Indictment Highlights Wartime Ohio Corrections Unity
State Fire Marshal T Alfred Fleming notes a Meigs county indictment shows Ohio correctional departments coordinating with the United States during the war. Scott Folmer of Pomeroy, in U S service at Camp Sherman, indicted for two arson attempts at the Schwegman ferris mine near Pomeroy. He confessed and may be tried at Camp Dix, N J. The piece also lists wartime social notes and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Meigs County
T. Alfred Fleming
Ohio
United States
Scott Folmer
Pomeroy
United States Service
Camp Sherman
Schwegman & Ferris
Attorney General
East St. Louis
Folmer
Camp Dix
N. J
Send-off Arrangements For Local Selective Service Men
Fifty three local selective service men head to Camp Sherman with a patriotic send-off Wednesday morning. Rev L G Weber to speak at the rally with band and vocal music and provisions. They depart on the Hocking Valley train from Pomeroy at 8 35 AM join Athens county at Bundas en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Camp Sherman
L. G. Weber
Hocking Valley
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Athens County
Bundas
Auto Strikes Buggy Near Pomeroy Plant
A buggy owned by Harry Radford of Flat Woods was wrecked Saturday night when hit by a car driven by Merlin Shiveler of Enterprise near the Pomeroy Machine Co. plant in First ward. No injuries. damages to be settled. Martha Gibbs of Portland dies Monday from old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Radford
Flat Woods
Merlin
Pin”) Shiveler
Enterprise
Pomeroy Machine Co
First Ward
Farm man braves dawn wheat harvest in overcoat
A Chillicothe farmer woke at 4 a m to harvest wheat and rushed back for his overcoat and gloves insisting he would not freeze while driving the reaper. He kept the coat on until noon as the sun rose. The note ends with a wartime appeal to buy War Savings Stamps to keep German threats from America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Ohio
Reaper
Muffiled
America
Second June council session approves switch changes and grants widening plans
The June meeting approved moving the Beasley Milling and Bardin Brothers railroad switch adjacent to their plants to speed grain unloading. Daltonhurst Addition was approved with a July 4 lot sale likely. A wage raise petition from day laborers was referred to the budget committee. The Junod Milling scale house and Byard street drainage projects were discussed along with a $10 500 bond issue for fire equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beasley Milling Company
Bardin Brothers Company
Old Union Street
Beasley
Higgins
Beasley Concern
Daltonhurst
East Athens
R. A. Dalton
Water and Service Department
L. W. Roberts
Jones and
Jennings
Junod Milling Company
North Court Street
Junod
Court Street
Bobo
Woodworth
Fern Street
East State Street
Jones
Dave Thompson
Court of Appeals
I Point
Roach
West Carpenter Street
Byard Street
Maple Street
Smith Street
McBee Binder Company
Mailing Out Cards to Members of 1918 Class
Questionnaires are being sent today to registrants of the class of 1918 with registration numbers 1 through 118. The mailings continue over the next three days until all 362 members are supplied.
Local Youth Joins Marines From Ohio University Card
Earl F. Shadrach was sent to Cincinnati early this morning to join the Marines by recruiting officer postmaster EB R Lash. Shadrach, a Jackson native, was a sophomore at Ohio University last year and now departs amid public questions of personal gratification versus universal civilized world principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl F. Shadrach
Cincinnati
EB. R. Lash
Boy Climbs Rooftop During Sleep in Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel Pa June 25 Hear ing a voice on the housetop Harry Lucas found his ten year old son Harold clinging to the roof peak. The boy had left bed and climbed through an open window to the water spouting then pulled himself onto the steep roof a feat done while asleep due to somnambulism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel
Harry Lucas
Harold
Lucas
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Elizabeth Eiffler
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Mulberry Avenue
BE Db
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Camp Mills
Long Island, N. Y
P. H. Gold
Burlingham
Messrs. Gold Brothers
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