List of Meigs county boys chosen for Camp Sherman
A list of 52 Meigs county boys selected to go to Camp Sherman on June 26 to prepare for service in Uncle Sam s big army, with 10 substitutes and addresses. Includes notes on Otto Warren Phillips resigning a commission to reach the front and updates on Meigs County servicemen arriving overseas or en route, plus local visitors and letters from camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sherman
Meigs County
Uncle Sams
Big Army
Otto Warren Phillips
Camp Sheridan
Old Seventh Ohio
Phillips
Sheridan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Robert Warner
Minersville
Harry Fowler
Herbert Williams
Reedsville
Frank Edward Gress
Thomas Homer Wootton
Athens
Marcus Chambers
Leigh Dennis
Rt. D
James Arthur Hysell
Stanley Southers
Herman Kim
Tuppers Plains
Joseph Lanning
David Harrison Mills
Syracuse
Albert Ross Dorst
Long Bottom
Cecil Gillispie
Change of Superintendents Shifts Electric Company Leaders
Mr Tom Mayers, longtime Mutual Electric superintendent, is moved to a new post with Athens Electric, effective about July 1. J W Wolf, current Mutual successor candidate, will take Mayers’s place. Oppenheimer’s successor is not yet determined. Mayers is praised for his service in Pomeroy and Middleport and will pursue new opportunities.
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Iper Hursey
Albany
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Ohio
Tom Mayers
Mutual Electric Company
Athens Electric Company
Mayes
Pomeroy
Middleport
J. W. Wolf
Mr. Mayes
The
Mutual
Wolf
Oppenheimer
Mr. Wolf
Patriotic Fourth Celebrations by Rock Spring Red Cross
The Rock Spring Red Cross Unit hosts an all day Patriotic meeting at the fair ground on July 4 with Rev. L. G. Weber and other speakers, the Pomeroy Band, horse and sack races, amusements, and on site refreshments. Adults pay 20 cents admission, children under 10 enter free, aiming to provide a wholesome Fourth and support the Red Cross.
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Rock Spring
Red Cross
Red Cross unit organized in Minersville
A Minersville Red Cross unit held a Tuesday evening meeting with county organizer Mrs. Ralston Russel who explained the Red Cross role in the war effort. Officers elected include Chairman Miss Ethel Garland, Vice Chairman Miss Amanda Parker, and Secretary Treasurer Mrs. Pearl Phillips. The first meeting is set for Thursday June 27 at Mrs. Newton Roush’s home.
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Red Cross
Minersville
Ralston Russel
Ethel Garland
Amanda Parker
Pearl Phillips
Stroke Strikes Isaac Kaylor in Serious Condition
Isaac Kaylor, stricken with a paralytic stroke Tuesday noon, remains in critical condition. Mr. Koehler is unconscious and unable to take nourishment after a brain hemorrhage.
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Isaac Kaylor
Mr. Koehler
Funeral for Cheshire brothers killed in mine gas incident
The funeral for Blaine Ralph of Cheshire and his two young sons, who died Tuesday after being overcome by gas in an old mine entrance, was held at the Kgger church today. Roy Hill, wounded in France, has been interred in Gravel Cemetery near Middleport.
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Blaine Ralph
Cheshire
Kgger
France
Roy Hill
Middleport
Letters From Men In Service Bring News From France
F D King of Athens writes home with a sample of wartime letters from his son Robert King in Company C, 166th Rainbow Division in France. He describes plans to march on Berlin with gas mask wearers and notes homesickness and farming contrasts, including French plow use, crop practices, and wild lily of the valley woods.
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F. D. King
Athens
Robert King
Company C
States
Mina
Palestine
France
Old Timers at Uniio Gather 10 Talk It Over
John W. Dowd presided at the alumni chapel exercises this morning. The program was reminiscent and congratulatory, praising the university’s history and the achievements of graduates who illuminate the world. President Alston Ellis spoke amid debate over university naming and alumni records, urging a new secretary and noting 54 percent of diplomas signed during his tenure.
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John W. Dowd
O. A
O. U. Mutual Admiration Society
Dean W. E. Chubb
Phillip Zenner
F. S. Coultrap
Alston Ellis
Hiram R. Wilson
C. C. Davidson
B. C. Stivers
H. R. McVay
Geo. Reeves
C. M. Copeland
George Reeves
Martzolff
Comstock
McVay
Coultrap
Wilson
Ohio State University
University of Ohio
Ohio University
Athens State University
Athens State Normal College
Paper prices fixed for publisher newsprint by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission announced price fixes for news print paper in the A N P A case. Rates apply to roll and sheet news in car lots or smaller quantities, with maximum markups for jobbers and middlemen and prices dated back to January 1, 1915, except for two exceptions.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Minnesota & Ontario Power Companies
Fort Frances Pulp & Paper Company Ltd
Draft age limits under consideration by Congress
Washington notes that if Congress opts to extend draft ages below 21 or above 30, the war department offers no opposition. Secretary Baker cited no immediate need, though calls will be needed to replenish reservoirs. Crowder testified 3,000,000 under arms by Aug 1 and 4,000,000 by Jan 1 with 1,000,000 drafted between July and January. plans focus on class I, avoiding changes to other classes.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Baker
Department
France
Maryland
Senate Military Committee
Crowder
Second Crops For Gardens Keep the War Garden Producing
The Ohio State University College of Agriculture outlines follow up crops to extend summer harvests. Suggestions include celery after radishes, lettuce after celery, turnips after onions, early cabbage followed by sweet corn, and lettuce followed by onions sets then beets. Tomatoes peppers beans or corn can follow radishes or lettuce. Early peas or beets lead to late cabbage and beans while leaf lettuce can be followed by string beans. Spinach can be followed by early sweet corn or string beans with radishes or lettuce after.
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Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Arsenate of Lead Suggested For Cabbage Worms
A garden note states arsenate of lead sprayed or dusted on cabbage kills worms safely. Use 3 heaping teaspoons per gallon with 1 cubic inch of dissolved laundry soap. A spray pump aids coverage, repeat as needed for new hatchlings, and no danger is noted from the treated cabbage. Colorado chemist cites a man would need 28 cabbage heads to suffer illness from residue.
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Colorado
Cottage Cheese Sausage Breakfast Mix
A domestic recipe uses cottage cheese as a base to make breakfast sausages. Mix cottage cheese bread crumbs peanut butter peanut meats sage thyme milk salt pepper soda onion and fry in a hot pan until a delicate brown. Dust with crumbs or corn meal for serving.
Proper care of breeding roosters and post season handling
M Kilpatrick of Ohio State University advises that a breeder rooster deserves care and should be kept comfortable if kept for future use. If not kept for breeding, remove him from the pen and market him after the breeding season to ensure a better breeding result next year.
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M. ©. Kilpatrick
Ohio State University
Infertile Eggs and Fertile Egg Loss Prevention
The article states infertile eggs should be produced and sold, with males having little impact on egg numbers and lowering egg value due to fertility. It notes embryo development risks at high temps and that infertile eggs tolerate 100 degrees for 1 week. It also mentions a U.S. Bureau finding that fertile eggs incur greater losses, urging removal of males after breeding season. It also advertises a free eight lesson Ohio State University extension course on Farm Power for replacing man labor with power appliances.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Agricultural College Extension Service
Ohio State University
J. E. McClyintock
Columbus
Women in Moscow Face Mental Strain and Self harm
Washington reports a Y M C A worker says Moscow women are taking extreme measures amid severe mental and physical strain. Food shortages and hardship are described as aging and pinching effect on women, prompting warnings of rising self harm.
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Washington
Moscow
Canada to Display Food Posters at Dominion Exhibitions
The Canada food board will display posters from Great Britain France Italy the United States and Canada at the annual Canadian exhibitions to be held this fall throughout the Dominion in Ottawa June 20.
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Ottawa
Can
Canada Food Board
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Canada
Htuout
Dominion
Texas merchants aid farmers in harvest drive
Real Co operation report from Austin notes Texas businessmen closed shops to assist farmers in Houston and Warsaw counties with harvest efforts amid labor shortages threatening the state crop. The piece frames history as a record of collective effort to feed the population.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Houston
Warsaw
Tate
Threatman
Troy Grange Patriotic Service Planned in Coolville
Coolville Ohio June 18 Troy Grange will observe Flag Day Saturday June 22 with opening song America. After a brief business session Brother Owens speaks on the Flags of our nation and Brother Ward speaks on the flag. Choir sings and the Surprise Committee report follows. Members urged to attend.
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Coolville
Troy
First American style dyspepsia parlor opens in England
London reports a new government operated grabateria lunch room in England. The food ministry opened a national restaurant offering meals at about one third the price of typical eateries. The venture is described as a Government affair with growing business.
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London
England
Food Ministry
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Postoffice
Ll. H. R. Foulk
L. H. R. Poulk
Meigs
Thomas Middleton
Clarence
Co. E
308Th Engineers
Pete Stark
Pete Jr
Dan Oliver
Dan
High Seas
Glen Chase
John Chase
Okey Wehring
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Otto Strauss
Parkersburg
W. Va
Navy
BD. W. Hennessy
Amos Junod
Angolia
John Fraiier
John
Gallipolis
George Reubenstall
Peter Rappold
John Frazier
Uncle Sam
U. S
Mary Jane Palmer
Trimble
Frank
Camp Lee
Mary
Daddy
Fair Grounds
Ralph Boys
N. T. van Dyke
Stimpson Avenue
Fred
Atlantic
UNIO
McDougall
Ellis
Gibson Refrigerators
Columbia
Texas Guinan
Ajestic
Pure Air Theatre
the Star Supreme
Clara KimbaLl Young
Max Marcin
House of Glass
Elsie Ferguson
Troy Grange
Thornsley Bros. Co
Third St
Marietta
J.n.brown
Dr. Bean
Cline Building
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