Yellow Dog cards to stamp out unfounded war chatter
The piece describes Mr. Dodge providing supply of The Yellow Dog cards to clubs and Boy Detectives of America members. Front proclaims You're a Yellow Dog and the back lists citations for who qualifies. The plan targets unpatriotic remarks about government bonds and peace terms to halt wartime rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Vanderbilt
France
U. S
Judas
Swat
Germany
Boy Detectives
America
Rds
Mr. Dodge
Quiet May wedding joins Dora Ellis to Chester Davis
On Friday May 31 at Rev Robinson's office Miss Dora Ellis wed Chester A Davis of Pos ton. The couple, both highly regarded, receive best wishes from friends. Local residents Esther and Aletha James returned from Canal Winchester after winter work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Dora Ellis
Chester A. Davis
Poston
Arthur Ellis
Carpenter
Esther
Aletha James
Canal Winchester
Harley Boring
Jess Stanley
Mineral
Herb Patton
Athens
Thelma Bess Cunningham
Athens State Hospital
Burchfield
Dick Simons
Vinton County
Harry Lawrence
Iowa
Hanson
Cheek Davis
Roy Porter
Ravenwood
W. Va
Harry Porter
Plain Town Social Notes From The Plains
The Plain Town notices list residents and visitors including Frank Smith improving after heat exposure. Louise Carpenter visits sisters Zim and Henrietta Courtney near Hocking. Clarence Matheney of West Alexandria visits his mother Belle Matheney and sister Grace Nagle. Maria Burdette and Frank Smith visit Nelsonville. Sanford Snyder of Athens comes for the death of Dave West. W J Hawk visits Palmer House with sister Fila Edgar. Estella Green of Logan visits Port Dickens and family near Factory with Joe Hutchins. Ed Barker of Hocking returns to work after rheumatism layoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Louise Carpenter
Zim
Henrietta Courtney
Hocking
Clarence Matheney
West Alexandria
Belle Matheney
Grace Nagle
Sanford Snyder
Athens
Dave West
W. J. Hawk
Palmer House
Fila Edgar
Estella Green
Logan
Port Dickens
Factory
Joe Hutchins
Ed Barker
Meigs County 1917 draft list includes 181 registrants
A Meigs County draft board roster lists 181 registrants aged twenty one and older as of June 5 1917. The document names registrants by name and location including Middleport Pomeroy Rutland and others with several from Long Bottom and Reedsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Draft Board
Don L. Wood
Carpenter
Frank Aaron Weyand
Hugh Leifhett
Pomeroy
Frank Ellsworth Lowe
David Tod Rhoades
Apple Grove
Byron Cole
Coolville
R. D
Clarence Benjamin Longstreth
Langsville
Horace E. Chaney
Reedsville
France
Oliver Will
Stanley Wood
Bobo
Robert Lambert
Cheshire
Alvin
Raymond Myers
Long Bottom
Ernest Atkins Stansbury
Middelport
Andrew Chittenden Bradford
Letart Falls
Russell D. Lamb
Middleport
Arene Dale Smith
Raid on hillside craps game nets a dozen to county jail
Marshal George Schaaf with officers Art Scholl and Henry Seidenauble led a raid above the Excelsior Salt Works mine on Saturday evening, capturing twelve craps players and placing them in county jail for interviews with Mayor Shumaker. The crowd included a mix of races and a pistol fire stopped a sprinting escape. The operation signals further crackdowns on gambling. The Meigs County Red Cross benefit show at Electric Theatre raised funds for Camp Sherman soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schaaf
Art Scholl
Henry Seidenauble
Excelsior Salt Works
Bastill
Shumaker
Pomeroy Board hires teachers and weigh future principal
At the last regular meeting the Pomeroy board of Education employed Mrs. Frank Chapman and Miss Ethel Garland for the High School and G O Will Dora Bilis Anna Vaughan Bertha Miller Eva Karis Imma Seitz Ellen Beckle Vinnie Church Eva Simms Anna Karr Ada Zahl Aretha Hysell for the coming term. Vacancies remain for next meeting. The board will consider selecting a successor to the late Tom C. Coates as high school principal. A June draft call lists nine men to report for mechanical training at Cincinnati University June 15 and 53 to Camp Sherman the week of June 24. A youthful helper, eight year old Francis West, collected 5.00 for the Meigs County Red Cross fund during a visit to Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Draft Board
Cincinnati University
Camp Sherman
Red Cross Ice Cream Sale Draws Busy Street Crowd
Belmont county resident E P Condiff visits his brother in Wheeling while Red Cross volunteers sell ice cream at Main and Court and Main and Lynn. Miners and families boost sales as Bennie Kauff prepares to join Uncle Sam at Camp Sherman after pay day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Condiff
Belmont County
Wheeling
W. Va
J. A. Condiff
Rick Street
Red Cross
Main
Court
Lynn
Three Cent Railroad Fare Widely Enforced Nationwide
Starting at midnight, railroad fares rise to three cents per mile across Ohio and the nation. The move ends the two cent fare era, aligning costs with European classes for coach, tourist sleeper, and Pullman travel. interurban lines largely unaffected. commercial travelers face the greatest impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
John A. Greiner
Vinton County
Europe
Washington
Pullman
Pullman Company
Ohio Utilities Commission
Old resident of county dies at home in Athens
Mary J. Bobblitt died at her North High street home Sunday morning after months of illness. Survived by daughter Mrs. A S Pickering of Athens and son Charless Weatherby of Athens R D 1, plus another son William Weatherby predeceased. Also survived by two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Central Avenue M E Church with burial at Union Street Cemetery. Body to lie in state Tuesday morning at the Pickering home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Bobblitt
North High Street
Bobblitt
A. 8. Pickering
Athens
Charless Weatherby
Athens R. D
William Weatherby
Martha Ayers
A. C. Davis
Cookville
Oliver Wethee
A. P. Pickering
Union Street Cemetery
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Seer
Ornville
Messenger
the Plains
Maria Burdette
Nelsonville
Palm Beach
Second Street
Postoffice
Ernest Dale Warner
Minersville
Mike Fundy Kabool
Benjamin Albert Will
Harry Herman Christy
Caeres Emerson Derry
Harrison
Frederick F. Newsum
Wm. F. Farley
Ralph W. Adams
Pearl Knapp
Ernest D. Johnson
Racine
Ira &. Roush
Antiquity
Charles Roscoe Lawrence
Glen Roy Price
Rutland
John Anderon Hetzer
Beigert Okey Barber
Bernard Clyde Adams
Mike Kerwin
Lory Marton Barton
Edward Elsworth Young
Leo Austin McFarland
Syracuse
Gharies Hobart Bryson
Thomas Pletcher Hendricks
Elmer Powell
Pearl Vinton Green
Albany
John Augustus Riggs
John Wm
Smoot
Samuel Pearl Hess
Hemlock Grove
John Orville Slack
Stephen Welker
Elmer Nathan Siders
Hobart Whiteside
R. Cp
Luther David Suthers
Dexter
Geo
Martin Sinder
Albert Valentine Hoffner
Charlies Lee Malory
Ople Farris Harper
Dudley Bay
Cameron
Frank Geo. Schwope
Albert Higginbotham
Vetart Falls
Wm. Bryan Caster
Dyesville
Nathan Chester Hysell
Wm. McKinley Phillips
Everett Hawkins
Orin Brice Chapman
Alfred
Farnest Dudley Congo
Stanley Robert Hale
Orvilla Herbert Freeman
Vern Foster Green
Tuppers Plains
Gobs Howard Coleman
Pera Russell Gillogley
Frank Everett White
Ots Gotschall
Sea
James Leslie Martin
Ebert Ely Ours
Spiller
Clinton Hobart Jewell
Charles Francis Johnson
Herla Gilkey
Mckinlay Russell
Clifton Cheatham
Marvin Bailey
Kher Ray Brewer
Portland
Denver
Bryan Hull
Sumner
Clinton Larson
Wayne Orr
Hazel
Ernest Emory Roush
Dana Haning
R. Dd
Jasper Clark Jiiden
Arley Nelson Gump
Harold Arthur Nease
Roy Holflick
Gee. Lemrence Gloeckner
Dennison
Lia Hornen
Guy Osborn
Ng Bottom
Okey Ralph van Meter
Hobart Cochran
Roy Denver Brown
Johnny Lemeus Romine
James Arthur Badgley
Karl August Ebersbach
Alva Campbell
Cecil Gladwin Stiers
Glouster
Guy Wilson
Bayhess Fletcher Carman
Pomeroy R. Ob
Raymond Thomas
Otto Leonard Strauss
Dana Raymond Quillin
Okey Elmer Paynter
Christie Krautter
George Wm
Pfarr
Herbert Swan
James Harvey Batley
Claude Ernest Davis
Floyd Ellis Schultz
James Montgomery
Wilkesville
John Rush Philson
Raymond Clyde Randolph
Flora
Dale Floyd Spencer
Lewis Raymond Ervin
Norman Estle Schaefer
Byron Parr
Great Bend
Dale Warl Hart
Pratts Fork
Raymond Lester Fitch
Calbert Okey Blake
Garrett Christy
Marion Jennings
Clyde Everett Hives
Ross Hawk
Henry Reichman
Eugene G. Stanley
R. K
Brad K. Wolf
Owen Roch
Clayton Keyes
Herman Earl Warner
Harrisonville
Eber Francis Smith
William Niemeyer
Clint Swyers
Glen McClure
Geo. Greaser
Harry Alten Godfrey
Lloyd Wayne Roush
Finley Edward Spires
Ralph Knowles McDade
Leonard Carnahan
Gee Barele Holcomb
Benefit of Red Cross
Electric Theatre
The
Francis West
8. A. West
Sugar Run
Bent Penn
Millfield
Little Lady
Red Cross Fund
Bennie Kauff
Uncle Sams
H B.F. Biesi
George W. Rap
Mer
Ben H. Ewing
Caseate Embalm
Pomeroy, Ohio
L. Res
Georgette Crepe
Crepeda
Columbia
J. Frank Glendon
Hedda Nova
Vitagraph
Paramount-Sennett
Douglas Fairbanks
Pure Air Theatre
the Supreme Emotional Artiste
Pauline
Frederick
Ethel Clayton
Raymond City
Bardin Brothers Co
Athens, Ohio
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