later reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
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England
Richard II
Henry Will
Queen Elizabeth
Great War Chronicle Snippets With World Events
Referenced time markers show events from the Great War era including Russian leadership, French and Craonne actions, Estrees mandovillers-Barleaux defense, and Caucasus Russian thrusts against Turks. Earlier years note German pressure near Warsaw, and Italian advances on the Carso plateau, reflecting sporadic frontline movements.
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Russia
Germ
French & Craonne
Vauclero
Estrees
mEau Mandovillers
Barleaux
Kugi
Caucasus
Warsaw
Carso Plateau
Professor Fleming on electricity in an orange lecture
Prof J A Fleming told a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution in London that few know an orange can act as a voltaic cell. He explained a steel knife and fork can conduct electricity through the hand as the orange's acid reacts with the metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Fleming
Royal Institution
London
World’s highest tide at Bay of Fundy and copper output rise
The Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick reports tides up to 71 feet with rapid five minute rises. Copper production in the United States has increased more than twenty fivefold since 1880.
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Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
United States
Harley Moler and Greta Kf Walker Battle Name Gly Athene
Harley Moler aged 23 a soldier from Athens is paired with Greta Kf Walker 22 of Athena in a terse record noting their names ages and origins without further details.
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Harley
Moler
Athens
Greta Kf. Walker
Athena
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Nelson Welle Ews Hotel
S. E. Butt
Mae Bartlett
Beverly
Anna Bateman
Bliss College
Margaret Hoodlet
Elmer Lilley
Etna
Wm. Powell
Thomas Wilson
Walter Arlison
Ethel Hellyer
New Pittsburg
E. J. Kessinger
Pauline Hall
Jack
Eugene Warriner
Tda Mae
Dungienn
Louise Kennard
Carl Petiit
Bertha Stuart
Stuart
N. Howell
Edith Whitmer
Lanasville
Mayme Ruscoe
Winton County
Jomer Sims
Wekkend
Roy Gill
Mt. Sterling
Edward Betts
Donald
Fischer Ohio
Janet Foltz
Findlay
C. H. Terry
Gerald Nelson
Fred Kessler
Howard Lowrey
W. H. Boden
New Marshfield
Chautauqua
S. S. Lane
Ruth Adcock
Irma Wright
Mary la He
Verna
Angeleshome
Albert Green
Opal
Gilbert Love
Colmbus
Yeeel Iial
Hun
Bessie Rutherford
Murray
Warden Marcum
San “Toy
Rebecca Peck
Fort Gay
Clarence Lyons
Albany
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Athens Township
Glouster
W. E. Allen Et al
O. C. Pickering
W. E. Allen
Cora A. Wade
Clara A. Johnson
Trimble
Joseph Antle
William Lantz
York Township
L. A. Whitmore
Charles Kegbert Whitmore
Northwest Columbia
Vangie Crabtree
Fort Gray
Kennie Crabtree
J. A. Rutherford
Carrie C. Bobo
Arthur
Hamden and Weillston
Oren Hugg
Marvel
Dexter
Milton Conner
Bing Cummings
Ardis Galaway
Wallace Heliday
Dyesville
Maud Milligan
Harry
Ollie N. Gibbs
Vinton County
George Gibbs
Henry Staneart
Little Son
Bolin’s Mill
E. J. Rutherford
Charles Conner
Nancy J. Townsend
Son Allen
McArthur
Gladys McIntyre
United Press
Mad
Wade
1. M
Congr
A* Ae
Josiah B. Allen
James D. Brown
Lord Connor
M. Pierce
S. P. Parker
B. McCune
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