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Delinquency by carriers could be reported promptly to this office. Contact Home Phone 98 or Bell Phone 290w.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
3
Lawn fete and Masonic notices in Nelsonville area
St Marys Chapter 330 E S Nelsonville will host a lawn fete at John Howards home in Hocking on July 13 with all welcome. M B Gilbert Public Stenographer offers typing and stenographic service in Nelsonville. Philadorean Lodge 157 F and A M calls a June 23 service at Presbyterian Church to observe St Johns Day with large attendance expected. A Masonic Hall meeting at 6 30 pm will confer the Master’s degree on three candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys
E. S
Nelsonville
John Howard
Hocking
Death of Athens County Coal Man Hgh Mallon at 56
Hgh Mallon, 56, a prominent Athens county coal man and mine supervisor for the Kimberly Land & Coal Co, died at his Kimberly home after a short illness. He leaves a widow and four children, including son Sid overseas with American forces in France and daughter Mrs. Mary Beckler. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hgh Mallon
Athens County
Kimberly
Mallon
Kimberly Land & Coal Co
Mary Beckler
Five New Baseball Suits Arrive for Team
In Monday's Messenger a note reports five new baseball suits arrived for the team. The item notes the suits are ready for use and the squad will wear them in upcoming games.
Camp Sherman Soldiers Baseball Team to Play Local Club
Camp Sherman soldiers will face a local team at Pastime Park on Sunday. They travel by large motor trucks and join a patriotic parade at 1 PM led by Lieut. Geo. Martindale and Sgt. John Popken of the 242nd Motor Truck Co. Local Boy Scouts and other groups will greet the visitors in khaki.
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Camp Sherman
Soldiers
Pastime Park
Soldier
Boy Scouts
Geo. Martindale
242Nd Motor Truck Co
John Popken
Red Cross Executive Meeting Advances Knit For Nelsonville
The Red Cross held its regular executive meeting Monday evening. Nelsonville must supply 500 pairs of socks and 30 sweaters by Sept 1, with knitting the priority. A vote thanked Miss Machines and assistants for a $115 recital gift, as Mrs Verity leads the knitting department set to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Nelsonville
Junta
Machines
F. X. Rauch
B. E. Lefever
Marguerite Nelson
Ralph Iks
P. B. Verity
Mayor's Court case and local Chautauqua plans reported
Jim Smith filed charges in Mayor Wells Court against his wife Jennie Smith and sister Myrtle Raynor over alleged theft of $90 while he was at work Sunday. The notice also covers a New York murder confession, a planned Nelsonville Chautauqua July 19 to 24, organized by local residents to lift spirits during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor’s Court
Jim Smith
Mayor Well’s
Jennie Smith
Myrtle Raynor
Smith
City league opens with double header Thursday at playground
The first games of the city baseball league schedule are set for Thursday afternoon at the playground. Wilson's Never Sweats vs Barrow's Top Notchers at 1:30 and Dilcher's Cubs vs Farrow's Sluggers at 3:30. Emmett Preston is the umpire. Ed captain has named sixteen Thursday players for the weekly lineup.
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Wilson
Never Sweats
Barrow
Dilcher
Cubs
Farrow
Emmett Preston
B A L O T M Class Candidates Weekend Event
B A L O T M will initiate a class of candidates Friday night and also hold memorial services. A social hour will follow with refreshments. Clark Higgins Sr spent Tuesday evening in Lancaster with his family. New Straitsville visitors included Miss Margaret Essex Miss Rose and Miss Hague. Pearl Davis and wife and mother from New Straitsville were guests of Mrs. Harry Mounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Higgins, Sr
Lancaster
Winfield
George
Margaret Essex
Rose
Essential War Progress Jobs List Tapped For Draft Evasion
Ohio draft officials outline new nonproductive occupations under Crowder's work or fight rule. Major William S Pealer says further clarification expected before July 1. Essential roles include engineers, mechanics, nurses, police, teachers, and various trades. clerks in some retail settings may be exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
Athens
Ohio
William S. Pealer
al Tho
Major Pealer
Sergeant Tommy McCullough Arrives Safely Overseas
Joe Gillespie reports the safe overseas arrival of Sergeant Thomas McCullough of Company B 808th Engineers. The news implies other Athens county soldiers who trained at Camp Sherman have also reached overseas, outpacing local guardsmen mobilized earlier. McCullough, a small Scot who worked at 210 mine on Sugar Creek, eagerly joined the war effort despite early worries about his height and weight.
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Tommy McCullough
Joe Gillespie
Cemetery Street
Thomas McCullough
808Th Engineers
Athens County
Camp
Sherman
Camp Sherman
McCullough
Sugar Creek
Bones of Man Found on River Beach Near South Bridge
Several children discovered part of a skeleton on the river beach below the South Bridge Tuesday evening. Only the skull and thorax remained, the upper skull missing as if an operation had been performed. The skeleton could not be identified. C. E. Collins of Nitro West Virginia was found at the Hope Dairy farm hatless and shoeless today. He appeared insane and behaved oddly. Papers in his pockets identified him as a munition plant worker at Nitro. He wished to go to Cambridge and thought Athens was that place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bridge
C. E. Collins
Nitro
W. Va
Hope Dairy Farm
Cambridge
Athens
Methodist church plans $80 million mission drive
United Press dispatches report a ten day fund-raising campaign to raise 80 million dollars for home and foreign mission work. The drive follows an educational campaign aimed at 26 000 Methodist churches stressing postwar church needs. The report also notes the Senate approving a 220 050 million pension bill and Indiana Democratic steps toward Wilson 1920 renomination led by Samuel M Ralston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Indiana
Samuel M. Ralston
136th Artillery Arrives at Camp Upton from Camp Sheridan
Mrs. Charles Cornell of Maplestreet received a telegram reporting that her son Clifford Cornell and the 136th Field Artillery, formerly Company L, which had been stationed at Camp Sheridan, arrived today at Camp Upton in Long Island New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cornell
Maplestreet
Clifford Cornell
136Th Field Artillery
Camp Sheridan
Camp Upton
Long Island
New York
Wartime Convention Leader Opposes Disruptive Precedent
The permanent chairman declared he would not support any precedent harming wartime efficiency or hindering the use of top talents in the postwar reconstruction period.
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Manent
Bolshevik Forces Overrun in Western Siberia Reported
Petrograd dispatches published in German papers say counter revolutionary forces backed by Czecho Slovaks have seized Omsk Samara and Nova Nikolaysk. Premier Lenine is mobilizing Bolshevik troops along the Volga and in the Ural Mountains.
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Copenhagen
Siberia
Petrograd
Omsk
Samara
Nova Nikolaysk
Lenine
Volga River
Ural Mountains
Mrs Adolphus Busch Held at Key West May Be Freed
Washington reports Mrs Adolphus Busch, detained at Key West, may be released today as the Department of Justice bureau of investigation says no further hold order exists. Immigration officials confirm no new detainment order.
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Washington
Adolphus Busch
Key West
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Busch
Governor's Child Dies Soon After Birth in Ohio
Thomas Blair Cox, son of Governor Cox and his wife, died at 7 30 last night after a Sunday birth. Cause given as improper development of the lungs. The governor left duties briefly after learning of the illness and must cancel addresses at the Columbus public school commencement and at Ohio University in Athens due to the death.
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Columbus
Thomas Blair Cox
Cox
Dayton
Coal price deal offered at Circle Hill in The Plains Ohio
Bone coal sold at 1.25 dollars per ton for thirty days at Circle Hill near The Plains Ohio. Harry Porter announces the offer urging customers to fill their coal houses while the price lasts.
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Circle Hill
Harry Porter
the Plains
Ohio
Big Shows At Pastime Park All Next Week
The Traction Company and Base Ball Association launch the season at Pas Park with Clark & Conklin Feature Shows for a week starting Monday night in June. Ten big rides, two large attractions, direct car service from Nelsonville Athens, no admission to grounds, and many free acts promised.
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Traction Company
Pas Park
Clark & Conklin
Nelsonville Athens
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