POMEROY BEND Jones Family Reunion
A large Jones family reunion at Mrs. Richard Entsminger home in Middleport brings 45 relatives from three states together for a grand dinner and social time. Willis F. Davis arranged a picture place card of Mrs. Jones. Local items note war speaker program updates and four minute men named by County Superintendent George H Crow.
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South Bend
Ind
Fred Jones
Charleston
Wm. A. Jones
Charles Jenkins
Dayton, CO
Susan Philips
Joseph Garland
John McCullum
Pomeroy
Charles Entsminger
Middleport
George H. Crow
Meigs County
United States
W. F. Parmalee
Rutland
E. L. Morrell
Curtis Reed
C. E. Peoples
F. W. Crow
Webster
L. G. Weber
A. P. Miller
F. J. Medford
J. C. Fisher
Supt. of Schools
A. W. McKay
Geo. E. Tifft
Special Grand Jury Session Concludes Work Deliberations Pending
Judge A. P. Miller called a special Grand Jury session that sat through Monday. Deliberations and findings were not ready for publication at the time of writing.
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Grand Jury
A. P. Miller
Scout Hike Trails to Five Points and Back
Capt. C. E. Peregoy’s Pomeroy troop of Boy Scouts hiked to Five Points yesterday afternoon camped overnight and returned to Pomeroy this morning. The trip was successful in every way.
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Boy Scouts
C. E. Peregoy
Pomeroy
Five Points
Minersville M. B. church social and Red Cross drive
The Standard Bearers of the Minersville M. B. church host an evening social at the old Welch church with vocal and instrumental music and light refreshments. A Red Cross organizing meeting at the Methodist church follows the same night, with time to attend both without interference.
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Minersville
M. B
Old Welch Church
Methodist Church
Red Cross
Flying Machine Sighted Over Meigs County Adrift
A new aerial craft was seen over Meigs County near Hemlock Grove Rock Springs and Flatwoods. The object moved at high speed and emitted a clear engine purr as it passed overhead.
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Meigs
Meigs County
Hemlock Grove
Rock Springs
Flatwoods
War Industries Board forms Tenth Region in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on Friday over five hundred manufacturers and representatives gathered to establish the Tenth Region of the War Industries Board. The region covers Indiana south of Muncie Ohio south of a Piqua Steubenville line and all of Kentucky with nine subregions led by executive committees. Athens joins the Marietta subregion including Meigs Athens Morgan Washington Noble Monroe Belmont and Jefferson counties. Secretary Leopold will organize Athens and Meigs counties as Athens Chamber of Commerce provides four representatives.
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Cincinnati
War Industries Board
Otis
Indiana
Muncie
Ohio
Piqua
Steubenville
Kentucky
Athens
Marietta
Meigs
Morgan
Washington
Noble
Monroe
Belmont
Jefferson
Regional War Industries Board
United States
Regional
National Manufacturers Association
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Leopold
Local Socials and Visitors Highlight Weekend
Nelsonville shoppers and family visits dot a busy weekend. Mrs. John Hartman and Miss Lydia McDonald were among those seen visiting friends, with multiple Hartman relatives hosting guests from Spice Lick Hamley Run and Deanville. Long Island farm laborers demand higher taxi fares and wages.
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John Hartman
Nelsonville
Lydia McDonald
Geneva Hartman
Hamley Run
Dortha
Carrie
Adda Lillie
Gladys Hankerson
Oliver Phillips
Rosie Reynolds
Boggs
Kimberly
Bess Smith
Clifford Hartman
Spice Lick
Matilda Hartman
Douglas Hartman
Gladys Swearingen
Deanville
Mabel Swearingen
Elsie
Getz
New Town
Madeline Burchfield
McDonald
Ollie Hartman
Misses Pearl
Lottie Summers
Long Island
War drama in Picardy shows nations mingling through a dog and cat
In a Picardy trench town May 20, diverse Allied troops and a British officer’s car, a French cat, and a roaming dog create a simple scene that illustrates how American and Allied forces meet, learn, and form lasting bonds amid war. The piece argues that this cross national contact foreshadows broader unity beyond the battlefield.
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Fred
Ferguson
United Press
Picardy
America
Germany
New War Loan May Call for Six Billions
Washington reports the government plans to issue about 6 billion dollars in war loan certificates for the next four months to fund the fourth liberty loan, with 750 million dollar blocks sold every two weeks starting June 25. Banks and trust companies are asked to subscribe 5 percent of gross resources monthly. The certificates carry 4 and a half percent interest and four month maturities, with an additional potential 2 billion tax certificates planned for use next year.
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Washington
McAdoo
National Bank and Trust Company
Governmmnt
Pleasanton Prepares for Children's and Memorial Day
Pleasanton plans a special observance on Sunday June 23 with a children's program and orchestral music. Rev. Miller will deliver a memorial sermon after the usual Sunday school opening. Former residents and relatives are invited to attend from elsewhere.
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Pleasanton
Miller
Trains Moved in Order for Ohio Division
Chillicothe Ohio June 18 soldiers of the 83rd Division left their barracks in a highly organized move that spanned 13 days. Transport logistics included 56 passenger trains 174 engines and extensive use of dining and baggage cars. Local officials coordinated routing amid wartime constraints noting costs supplies and staffing.
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Chillicothe, O
Chillicothe
83Rd Division
American Railroad Association
Hanble
Rural Carrier Examination Held in Athens County
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a rural carrier examination in Athens County to be held in Athens on July 13, 1918. Open to male citizens domiciled in the county, for Nelsonville and Sharpsburg routes and other rural post offices. Forms available locally or from the Commission in Washington. apply promptly.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Athens
Nelsonville
Sharpsburg
Washington, D. C
Commission
Washington
May Day Bride Remarries Twice in War Torn Life
London report details Lady Michael Wardell daughter of Sir Daniel Cooper who has lost two husbands in the war and remarried a third. She first wed Viscount Northland who died in 1915 leaving a will hoping she would remarry and then married Captain Geoffrey Mills who was killed last year. Her current husband is a Royal Hussars officer.
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London
Michael Wardell
Daniel Cooper
Viscount Northland
Geoffrey Mills
Royal Hussars
Wounded Soldiers to Be Taught Farming
Washington reports a new government convalescent hospital at Lawrenceville near Trenton New Jersey to house 150 patients. It will become the nucleus of a 500 acre farm teaching dairying truck farming poultry and hog raising under Dr J E Russell head of Teachers College Columbia University directing the educational program.
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Washington
Army Medical Department
Lawrenceville
Trenton
N. J
J. E. Russell
Teachers Collge
Columbia University
Villers Cotterets Core of Frontline War Geography Note
The National Geographic Society war geography bulletin places Villers Cotterets in the German front line push near Noyon and Montdidier. It notes the town’s 5000 population, location 17 miles southwest of Soissons by rail, and 23 miles southeast of Compiegne, plus its literary ties to Dumas Racine and the 16th century chateau now in ruins.
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Washington
D. C
Villes- Cotterets
Noyon-Montdidier
National Geographic Society
Villers-Cotterets
Villers- Cotterets
Francis II
Francis
Guillaume Poyet
955 Men and Boys Sought for Ohio Farms Now
Columbus reports a June labor survey listing 955 workers needed on Ohio farms. Demand includes 276 single men by month, 49 married men by month, and 15 older boys, plus 450 day workers and 180 more older boys for beet fields. Wages range from 2 to 4.50 dollars daily.
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Columbus
Ohio
Farm Labor Bureau
The
Ohio Defense Council
Save Beef For the Fighters Fight Week Meal Plan
The Ohio War Board urges saving beef for the troops asking the public to eat beef only at four meals a week. Sunday noon, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday noon meals are designated for beef. Pork will supplement meals with bacon ham and sausage and fresh vegetables seasoned with pork. Milk and cheese should be used to help save beef for soldiers.
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Ohio War Board
Food Administration
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