Local notices from Pomeroy Bend area listing travel and family updates
Miss Bessie Smth of Middleport returns home from a two week visit to Cleveland and Akron. William Robinson, in the Navy at Norfolk, yesterday returned to his station. Mrs Frank Stevenson and two sons from Carnegie Pa arrive for a two week visit with her parents in Middleport. The five month old baby daughter of Mr and Mrs D Curtis Reed died Thursday morning of spinal meningitis. Mrs H J Bing went to Charleston for a few weeks visit with her husband employed there. Fred Moore of Nelsonville visited Pomeroy Wednesday. Earl B Spencer left for Cincinnati to enlist in the U S Navy as a volunteer. Curtis Peterman wrote his sister Miss Nettie Bartels announcing his safe arrival overseas. Pledges for $44 451 17 were secured in the War Savings Stamps sale campaign up to noon Thursday.
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Frank Stevenson
Carnegie, Pa
Robert Gorgan
Middleport
D. Curtis Reed
Military call and road survey updates from Meigs County
Meigs County residents faced light calls for military muster with a July 15 quota for colored troops to Camp Sherman. Ernest Nichols of Guysville was granted travel to Camp Sherman via Pomeroy. County surveyor Byrne received state orders to finish the main market road survey from Pome to Athens to invite bids for grading and paving within two weeks if needed personnel can be obtained.
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Meigs County
Sherman
Guysville Bay
Ernest Nichols
Guysville
Springford
Camp Sherman
Pomeroy
Springfield
Byrne
State Highway Department
Pome
Athens
Peture
Questionnaires Mailed to 184 Meigs County Registrants
The last of the questionnaires for Meigs County boys registered for military service were mailed yesterday. Conscripts are urged to not fill them out themselves but bring them to the courthouse where an attorney will assist to ensure correct completion and avoid errors.
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Meigs County
Parkersburg considers liberal Mason Coal deal approved by Fuel Administration
The Mason Coal and Chemical Company of Hartford City has been approved by the Federal Fuel Administration to supply coal to Parkersburg West Virginia for ten years. Telegrams between the company and the administration resolved the legality and opening of the contract. Parkersburg officials weigh the proposal as potentially the city’s most liberal coal offer, with careful consideration underway. In Pomeroy, O E Snyder was elected principal of Pomeroy High School at a special school board meeting. Louise Ebersbach tied to English teaching. Wbersbach a Ohio University and Goucher College graduate. Knierim and Blanche Hoff of Marietta were re elected to teaching posts. more teachers to be chosen later.
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Mason Coal Jand Chemical Company
Hartford City
Parkersburg
W. Va
Federal Fuel Administration
Fuel Administration
Pome- Toy Board of Education
O. E. Snyder
Pomeroy
Snyder
Ohio Unity
Barnsville
Ohio
Racine
Louise Ebersbach
Wbersbach
Ohio University
Goucher College For Women
Baltimore
Misses Knierim
Blanche Hoff
Marietta
Queen City Looks Sharp On Final Pittsburgh Trade Run
The passenger steamer Queen City, freshly painted, completed its last trip up river in the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati trade. She carried many passengers and a sizable amount of freight.
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Queen City
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Awaiting Dusenberry Arraignment Delayed for Attorney Arrival
Attorney William Dusenberry was brought from Columbus by Sheriff Hartenbach to answer a child support indictment. The arraignment, originally set for Thursday, was postponed at his request until the Columbus attorney could arrive to represent him.
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William Dusenberry
Columbus
Hartenbach
Sweep of Local Races Brightens Ballot Picture in County
The sheriff Jacob Hartenbach faces opposition from Middleport Police Chief John Kins. Leo Byrne's race includes challenger W A Gorsuch for purveyor. Opin Riley Ogden of Cobia township may run as a Democratic write-in for representative. Meigs County D A R opens a Melting Pot at the war relief fund for old jewelry and metals. Mrs James Fugate receives word from husband Sergeant Pugate in France after two months away.
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Jacob Hartenbach
Johnkins
Middleport
Leo Byrne
W. A. Gorsuch
Opin Riley Ogden
Cobia Township
Meigs County
W. H. Osborn
James Fugate
Sergeant Pugate
France
Seventy More Want to Become Citizens in Athens County
The Athens County clerk of courts reports seventy additional foreign born residents renounced allegiance to their birth countries and declared intent to naturalize as U.S. citizens. Declarations list names ages birthplaces and current post office addresses with dates from June 7 to June 25 including Finland Austria Hungary Russia and Poland born individuals across Poston Chauncey Millfield Glouster Modoc and other areas.
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Athens County
Alluminers
United States
Matt Aho
Finland
Poston
Victor Katala
Athens
Sam Toth
Austria- Hungary
John Yanovt
Austria-Hungary
Chauncey
Trenk Ballai
Jim Martin
Peter Nagy
Paul Blast
Russia
George Lindie
Modoc
Lewis Kacack
Dave Porkolab
Millfield
Louis Varadie
Bloodwood
Martin Sarana
Hollister
George Savko
Glouster
John Laszenski
R. D
Alex Cook
Walter Laszenski
Glouster R
Zigmum Sabick
Nick Kolodsiejski
Jacksonville
Michael Kukola
Stanley Cook
Russian
Poland
Stockade Ready for Hun Prisoners at Camp Sherman
Camp Sherman authorities report the stockade for 100 German prisoners is complete and ready. Prisoners will work a 50 acre war garden near the Scioto river under the Reclamation department with guards supplied by Washington. The garden has already yielded profit and may continue through the war with future assignments to camp improvements.
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Camp Sherman
Selovo
Reclamation Department
War Department
Washington, D. C
Washington
Scioto River
Conscientious Objectors
L. T. Roliman
List of Names and Ages in Austria-Hungary Millfield Area
A long line of individuals with ages and origins in Austria-Hungary and Russia linked to Millfield is recorded. Names include Mike Maskouyak Mike Hodok Adam Kolar John MacKenjak George Miller Steve Mingus Jim Fessus and many others.
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John Malena
Austria- Hungary
Millfield
John Klein
Austria-Hungary
Mike Maskouyak
Mike Hodok
Adam Kolar
John MacKenjak
George Miller
Steve Mingus
Austria Hungary
Jim Fessus
Mike Bette Jr
Pete Szoke
Peter Tomovy
Joseph Majinjak
Paul Molnoir
Louis S
Sugar Regulation Tightens Across Industries in War Effort
Columbus Ohio June 28 institutions from retail grocers to canners face new sugar limits. From July 1 they must hold certificates and report stock. Household limits set at three pounds per person monthly with 30 days supply cap. Hoarding penalties and certificates target 5 major groups including bakers and confectioners.
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Columbus
United States Food Administration
The
Food Administration
United States
Hoover
France
West India Islands
Italy
Ohioans in France Ahead of Schedule
Ohio has over 75 000 soldiers in France with as many as 60 000 from the state represented there and about 15 900 additional Ohioans abroad. The state supplied about one eighteenth of the nation’s draft and guard forces with 90 000 drafted, 27 000 National Guard enlistments, and 24 000 other volunteers.
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Ohio
Camp Sherman
Ohio National Guardsmen
France
War Savings Stamps urged by Gompers and Field advice
Samuel Gompers calls out luxury amid a world crisis and urges saving to fund War Savings Stamps. Marshall Field is quoted on economy and discipline, noting that small daily savings can grow into substantial sums and that financial competence matters at all scales.
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Pomeroy Bend
Messenger
Second Street
Postoffice
H.R. Foulk
L. H. R. Foulk
Bessie Smth
Cleveland
Akron
William Robinson
Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
H. J. Bing
Charleston
Fred Moore
Nelsonville
Earl
Spencer
U. S. Navy
Curtis Peterman
Miss Nettie Bartels
Hartford Concern
Ohio Camp
Tarzan
the Lion
Grand Theatre
Tarzan c
New York
Tarzan OF the Apes
Fulwider’s Restaurant
Opera House
Samuel Gompers
Marshall Field
Columbia
Nell Shipman
Alfred Whitman
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Vitagraph
King Baggot
Margaret Snow
Pure Air Theatre
WM. S. Hart
Artcraft
Blue Blazes
Rowden
East
West
Bill” Hart
Hearst-Pathe
Peggy Hyland
Thos Hince Presents
Wi. Hart
Randle Aartcraft Praaee
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