Local notes mix lost pocketbook with community events
Nelsonville gossip reports a lost small black pocketbook with money and laundry check. Gertrude Vancuran is arrested in Lancaster on a theft charge. entertaining for a husband heading to Camp Sherman is noted. WCTU reports 224 new members and a July reception. multiple social visits and travels across Nelsonville, Logan, Albany, and Camp Sherman are listed along with local civic notes.
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Poplar Street
Gertrude Vancuran
Lancaster
Gertrude
Fairfield County Sherif
Letters From Men In Service In Europe News
Semi official reports say Italian forces gained ground on the lower Piave capturing 600 prisoners. At San Dona di Piave and Cape Sile bridgehead allied troops took hundreds more. Other riverside raids and outpost actions were noted as war news from France and Italy.
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Rome
Iitalian
Piave
San Dona-di-Piave
Cape Sile
Local Coal Operator Flaunts Spring Chickens in Logan
J. M. Lama, a noted coal operator now living in Logan, displayed three spring chickens he claims to have raised since moving to the town. The writer suspects the birds came from a neighbor’s hen house and chides Lama’s reputation, urging locals to abandon chicken raising and instead breed larger animals to deter predatory midnight prowlers.
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J. M. Lama
Logan
Our
Hocking
J. M
Mayor fines speeders in Deanville court action
As a warning to speeders, Mayor Wells handed Gerard Isselstein of Deanville a fine of 25.00 dollars and costs yesterday, signaling strict enforcement and a public safety message.
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Wells
Gerard Isselstein
Deanville
Local social notes from Athens county and Columbus visits
The report lists residents and visitors including Camp Sherman sendoffs from Athens county, families in Nelsonville, and social trips to Columbus. Names include W W Poston Vern Worhes Esther Newton Chas Kreig H D Kreig M E Stratton Bessie Tucker T Turner Earl Lama H E Hoagland Mary Grace Grace Savage and others.
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Vern Worhes
Esther
Chas
Newton
Columbus
John Robinson
Murray City
David Harris
Robert Hanis
Battle Creek
Michigan
Leiland Kreig
Ordnance Department
U. S
Baltimore
H. D. Kreig
M. E. Stratton
Logan
Bessie Tucker
T. Turner
Tom Henshaw
Edith Hansel
Earl Lama
H. E. Hoagland
Mary Grace
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grace Savage
Middleport
Savage and women from Middleport in town notice
Savage of Middleport along with Mrs Earl Lama and Miss Hazel Rosser and Velma Young are listed in a local society or social note from the town.
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Ruth Conaway
Logan
Earl Lama
H. E. Hoagland
Grace
Chattanooga
Tenn
Edith Savage
Middleport
Ohio
W. H. Hendershott
Haydenville
Power of the Cross in Africa at Christian Endeavor
Sunday evening meeting at Christian church at six o clock. The topic is The Power of the Cross in Africa. A surprise for all early comers at five thirty.
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Christian Endeavor
Christian Church
Africa
Former DAR Head Arrested on Larceny Conspiracy Charges
Mrs. William Cumming Story former president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution was arrested in New York on grand and petty larceny and conspiracy indictments linked to the National Emergency Relief Society. She was paroled to her counsel until arraignment and bail. The grand larceny indictment alleges she obtained 362.24 from the hero land war charity bazaar by falsely certifying no commissions were paid to solicitors.
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New York
William Cumming Story
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Emergency Relief Society
Story
Submarine chase prompts S O S from two ships off US coast
Passengers from a Canadian steamer report two vessels being pursued by submarines 250 to 300 miles from the American shore. In Berlin Naumann says peace is militarily impossible and thousands of soldiers share the view, claiming absolute victory over North and South Americans and the Chinese is unattainable even with total sacrifice.
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Atlantic Port
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Forein
Reuhimann
Herr Naumann
Berlin
Naumann
Athens Commandery No. 15 Knights Templar Elects Officers
At the annual election of Athens Commandery No. 15 Knights Templar the following officers were chosen for the coming year: Fred M. Hutchinson Commander Alfred P. Scott Generalissimo Chas C. Millikan Captain General Charles Cornwell Senior Warden Jas Austin Junior Warden Chas Cameron Prelate L. G. Worstell Treasurer Jas A. Palmer Recorder H J Brown Warder J R Morton Sword Bearer Joseph Hibbard Standard Bearer.
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Athens
Knights Templar
Fred M. Hutchinson
Alfred P. Scott
Chas, C. Millikan
Charles Cornwell
Jas. Austin
Chas. Cameron
L. G. Worstell
Jas. A. Palmer
H. J. Brown
J. R. Morton
Joseph Hibbard
Assassination Report Claimed in Ekaterinburg
Paris dispatch from Kieff via Basle purports to confirm the assassination of the former czar in Ekaterinburg. The item cites a foreign agency report circulated today.
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Paris
Kieff
Basle
Ekaterinburg
Czecho-Slovaks Seize Washington Irkutsk in Short Fight
Czecho-Slovaks capture Washington Irkutsk after a brief clash with the Red Guard, marking a rapid change of control in a key Siberian city. Russian forces conducted a limited resistance before retreat.
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Washington
Irkutsk
Red Guard
Local Residents Visit and News from Carbondale
Carbondale residents host visiting family and relatives from Newport Columbus Columbus and Nelsonville. Seaman Clovis McKibbin returns to his parents Dr and Mrs McKibben. Clarence Six and others report for duty at Camp Sherman and news arrives that Clarence has arrived in France.
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Blanche Price
Athens
Mary Evans
Detroit
Mich
Bertha Higgins
Lancaster
Harry Kelly
Harry
John Owens
Lenore
Chillicothe
Camp Sherman
Walter Whitlatch
Miss Whitlatch
Albany
Logan
Seaman Clovis McKibbin
Newport
R. I
McKibben
Will Lanner
Little Daughter
Columbus
Branscourt
Chester Lowery
Prestley Enderlin
Rose Callahan Telft
Ahrens
Col
Richard Enderlin
Henry Greenbaugh
Claud Loper
Colum
Lucile Burrows
Nelsonville
Wesley
Clarence Feathestone
Russell Branscomb
Clarice McKibbin
Harrison Six
Carbondale
Clarence
France
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Pearl Davis
H. E. Mounts
East Washington Street
New Straitsville
Mr. Thomas
John Call
Walter Koon
Buster Abram
Mont King
James Evans
Carl Pettit
Hazel Hall
Harriett Pensyle
Catherine Stedem
Cecil Davis
Myra Chapman
Gladys
C. James
Ed. Wallace
Cc. T. U
Blake
Chestnut Street
Lucile Stalter
Claudine Uhrig
Louise Hyde
Helen Olinger
Doras Parks
Mary Lane
Vesper Shafer
Esther Vorhes
R. 8. Bibb
Kansas City, Mo
Levina Warner
Isaac Warner
Earl Warner
No Man's Land
Warner
Rainbow Division
Dae Arvou
Fort . Street
Hi Washington
U. E. Hoagland
Senate
Edith
Speeder
W. W. Poston
Athens County
Co. E. Meeting
United Press
Siberian City Falls
Dalton’s Academy
B. M
Mr. Covert
Daltonhurst
Court House
Elmwood Place
Sunnyside Drive
Morris Avenue
Grosvenor Street
May Avenue
State Street
R. A. Dalton
Athens, Ohio
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