Joint commencement services at Athens and John Hancock High Schools
The Sunday evening program at Ewing Hall featured a mixed choir from both schools directed by Miss Marie Swaim, solos by Ruth Strahl, and a duet by Mary McIraner and Gladys Jones. Superintendent Morgan praised the joint service and Dr. B D Evans spoke on David Lloyd George, noting England's wartime leadership and political changes. The audience closed with America.
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Athens
John Hancock
Ewing Hall
Marie Swaim
Athens Public
A. Y Wilcox
Ruth Strahl
B. D. Evans
Mary McIraner
Gladys Jones
Miss Swaim
Morgan
B. Bd. Evans
David
Jacob
Levael
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
England
George V
George
Abraham Lincoln
House of Commons
House of Lords
Evans
France
Italy
America
Chamber renews drive to recruit members
Two year old Chamber of Commerce, formed after a whirlwind campaign, reports strong growth yet plans a major membership push next week. An opening campaign overlooked potential members and five canvassing teams will use a compiled list to approach prospects.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Work of Censors Thrills Women In Wartime Postal Service
London reports that women in postal censorship rise from typists to Deputy Assistant Censors with pay from 7.25 to 16 a week plus war bonuses. The system relies on judgment and discretion, with 2000 female examiners vs 500 men, and the work expands to trap German spies while offering advancement and patriotic purpose.
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London
War Office
Admiralty
Foreign Office
Propaganda Department
France
Bureau
Secret Service
England
Stamps for Change Idea Spreads in Warren
A Warren landlord uses an electric desk sign flashing Will you take Thrift stamps for your change to persuade patrons to accept stamps in lieu of cash. The clever prompt is not copyrighted and has proven successful with customers.
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Warren
Couple Applies for License to Wed in Ath Enns
Russell K. Cox a civil engineer of Lima and Mildred Mills a student of Athens seek a license to marry. The notice lists ages both 21 and common hometowns.
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Russell K. Cox
Lima
Mildred Mills
Athens
Total solar eclipse to darken U S on June 8
Astronomers worldwide anticipate a total solar eclipse across a narrow ribbon from Puget Sound to northern Florida on June 8. The event will chill air and tint light copper as birds nest and stars appear, with the moon's shadow racing east at about 8 000 miles per hour.
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Puget Sound
Florida
United States
Strest
Beer near beer sparks dispute among Cincinnati drinkers
Cincinnati saloonkeepers mix near-beer with real beer under government rule drawing protests from beer drinkers. Internal Revenue Collector Gilligan hears complaints about breweries letting customers draw both beers from one tap, risking fraud and deceptive pricing as near-beer is taxed 31 cents per barrel versus 3 dollars on beer.
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Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Gilligan
City Clinic for Children at City Building Tonight
A clinic will operate this evening from 6 to 8 30 o clock at the City Building. Athens mothers with unreported children may bring them, and Mechanicsburg children under six years will also be received for measurement and weighing and registration.
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Athens
Mechanicsburg
War veteran Bomber McGinnis to speak to miners in Athens
Bomber McGinnis, a real war veteran who lost his left leg, will address miners at the Methodist church Tuesday at 7 pm. An American raised in Boston, he enlisted in the Canadian forces and speaks under the U S Fuel Administration. Local leaders urge attendance. the Canaanville Band will perform. admission is free.
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Athens
Bomber McGinnis
McGinnis
Boston
U. S. Fuel Administration
John Moore
Ohio U. M. W. of A
Sanford Snyder
Canaanville Band
Court at Work With Routine Matters Today
In common pleas court this morning the judgment of the lower court was received in The New Pitts burg Coal Company against E. H. Baird. Judgment was entered for plaintiff. Leave was given to amend the second amended petition in Blanch Pierce against Samuel C. Kelly et al. A new trial was granted for Adda E Burt against Joe B Davis on newly discovered evidence. The case involves bastardy and a $500 payment to Adda E Burt. Testimony was taken in John B Swanson et al. versus K M R R Co for $946.50 for damage to an auto truck and furniture. The jury was not yet excused when the defense motion to dismiss was overruled.
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Common Pleas Court
New Pittsburg Coal Company
E. H. Baird
Christian
Baird
Blanch Pierce
Samuel C. Kelly
Adda E. Burt
Joe B. Davis
Davis
Adda EB. Burt
John B. Swanson
A. C. Roach
Swanson
Hebbardsville
Athens
Fisher Crossing
Interurbans to Seek Three-Cent Fare Hike
Washington reports interurban line representatives urged railroads to apply to state commissions for authority to raise passenger fares to three cents per mile and freight rates about twenty six percent. City street car lines are excluded. impact targets millions of commuters.
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Washington
United States
Burial of Russian-born Soldier Joe Andrychewez
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 for Joe Andrychewez 23 of this city buried in West State street cemetery. His brother Walter who accompanied him to Camp Sherman a week ago will attend with a few relatives from near Millfield. Parents still live in Russia. He worked as a miner near Millfield and reportedly did not wish to join the army. Walter enlisted. Joe became despondent at camp.
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Joe Andrychewez
West State Street
Walter
Camp Sherman
Millfield
Old
Russia
Joe
Chillicothe
Athens High to stage Shakespeare pageant at Commencement Week
Athens High School outlines a Shakespeare pageant for Class Day with six scenes from top plays including Hamlet Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar plus a Senior play The Private Secretary directed by Joe Morrison and cast featuring Donia Nye Marie Jewett Charles Woodworth Merle Atkinson Francis Hatch Earl Baker and Joe Basom. Brown Prizes will be awarded during the afternoon.
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Athens High School
Brown
J. D. Brown
Joe Morrison
Donia Nye
Marie Jewett
Charles Woodworth
Merle
Fairbanks Nearing End in Indianapolis Home
Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president, remained critically ill at his Indianapolis home. Dr J A MacDonald, his physician, said recovery was unlikely as his condition worsened through the day after about four weeks of illness.
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C. W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Charlea W. Fairbanks
J. A. MacDonald
MacDonald
Fairbanks
Primary nominations and filing deadlines in Athens county
Primary candidates for county or congressional offices must file petitions by June 13 with the board of elections. No municipal or township offices are on the primary ballot. In November voters will choose prosecutors, auditors, treasurers, recorders, sheriffs, surveyors, clerks of courts, coroners, state senators and representatives, state officers, and U S congressional members. Athens county, the district’s most populous, will have many candidates filing with Clerk John Myers of Glouster.
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Board of Elections
United States
Athens County
John Myers
Glouster
Court House
Local notes from Carpenter and Mt Millers area
Messenger special correspondent reports Albert Allen family of Mt Millers visiting relatives in Carpenter. Letha Chase returns home for a weeks visit and helps with housework. A local veterinarian has been called several times for cows near Dyesville. Mrs Josie Cummings of Columbus visits her parents the Farleys. Mrs David Woods dies at 65 in Carpenter. funeral at School Cemetery. George Woods hosts dinner for son Dan's wedding to Miss Nichols.
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Albert Allen
Mt Millers
Port
Letha Chase
Mrs. Allen
Red Cross
Josie Cummings
Columbus
Finley Farley
David Woods
Carpenter
Jasper
Claude Chase
Athens
George Woods
Dan
Miss Nicholson
Special Calls Sued For The Selects In Athens County
A wartime draft notice describes calls for five hundred to six hundred men from Ohio to report June 15 to Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati for mechanical and trades training. It lists Athens county quotas of 14 and 4 and requires grammar schooling white men physically fit for service. Volunteers accepted until June 7 with training seen as valuable for return to civilian life.
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Athens
Ohio
Cincinnati
Call
Cincinnati Public School
Athens County
University of Cincinnati
Health Board Bans Rubbish Dump in Carpenter Street Cut
The city board of health issues a rule forbidding rubbish disposal in the Carpenter street cut except earth ash and stone with fines of at least five dollars for violations. Notices announce the ban and residents vow to report violators, with Mayor Woodworth enforcing penalties. The council will consider the matter this evening.
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City Board of Health
Carpenter Street
Woodworth
Wrong party named in action for divorce
In the Messenger of June 1 a typographical error changed a divorce petition from Allie P Barstow to read as if she suffered a disease due to her husband’s delinquencies. The corrected text states she seeks divorce over adultery by Stanley RK Barstow around May 1 1918 causing venereal disease in the defendant.
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Allie P. Barstow
Stanley RK
Barstow
Local Wells Fargo Office Sees Management Change
Eugene Woodworth resumes control of the Eugene Wells Fargo Express office with his wife assisting. His university position remains vacated. James Cameron leaves the Chillicothe city office for a broader role as Wells Fargo agent overseeing the Camp Sherman office and city operations.
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Eugene Woodworth
Wells-Fargo Express Company
University
Haning
Woodworth
James Cameron
Wells-Fargo
General
Wells- Fargo
Chillicothe
Camp Sherman
Acquittal in Prager lynching case shocks Edwardsville crowd
Eleven men charged with murder in the lynching of enemy alien Robert Paul Prager were acquitted after 45 minutes of jury deliberation. Two ballots were taken and the courtroom erupted in cheers as relatives and friends celebrated the not guilty verdict.
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Edwardsville
Ill
Robert Paul Prager
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