Nelsonville to secure water works engineer
A Chamber of Commerce committee with Service Director Burnell met a State Health Board engineer in Columbus about Nelsonville's water problems. The board advised hiring a competent water works engineer to study the local system and prepare improvement plans, and the committee will arrange to secure one in line with health authorities.
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Chamber of Commerce
Burnell
State Health Board
Nelsonville
Columbus
State Board
Board of Health
Chamber of Commerce Disavows Citizens Ticket
At the recent Elks Club meeting the Chamber of Commerce declared it would not act as a body in the political arena. It emphasized it is not a political organization and has no partisan agenda, seeking only Nelsonville’s betterment.
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Citizens
Chamber of Commerce
Nelsonville
Donley Succeeds as Mayor After Council Presidency
Harry E. Donley becomes mayor immediately after serving as Council president and as justice of the peace. He is welcomed by friends as he assumes new duties. Local social notes mention visits from Charles Anders family and others from Columbus and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Donley
Mr. Donley
Funeral services held for T. E. Wells
A large gathering attended the 1 pm funeral at the late residence on Washington for T. E. Wells. Rev. Roush of Columbus conducted the service. Burial followed at Greenlawn. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Hyde left for O. W. Delaware commencement. Leonard Russell returned home to West Frankfort Ill. after visiting. Dr. C. W. Cable took Tom May to Mt. Carmel hospital in Columbus after May was burned by a live wire. his condition is favorable and recovery is expected.
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T. E. Wells
Rev. Roush
Columbus
Washington Street
Greenlawn
J. M. Hyde
O. W
Delaware
Leonard Russell
West Frankfort
Ill
J. M. Butts
C. W. Cable
Tom May
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Cotumbus
May
Edna Burns
Middleport
P. H. Burns
E. H. Taylor
Frances
C. S. Jacobs
Hilah
Buckeye Lake
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Jacobs
F. D. McCarty
Culver McCarty
Minnie Duncan
Deaf Institution
Returned Soldier Lawrence McDonald Honored at Nelsonville Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. William McDonald hosted a chicken dinner for their son Lawrence McDonald just home from overseas and discharged Friday. Lawrence, in the 84th Division later the 80th, served in the Argonne Forests. Guest G R Russell of Buchtel also recently returned from Italy. Other attendees included Mrs Agnes Russell and the McDonalds family of Buchtel.
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William McDonald
Nelsonville
R. D. No
Lawrence
McDonald
Argonne
G. R. Russell
Buchtel
Italy
Agnes Russell
William McDonald, Jr
Local Socials and Military News from Circle Hill to Camp Mills
Mrs Wesley Hawk Circle Hill Mrs David Morris Corning and others hosted a day long social. Mr and Mrs Sachs Lancaster and Shaffer New Straits ville visited D Harris family. Leslie J Cavanaugh reports arrival at Camp Mills after seventeen months overseas in aviation. Mae Joyce attended Athens nurses commencement. Welman Warrick returned home from Camp Sherman after overseas duty. Ethel Walker a nurse from Alliance City Hospital visits family.
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Sachs
Lancaster
Shaffer
New Straitsville
D. Harris
T. E. Dow
Norfolk
Phil Kelch
Leslie J. Cavanaugh
Camp Mills
Cavanaugh
Aviation Department
Mae Joyce
Athens
Welman Warrick
Camp Sherman
Ethel Walker
Alliance City Hospital
Weiss Funeral Wednesday Service for Nate Weiss
Rev. Arthur M. Mann to conduct the funeral at 1 pm Wednesday at the Chestnut Street residence. Mary Powell returned home to Cleveland after a visit here. Merle Higgins and family from Lancaster visited relatives. Higgins just returned from overseas. Dr. Walter Howe and daughter returned from a three week Chicago trip. Dr. H L Heck operated for appendicitis at Welch-Howe hospital and expects full recovery in three weeks. Raymond Kreppel departed for Detroit. Mrs. W S Rhodes and son Billy visiting Columbus relatives. Mary Goodspeed visiting grandparents in Columbus.
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Mary Powell
Cleveland
Merle Higgins
Lancaster
Mr. Higgins
Walter Howe
Chicago
Ill
H. L. Heck
Welch-Howe Hospital
Heck
Raymond Kreppel
Detroit
Mich
W. S. Rhodes
Billy
Columbus
Mary Goodspeed
Reports Not All In On Scout Associate Memberships
Incomplete figures show uncertainty over how many associate members the Boy Scouts secured with a final report to follow. Morris Wilson is to undergo a very serious operation today at Mt. Carmel hospital in Columbus.
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Boy Scouts
Morris Wilson
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
War Savings Stamp Drive Gains Wide Support
Several organizations have invested in War Savings Stamps. The D of A and Pocahontas have each purchased $100 in stamps. June is the month to buy stamps as the sale progresses and officials hope for a strong month end report.
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D. of A
Pocahontas
Nelsonville Classifieds Closing Out Sale at Sauter's Studio
Everything must be sold including phono graphs starting at $6.50. A $250.00 phonograph offered for $125.00. Also ads for a six-room house at 1048 Poplar St with utilities, and a reed go cart and tunnel bed for sale. Local notices list prices and contact details.
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Sauter
Poplar St
Shepherd of the Hills at Glouster Opera House June 25
Glouster news notes a local theater bill featuring the play Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright directed by the author with admission 25 and 50 cents plus war tax. Also reports on railroad telegraphers strike actions affecting Western Union messages and local social news including farewells and a funeral notice for Christopher Colborn.
Death of Joseph Sweeny At Hollister At Age 75
Joseph Sweeny died of organic heart trouble at his Hollister home this morning at 4 30. He was 75. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 o clock in Holy Cross church and burial will be in St Joseph cemetery about four miles from New Lexington. Miss Dorothy Vaughn is visiting relatives in Columbus for a few weeks.
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Christopher Colborn
Homer Tracey
Millfield
McLaney
McLuney
Mr. Colborn
Joseph Sweeny
Hollister
Holy Cross Church
St. Joseph
New Lexington
Labor Meet 10 Take Up League on Wednesday
Atlantic City June 17 United Press American Federation of Labor urged Congress to recognize the Irish republic and seek a hearing for Irish delegates at the peace conference. Gompers faced pay questions while executives debated a raise. Western steel and tin plate interests and iron and tin workers negotiated a new wage scale with a proposed 25 cent hourly bump.
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LABOR
Albin E. Johnson
United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Wilson
Atlantic
City
American Federation of Labor Convention
League of Nations
Tomorow
Executive Council
League
Workers of America
Gompers
Western Steel and Tin Plate Manufacturers
Amalgamated Union of Iron and Tin Workers
J. A. Flora
Manufacturers Association
M. F. Tigue
Workers’ International
Fight on fight at Toledo gains speed
Columbus, O June 17 Opponents of the Willard Dempsey boxing bout slated for Toledo on July 4 mobilize as Rep Dunn moves to pass an anti boxing bill. He eyes votes but doubts an emergency clause would survive Governor Cox signing. Without the clause the bill takes effect after 90 days.
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Columbus
Toledo
Dunn
Wood County
Cox
Willard- Dempsey
Midweek Meeting at Presbyterian Church on God and Mammon
Tomorrow evening the midweek gathering at the Presbyterian Church will cover God and Mammon, using the Sermon on the Mount reference. Friday at 2 30 the Friendly Society holds its regular monthly meeting focusing on the church repair work and its unusual importance.
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Presbyterian Church
Friendly Society
Will Probe Coal Rates Opened By Interstate Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission orders a formal inquiry into coal rate relationships. The probe compares lake shipments from Ohio and West Virginia with rail rates from Illinois and Indiana to Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and northern Wisconsin. Dock operators report rate increases of 52 cents per ton from Ohio and West Virginia versus 55 cents from Indiana and Illinois. Hearing set for June 25 in Washington.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Ohio
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Representative Foster Seeks Voter Sentiment on Daylight Saving
The article notes Rep. Foster asking Athens County and the Tenth District for opinions on daylight saving. He will vote in the upcoming House discussion, and readers are urged to send their views to the Messenger to gauge local sentiment.
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Foster
Athens County
Tenth District
North Dakota Senator Peaks For The League
Senator McCumber of North Dakota argues that rejecting the league of nations would spur global plans for mass destruction and harm future generations. He criticizes Knox and warns that defeat could invite broader chaos, urging immediate, lasting peace through collective action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Senator Peaks
Prof Knight Back For Short Visit
Prof Knight and Mrs Knight arrive in Albany to visit his parents Mr and Mrs C G Knight. He directs the Metallurgy of Iron and Steel department at Pennsylvania State College and will resume duties in September. He is to work for four months with a large Pittsburgh steel firm and keep an office in Chicago. Mrs Knight plans to split the summer between Baltimore Ohio and Chicago with him.
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Albany
Ohio
Allen Knight
Pennsylvania State College
C. G. Knight
Knight
Pennsylvania
Boston
Mass
Lincoln Highway
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Zanesville
Columbus
Cox Seek to Hold Gov Cox Appointments in Ohio Senate
Columbus Ohio June 17 hopeful that the next Ohio governor bill the Republican legislature does not intend to rob him of the plum awarding job by confirming all the Democratic appointments made last fight by Governor Cox. Senator Wittemore says some Cox appointments will be confirmed but a hot fight is in passage over James A Reynolds as member of the state board of administration and A R Taylor Democrat slated to succeed Clinton Cowen as state highway commissioner. Ohio Good Roads Federation hopes to shift considerations to the floor to rework the appointments and push Taylor through.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Senate
Wittemore
Senate Rules Committee
James A. Reynolds
State Board of Administration
A. R. Taylor
Findlay
Clinton Cowen
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Rules Committee
Federation
Taylor
Mayor Woodworth says Willard Dempsey protest meeting a success
Mayor Woodworth reports the statewide protest against the Toledo Willard Dempsey fight is a success as petitions and letters reach Governor Cox and Columbus officials. He warns the event could become a championship clash costing 25 to 75 dollars per seat with strong opposition from religious and civic leaders.
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Woodworth
Cox
Toledo
Athens
White House
Columbus
Charles Morris
Dempsey
Willard
Richard
Maumee River
Shopmen threaten to strike over settlement in Canada
Thirty thousand Canadian railway shopmen threaten to strike unless an eleventh hour settlement is made. The strike order was issued by the executive division of the railroad shopmen of America. Labor leaders arrested today are held in communicado in the Stony Mountain penitentiary with Royal Northwest Mounted Police guards at the labor temple.
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Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Western Union
Glouster
A. N. Lyon
Charleston
W. Va
K. & M. Railway
A. P. Hines
Ottawa
Ont
The
Railroad Shopmen of America
Winnipeg
Stony Mountain
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Labor Temple
Knox Opens His Fight in Senate Against Haste
Senator Knox opened a Senate debate opposing hasty action on the peace treaty and the league covenant, urging Democrats to allow mature deliberation for the American people. A separate note mentions a Missouri inventor developing a seed planting attachment for farm cultivators.
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Knox
Senate
L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
League of Nations
Athens County Scouts Drive Surpasses 600 Member Goal
Athens county reports indicate the 600 member quota for the Boy Scouts drive is amply covered with Athens 300 Nelsonville 200 Glouster 50 Millfield 50 Chauncey 25. Milfield and Glouster led early as residents praised the movement with strong local leadership and generous subscriptions from business community.
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Abov
Morgan
Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Millfield
Chauncey
Milfield
George W. Rose
Mesdames Basom
Jones
Nelson
Overholtzer
Nelsonvile
Whitlack
Dan Carsey
Boy Scouts of America
Wedding Permits Issued Across Several Towns
A list of couples receiving marriage licenses includes Charles Deer, 36, a miner, and Goldie Burns, 31, from Nelsonville. George Hall, 26, a farmer, and Esther White, 25, a teacher, from Gloucester. William Stobart, 20, a miner, and Freda North, 19, from Sharpsburg. Dr. Wilbur N. Johnson, 27, a dentist, and Margaret Mercein Mann, 22, from Nelsonville. Also Rev. A. Mann with Calvin Bean and Hulda Bolinger of Athens. Rev. Elseai Van Dyke with Evelyn Hill of Athens. Petter Nagg, 32, a miner, and Katie Patake, 35, from Poston.
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Charles Deer
Miner
Goldie Burns
Nelsonville
George Hall
Farmer
Esther White
Glouster
EB. D. Murch
William Stobart
Freda North
Sharpsburg
Wilbur N. Johnson
Margaret Mercein Mann
A. M. Mann
Calvin L. Bean
Canaanville
Hulda Bolinger
Athens
Elseai Cecil van Dyke
Evelyn Hill
A. Y. Wilcox
Petter Nagg
Katie Patake
Poston
E. D. Murch
Republicans Cut Down All Expense in Washington
The House adopted the conference report of the deficiency bill by a 208 to 1 vote after striking the $272,000 appropriation for the United States Employment Service at request of Rep Blanton Texas. The bill totals about $22,000,000 and moves to the President. The conference reduced recruiting and training for Shipping Board crews from $2,417,186.95 to $500,000.
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Washington
House Today
United States Employment Service
Blanton
Texas
Shipping Board
Tasmania Dams Lake to Power Island Hydroelectric Plant
Tasmania constructs a large dam on a major lake to supply light and power across the island. The project includes a hydroelectric plant intended to provide electricity for residents and industry.
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Government of
Tasmania
Island
President Wilson to Tour After Peace Treaty Speech
President Wilson plans to open his peace treaty push in Belgium during a visit there. Assuming German ratification on schedule, he would return to Washington by July 4 or 6 and then begin a nationwide tour lasting about three weeks after delivering the treaty message to Congress.
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Belgium
France
Congress
Senate votes to override veto on relief bill in Ohio
In Columbus on June 17 the Senate approved the joint taxation committee relief bill 21 to 11 despite Governor Cox's veto. The measure raises the limits of the Smith law to let cities and schools cover existing deficits.
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Columbus
Senate
Joint Taxation Committee
Cox
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Corning
Lawrence McDonald
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William Wright
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Nick Litvna
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