Fine Young Woman Dies in Nelsonville
Miss Margaret Wilson aged 29 died at five this morning in Nelsonville after four months illness. Born and raised here she worked as a stenographer in Columbus at illness onset. Daughter of J L Wilson she leaves mother and brother. funeral Tuesday at 1 pm at Chestnut street home with Rev Arthur Mann officiating.
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Margaret Wilson
Nelsonville
Miss Wilson
Columbus
J. L. Wilson
Chestnut Street
Arthur M. Mann
Red Cross Departments To Close Briefly For New Instructions
The sewing department will close for a few days awaiting new guidance from headquarters. All garments finished. The surgical department will close after Monday as all work is complete. Cotton pad quotas for May and June are prepared. A Lake Division note urges workers to stay disciplined and ready for call. Visiting Sen. Mrs. F G Cooley and Miss Ruby Ruscoe head to Camp Lee Virginia to visit Leonard Cooley. The annual joint memorial of K P and Pythian Sisters scheduled at the K P Hall Sunday at 2. Mrs Fden Patton visits Columbus while Lulu Parry stays in California PA. Joe Davis was in the Capital City on Friday.
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Red Cross
Lake Division
F. G. Cooley
Ruby Ruscoe
Camp Lee, Va
Leonard Cooley
K. P. and
Pythian Sisters
K. P’s. and
K. P. Hall
Fden Patton
Columbus
Lulu Parry
California, Pa
Joe Davis
First Things First and Children’s Day Observed at Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church holds a Sunday service with baptism for children during the morning sermon themed First Things First. In the evening, the annual Children’s Day program will be presented starting promptly at seven o’clock. Misses Lillian Storer and Lucile Blackburn visit aunt Mrs. Fred Weymueller in New Straits ville.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Lillian Storer
Lucile Blackburn
Fred Weymueller
New Straitsville
Recital at Methodist Church to Aid Local Red Cross
Miss Mae Lines assists by Mrs F X Rauch and others in a Tuesday evening program at the Methodist Church. Proceeds go to the local Red Cross. Co L Stout attended a state funeral directors convention in Columbus Friday. Mrs Grace Wright visited Athens Saturday.
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Methodiat Church
Mae Lines
F. X. Rauch
B. E. LeFever
Marguerite Nelson
Ralph Parks
Red Cross
Co. L. Stout
Columbus
Grace Wright
Athens
Children Day Observed and Memorial Service Planned
Children's Day will be observed at Sunday School. A memorial service for the K. P. will be held at the morning service with K. P.s attending in a body. The pastor will speak on Fooling Oneself in the evening. J. B. Hanning visited Columbus for the weekend with his son Carl and wife. Mrs Lafe Frazee spent Friday with relatives at Murray City. John Cooley was a Columbus business visitor Friday. Mrs Frank Emish and her two daughters Margaret and Kathryn plan several weeks in Cleveland. Harry Sisson and Frank Mulligan returned from an outing at Lake.
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K. P
K. P’s
J. B. Hanning
Columbus
Carl Hanning
Lafe Frazee
Murray City
John Cooley
Frank Emish
Margaret
Kathryn
Cleveland
Harry Sisson
Frank Mulligan
Lake
Property listings by C. W. Juniper in Nelsonville Ohio
Several city residences for sale or rent listed with room counts and prices. 5 to 10 room homes on Myers Fayette West Franklin East Chestnut W Chestnut Mill streets. Gas electric lights water cistern basement stable garage. Prices range from 1000 to 3500 dollars. Call or write C. W. Juniper, agent, Nelsonville Ohio. 6-8-2.
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Myers Street
Fayette Street
West Franklin
East Chestnut
W. Chestnut
Mill Street
C. W. Juniper
Nelsonville
Ohio
Reduction of Food Prices Ordered by Hoover
Washington orders nationwide action to cut consumer food costs and standardize fair price lists. Counties, towns and cities will publish lists and officials will urge cooperation to force merchants to a uniform price level.
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Washington
Hoover
Mohican Class to Meet Sunday Morning at Nine
The Mohican class will gather as usual on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock for their regular meeting.
Changes in Deferred Draft Classes
Washington bills revised draft classifications to expand the pool for military service. Provost Marshal General Crowder asks governors to reinvestigate all lists and reclassify doubtful cases to move eligible men from deferred groups into active service. Local boards are told to hold a Class 1 week in June and tighten physical and category standards to avoid reliance on deferred status.
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Washington
Crowder
Junior Specialists Tour Athens County
Miss Dunn a home economics expert visited six active girls clubs in Athens County. Fifteen new members joined these clubs. Next week a pig specialist will visit for two days to work with the boys.
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Miss Dunn
Athens County
State Institutions Lose Matron Posts Under Retrenchment
The board of administration yesterday abolished the chief matron role in 12 state institutions as part of retrenchment. In most cases the matron was the superintendent’s wife, affecting hospitals and facilities in Columbus Lima Dayton Cleveland Toledo Athens Massillon Longview Cincinnati Mt Vernon Sandusky and Mansfield.
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Board of Administration
Columbus
Lima
Dayton
Cleveland
Toledo
Athens
Massillon
Longview Hospital
Cincinnati
Mt. Vernon Sanitarium
Mansfield Reformatory
Sandusky Soldiers’ Home
Institute For
German threat to mistreat Americans sparks U S warning
Washington reports Germany warned of mistreating Americans over the imprisonment of bomb plotter Franz Rintensen. The United States responded via the state department noting swift retaliation could follow against Germans in America. The note, delivered by the Swiss minister, also cited a Berlin proposal to exchange Siegfried Paul London for Rintelen, awaiting Germany's reply before taking reprisal steps.
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Washington
Franz Rintensen
United States
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Rintelen
Siegfried Paul London
Marines Advance Near Chateau-Thierry Stymie German Counter
American Marines and allied units pushed forward northwest of Chateau-Thierry as German counter attacks were repelled. The advance disrupted enemy efforts and maintained battlefield momentum in France.
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Lowell Mellett
France
Chateau-Thierry
Submarine activity reported off Florida coast near Mayport
Reports from Jacksonville indicate enemy submarines patrol the east coast of Florida. A passenger steamer captain seeking harbor near Mayport last night said he saw a periscope several miles off. Mayport lights were dimmed and all shipping ordered into the St. Johns River.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Here
Mayport
St. John’s River
Submarine sighted near lightship off Biddeford Maine
The lightship commander ten miles from Biddeford Pool reported a German submarine near the vessel. Several crewmen saw the U boat before orders sent the lightship to Portland Maine.
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Biddeford
Maine
Portland
Bishop of Soissons Reports Destruction by Germans
The bishop says 100 churches in his diocese were destroyed by German forces and that many women and children were killed by German aviators. He is quoted condemning Germany’s actions as a ward of glory.
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Paris
Soissons
Germany
Kaiser’s race prize cup turns out to be German pewter
The solid gold cup given by the Kaiser to Wilson Marshall for the 1905 Atlantic race was found to be German pewter worth at least $35. It was auctioned to benefit the Red Cross and later broken up to salvage the gold for other uses, with the official result announced today.
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New York
Kaiser
Wilson Marshall
Atlantic
Marshall
Red Cross
American Ambassador Francis Visits Petrograd From Vologda
The envoy has traveled temporarily to Petrograd with headquarters still in Vologda as details remain undisclosed by the State Department.
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Washington
Francis
Petrograd
Vologda
State Department
Hoover to sail for Europe on food inspection mission
Washington reports Food Director Hoover plans an impending European voyage to inspect Allied food stocks and needs for the upcoming year. The trip aims to verify invoices and assess supplies as part of wartime humanitarian logistics. CLINE'S—home of Bittersweet Sundaes.
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Washington
Hoover
Europe
Glouster Council Session Quiet and Local News
The June meeting in Glouster Ohio ran smoothly with Mayor Williams presiding. Police fines totaled 74 dollars. routine reports and minor bills were addressed. Local events include wrestling bouts, theater shows, a Mine 256 flag ceremony, and mine operations with altered schedules due to car shortages and the Moxahala tunnel.
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Glouster
Ohio
Williams
Ernest Taylor
Taylor
Partial solar eclipse visible across the nation
A 78 percent partial eclipse occurs today with total obscuration across a diagonal path through 13 states. In Columbus the event begins at 4 29 p m and peaks at 6 28 p m, ending at 6 23 p m standard time, the first sun eclipse since 1900 and not seen again until 1923.
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Columbus
United States
Washington
Florida
New York Tech High Schools To Be Turned Over For Training
Six major New York technical high schools are to be transferred to the Government for the purpose of training mechanics. Virginia Petty of Albany and Blaine R. Goldsberry of Albany are mentioned in a licensing context.
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Blaine R. Goldsberry
Albany
Virginia Petty
New York
Athens High School Commencement Closes 1917 18 Year
The fifty ninth annual commencement at Athens High School in the Ohio University Auditorium featured the school board, graduates, and faculty among a large audience. The program included a Prohibition and the War talk, addresses on Aliens and the War, Education and the War, and Women in the War, with performances by the college orchestra and a class song.
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Athens High School
Ohio University
John N. Hizey
Athens School Board of Education
R. G. Bowden
Central Avenue M. I
Ruth Strahl
Mr. Sunshine
Simeon R. Barich
Prussia
Gen. Pershing
Clara Lively
Europe
Youngstown
Earl Baker
United States Bureau of Education
Germany
Rome
Napoleon Bonaparte
Lillian Horn
France
England
United States
Sisterhood of
Man
Doris Nye
Frances Hatch
Blanche Riley
Marian Bush
Mary McGraner
Class Honors And Roll Call For Bennett’s Pupils
Principal R D Bennett announced honors for the class with Kepler Mark Cowen Merrill Ray Atkinson Lilian Ida Horn and Ruth Marie Henry named as top pupils. Superintendent G P Morgan and Rev R G Bowden led the benediction as the class roll lists dozens of students reflects memories with motto We can because we think we can and colors seal brown and gold.
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R. D. Bennett
Kepler Mark Cowen
Merrill Ray Atkinson
Lilian Ida Horn
Ruth Marie Henry
G. PF. Morgan
R. G. Bowden
Merrill Rey Atkinson
Marl Ritenour Baker
Joseph Newland Basom
Garnett
Frances Beveridge
Theresa Amelia Blackwood
Grace Atkinson Blake
Va Marie Brooks
Gladya
Ellen Brooks
Ferry Alvin Caddy
William Fred Carter
Francey
Jane Cooksey
Keplar
Mark Cowen
Nina Olive Cowen
Simeon R. Ebarich
Elizabeth Branson Evans
Walker Haney
Agnes Lucile Harris
Frances Hendora Hatch
Esther Lucille Herron
David Higley
Enlisted
Elizabeth Rachael Hope
Sadie Marie Hope
Lillian Ida Horn
Helen Effie Hull
Matrie
Grace Elizabeth Webb
Charles Lloyd Woodworth
Gladys Dorne Wyckoff
Eldon Young
Seal
Auto Dealers Organized in Athens County
W. E. Moler chaired a meeting of Athens county automobile dealers in Lastro Auto Sales offices. Victor Moon explained the state association’s purpose as the Athens group elected Mr. Lostro president and Bruce Wells secretary and treasurer. Members must be bona fide dealers with Athens county business. Monthly meetings planned to boost wartime support and good service.
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W. E. Moler
Ohio State Automobile Trades Association
Athens County Automobile Dealers
Lastro Auto Sales
Victor Moon
State Association
Thorely
Athens County
Mr. Lostro
Bruce Wells
Athens County Automobile Trades Association
Uncle Sam
Church Notices Require Written Submissions by Friday
Public notices from the church remind parishioners to submit announcements in writing before 6 o clock Friday evening. No telephone notices are accepted.
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aUtiloube Publicalied
Morning prayer and sermon at Good Shepherd church
Episco pal Church Church of the Good Shepherd at Carpenter and Mast Streets holds morning prayer and sermon at 10 48 a m with theme Approved Profiteering and a Sunday school lesson on Jesus Betrayal and Death. Epworth League and Christian Endeavor topics are listed for June 9. First M E Church presents morning Sunday School at 9, church service at 10 30, and evening programs with Dr B D Evans.
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Episcopal Church
Church of the Good’ Shepherd
Carpenter and
Mast State Streets
W. D. Stires
Jesus
M. E
Epworth League
B. D. Evans
Monnhing
Rev Bowden Leads Sunday Services With Communion
Rev R G Bowden, pastor, announces Sunday schedule with 9 00 am Sunday school 10 16 am communion service 6 30 pm Epworth League and 7 30 pm evening services. You are cordially invited.
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R. G. Bowden
Epworth League
Christian Church Sunday Services and Classes
Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. preaching at 10 30 a.m. and again at 6 p.m. led by Rev. WB Wise of C B. All are welcome to attend.
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Christian Church
WB. P. Wise
C. B
Church of God Hocking Street Sunday Schedule
Sunday services at Church of God Hocking Street include Sunday school at 9 00 a m devotional service at 10 00 a m and a long service at 7 30 p m followed by a sermon by the pastor at 8 00 p m All are cordially invited to attend
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Church OF God
Hocking Street
Christian Science Service At Masonic Temple Sunday
At the Masonic Temple the Christian Science Society holds a Sunday service at 11:00 a m with the subject God The Only Cause our Creator. Golden Text is First Kings chapter eight verses fifty seven and sixty. Sunday School is at 9:45 a m and a Wednesday meeting at 7:30 p m. The public is cordially invited.
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Christian Science Society
Masonic Temple
God
Earth
Children Day Exercises at First Presbyterian Church
At ten o'clock tomorrow the Sabbath School will meet for Children Day Exercises under the direction of Miss Lucile Henry. Prof. Stewart will conduct a class at twenty minutes after nine with Mr. J. Jones teaching the lesson. Evening service features a sermon by the Pastor titled What Our Boys are Abroad What we are Doing here.
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First Presbyterian Church
Lucile Henry
Stewart
BE. J. Jones
New State Aid Road to East Is Completed
The newly paved road from the east corporation line at the Children's Home to the Man farm on the Canaanville pike is finished and open for travel. Contractors Wilson & Beckler completed the job despite labor and material shortages and heavy rains. Remaining work includes berm finishing as the brick roadway is fully completed.
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East Corporation
Man Farm
Canaanville Pike
Wilson & Beckler
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CG. H. Bartlett
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Springfield
Presbyterian Church
Columbus Street
Edith Walburn
Cline’s
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Stocklein
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Post Office
Apollo Chocolates
Imperial
McKee Drug CO
Raymond City
The
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Athens, Ohio
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Chas
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E. Mulberry
Hannas McClain
Hocking
W. T. Sprague
West Washington
Leo Williams
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