Local Residents Share Weekend Visits and Travels
Mr and Mrs Patrick Murphy and son Patrick of Columbus were guests of Thomas Murphy and family. Miss Enid Fitzer of Luhrig visited friends in town. Mrs Talmadge Kirkland traveled to Columbus en route to Tampa after a week with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Thomas Murphy Jr.
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Patrick Murphy
Patrick
Columbus
Thomas Murphy
Enid Fitzer
Luhrig
Talmadge Kirkland
Tampa
Fla
Bell Telephone lineman suffers injuries in pole fall on W Columbus
A. R. Bargy a lineman for the Bell Telephone Company sustained two broken ribs and severe bruises after falling twenty feet from a pole on W Columbus Street yesterday afternoon.
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A. R. Bargy
Bell Telephone Company
W. Columbus Street
Nelsonville canal land law spurs talks of traction lines
The Columbus Labor News notes the Hatch bill becoming law, enabling Nelsonville to acquire canal property and finish sewerage. It questions traction line prospects along the old canal route, cites H V railway decline, and foresees motor transport expanding in the Hocking Valley with hopes of cheaper coal transport boosting local industry.
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Columbus Labor News
Hatch
Nelsonville
H. V. Railway
H. V
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Lancaster
Logan
Athens
Board of Public Works
Mayor Donley Opens First Court Session
L. D. Lines pleaded guilty to an assault charge brought by Al Grouse and was fined five dollars plus costs. Mrs. Ida Fisk, charged with assaulting Mrs. Howard Wallace, waived preliminary examination and was bound over to the grand jury in a one hundred dollar bond.
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Donley
L. D. Lines
al Grouse
Ida Fisk
Howard Wallace
Man Dies After Tuberculosis Illness in Floodwood
Ralph Myers aged 47 died at his Floodwood home after a tuberculosis illness. He leaves a wife and several children. He was employed at the local power plant and formerly lived in Guysville.
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Ralph Myers
Floodwood
Guysville
Death of Miss Ethel Cox After Illness and Flu
Miss Ethel Cox 20 died at her parents home on Harper street after a pulmonary tuberculosis illness following influenza. She leaves her parents two brothers and one sister as the fifth of eight children. Interment will be at Asbury.
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Ethel Cox
Harper Street
Asbury
Stamps Drive Seeks Help From Local Organizations
This month all who start a Thrift Stamp book will have credit assigned to their society. Assisting in the stamp sale are Pocahontas. Miss Margaret Clark. Rebecca. Mrs. James Stevenson. Missionary Society of Methodist Church. Miss Nelle Stratton. Hastern Star. Mrs. C. H. Bartlett. Pythian Sisters. Mrs. Carl Coakley. D. of A. Mrs. Delbert Davis. Other organizations will be announced later.
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Pocahontas
Margaret Clark
Rebecca
James Stevenson
Missionary Society of Methodist Church
Nelle Stratton
Hastern Star
C. H. Bartlett
Pythian Sisters
Carl Coakley
D. of A
Delbert Davis
Funeral Service Honors Nate Weiss In Nelsonville
A large gathering of friends and relatives attended Nate Weiss's funeral. Rev. Arthur M. Mann led the service, with many flowers showing the esteem for the deceased. The body was buried at Greenlawn. M. M. Easler spent Tuesday in Columbus on business. Grief spread through the community on news of Mrs. H. E. Smith of Marietta's death, the district corresponding secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society, who had visited Nelsonville several times and counted many local friends.
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Nate Weiss
Arthur M. Mann
Greenlawn
H. E. Smith
Marietta
The
Methodist Missionary Society
Nelsonville Classified Ads Sale of phono graphs and more
Everything must be sold building and contents phonographs for less than cost six fifty and up two hundred fifty phono graph for one twenty five other goods at a great bargain never again will you get phonographs at these prices sauter's studio 6 5 1f for sale fine reed go cart and bed call 271 bell phone notice a dance and box supper at new codwood tuesday june 25 refreshments on ground everybody in benefit baseball club 6 18 47
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Sauter
Fine Reed
Bell Phone
New Codwood
Rehments
Benefit Baseball Club
Columbus Visitors and Twin Daughters Named
Dr and Mrs Hill and Mr and Mrs C C Sharp with daughter Rebecca visited Columbus Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Joe Verity welcomed twin daughters born Tuesday.
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Hill
C. C. Sharp
Rebecca
Columbus
Joe Verity
Stores Close for Funeral of Mayor T. E. Wells
All stores shut Tuesday afternoon for funeral services honoring the late mayor T. E. Wells. Local businesses paused operations as community members paid respects to the city leader.
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T. E. Wells
Village show prep by Troop one and Laffalot class
A village printer mixed up ink for tickets and window cards for next week’s show by Troop one of the boy Scouts and the Laffalot class of the Methodist church. Rehearsals continue as two classes present The Valley of the Hokus Pop in musical comedy style with Supt. Morgan and President Ellis aiding. A four year old visitor asked for a haircut with a hole in the middle, like his grandfather. Mr. Lutelius Cook, 86, suffered paralysis and is in serious condition after visiting at Mrs. Bean’s home. Dowler’s ambulance took him home.
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Methodist Church
Lutelius Cook
Sarah Bean
Cook
Army Train Movements Reported Through Union Depot
Tuesday saw two Philippines eastbound coaches on No 2 bound for occupation forces, eight coaches at 5 40 P M of 6th Division heading to amp Sherman, eight more at 6 45 P M with unknown destination as they did not stop. Two additional trains passed at night. A five coach casuals train at 10 40 A M headed to amp Taylor Ky.
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Phillippines
Army of Occupation
6Th Division
Amp Sherman
Union Depot
Dty
Amp Taylor
Daylight Bill Faces First House Repeal Vote
Opponents of daylight saving won the initial House vote 103 to 34 to advance immediate consideration of repeal. The measure would permanently abandon daylight saving by October 31. Debates cited opposition from gas and electric interests and bankers while lawmakers mocked efforts to shorten night and lengthen day.
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Washington
Walsh
Laguardia
King
Illinois
Simms
Tennessee
Cooper
Ohio
Ferris
Oklahoma
Cox appeals legislature to pass workable Ohio relief law
Governor Cox urged a joint session to stay in session until a workable relief measure for financially ailing Ohio cities and schools is passed. He endorsed the Laylin compromise allowing bonds to cover deficits within Smith tax limits and called for a state income tax and vehicle tax. He attacked excessive appropriations and urged adherence to the Smith law while criticizing a Cleveland school board move to fund more schooling by breaking tax limits. Speaker Kimball supported continuing the session to enact the compromise relief bill.
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Gov. Cox
Ohio
Columbus
Cox
C. D. Laylin
Cleveland School Board
Mhe
Kimball
House
Laylin
Labor Commission Aims to Oust Burleson by Wilson
At the AFL convention in Atlantic City on June 18 the body adopted a resolution urging President Wilson to remove Postmaster General Burleson. The gathering remained conservative, throttling radical proposals and defeating a May Day contract termination plan.
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor Convention
Wilon
Burleson
A. F. of L
Wilson
Marion Ottes
Congress
Flynn warns of possible July 4 bomb outrages
June 18 Washington William J Flynn head of the Justice Department's bureau of investigation says the country may expect additional bomb outrages tied to July 4 demonstrations.
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Washington
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice Today
Theodore Vail Leaves AT T Presidency
Theodore N. Vail resigns as president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and will remain chairman. H. P. Thayer becomes president, N. C. Kingsbury named first vice president, and W N. T. Guernsey becomes vice president in charge of the legal department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Vail
New York
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
H. P. Thayer
N. C. Kingsbury
WN. T. Guernsey
Canadians Liberate Comrade as Mob Attacks Police Station
Four hundred Canadian soldiers mobbed and wrecked the Epsom police station in England and freed a comrade in custody. Twenty policemen were injured while defending the station last night.
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Epsom
England
Athens Amateurs Suffer 13 0 Defeat at Sugar Creek
An Athens amateur team traveled to Sugar Creek this morning and lost 13 to 0 in a game that was expected to be competitive.
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Athens
Sugar Creek
Woman’s bold claim in skirt kick case shocks court
Magistrate Dourasec sent Jonnie Berger 33 under bond to keep the peace after Miss Berger denied kicking Joseph Goelunutz and said it could not be done without splitting her skirt.
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Dourasec
Jonnie Berger
Miss Berger Dent
Joseph Goelunutz
Resolution Urges U S to Dismiss British Mexican Mandate
Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts introduced a resolution in the House opposing any proposal to give Great Britain a mandate over Mexico. He urged Congress to express that the United States can handle any situation in Mexico under the Monroe Doctrine.
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Washington
Great Britain
Mexico
House
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Congress
United States
Not Deadlier: New York Fingerprints Decline by Sex
New York City fingerprint records for 1918 show women’s prints fell 51 percent while men’s dropped 48 percent. Over 1,900,000 fingerprints were taken that year. The decrease among women is linked to better labor market conditions and opportunities for reimbursement as many men served in the military.
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New York
Fred A. Hart
Discovery yields 200-year-old cognac at De Pere site
De Pere Wisconsin resident Jules Dufrene found four jugs of cognac dating back two centuries while drilling a well at the site of an old French trading post. The bottles bear Louis XIII seals and fleur de lis, suggesting early traders hid the liquor long ago.
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de Pere
Wis
Jules Dufrene
Louis XIII
Dufrene
Bad Night for Kansas Livery Driver Ends at Mysterious Address
A Kansas livery driver named Mo Mr Day endured a rough night after three fares. At an unknown address the car was removed and the driver reported the incident.
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Kansas
Sunday School People Demand Stop to Prize Fight
The Ohio Sunday School Association executive committee in Akron adopted resolutions urging halting of the Willard Dempsey fight in Toledo and all prize fights, banning Sunday movie showings, and accusing President Wilson of backing beer sales.
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Akron
Ohio
Toledo
Wilson
Ohio Sunday School Association
Reynolds-Fouts bill grants presidential suffrage to Ohio women
Governor Cox signed the Reynolds Fouts bill in Columbus extending presidential voting rights to Ohio women, marking a milestone in state equal suffrage progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Cox Today
Reynolds-Fouts
Antwerp Port Awakens as War Tides Begin to Ease
Ships begin to trickle into Antwerp now reopened after three months of war. American relief ships and the base for the army of occupation unload at Contich while 20 000 soldiers await there. Longshoremen idle as gravel blocks piers. shipping men seek relief through American help.
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Antwerp
Rce
American Commission of Relief
Belgium
Lloyd
Holland
America
Daniel Sweeney Fireproof Claim Sparks Bristol Bed Fire
Daniel Sweeney, a Bristol shipyard worker, allegedly slept with a lit cigarette in his mouth. Smoke rose from his bunkhouse room, and flames engulfed his bedding though he escaped injury. He was arrested and held to cover the bed’s cost.
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Daniel
Bristol
Daniel Sweeney
Sweeney
Cincinnati Markets Eggs and Poultry Prices Today
Eggs rise with prime firsts at 40c per dozen and ordinary firsts 36c. Live poultry quotes list fowls 28c per lb for 5 lbs and over, 28c for 5 lbs and under, broilers 50c per lb, and roosters 15c per lb.
Pittsburg Livestock Market Report Highlights Steady Prices
Cattle receipts light and market steady with choice at 15.00 to 16.50, prime 13.00 to 14.00, common 11.00 to 12.75. veal calves 18.00 to 19.00. Sheep and lambs light receipts with prime wethers 10.00 to 10.50, good 8.00 to 9.00, fair 7.50 to 8.50, mixed 18.00 to 19.00. Hogs receipts 15 doubles. market lower with prime and medium 21.50, heavy yorkers 21.50, light yorkers 20.50 to 20.75, pigs 20.50 to 20.75, roughs 17.00 to 19.00, stags 13.00 to 23.25.
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Pittsburg
Chicago Produce Market Butter prices and grade labels
Butter-creamery 40c 5014c standards 50c firsts 474gc 4914c seconds d46c 47c listed for Chicago market buyers with grade indications and prices.
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Chicago
Cattle and Hogs Market Report With Price Shifts
Cattle receipts 500 and shippers received 11.50 and 14.00. Calves market down 1 with extra 18.00. Hogs receipts 6000 with market 25e and 50 cent lower. good to choice packers and butchers 20.75. Sheep receipts 50 with market weak. good to choice 7.50 8.00. Lambs market 50 cent lower. good to choice 17.50 18.00.
Liberty bond quotes and Toledo grain market update
Liberty bond quotations show 34s at 99.36 with a 0.06 decline and various war bond issues with small gains and losses. In Toledo Ohio on June 18 closing grain prices list corn no 8 yellow at 1.84, oats at 0.76 to 0.77, barley no 2 at 1.29, rye no 2 at 1.50 and assorted seed and timothy prices across cash and futures contracts.
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New York
Liberty
Victory
Toledo
Chauncey Exceeds Scout Quota In County Drive
Chauncey surpasses its allotment by landing twenty nine associate members against a twenty five quota, reported by Scout Master A H England to Superintendent Morgan. Other towns also show solid progress with many meeting quotas. final county results will be announced soon.
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Chauncey
A. H. England
Morgan
Moving pictures can distract during in housecleaning time
A casual note observes that watching films or videos while cleaning indoors may reduce efficiency and focus. It suggests prioritizing chores or short breaks to stay productive.
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Mayor’s Court
M. M. Easler
By Albin E. Johnson
Lash
Red Cross
Port Passia
Harbo
Winnipeg
Canada
Cincinnati Produce
Cincinnati Cattle Market
William F. Haas
Canton
Gladys Biggins
William J. Wallace
Miner
Nela Leidy
Cina Mels
Ffred Shaw
Electropath
Hie Supreme Court
Per Lions
Poplar Street
Fairview Street
Walnut Street
Mill St
Insurance and Real Estate
Public Square
Hyde Building
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